Name : Lin Yanjun

Traditional Chinese : 林彥俊 

Simplified Chinese : 林彦俊

English Name : Evan Lin

Born Date : August 24th , 1995

Birth Location : Haikou, Hainan, China 

Hobby : Music, Reading

Height : 181 cm (5' 9")  (2016 Data)

Lin Yanjun was born in Haikou City, Hainan Province. His father is Taiwanese and his mother is Jiangxi. Because of his parents’ work, he lived and grew up in Taiwan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places to receive education.  He passed the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan student entrance exams and entered Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. After finishing his freshman year, he chose to suspend school and return to Taiwan to complete his military service. 

He liked music and performances since he was a child, but due to family factors, he has never had the opportunity to receive professional training. At the age of 18, he was invited by JYP Entertainment to be a trainee in Korea. However, his father refused to let him be too young to step into the show business circle. After consideration, he gave up the opportunity and chose to go to university. After the freshman year, he decided to suspend school and return to Taiwan to complete his military service. 

In 2015, Lin Yanjun was admitted by TPI and became a trainee of TPI Taiwan. But then it was discovered that the actual resources and training provided by the company did not match what was promised when the contract was signed, and a press conference with other members was held in front of the company to complain.

In 2016, Lin Yanjun participated in the TRAINEE18 Global Trainee Recruitment Program Taiwan Station hosted by Banana Entertainment. He became a trainee of the company on December 20th and He went to Shanghai for training.