SS501: Kim Hyun Joon

Kim Hyung Jun (born August 3, 1987), is a Korean pop singer, disc jockey and is the youngest member



of
SS501. His younger brother Kim Ki Bum is a member of boy group U-KISS.
He shared high school with Park Jung Min in High School Attached to
College of Education Dankook University.

Kim Hyun Joon

Birthday: August 3, 1987

Position: Main Vocal, Rap

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 66 kg

Blood: O

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He is a member of SS501 sub unit. He has nickname magnae (youngest
member) because he is the youngest member in the group. Kim Hyung Jun’s
brother Kim Ki Bum (Marumir) was in the new group Xing he then left
in 2007, now he is in a new boyband named U-Kiss. Kim HyungJoon is
currently a DJ for SBS Music High (daily at 2am) and took over the MC
role from member Kim Kyu Jong as the MC for MBC-Every1’s God of Cookery
Expedition.


Kim Hyung Joon Discography :

Solo

Impossible Goodbye (Sayonara Ga Dekinai) (‘Kokoro’ August 2007) I Am (‘U R Man’ November 2008)

Hey G (SS501 Solo Collection 2009)

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SS501: Park Jungmin

Park Jung Min (born April 3, 1987) is a member of the famous South Korean group SS501. On 10


August 2010, Jung Min revealed that he has signed with CNR MEDIA. It is made up of Taiwan’s ‘Comic-Ritz’ and Local (Korea) company ‘ROY MEDIA’.

Park Jungmin

Birthday: April 3, 1987

Position: Sub- Vocal

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 67 kg

Blood: O

BiblioGraphy:

Park Jung Min debuted with SS501 in 2005, and was the second to audition in the group. He has guested in variety shows in 2006, hosted radio program Youngstreet with Kim Kyu Jong and Heo Young Saeng. He is the low vocal of the group. He was the main character in a program TV called Human Theater 2010 as himself, Park Jung Min. He also had a TV show entitled What a Women Wants. He shared high school with fellow member Kim Hyung Jun at Dankook University.


Park Jung Min has worked in the musical Grease
as lead role of 'Danny Park' for which he won the "Golden Ticket Award"
for Best Musical New Talent over YeSung (Super Junior) in
‘NamHanSanSung' and other nominations.



Park Jung Min/CEO Park is an owner of online shopping mall Royal Avenue. Starting out as an online shopping mall,Royal Avenue
has opened a showroom and a cafe in Korea since April and in July
opened its first branch in China. On the opening of the store, CEO Park
Jung Min has expressed that he has prepared a surprise for its Chinese
consumers.


On 10 August 2010, Jung Min revealed that he has signed with CNR MEDIA. It is made up of Taiwan’s ‘Comic-Ritz’ and Local (Korea) company ‘ROY MEDIA’.



According to CNR Media, "Park Jung Min signed on to us because he
wants to widen his activities in the Asian region, of course inclusive
of domestically (Korea). In the future, he will be aiming to attain a
firm position in Asia as a multi-entertainer. Also, Jung Min will be
positively and eagerly participating in any thing related to SS501 as
SS501's Jung Min, and so with that, SS501 activities will be his first
and foremost priority in anything".



He finally have his solo career in Japan as he will be appearing in the musical Bonds of Boys from November 18th - 23rd 2010 in Japan. Jung Min will be playing a role of an exchange student.



CNR Media was originally supposed to release Park Jung Min's first
solo album, 'Not Alone', on 25th November 2010. Due to North Korea
attacking South Korea, the album was postponed until 20th January 2011
for safety reasons and to allow Jung Min to add more songs to 'Not
Alone'. CNR Media had stated on Park Jung Min's official website that
because of the addition of the new songs, the price will change.

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SS501: Kim Kyujong

Kim Kyu Jong is a member of South Korean boyband SS501. Kim Kyu Jong is a favourite of the group



band. Kyu Jong seems like a humble, shy, sweet type of guy.

Kim Kyujong

Birthday: February 24, 1987

Position: Sub-Vocal

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 65 kg

Blood: A

Kim Kyu Jong, Heo Young Saeng, and Kim Hyung Joon had an idea before to make a sub unit of SS501. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but they changed it back to “SS501″



Bibliography:

Kim Kyu Jong debuted as a member of SS501 on 06 June 2005. Kim Kyu Jong took over the role of DJ from Heo Young Saeng for SBS
radio program ‘SS501’s Youngstreet’ on 21 Aug 2006 as Young Saeng had to
undergo a throat surgery and require time to recover. He hosted this
program with his fellow member Park Jung Min.



Kim Kyu Jong started his acting career with a role in Mnet hip-hop
music drama “Break” (11 May 06) showcasing his acting skills and dance
skills at the same time while playing the role of a b-boy.

In 2008, due to 2 members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a
Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming drama
“Boys Over Flowers”, SS501’s album which was originally due for release
in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.

Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed with Heo Young Saeng, Kim Kyu
Jong and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named “Triple S”
but they changed it back to “SS501″, reason being that they are 5
members always as 1. The unit group released a special project album “U R
Man” (released on November 25, 2008).

Finishing their promotional activities
for “U R Man”, they continued their activities to promote “
(Because I am stupid)”, a song they sang for the OST of “Boys Before
Flowers”. This song is very well-received due to the success of the
drama. They won the “Song of the month (Feb)” award with this song at
the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at www.cyworld.com.

Kim Kyu Jong joined as one of the regular host for MBC Every1 “God Of Cookery Expedition” since 21 Nov 08.



SS501 has been quite a lot of shows this week including SBS Quiz!
Sixth Sense which airs tomorrow. On the show, Kim Kyu Jong stated that
he wouldn’t marry someone his parents disapproved of.

He said, “I won’t marry someone if my parents don’t allow it. My
parents’ marriage was disapproved of but now they’re happy. But for me, I
love my parents so I don’t think I could marry someone if my parents
strongly say no.”

This is the first time I’ve heard that kind of answer from someone.
Usually, people stand up for their love but I guess Kyu Joong is not
capable of giving it his all for his lucky lady.

Kim Hyun Joong and Park Jung Min disagreed with the mama’s boy and
said they would still marry the girl even if their parents didn’t want
them to.



SS501′s Kim Kyu Jong accomplished his first serious acting role in a
web drama called SETI. The first episode aired and in 5 days, it has had
700,000 views. It seems like the show will be a runaway success.

The drama was originally a successful comic series by Yoon Tae Ho and
exceeded standards that was built up after his first hit, Ikki.

On the 6th, you got to see the first episode of SETI online which
included the comic and web drama version which is a refreshingly new
style compared to the norm. The drama started a few days ago but the
long awaited success only came recently.



In the drama, Kim Kyu Jong had to kiss Seo Hyo Rim (female Music Bank
host) on the cheek. It was noted that he needed many takes to get it
right.

An episode of SETI will air every Tuesday and Friday and in total there are 16 episodes.

Kim Kyu Jong will also keep himself busy with SS501′s new mini-album,
“REBIRTH,” which will hit stores on the 20th. Watch the first episode
of SETI below.

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SS501: Heo Youngsaeng

Heo Young Saeng was a trainee under SM Entertainment, making him close
with members of TVXQ and



Super Junior. He later joined DSP Entertainment
and debut as a member of SS501 on 8 June 2005.

Heo Youngsaeng

Birthday: November 3, 1986

Position: Main Vocal

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 63 kg

Blood: O

BiblioGraphy:

Heo Youngsaeng's vocal is the backbone of SS501's songs, impressive in
its strength and sweet clarity. Youngsaeng started out as a trainee with
SM Entertainment where he was friends with members of many of the
label's popular groups. For an unspecified reason he decided to take his
chances elsewhere and on the advice of a friend auditioned for DSP and
gained admittance to the group. Specifically it is known that he is
still good friends with Siwon and Yehsung of Super Junior and Jaejoong
and Yunho of DBSK.

Youngsaeng has also stated that he admires Lee Minwoo
of Shinhwa and hopes to follow in his footsteps. Not long after SS501
had debuted it was announced that Youngsaeng had developed a problem
with his vocal chords that required surgery and a period of rest, at the
time he had been co-hosting the radio show Youngstreet with fellow
member Jungmin so Kyujong took his place.



Youngsaeng is mostly quiet, preferring to let everyone else do the
talking. In interviews it is obvious that he suffers from a lack of self
confidence stating once that he didn't like his voice and wished it
were manlier. Yet he loves to take pictures of himself, perhaps a habit
picked up from his SM days. His nickname in the group is “Otter” which
was something he didn't like because he didn't know what it was. However
once he looked it up he thought otters were cute so he didn't mind
being called that anymore. He has been called Dr. Love by the other
members because of his impressive knowledge of girls and also Prince by
his fans. When Youngsaeng thinks the camera isn't on him he will slack
off with his dancing. He can be really cute when he relaxes during
performances, giving fans bright smiles and v signs.



Young Saeng hosted SS501’s Youngstreet (SBS, 2006) with fellow member
Park JungMin from 1 May 2006. He had to part with the program in Aug’06
due to some problems on his vocal cords which requires surgery and time
to recover.



In 2008, due to 2 members’ busy schedules, Jung Min performing in a
Korean production of the musical “Grease” and Hyun Joong filming drama
“Boys Over Flowers“, SS501’s album which was originally due for release
in late 2008, was to be pushed back to July 2009.



Instead, a sub unit of SS501 was formed, with Heo Young Saeng as the
leader of this sub unit. Other two members in this unit are Kim Kyu Jong
and Kim Hyung Joon. This unit group was initially named “Triple S” but
they changed it back to “SS501″, reason being that they are 5 members
always as 1. The unit group released a special project album “U R Man”
(released on November 25, 2008).



Young Saeng composed and wrote his solo song, ‘(Is it Love?)’
which is also included in the special project album. This song is
written while SS501 were having activities in Japan in 2007. He is the
first member to have both composed and wrote lyrics for a song.



Finishing their promotional activities for “U R Man”, they continued
their activities to promote “(Because I am stupid)”, a song
they sang for the OST of “Boys Before Flowers”. This song is very
well-received due to the success of the drama. They won the “Song of the
month (Feb)” award with this song at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music
Awards (28 Mar 09) with about 110,000 downloads for BGM at
www.cyworld.com.

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SS501: Kim Hyunjoong

Kim HyunJoong (born June 6, 1986) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is the leader of popular



boyband SS501 and a prominent style icon in Korea, winning multiple
icon awards.

Kim Hyunjoong

Birthday: June 6, 1986

Position: Leader, Rap, Vocal

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 68 kg

Blood: B

Kim HyunJoong gained widespread popularity beyond Asia for
his role as Yoon Ji Hoo in the 2009 hit drama series Boys Over Flowers.

BiblioGraphy:

Debuting as the leader of SS501 in 2005. They also appeared in "Thank
You For Waking Me Up" where he was proven to be a heavy sleeper,"Thank
You For Raising Me Up" in 2006 and MNet's "Idol World" in 2007, which
showed SS501 doing various missions in Japan.

Kim Hyunjoong joined the cast of MBC variety reality show We Got Married on May 11, 2008, with Hwang Bo, who is 6 years his senior.

They achieved high popularity acting as a newlywed couple. Due to his appearance on We Got Married, he was cast in the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango
as one of the members of the famous F4. Known as the "Lettuce Couple",
Hyun Joong and Hwang Bo went on to win MBC's Best Couple Award. The
couple made their official exit from We Got Married on December 14, 2008 due to scheduling conflicts presented by Boys Over Flowers.

In the hit drama series, Boys Over Flowers, he plays Yoon Ji
Hoo. The series was a huge media and ratings sensation in Korea during
its run from January to March 2009, garnering a huge amount of
popularity for the entertainer. The series was not only a hit in Korea,
but all around Asia as well. This includes Taiwan and the Southeast
Asian countries of Singapore, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal
amongst others as well as in Japan and in North America where it was
released on DVD with English subtitles.

Not long after him and SS501 members released their album "SS501
Collection," where they each sang a solo song, along with being featured
in their mini drama music video.

Their Asia Concert Tour began in mid-August 2009 in Seoul at the
Olympic Park. They continued their tour in Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok
before returning to returning to Seoul for a closing encore concert.
They staged two concerts for the encore closure on the 27th Feb and 28th
Feb 2010 respectively.

On September 2009, during promotions in Japan for Boys Over Flowers,
Kim HyunJoong was diagnosed with H1N1. While recovering from H1N1, he
could not attend Seoul's International Drama Awards. To accept the
award on his behalf, his members of SS501, Heo Young Saeng, Kim
KyuJong, and Kim Hyung Jun were present for the award show. Kim
HyunJoong recovered from H1N1 and was discharged on September 15, 2009.

On October 23, 2009 Kim HyunJoong and SS501 released their album "Rebirth," and performed "Love Like This."

He has also been the spokesperson for cosmetics brand, Tony Moly, an
established company with numerous branches across Korea and Asia,
including Taiwan and Hong Kong. He had since ended his contract with
Tony Moly in End September 2010, and he had been chosen to be the
Spokesperson for The Face Shop.

In April 2010, he appeared opposite Jung Ryeo Won in the music video for Korean Singer Gummy's new song As A Man.

In June 2010, him and his band mates of SS501 released an album titled
'Destination'. Their title song 'Love Ya' was received well, rating
high in record sales and online music stores. 'Love Ya' went on to top
Music Bank (TV series)'s K-Chart for two weeks. Doing great for two
weeks was all they could have though, they soon ended promotions,
because of SS501's contract was ending.

On June 19, 2010, he then appeared at a concert in the Philippines along side BEAST

On June 28, 2010, It was officially announced that Kim HyunJoong
officially left DSP Entertainment and signed a contract with Bae Yong
Joon's KeyEast Entertainment company.

Kim HyunJoong is now the leading role of the drama 'Playful Kiss'
AKA 'It Started With a Kiss' (Taiwanese version) / 'Itazura na
Kiss'(Japanese version) as Baek Seung Jo, who has a stand-offish
personality.

He had said at the Playful Kiss press conference, that SS501 will
never disband unless you stop buying their album, and that they will
make new albums in the future.

Kim HyunJoong was then invited to the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games as the
representative of South Korea and he'll sing "Sunshine Again" with
other 3 singers. On the 7th of November, Kim HyunJoong was interviewed
by CNN's Anna Coren due to his success in Playful Kiss. Playful Kiss
Special Edition is a big hit on Youtube as it is the first korean drama
to air on Youtube. It's first episode garners 1 million views just in 5
days. This has once again showed that Kim HyunJoong is a global star.

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Big Bang: Lee Seunghyun

Lee Seung-hyun, known by his stage name Seungri (lit. victory), is a member of Korean group Big Bang.



Before joining the group, he was a member of a dance team in Gwangju.

Lee Seunghyun

Stage Name: Seungri and/or Victory

Birthday: December 12, 1990

Position: Vocalist, Main Dancer, Choreographer

Height: 176cm

Weight: 60kg

Blood Type: A

He first appeared on television on the reality television series Let's Cokeplay: M.Net Battle Shinhwa, a show in which Shinhwa attempted to create a boy band that could be a "second Shinhwa".
Although he was noticed for his dance skills, his lack of vocal skills
led to him being eliminated. He was later scouted by the record label YG
Entertainment and joined the group Big Bang. Although he was initially cut on the ninth episode of the group's documentary series, he was given another chance to impress YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun Suk and succeeded.



BiblioGraphy:

Seungri is known for his dance skills the girlfriend actual of AJT. In his hometown, Gwangju, he was part of the dance group II Hwa. He has competed against his fellow Big Bang member Taeyang in several dance competitions, as well as against Super Junior's Eunhyuk, TVXQ's Yunho, and Shinee's Taemin. Seungri also choreographed some of Big Bang's dance.

Seungri became the first member of Big Bang to act in a musical with the performance in Sonagi in 2008. His next musical, Shouting, was performed in 2009 alongside another Big Bang member Daesung, who was unable to perform at the last minute due to a car accident. Seungri made his film debut in with the movie Why Did You Come to My House?, followed by My 19 alongside another Big Bang member T.O.P. The movie was released on November 12, 2009.
Although his first solo song "Next Day" was recorded as part of Big
Bang's album track, his second solo song "Strong Baby" was released as a
promotional single for the group's second Korean album. In order to shed the "youngest member" look from Big Bang, Seungri promoted the single with a more mature look along with a stylized dance.

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Big Bang: Kang DaeSung

Daesung (Born Kang Daesung on April 26, 1989) is a member of South Korean hip hop group Big Bang.



Since his debut, he has released solo singles, performed in musicals, and became a member of reality-variety series Family Outing.

Kang Daesung

Stage Name: D-Lite

Born: April 26, 1989

Position: Vocalist

Height: 178cm

Weight: 63kg

Blood Type: O

BiblioGraphy:

Although his parents were against the idea of him becoming a singer,
Daesung pursued a career as a singer and was eventually recruited by YG
Entertainment after auditioning. He later appeared on a documentary show
following the potential members of what eventually became Big Bang.

Their first appearance as a group was on August 19, 2006 at YG
Family's 10th Anniversary concert. On September 23, 2006, they had their
debut performance. The group had its first big hit with "Geojitmal" (Korean: , "Lies") in 2007.

In between various albums and EPs as a group, the members were able to pursue solo activities. Daesung released his debut trot single "Nal Bwa Gwisun" (Korean: "Look at Me, Gwisun") in 2008; he stated that although he was worried about dampening the group's image, he wanted to try something different. The singer also joined the reality-variety show Family Outing as a permanent member. The show revealed that his IQ was 110. He also joined the Korean production of Cats, playing the role of Rum Tum Tiger.



In the midst of Big Bang's break in early 2009, Daesung released his second trot single in early 2009, titled "Daebakiya" ("Korean: "Big Hit"). He was also scheduled to join bandmate Seungri in the autobiographical musical Shouting; however, the singer was injured in a car accident before the musical's run, and ultimately required surgery.
The injuries forced Daesung to halt all activities; he eventually made
his return in October 2009, joining his group for the Dream Concert.

According to his Agency, YG Entertainment, he is supposed to release
his solo album during 2010 along with fellow bandmate T.O.P. Daesung's
new song, "Cotton Candy", was released at the end of January.

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