He made his debut as an actor in the web series The Sweet Blood (2021), and is best known for his roles in Kissable Lips (2022) and Roommates of Poongduck 304 (2022).

[5][6] Kim made his debut as a singer in 2016 as a member of the South Korean boy group, INX, under the stage name Jinam.

The group was supposed to promote in South Korea after releasing with the single "Boku wa Chotto Chigau" in Japan on September 1, 2018,[9] but the plan never got realized.

[16] The series gained a significant amount of attention and ranked 1st for the BL genre on the South Korean streaming service "Watcha.

[19][20] On April 20, Kim placed 8th with a total of 1,338,984 points in the final episode of Boys Planet, allowing him to debut with the winning group, Zerobaseone.