Kim Junsu
Birth Name: Kim Jun Su
Stage Name: Junsu Birthday: January 15, 1988 Position: Lead Vocalist Height: 180 cm Weight: 68 kg Blood Type: A Religion: Buddhism Twitter: http://twitter.com/Jun2daKAY History: Early life Junsu was born in Daegu, South Korea and attended DongA School For The Arts with a major in the broadcasting/entertainment department. Pre-Debut Prior to singing, Junsu had entered and won various poem- and song-writing contests. He originally auditioned for YG Entertainment, where he befriended G-Dragon and Tae Yang of Big Bang. He was accepted into both YG & JYP Entertainment, but ended up in JYP entertainment after being traded with CL of 2NE1. Up till now, he is still close friends with both members of Big Bang. Music career Group On September 4, 2008, Junsu, along with 6 other members, debuted as 2PM with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day." So far, 2PM has released two studio albums and three EPs. solo On October 7, 2011, Junsu released his debut solo single Alive on various digital music sites by the name Jun. K. The official MV of Alive has been uploaded to 2PM's official Youtube account on October 10, 2011. His solo single quickly rose up the charts to be no. 1 of Cyworld. Other works of his include “HOT“, “Sunshine” and “Don’t Go”. He was featuring in San e's song "B.U.B.U" and also he sang the song "Tok Tok Tok" with Jung Woo. In 2011, he was part the group that sang "Let's go" which was G20 Seoul summit campaign song. |
Personal life
Junsu stands 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and weighs 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st). He speaks Korean and minimal English. His hobbies include composing, fashion, collecting accessories and shoes. His specialties are singing and writing themes. He is widely known by the nicknames Jun. K, Daegu Grandpa, Broadcast man, Jundyu, Daegu ganster and Panda and called the 'Jun Brothers' together with fellow member Lee Junho. Junsu is a Buddhist.At his debut with 2PM, some rumors were saying that he was dating the thai singer Waii. He denied the rumor. After it, the thai singer wrote "Not true" on Twitter as a replied for the incident. On February 24, 2011, he was admitted into the bachelor program for Performing Arts at the Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts, starting his new semester as a fourth year student. He got a close friendship with the members of the group Oneway. Especially with Chance who helps him with his compositions. Junsu feels sexy while jumping skipping rope. Because of his sensitive skin, he wears a tank top, most often black, under his clothes to shield from the synthetic materials. JYP Entertainment RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT 2PM member Junsu‘s father has passed away on January 19, 2012. Junsu’s father was 59 years old, and he was struck with a Myocardial Infarction (or heart attack). Junsu had received a sudden call about his father going unconscious and rushed to the hospital in Daegu. Unfortunately, he was too late to have a final moment with his father. The idol was seen crying throughout the whole day at the funeral home. Junsu’s fellow JYP members ANDfriends are standing by him for support. Compositions 2011.02.14 Kajima (Don't Go) Jun.K & Lim Jeong Hee Dream High 2011.02.17 SUNSHINE Jun.K & Kan Mi Youn 2011.06.20 HOT 2PM Hands Up 2011.10.07 ALIVE Jun.K Digital Release 2011.11.30 Hanarete ite mo (Even When We're Apart) 2PM Republic of 2PM Television 2008 mnet hot Blood 2008 mbc idol army season 3 2009 mnet 2PM Wild Bunny 2011 sbs 2PM Show 2011 sbs2 Immortal Song 2 |
Nichkhun Horvejkul
Birth Name: Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul
Stage Name: Nichkhun Birthday: June 24, 1988 Position: Vocalist, Face of The Group Height: 180 cm Weight: 64 kg Blood Type: O Religion: Buddhism Extra: He is NOT Korean, he is of Chinese and Thai decent Twitter: http://twitter.com/Khunnie0624 HISTORY EARLY LIFE Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He is 3/4 Thai and 1/4 Chinese, having a Chinese maternal grandmother. Nichkhun has an older brother Nichan, and two younger sisters, Nichthima (Yanin) and Nachjaree (Sherleen). At the age of two, he moved to Thailand with his family and studied at Dhepkanjana School and Tangpiroondham School. At the age of twelve, he studied at Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand for a semester and then resumed school in Thailand. He moved back to the United States to graduate at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California. After high school, he worked as a badminton coach for Rosemead High School. At the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival, a Korean agent invited him to audition for JYP Entertainment, owned by Park Jin-young, a K-pop artist and producer. After passing the audition hosted by JYP Entertainment, he signed a ten-year contract with the company but later resigned for an eight-year contract, not including training, and was brought to South Korea in 2006 as a trainee, being put into a class of 24 other students. Park Jin-young informed him that he was required to learn how to sing and to dance, learn Korean and Mandarin Chinese, and to bulk up. He first appeared through MNET's Hot Blood, a program that showed the intense physical training that 13 male trainees had to go through for the opportunity to debut in either a 4-member ballad group2AM or a 6-member dance group (originally had 7 members until the leader Jay Park left the group) 2PM under JYP Entertainment. |
2PM
Nichkhun is a rapper, dancer, and occasional support vocalist for the South Korean boy band 2PM. He contributes to the group largely by rapping or singing in English. DebutOn 4 September 2008, Nichkhun debuted as a 2PM member with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day".Solo activitiesTelevisionAfter 2PM's debut in 2008, Nichkhun began doing Thai endorsements, and was selected by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) for their campaign, "Come to Thailand; Let's Take a Break!" Nichkhun has also done a wide variety of runway modeling including for Pony, and Andre Kim's fashion show in 2008 with 2AM member Seulong. On January 7, 2010, photographs surfaced of Nichkhun and Taecyeon with actress Yoon Eunhye for Cass Beer, in which 2PM were chosen to endorse with special promotion single "Tik Tok". Nichkhun played a main character in the 12-minute music video drama, released on February 8, 2010. Nichkhun also hosted JYP's talent competition, Superstar Survival. Nichkhun was originally planned to appear on We Got Married as Brown Eyed Girls member Ga-in's partner, but due to Jaebeom's MySpace controversy he was replaced at last minute by 2AM member Jo Kwon. On March 4, 2010, new rumors of his casting surfaced through several newsites, even naming T-ara member Eunjung as his partner. However, JYPE stated that they were forced to decline the offer due to schedule clashes. On June 1, 2010, Nichkhun was announced to be an additional cast member to We Got Married, pairing up with Victoria Song of f(x). On February 26, 2010, it was announced that Nichkhun and 7 other male idols from 2PM, 2AM, MBLAQ and C.N.Blue would rotate as MCs for Mnet M!Countdown after it went off-air for 3 months. In December 2009, he had been confirmed to star in 2010 film "The Shining Diploma", but due to scheduling conflicts with the filming delays, he dropped out of the project in March. Nichkhun also appeared on Dream High, playing one of the commercial actors In May 2010, he featured in a commercial for Everland's Caribbean Bay water theme park along with 2PM Taecyeon & Chansung and Girls' Generation members Yoona, Seohyun & Yuri. Nichkhun appeared in the music video of the single "Touch (觸動)" by Taiwanese Mandopop artist Wilber Pan, which premiered on January 31, 2011. He was the MC for the 50th Anniversary Music Wave Concert which was held on March 12, 2011 together with Tiffany & Yuri. |
In May 2011, 2PM Nichkhun and f(x) Victoria were selected as the new 2011 models for Everland's Caribbean Bay Aqualoop CF. Already known as a couple through MBC's We Got Married, the two will be continuing their sweet antics as models for the brand.
In June 2011, Nichkhun along with the other members of 2PM began filming SBS, 2PM Show. In September 2011, it is confirmed that Nichkhun will be leaving the highly popular Korean reality show We Got Married with f(x)'s Victoria. The last episode aired on September 17, 2011. Khuntoria was the couple's name in We Got Married. FilmNichkhun is set to star in Japanese live-adaptation film Ouran High School Host Club as Lawrence, the president of a Singaporean corporation. Image In the midst of Jaebeom's contract termination controversy that caused the remaining members of 2PM to be received very negatively, fans and the general public still supported Nichkhun for his seemingly innocent image throughout the whole conflict. Filmography TV series 2008 Hot Blood Men Mnet AS Himself Pre-debut days 2008 Idol Army Season 3 MBC AS Himself 2008-Present Star King SBS AS Himself Recurring in the show 2008 Yashimanman Season 2 SBS AS Himself 2009 2PM Wild Bunny Mnet AS Himself 2010 We Got Married MBC AS Himself Last episode aired on September 17, 201 12010 Running Man SBS AS Himself Appeared in Ep 4-5, 19, 40, 50-51 as guest 2010 All My Love MBC AS Fake OkYup 2010 More Charming By The Day SBS AS Nickhun Horvejkul Ep 76 2011 Dream High KBS Cameo As one of the commercial actor in episode 8 2011 Welcome To The Show SBS AS Nichkhun 2011 2PM Show SBS AS Himself Film 2012 Ouran High School Host Club AS Lawrence The film will be released on March 17 ,2012 Awards 2009 MNet 20s Choice Awards : Hot Mr. Beauty Award 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards : Popularity Award o edit. |
Ok Taec-yeon
Birth Name: Ok Taec Yeon
Stage Name: Taecyeon Birthday: December 27, 1988 Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist, Face of The Group Height: 185 cm Weight: 76 kg Blood Type: AB Religion: Christianity Twitter: http://twitter.com/taeccool hISTORY EARLY LIFE Taecyeon was born in Seoul, South Korea, but emigrated with his family to Bedford, Massachusetts,[2] where his parents and older sister (Jihyen) still currently reside. Taecyeon lived there for seven years, attending Bedford High School where he was an active member of the Chess Club, Jazz Band, JV Soccer Team and National Honor Society. before returning to pursue his career in Korea. Taecyeon was educated at Gel In High School in Seoul and studied Business Administration at Dankook University. He speaks fluent English and Korean. PRE-DEBUT It was his sister Jihyen who persuaded him to participate in a JYP Entertainment audition, whose promotion she had noticed when surfing on the Internet.[3]After his reluctant agreement to participate, both headed for New York City on his 17th birthday.[3] A week later he was chosen for the final 35 and got the call to go to Korea to go further in the competition. At first Taecyeon applied to become a model, but the judges suggested he try dancing and singing.[3]Eventually he was named one of the dozen finalists (including his future bandmates Lee Junho and Chansung) to compete in the show Superstar Survival, but was the first contestant to leave the show. Music career In 2008 he took part in Mnet's Hot Blood Men which follows the extreme training of 13 trainees in order to become a member of the boy band One Day.One Day spawned two boy bands, 2AM and 2PM, the latter of which Taecyeon became a member of. Six months after Hot Blood was aired on TV 2PMdebuted with their first single "10 Points out of 10 Points" ("10점 만점에 10점") from their first EP Hottest Time of the Day, but it wasn't until their second EP 2:00PM Time For Change that their success in the Korean music industry skyrocketed. So far 2PM has released two studio albums and three EP. Solo activities Taecyeon is featured in "Yes I'm In Love" by Bada on her fourth album and Baek Ji-Young's 2009 song "내 귀에 캔디" (My Ear's Candy). He formerly hostedSBS's music show Inkigayo with Wooyoung, and was a permanent cast member on Family Outing 2 before it was cancelled. In 2010 he saw his debut as an actor in the 2010 KBS drama series Cinderella's Sister alongside Moon Geun Young and Chun Jung-myung. His second drama is Dream High, in which he played the role of Jinguk. The drama premiered on January 3, 2011. |
In September 2011 Fuji TV announced that Taecyeon was going to become a regular on their Sunday drama “Boku to Star no 99 Nichi“, along with Japanese actor Nishijima Hidetoshi and South Korean actress Kim Tae Hee as the two main characters. This is his first regular role on a Japanese drama. The producer of the drama commented: “We needed someone who can be mysterious and make his presence felt by others at the same time. Outside of his role Taecyeon is a very polite and bright person, who always manages to create a cheerful atmosphere at the set. He is going to bring a breath of fresh air to the Japanese drama scene.” Taecyeon commented, “It’s my first role in a Japanese drama and I’m really happy to be able to work together with such a wonderful cast and such an amazing staff. I will exert myself to the best of my abilities in order to polish my acting as much as I can.”
Army enlistment On December 9, 2010 a JYP Entertainment representative revealed that “Taecyeon would like to give up his American permanent residence visa and recently, on December 1st, he received his official confirmation for his permanent residence cancellation.” Taecyeon had a physical examination for drafting but received a physical body status sufficient only for enlistment as public service personnel, due to his poor vision and a dislocated shoulder back in 2008. However he is currently thinking of getting another physical examination in order to undertake active military duties. The JYP representative stated: “Taecyeon has voiced thoughts of wanting to enter the military service. He submitted his documents on the 1st and is clear on his actions.” He went on to explain: “Now that Taecyeon wants to enter active duties, he recently received a re-examination. I think he was affected by the recent Yeonpyeong Island shelling so we want to respect his decision.” He concluded: “Since Taecyeon is still at a young age, he won’t be entering the military immediately. He is currently active as an actor as well as continuing his studies, so we still need to watch over him.” On the February 7th, 2011 broadcast of KBS2TV’s “Yeo Yu Man Man,” Taecyeon shared his thoughts on his enlistment situation stating that he plans to get corrective eye surgery so he can enlist TV Drama 2010 Cinderella's Sister AS Han Jung Woo KBS2 2011 Dream High AS Jin Gook / Hyun Shi Hyuk KBS 2011 Boku to Star no 99 Nichi AS Taesung Fuji TV Television 2006 sbs Superstar Survival 2008 mnet Hot Blood 2008 mbs Idol Army Season 3 2009 sbs inkigayo 2009 mnet 2PM Wild Bunny 2010 sbs family outing 2 2011 sbs 2PM Show |
Jang Wooyoung
Birth Name: Jang Woo Young
Stage Name: Wooyoung Birthday: April 30, 1989 Position: Main Vocalist Height: 178 cm Weight: 65 kg Blood Type: B Religion: Buddhism Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/0430yes HISTORY early life Wooyoung was born in Busan and has an older sister. He attended Seoul School for the Arts with a dance major. Pre-debutHe was selected to be a JYP trainee through MGoon's JYP auditions. He won first place in this audition against 5000 other candidates. He once filled in as a dancer partner with Wonder Girls member Kim Yubin when T.O.P from Big Bang fainted the day before the special performance with the Wonder Girls during the 2007 MBC Music Awards. DebutOn September 4, 2008, Wooyoung, along with 6 other members, debuted as 2PM with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day." solo contributions MC Wooyoung, along with Taecyeon formerly hosted SBS's music show Inkigayo, from July 26, 2009 till July 11, 2010. On February 2, 2010, he was officially the sub-MC in Kim Seung Woo's talk show KBS Win Win alongside Girls' Generation’s Taeyeon, Kim Shin Young, and Choi Hwa Jung. He received high praise for his very natural MC-ing and exceptional wit. He was always curious about everything, so he constantly began his sentences with, "I’m curious about something…" thus, earning the nickname, 'Curious Wooyoung'. He left the show on August 3, 2010 along with Taeyeon to focus on 2PM's first concert. Actor He first debuted as an actor in the 2011 KBS drama series Dream High playing the role of Jason, a Korean-American. The Drama premiered on January 3, 2011. The Drama made him famous for his English line, "Is it my turn already?". After concluding his drama debuts through KBS‘s “Dream High“, Wooyoung expressed that he will continue to pursue their passion for acting in conjunction with their singing careers. A representative of JYP Entertainment spoke with OSEN and revealed, “We’re planning to continue Wooyoung’s acting career when he receives another great project. He was worried before ‘Dream High’ began filming, and often wondered whether he’d be able to act, but we believe that he’s gained a lot of confidence since then. He’s gotten very interested in the acting field, so we plan to continue his acting career, along with fellow member Taecyeon‘s.” |
On August, 2011 it was announced that Wooyoung and miss A‘s Bae Suzy were going to make a cameo appearances in the new KBS Drama Special, ‘Human Casino‘. The pilot episode aired on September 18th, and the two idol stars were playing the role of a couple caught up in gambling scandals. The two are good friends with the PD of ‘Human Casino’, who also produced the KBS 2TV series ‘High Kick‘. Their scenes weren't a part of the actual drama, but rather be featured towards the end with the rolling credits. Kim PD stated, “I told these two that I was starting a new project and they told me they wanted to visit, so I thought of giving them a small cameo role.” ‘Human Casino’ is the story of an engaged woman who is reportedly found missing, and her fiance believes she has been kidnapped. He later finds out she is caught up in a risky situation with gamblers that use human lives as their stakes.
Dancing Wooyoung trained Kim Gyuri for her performance on MBC's "Dancing With the Stars" aired on July 8th, 2011. Netizens praised his talents as a dancer for having the chance to teach others about it. For 2PM's tours in 2011 (Hands Up Asia Tour and Republic of 2PM), Junho and Wooyoung performed together a song that Junho wrote, while Wooyoung choreographed and designed their outfits. Endorsements Taecyeon and Wooyoung modeled for the fall collection for the clothing brand, Evisu. In this photo shoot, Taecyeon and Wooyoung put aside their fun image and showed a chic side to themselves. Despite the long hours of the photo shoot, they didn’t show signs of tiredness and lightened up the atmosphere receiving much praise from the staff. For Evisu’s fall collection, Taecyeon and Wooyoung modeled denim jackets, jeans, and shirts, along with items that bring out the vintage style. An Evisu official said, ”Evisu’s brand new models Wooyoung and Taecyeon, were friendly and charismatic. Mixed with the fall collection, the items will definitely become mega hits”. Personal life Wooyoung stands 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and weighs 65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st). He speaks Korean, Japanese and has a sufficient understanding of the English language. His hobbies include surfing the web and listening to music. He once stated there are "exactly 3 things that (he) likes: music, association football and interior (design)." When asked why he didn't include dancing, he replied, "it is also included in music .. and football." He enjoys dancing and singing. His well known nicknames are 'AngAng', 'Mandu Cheeks' and 'Ssanti Wooyoung.' Since 2009, he has attendedHowon University, majoring in broadcasting. On the special episode of KBS Win Win (Seung Seung Jang Gu) with 2PM as guests, Wooyoung revealed that his father had been against his dreams. As fans know, Wooyoung’s always had a dream of becoming a singer; however, his father initially opposed it because he wanted his son to have an easier, normal life. However, Wooyoung did not give up on his dream, like his father had hoped, and persistantly attended dance practices. Even while taking dance lessons and pursuing his dream, Wooyoung did not give up on studying and studied as hard as he danced in order to receive his father’s acknowledgement. In order to receive his father’s approval, Wooyoung wrote three letters a month for two years, and his father eventually gave in. Now, ever since he became a singer, his father has become the one sending him letters of encouragement. television 2008 Hot Blood Mnet as Himself 2008 Idol Army Season 3 MBC as Himself 2009 2PM Wild Bunny Mnet as Himself 2009 Inkigayo SBS as Himself 2010 Win Win KBS as Himself 2011 Dream High KBS2 as Jason 2011 2pM Show! SBS as Himself 2011 Drama Special "Human Casino" KBS Cameo |
Lee Junho
Birth Name: Lee Jun Ho
Stage Name: Junho Birthday: January 25, 1990 Position: Main Vocalist Height: 178 cm Weight: 67 kg Blood Type: A Religion: Christianity Twitter: http://twitter.com/dlwnsghek history Pre-Debut Junho was first known by the public as the winner of Superstar Survival in 2006. The show started with 12 teens and as the weeks goes by, they were eliminated one by one until three are left. Somewhat reminiscing of the famous reality show Survivor. Many fans were angered at his winning due to his cocky attitude. Despite the initial reaction, Junho signed a contract with JYP Entertainment after winning the "JYP's Superstar Survival" talent search (whichTaecyeon and Chansung were also contestants in), placing 1st out of 6,000 competitors. Music career In 2008, he took part in Mnet's Hot Blood Men which follows the extreme training of 13 trainees in order to become a member of the boy band One Day. However One Day was split and spawned two boy bands, 2AM and 2PM, of which the latter one Junho became a member. Six months after Hot Blood was aired on TV, 2PM debuted with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their first EPHottest Time of the Day, but it wasn't until their second EP 2:00PM Time For Change which skyrocketed their success in the Korean music industry. So far, 2PM has released two studio albums and three EPs. Junho wrote and composed the song "Give It To Me" from their latest album Hands Up. On September 4, 2009, articles surfaced on the internet regarding Jaebeom's posts from 2005 on his personal Myspace account, in which he expressed his dislike for Korea while still a trainee for JYP Entertainment. The incident resulted in all 2PM members withdrawn from their regular appearances on variety shows, including Junho. Although he was to suppose be a regular member of the sports variety show Dream Team 2, Junho was only a part of the pilot episode. However in March 2010, Junho returned as a permanent cast member of the sports variety show Dream Team 2. Additionally during this time, many rumors regarding who would replace Jay Park as the leader were saying Junho was being considered. JYPE has never confirmed nor denied this. Most say there is no leader due to the reality show titled "Wild Bunny" that starred 2PM. The airing of the final episode, which coincidentally featured the members engaged in a "Leader Olympics" game to select a new leader, was postponed indefinitely due to Jaebeom's internet controversy. On February 16, 2010, Junho was a guest Strong Heart. He talked about the time before 2PM’s debut, when he was on the show Superstar Survival. in August 2010, Mnet created a list of the top thirty talented idols who all have beautiful voices. Two members of 2PM were on the list. Junsu took 5th place, and Junho took 19th place. On the New Year’s special of MBC’s “Bouquet” in 2010, Junho made a special appearance on the show and displayed a great first performance on his guitar. The 2PM member performed “Ain’t No Sunshine” from the romance movie "Notting Hill." |
Last year, Junho has shown his composition skills with the song "Give It To Me". On July 21, the 2PM released the "Give It To Me" video on their official YouTube channel. The song was used on the original sound track for the action thriller movie "Blind" starring by Kim Ha-Neul and Yoo Seung-Ho. The track is also available on the Hands Up album.
Personal His specialties are singing, beatbox, acrobatics and dancing. He enjoys listening to music, watching dancing videos, learning composing, reading, and reading fashion. He is an avid animal lover and loves cats the most. His ideal woman is someone who plans for a child. He graduated from Howon University - Program Acting Major. Due to his looks, he is often compared with Korean entertainer Rain. However on KBS2's "Win Win", Junho revealed that during his training years the way people looked at him was not an admirable way. Junho, who was receiving much envy and jealously at the time, had said that “people never knew what my name was and always called me ‘that one kid’.” Junho revealed on Strong Heart how there was a time when Junho (without his knowledge) was about to be kicked out of JYP Entertainment due to his bad attitude and also at that point of time he was falling behind the others and could not adapt. His mother found about this and called JYP personally saying that her son hasn’t even been there for a year, please give him time to improve. Lee Junho has several nicknames, but the most popular are "Hwang-jae" (Emperor) due to his seriousness and "Nuneo". The latter came from an incident when Junho typed his name so quickly that it appeared wrongly as Nuneo. He is also called the 'Jun Brothers' together with fellow member Junsu. On the May 14th broadcast of MBC’s “We Got Married,” 2PM band mate Nichkhun revealed, “Junho’s cousin is a professional baseball player.” Junho's cousin is a pitcher for the Doosan Bears namedSun-Woo Kim. Junho is also an animal activist. Singer Lee Hyori has recently praised Junho and his fans on their donation to the animal activist’s group. The singer wrote via her Twitter on October 20, “It warmed my heart to hear that 2PM’s Junho and his fans made a second donation to the animals activist’s group! ...I’m so proud that he is using his fame and influence in a way that’s so heroic.” Additionally, Junho recently spent a week in Ethiopia to help out the less fortunate Filmography television 2006 Superstar Survival SBS as Himself 2008 Hot Blood Mnet as Himself 2008 Idol Army Season 3 MBC as Himself 2009 2PM Wild Bunny Mnet as Himself 2009 2 Dream Team 2 KBS as Himself Pilot Episode 2010 Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2 KBS as Himself Regular on the show 2010 M! Countdown Mnet as Himself Regular MC on the show 2011 2PM Show! KBS as Himself Films 2011 White: The Melody of the Curse Cameo |
Hwang Chansung
Birth Name: Hwang Chan Sung
Stage Name: Chansung Birthday: February 11, 1990 Position: Vocalist, Rapper, Maknae Height: 184 cm Weight: 75 kg Blood Type: B Religion: Buddhism Twitter: http://twitter.com/2PMagreement211 history early life Chansung was born in Seoul, South Korea, where he still resides. Chansung was educated at Korean Art High School and Howon University. Pre-debutBefore becoming a singer in 2PM, Chansung was a television actor having played roles in MBC's 2006 comedy "Unstoppable High Kick" and then in KBS2's 2008 drama "Jungle Fish." It was also during this time, in 2006, that he auditioned for, and was named, one of the dozen finalists (including his future bandmates Lee Junho and Taecyeon) to compete in the show "Superstar Survival". Music career In 2008, he took part in Mnet's Hot Blood Men which follows the extreme training of 13 trainees in order to become a member of the boy band One Day.One Day spawned two boy bands, 2AM and 2PM, of which the latter one Chansung became a member of. Six months after Hot Blood was aired on TV,2PM debuted with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their first EP Hottest Time of the Day, but it wasn't until their second EP 2:00PM Time For Change which skyrocketed their success in the Korean music industry. So far, 2PM has released two studio albums and three EPs. |
Personal life
Chansung stands 184 centimetres (6.04 ft) tall and weighs 165 pounds (75 kg). He speaks fluent Korean, basic Japanese, and basic English. Chansung is a trained martial artist, having achieved high levels in Taekwondo and Kumdo. His hobbies are listening to music, gaming and working out. Chansung is aBuddhist. Jeonggam Jeonggam, or sometimes, Jeonggamie is Chansung's cat. Jeonggam has become almost as popular as Chansung himself, having appeared on 2PM's YouTube channel, and in numerous tweets and pictures. Television 2006 MBC Unstoppable High Kick as Hwang Chan Sung 2006 SBS Superstar Survival as Himself 2008 KBS2 Jungle Fish as Park Young Sam 2008 Mnet Hot Blood as Hmself 2008 MBC Idol Army Season 3 as Himself 2009 Mnet 2PM Wild Bunny as Himself 2011 KBS2 Dream High cameo 2011 SBS 2PM Show as Himself 2011 TBS Kaito Royale as Jack |
Former Member
Park Jaebeom
Birth Name: Park Jae Beom
Stage Name: Jay Birthday: April 25, 1987 Position: Leader, Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Rapper Height: 174 cm Weight: 60 kg Blood Type: A Religion: Christianity Twitter: http://twitter.com/JAYBUMAOM history Early Years Born in Seattle, Washington, Park showed great interest in hip hop music and breakdancing in particular. In 2003, during his early high school years, he joined a local b-boy crew called Art of Movement (AOM). In 2004, he auditioned in Seattle, Washington, for Korea-based, JYP Entertainment (JYPE). The company's founder, Park Jin-young, watched Park's audition and brought him to Korea in January 2005 to receive further training in dancing, rapping, singing, and the Korean language. Park was raised in Edmonds, Washington where he attended Edmonds Woodway High School and is fluent in Korean and English. 2008-2009: 2PM, MySpace controversy, Park's departurePark first appeared through MNET's Hot Blood, a documentary-style reality program that showed the future members of idol groups, 2AM and 2PM in training. Park finishing with the most fan votes and was given the position of 2PM's leader. On September 4, 2008, 2PM debuted with the song “10 Points Out Of 10” (10점 만점에 10점) on music program M! Countdown after the release of their first mini-album, Hottest Time of the Day, a few days prior. Park and 2PM garnered further popularity when they were featured on the third season of MBC’s variety show “Idol Army”. However, it was their promotions for their single, “Again and Again,” that catapulted the group’s status in the Korean music scene, and earned them first place awards for 3 successive weeks in music shows like SBS’s Inkigayo and Mnet’s M! Countdown in May 2009. Similar success continued for their follow-up single “I Hate You” (니가 밉다). Aside from 2PM's music activities, Park created the song "正" ("Jeong") with Yeeun of the Wonder Girls for the television drama "Conspiracy in the Court"'s original soundtrack, and V.O.S's "To Luv...". He also participated in special stage performances such as Navi's "마음이 다쳐서" ("Heart Damage") on May 3, 2009, and K.Will's "1초에 한방울" ("One Drop per Second") on June 20, 2009. He also became a regular cast member in several variety programs, including Star King and Introducing a Star's Friend. In August 2009, he and Kara member, Nicole Jung, became the new hosts for a cultural variety show called Nodaji. On September 4, 2009, unfavorable comments towards Korea were found on Park’s personal Myspace account from 2005. The comments, written in English to a friend, were translated by Korean media, quickly spreading across hundreds of news articles. In this letter, he explained the unhappiness that he experienced during his early days as a trainee in an unfamiliar country where he lacked family, the ability to easily communicate, and an understanding of the culture. Although outraged protesters demanded that Park should be removed from 2PM, JYP Entertainment's CEO, Park Jin-young, stated on September 7, 2009, that he was going to continue as a part of the group. The following day, Park announced on his official fancafe that he would be leaving the group for a while to calm the situation and return to his hometown in Seattle, Washington, United States. He also apologized to the other 2PM members, and promised “I will come back a better person.” However, Park Jin-young suddenly confirmed that 2PM would continue as a 6-member group. Additionally, due to the sensitive topic of Park's departure, all 2PM members were withdrawn from their regular appearances on variety shows, and the final episode of their reality show,Wild Bunny, was postponed indefinitely. The remaining 6 members of 2PM re-filmed their music video for "Heartbeat" without Park on October 31, 2009. During a press conference, it was revealed that Park's vocals would not be removed from the older songs he promoted with 2PM, but he would be completely absent from the newer tracks. |
2PM's first official album was titled "1:59PM", to symbolize Park's absence (according to the 6 remaining members). Through their acceptance speeches at end-of-year award shows for Again & Again, the members thanked Park and reiterated their wish for his return. At the M.net Asian Music Awards, the group paid homage to him during their performance of "Again & Again" with a spotlight shown over his usual position in the dance formation and his lines left unsung. The six 2PM members also mentioned their plan to distribute their income from their 1st album with him. Information on a press conference planned for January 24, 2010 regarding Park's situation was leaked by the press, but this was shortly denied by JYP Entertainment.
2011: Take A Deeper Look and New Breed Part 1 On January 6, 2011, Park was announced as the winner in ‘Best Web Video’ Category around the globe for his song ‘Nothin' on You’ at the Mashable Awards. This video has a special meaning to his fans who have been missing him since it was a sign for his comeback after he had been on hiatus for the past months. He also has been nominated in ‘Must Follow Personality’ category and finished 2nd as a runner up. Park was chosen to be the sole opener for Ne-Yo in his first concert in Seoul for the "2011 Hyundai Mall 40th Anniversary Concert" held on March 29, 2011. He also cooperated with Ne-Yo for a charity event for children dreaming to become musicians on March 28 at the Dream Academy in Seoul. On March 28, 2011, Park was a finalist and received the most votes in the special category 'Connecting People Award', a joint venture between Shorty Awards and Nokia for his contribution in connecting communities worldwide and encouraging people to do good deeds, donate to charities, and many more. Park also was a finalist in the 'Celebrity' category at the same event. Park released his first Korean mini-album, titled Take a Deeper Look, on April 27, 2011, with the title track "Abandoned". This mini album contained 7 songs where 6 out of 7 seven songs were written and produced by Park himself. His first performance of his title track, "Abandoned" was on April 30, 2011, at the 9th Annual Korean Music Festival in Los Angeles, California, where he performed as one of the headlining acts. The album received explosive response from the public as 50,000 copies album sold out within 5 days of its release. It has been reported the album already sold more than 71,000 copies in less than 2 weeks and the album is ranked #2 in yearly Hanteo chart. Music Industry predicted that the album will probably take over #1 spot in anytime. In addition, Park ranked consistently high on the iTunes top 10 R&B/Soul albums chart and ranked #1 in Canada, #1 in Denmark, #2 in United States, #3 in Australia, #3 in Norway, #4 in Japan, #5 in Italy and #6 in France.Take A Deeper Look debuted at #3 in the Billboard World Album Charts and ranked #26 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart. Park also made his debut stage on Korean music shows such as Music Bank on May 7, 2011 for the first time in 2 years as a solo artist and made history as the first artist crowned winner at a debut stage. He won Music Bank again on May 13, 2011. On August 6, 2011, Park participated in his first KBS Immortal Song 2 episode. He performed "Candy" by H.O.T. with Moon Hee-joon. He had won his round and received 2nd place overall on his first episode. Park followed up with his own R&B rendition of "Aemo" by Kim Soo-hee on the next episode. His remix was well received. On his third episode of "Immortal Song 2", Park performed "Tell Me the Truth" by Jinusean with Solbi, Jang Hyuk and Kim Sooro. That performance won Park the competition for that episode, allowing him to choose the order for the next episode. For his fourth episode, Park again made his own R&B version of "Feel Good Day" by Kim Wan-sun. On his fifth episode, Park performed a remixed version of "Look Back at Me" by Deux, where he received attention from his fellow castmates for his incredible and dangerous b-boy moves. On his sixth episode and final appearance on the show, he performed "Dear, Do Not Change" by Nam Jin and won the last trophy. It was revealed that Park will return to Immortal Song 2 for a special episode "King of Kings" with other singers that have claimed the #1 spot. This special episode will record November 7 at the KBS Open Hall and air November 19. On September 5, 2011, the long awaited single "Demon" was finally released through various Korean digital music websites. The music video was also finally released on the same day. However, a lot of people were disappointed with the quality of the music video, which took over a year to be released. Park himself commented on that, stating he had no control over the release of both the music video and the song, and didn't know himself when it was going to be released, and apologized for the matter on Twitter. On September 13, 2011, a slightly different version of the song was released on iTunes. |
On October 1, 2011, Park returned to the USA to perform in the International Secret Agents Los Angeles concert. The biggest ISA concert to date was a 14-artist act including celebrities like B.o.B,Far East Movement, and Sean Kingston. The concert drew a crowd of more than 3,000 people for ISA's first all-day outdoor festival concert, held at The Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, California. Park performed his most recent released song, "Abandoned," and also sang "Down" and "U Got it Bad." His b-boy crew, Art of Movement, also made a guest appearance as they showcased their dance talents.
On October 29, 2011, Park delivered a performance to over 25,000 fans as he headlined the MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Live in Manila Concert held at the SM Mall of Asia. The concert also featured Californian alternative rock band, Evaline, and international singer/songwriter, Jason Mraz. On November 3, 2011, Park released his new single "Girlfriend". The song was produced by American producers Da Beat Freakz. On December 28, 2011, Park released Part 1 of his first full-length Korean album, "New Breed". 2012: New Breed and present park will release his first full-length Korean album "New Breed" on February 7, 2012. Park was chosen by KT Tech to be the official model of TakeHD, a new smartphone by the brand. On January 10, 2012, a staff affiliated with KT Tech revealed that they will produce a digital album, "Take HD Special Maxi Album - Take Variety of My Life" for Jay Park, to celebrate the release of their smartphone, TakeHD. This album will be released on February 7, 2012, as a digital album. The title track will be released in four versions : dance, acoustic, electronic and R&B, and will have music videos. On January 11, 2012, Park received the Disk Bonsang for his mini album "Take A Deeper Look" on the first day of the 26th Golden Disk Awards, which was held in Osaka. He was the only solo artist to receive the Disk Bonsong among the other Bonsang winners. He performed a remix of his title track "Abandoned", "Star", and "Up And Down" on stage. On January 18, 2012, Park received the Popular Artist Award of the Asia Model Awards, which was held in Seoul. He performed his single "Girlfriend" on stage. Park made a guest appearance on Far East Movement's new music video, "Jello", per request of the worldwide hip-hop group. On December 25, 2011, Far East Movement revealed still cuts from their music video where Park can be seen in hip-hop fashion wear showing off his dance skills amongst other dancers and Far East Movement members. The music video was released on January 19, 2012 on YouTube. Park produced and composed a song with Cha Cha Malone for Korean-American singer & friend Brian Joo, titled "Can't Stop" for the first part of his album "ReBorn" released on January 26, 2012. Park wrote the Korean version of the song, while Joo wrote the English Version. Park featured in both Korean and English versions of the song along with Korean rapper Beenzino from 1llionaire Records for the Korean version and Korean-American rapper Dumbfoundead for the English version. Filmography movies 2010 Hype Nation 3D Darkness Not yet released 2011 Mr. 아이돌 (Mr. Idol) ZioKorean release date November 3 awards 2010 Naver Male Solo Most Popular Search Korea Won 2011 Best Web Video - Mashable Awards USA Won for his cover of "Nothin' On You" YouTube video 2011 Must Follow Personality - Mashable Awards USA 1st Runner-Up 2011 Connecting People Award - Shorty Awards USA Finalist received the most votes, joint venture with Nokia 2011 Best Celebrity on Twitter - Shorty Awards USA Finalist 2011 Disk Bonsang - Golden Disk Awards Korea Won for his mini album Take A Deeper Look 2012 Popular Artist Award - Asia Model Awards Korea Won |