Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어; Japanese: スーパージュニア; Chinese: 超级少年) is a South Korean boy band formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2005. The group debuted with 12 members: Leeteuk (leader), Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kangin,Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum and later added a 13th member named Kyuhyun. As of September 2011, eight members are currently active,[1] due to Han Geng's lawsuit (now pursuing his own singing career in the Mandarin pop entertainment industry), Heechul and Kangin's temporary leave of absence for mandatory military service, Siwon's filming for his upcoming dramaPoseidon (in which shooting of the drama are located at the farthest areas of South Korea, making him to temporary halt his activities with the group)[2] and Kibum's pursuit of an acting career.[3] However, the other members have insisted that all four (Heechul, Kangin, Kibum and Han Geng) are still part of the group, despite mentioning that they are saddened by Han Geng's departure from the group.[4][5]
Super Junior has released and contributed 20 records with varying degrees of success.[6] Over the years, they have been divided into smaller subgroups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting.[6] In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned twelve music awards from the Mnet Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards after jtL in 2003.[7]
MEMBER PROFILE
NAME: LEETEUK
REAL NAME: PARK JUNG-SU
BIRTHDATE: 1 JULY 1983
POSITION IN SUJU: LEADER, RAPPER AND VOCALIST
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NAME: HEECHUL
REAL NAME: KIM HEE - CHUL
BIRTHDATE: 10 JULY 1983
POSITION IN SUJU: VOCALIST, RAPPER AND VISUAL
REAL NAME: HAN GENG
BIRTHDATE: 9 FEB 1984
POSITION IN SUJU: LEAD DANCER
NAME: YESUNG
REAL NAME: KIM JONG - WOON
BIRTHDATE: 24 AUG 1984
POSITION IN SUJU: MAIN VOCALIST
NAME: KANGIN
REAL NAME: KIM YOUNG - WOON
BIRTHDATE: 17 JAN 1986
POSITION IN SUJU: LEAD VOCALIST
REAL NAME: SHIN DONG - HAE
BIRTHDATE: 28 SEPT 1985
POSITION IN SUJU: LEAD DANCER AND RAPPER
NAME: SUNGMIN
REAL NAME: LEE SUNG - MIN
BIRTHDATE: 1 JAN 1986
POSITION IN SUJU: LEAD DANCER AND LEAD VOCALIST
NAME: EUNHYUK
REAL NAME: LEE HYUK JAE
BIRTHDATE: 4 APR 1986
POSITION IN SUJU: MAIN DANCER AND MAIN RAPPER
NAME: DONGHAE
REAL NAME: LEE DONG - HAE
BIRTHDATE: 15 OCT 1986
POSITION IN SUJU: LEAD DANCER, LEAD VOCALIST AND RAPPER
NAME: SIWON
REAL NAME: CHOI SI - WON
BIRTHDATE: 10 FEB 1987
POSITION IN SUJU: LEAD VOCALIST AND VISUAL
NAME: RYEOWOOK
REAL NAME: KIM RYEO - WOOK
BIRTHDATE: 21 JUN 1981
POSITION IN SUJU: MAIN VOCALIST
NAME: KIBUM
REAL NAME: KIM KI - BUM
BIRTHDATE: 21 AUG 1987
POSITION IN SUJU: RAPPER, VOCALIST AND VISUAL
NAME: KYUHYUN
REAL NAME: CHO KYUHYUN
BIRTHDATE: 3 FEB 1988
POSITION IN SUJU: MAKNAE AND MAIN VOCALIST
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