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Kim Jae-hwan (, born May 27, 1996) is a South Korean singer known to be the first winner of Vocal War: God's Voice and for finishing fourth in Produce 101 Season 2. He is currently a member of Wanna One.

2012–2016: Career beginnings
Kim Jae-hwan first appeared in 2012 as a contestant in the second season of Korea's Got Talent. He auditioned in Daegu with his own rendition of Miss A's "Bad Girl Good Girl" but did not advance to the next round. However, judge Kim Gura made a special request to let Kim audition again in Seoul, where he received the two votes needed to continue in the show. He made it to the semi-finals before being eliminated.

After the show, Kim became a trainee under The Music Works and was selected to be one of the four members of ShelRock, a "hybrid rock" band produced by singer Baek Ji-young. The band frequently busked on the streets of Hongdae and held guerilla performances at different high schools around Seoul to promote the band prior to their debut. They even made an appearance on Yang Song E's music video for her debut single "Smiling Goodbye". Unfortunately, in August 2015, debut plants fell through, and ShelRock disbanded. Kim eventually left The Music Works.

In 2016, Kim appeared on the pilot episode of SBS' Vocal War: God's Voice. He challenged veteran singer Yoon Do-hyun with his own rendition of YB's "Autumn Outside the Post Office" and won, becoming the show's first winner. In the next round, he challenged Lena Park with a cover of Park's "Sorry" but did not win, eliminating him as a contestant.

2017–2018: Produce 101 and Wanna One
Kim participated in Produce 101 Season 2 as one of the five "Individual Trainees", or trainees not signed under an agency. He quickly garnered attention for his strong vocal skills during the show's first evaluation, where he performed Super Junior's "Sorry, Sorry". He continued to impress the audiences in his subsequent performances of I.O.I's "Downpour" and of the original song "Never". In the finale, Kim finished fourth with 1,051,735 votes, securing him a spot in Wanna One. '''He is the highest ranking "Individual Trainee" from both seasons and the only one to end up in the top 11. '''

Kim officially debuted with Wanna One during Wanna One Premier Show-Con on August 7, 2017 at the Gocheok Sky Dome with the group's first mini-album 1×1=1 (To Be One). The following day, on August 8, it was reported that Kim signed an exclusive contract with CJ E&M to become an official artist under the company after the group's disbandment at the end of 2018.

On December 31, 2018, Wanna One disbanded, and Kim made his final appearance as a member of the group during their final concert named Therefore 2019.