ryeowook, Super Junior, profile

Ryeowook
Birth name	Kim Ryeo-wook
Born	June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 23) Incheon, South Korea
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Pop, dance, R&B, trot, k-pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, dancer, occasional actor, Pianist
Instruments	Piano, singing, keyboard
Years active	2005–present
Labels	SM Entertainment
Associated acts	SM Town, Super Junior, Super Junior-K.R.Y, Super Junior-M

Hangul	김려욱
Hanja	金厲旭
Revised Romanization	Gim Ryeo-uk
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Ryŏ-uk

Biography

Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), best known mononymously as Ryeowook, is a Korean singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists of the super boy band Super Junior, and is also a member of Super Junior-K.R.Y and Super Junior-M, two subgroups that are branched out from the main group. Along with four other members of Super Junior, he is one of the first Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps.

Kim Ryeowook was discovered through the CMB Youth ChinChin Festival in 2004 and signed a contract with SM Entertainment soon afterwards after impressing judges with his singing talent. Trained in areas of singing, dancing, and acting, Ryeowook placed particular efforts into his vocal training and music composition as he was most concerned in those areas. He plays piano, and will play the accompaniment for other members solos every so often during concerts.

Career

Super Junior

Ryeowook was the last to join Super Junior before Kyuhyun, only joining the group several weeks before their official debut in 2005. Having undergone only two months of training under SM Entertainment, Ryeowook's late addition was rumored to be a replacement of a previous SM trainee that was supposed to debut as a member of Super Junior 05, the first generation of Super Junior.

On November 6, 2005, Ryeowook along with eleven other members of Super Junior 05, officially debuted on SBS's Popular Songs performing the first single "TWINS (Knock Out)." The group released their full studio album a month later, and the album debuted as #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts. As the group's second single, "Miracle", came to an end, his talent agency was about to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation, Super Junior 06, with Ryeowook staying as an undergraduate member. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, and the company declared that future Super Junior generations were rumors. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially Super Junior. The new group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer in 2006, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts, leading Super Junior to set #1 records in their music career since then. A year later in the fall of 2007, the group released their second official album, Don't Don, which became Super Junior's best-selling album and Korea's second best-selling album of the year.

In late 2006, Ryeowook became a member of Super Junior's first subgroup, Super Junior-K.R.Y. The trio debuted on November 5, 2006 on KBS's Music Bank. In early 2008, Ryeowook was placed in another Super Junior subgroup, Super Junior-M. The subgroup specializes in singing Mandarin songs, including Mandarin versions of Super Junior's Korean songs, bringing the K-pop influence into the Chinese music industry. Super Junior-M is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent. The seven-member group debuted in China on April 8, 2008 at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards with the release of their first single music video, "U". The subgroup released their first Chinese-language studio album, Me on May 2, 2008. The album debuted on Taiwan's G-music combo charts as #2 and #1 on many of China's and Thailand's music charts.

Ryeowook is also featured in one of K.Will's song "Teardrops". Ryeowook is the first member of Super Junior to have a solo in a Super Junior album in their fourth album entitled Bonamana in the song One Fine Spring Day.

Acting

Ryeowook made his acting debut in the film, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, a high-school comedy/mystery film, in which he plays the eccentric vice president of the student council. Ryeowook's acting gained positive feedback from critics and he was nominated Best Supporting Actor and Best Comedic Performance at the Korean Movie Awards.

Composing

Ryeowook successfully composed a song by himself titled "Memories in Breeze". Ryeowook's first composition to be officially released was "Love U More", found on the repackaged Sorry, Sorry Version C. He co-wrote the lyrics with fellow Super Junior member Sungmin. Ryeowook is also credited for musical arrangement in the liner notes of the album.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건)	Himself	limited release in South Korea

Drama

Year	Broadcast	Title	Role	Language
2009	CCTV	Stage Of Youth (青春舞台)	Li Xu(Guest star)	Mandarin Chinese

Music video appearances

Year	Song Title	Artist
2009	"S.E.O.U.L."	Super Junior & Girls' Generation
2010	"When Falling in Love with a Friend"	Him & Beige

Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2007	Korean Movie Awards for Best Supporting Actor	Attack on the Pin-Up Boys	Nominated
	Korean Movie Awards for Best Comedic Performance		Nominated

Sungmin, Super Junior, Profile

Sungmin
Background information
Birth name	Lee Sung-min
Born	January 1, 1986 (1986-01-01)
Origin	Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Genres	Pop, dance, R&B, trot
Occupations	Singer, dancer, actor
Instruments	Piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums
Years active	2005–present
Labels	SM Entertainment
Associated acts	SM Town, Super Junior, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-Happy, Super Junior-M
Website	http://min01.smtown.com/

Lee Sungmin
Hangul	이성민
Hanja	李晟敏
Revised Romanization	I Seongmin
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Sŏngmin

Sungmin (born January 1, 1986), real name Lee Sung-min, is a Korean pop singer and actor. He is one of the four lead vocalists of the South Korean boy band Super Junior. He is a martial artist and currently the only member of the group to frequently perform Chinese martial arts in Super Junior's dance routines.

Sungmin and Biography

Sungmin was born in the Ilsan district of Goyang, Gyeonggi. He has a younger brother, Lee Sungjin. He entered the 2001 SM Youth Best Contest and jointly won first place for the Best Outward Appearance award with future band mate Donghae. Together, they signed a contract with SM Entertainment and began to receive training in singing, dancing, and acting.

In 2002, Sungmin was briefly placed in a project R&B group with Xiah and future band mate Eunhyuk. Along with Typhoon, Rose, and Attack, the six of them made their first television appearance in a show called Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock Moon Hee-jun taught Typhoon, Rose, and Attack on how to properly sing rock while Sungmin, Xiah, and Eunhyuk were taught other singing techniques by Kangta. The six trainees quickly separated a year later, however, when Typhoon, Rose, and Attack debuted as member of rock band TRAX and Xiah debuted as a member of TVXQ. Both Sungmin and Eunhyuk joined ten other trainees and formed the group Super Junior 05, being the first generation of the rotational boy band Super Junior. Right before Super Junior debuted, Sungmin made a brief appearance on the MBC drama Sisters of the Sea, playing young Kang Dong-shin.

Sungmin and Super Junior

Super Junior 05 officially debuted on November 6, 2005 on SBS's music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)". Their debut performance attracted over 500 fans and also garnered oversea viewers from both China and Japan. A full studio album was released a month later, which debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.

In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior. The re-polished group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.

During his career with Super Junior, Sungmin has been put into three subgroups, smaller groups that are branched off of the larger main group. In February 2007, Sungmin was placed in the trot-singing Super Junior-T. A year later, he became a member of Super Junior-Happy. In 2011, he was also placed as one of the two new members of Super Junior-M along with Eunhyuk.

Sungmin and Acting

Sungmin played young Kang Dong-shin in the MBC drama Sea of the Sisters in early 2005, right before the debut of Super Junior. A year later, Sungmin guest starred in SBS's Banjun Theatre drama Finding Lost Time and played as Micky's high school friend.

Sungmin's first big-scale film was the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, an SM Pictures production that premiered for the first time in July 2007. He played the role of a pretty school boy who later gets attacked by an unknown criminal.

In early 2008, Sungmin participated in a short half-hour drama Super Junior Unbelievable Story with Leeteuk. Sungmin starred as himself, a member of the popular group Super Junior-T who is constantly overshadowed by his members. In 2009, he was cast in the musical "Akilla" starring as the main lead, Ro. In 2010, he was cast in the musical "Hongildong" starring as the main lead, Hongildong, with bandmate Yesung.

SM Entertainment recently announced that Sungmin was casted in the KBS drama "President" as Jang Sungmin, the ambitious son of Jang Il Joon the president. The drama will air on December 15, 2010 in KBS2-TV.

Sungmin and MC

Sungmin replaced band mate Kang-in as one of the key DJs of Reckless Radio and was hosting it with Sooyoung of Girls' Generation in the later half of 2007. On February 3, 2008, Sooyoung's band mate Sunny replaced her position. The program ended in late July 2008.

Sungmin and Other activities

In October 2010, Sungmin was one of the twenty idols from different South Korean groups that recorded the song, "Let's Go", for the purpose of increase public participation in 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. He provided vocals along with label-mates Seohyun, Jonghyun and Luna.

Singles and Soundtracks

Year	Title	Song	Format	Artist	Notes
2007	Student's Cheer song	소중한 열매 (Power)	Digital Single	Sungmin feat. CSJH Dana/Lina
2007	"Homicide Investigation Team OST"	히트 (H.I.T)	OST	KRY, Kangin, Sungmin, Donghae
2008	SJ-T Rokkuko album Japanese ver	Asita No Tameni 明日のために (For Tomorrow)	Track	Sungmin feat. japanese duoMoeyan ソンミン(SuperJunior-T×ﾓｴﾔﾝ)
2008	Sanggeunie's Hope album	Jiguem Mannaro Gayo 지금 만나러 가요 (Now We Go to Meet)	Track	Yesung, Sungmin	written by Leeteuk, Sungmin
2010	"Haru OST"	Angel	OST	Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun
2010	KBS2TV "President OST"	입술을 깨물고 (Biting my Lips)	OST	Sungmin, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun	Sungmin stars in the drama

Film

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	Attack on the Pin-Up Boys 꽃미남 연쇄 테러 사건	himself	limited release in South Korea

Television Drama

Year	Title	Role	Network	Other notes
2005	Sisters of the Sea 자매바다	young Kang Dong-shin	MBC	(Ep 1. ~ Ep. 60)
2005	Charnel House Boy 납골당소년	young baseball player boy	KBS	One-episode drama
2006	Finding Lost Time	DBSK Yoochuns Bestfriend	SBS	One-episode drama
2008	Super Junior Unbelievable Story 슈퍼주니어의 기막힌 이야기	Main role / himself	MBC	One-episode drama
2010	President	Jang Sungmin	KBS

Musical Stages

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2009	The Royal Musical "Akilla"	Ro	Main lead
2010	HongGilDong	HongGildong	Main lead

Music Video Appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Role
2009	"S.E.O.U.L. MV"	Super Junior and Girls' Generation	The Photographer
2010	World Cup "Victory Korea MV"	Super Junior H	Himself
2010	G20 Seoul Summit "Let's Go MV"	G20 various Idols	Himself

Variety shows

Year	Station	Title	Role
2009	MBC	Sunday Sunday Night "Oppa Band"	Regular MC Vocalist/Guitarist

Radio shows

Date	Name	Note
June 4, 2007–February 3, 2008 February 3, 2008–July 30, 2008	Chunji Reckless Radio (천방지축 라디오)	with Sooyoung with Sunny

Award

• 1st SM Youth Best Selection: Best Outward Appearance