Lee Soon Kyu

S U N N Y (써니)
Stage Name: Energy Source SUNNY (활력소 써니 – hwalryeokso Sunny)

Birth Name: Lee Soon-kyu (이순규)
Nicknames: Soonkyu, DJ Soon, Ssun, Sunny Bunny, Choi Danshin (the shortest)
Blood type: B
Date of Birth: May 15, 1989
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Sibling(s): 2 older sisters (Lee Eun-kyu, Lee Jin-kyu)

Position: Lead Vocalist
Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)
Specialty: Sports, Eloquence
Casted: 2007 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 9 Months (previously trained for 5 years in another company)

School: Baehwa Girl’s High School (배화여자고등학교) [graduated]Career:

- 2008 DJ for Melon ‘ChunJi Radio: Sungmin & Sunny’ (with Super Junior Sungmin)

- 2008 MV Super Junior H – ‘Cooking? Cooking!‘

- 2008 OST for movie Story of Wine ‘Finally Now‘

- 2008 OST for SBS drama Working Mom ‘You Don’t Know About Love‘

- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Sooyoung & Seohyun)

- 2009 MC for SkyTV ‘the M’ (with SS501 Hyungjoon)

- 2009 OST for MBC drama Heading to the Ground ‘It’s Love‘ (with Taeyeon)

- 2009 MC for MTV ‘the M’ (with 2AM Seulong)

- 2009 Variety show KBS2 ‘Invincible Youth’ (as part of Girl7)

- 2010 OST for SBS drama Oh! My Lady ‘Your Doll‘

Motto: "My Best In Every Moment"

TRIVIA

• Sunny is the shortest member of SNSD.
• Sunny is in charge of aegyo (cutesy acts) in SNSD.
• She doesn’t really fond of her real name, Soon-kyu because it sounds old and outdated.
• The name Soon-kyu lives on through her participation in variety show ‘Invincible Youth’ wherein Sunny revealed her hard-working side as a farmer. Many viewers thought “Soonkyu” was a nickname given to fit her persona of  hard-working country-side girl in the show, while in fact it’s her real name. She also gained the nickname “Chicken-catcher Soonkyu” thanks to her impressive ability to catch chicken.
• Sunny was born in United States and the moved to Kuwait when she was an infant.
• She and her family was a war refugee during the Gulf War in Kuwait.
• Sunny has a phobia to fireworks and loud sounds, probably because of the Gulf War experience she had.
• Sunny is an avid gamer.
• Sunny is a niece to SM Entertainment’s founder and former CEO, Lee Sooman.
• She’s the last to join SNSD and the one who received the shortest training in SM Ent; that was because she was trained in another company, owned by singer Wheesung, for five years but the company went bankrupt so Sunny auditioned to SM Entertainment instead.
• Sunny shares the same birthday with both of her older sisters.

Kim Taeyeon

T A E Y E O N (태연)

Stage Name: Kid Leader TAEYEON (꼬꼬마 리더 태연 – ggoggoma leader Taeyeon)
Birth Name: Kim Tae-yeon (김태연)
Nicknames: Taeng, Taengoo (Taeng9), Tete, Kid Leader, ByunTaeng (pervert Taeng), JumTaeng

Position: Leader & Main Vocalist
Date of Birth: March 9, 1989
Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Bloodtype: O
Sibling(s): 1 older brother (Kim Ji-woong), 1 younger sister (Kim Ha-yeon)

Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)

Specialty: Trot

Casted: 2004 SM 8th Annual Best Contest (Best Singer 1st Place Grand Award)

Training Duration: 3 Years 3 Months

School: Jeonju Art High School (전주예술고고등학교) [graduated]

Career:
- 2004 Featured with The One ‘You Bring me Joy‘ (Part 2)
- 2007 CF Gamevile Mobile Stone in the Water
- 2008 DJ for MBC ‘Kangin & Taeyeon’s Chinhan Chingu’ (with Super Junior Kangin)
- 2008 OST for KBS drama Hong Gil Dong ‘If (Manyage/ 만약에)‘
- 2008 MV Lee Byul – ‘Forever‘
- 2008 OST for MBC drama Beethoven Virus ‘Can You Hear Me‘
- 2009 Variety show MBC ‘We Got Married‘(with Jung Hyung-don)
- 2009 DJ for MBC radio ‘Taeyeon’s Chinhan Chingu’

- 2009 OST for MBC drama Heading to the Ground ‘It’s Love‘ (with Sunny)

- 2009 Model for ‘A-Solution’ cosmetic (with Tiffany)

- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Tiffany & Sooyoung)

- 2010 MC for KBS2 talk show ‘Seung Seung Jang Goo (Win Win)’- 2010 Musical ‘Midnight Sun’ from the movie ‘Taiyou no Uta‘ (as Kaoru Amane)

- 2010 Voice Actor for ‘Despicable Me‘ Korean title: ‘Superbad’ (as Margo)

- 2010 Featured with The One ‘Like a Star‘- 2011 OST for SBS drama Athena: Goddess of War ‘I Love You‘

- 2011 Featured with Kim Bum-soo ‘Different‘

Motto: "Dont Do Thing i Would Regret"

TRIVIA

• Despite her kid-like appearance, Taeyeon is the oldest member and leader of SNSD.
• Taeyeon is considered as the best singer of SNSD.
• Taeyeon is the SNSD member with the largest fanbase. Her fanbase is the largest among female idol singers in Korea.
• Her vocal mentor is The One who praised her as his most memorable student. Prior to SNSD, 15-year-old Taeyeon was featured on his song called ‘You Bring Me Joy (Part 2)’. Six years later in late 2010 the teacher-student duo re-teamed for a hit single ‘Like a Star’.
• Taeyeon is nicknamed as “OST Queen” because she has numerous of #1 hit drama soundtracks.
• Her hometown is Jeonrado Jeonju.
• Taeyeon’s parents own a optical shop in Jeonju.
• She made her musical debut as Kaoru Amane in Midnight Sun, a musical adaptation of movie ‘Taiyou no Uta’. She learned how to play guitar for that role.
• Taeyeon collects perfumes.
• Taeyeon’s favorite color is purple.
• Taeyeon has a infamous self-explanatory nickname, which is “Byuntaeng” (byuntae + taengoo, “byuntae” means “pervert”).
• She once stated that her ideal man is Vegeta of manga/anime Dragon Ball.
• Tayeon loves jelly, gummy worms and the likes.

Girls' Generation

Girls' Generation (Sonyeo Shidae) is a nine-member South Korean pop girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. They are also referred to as SoShi (소시) or SNSD by their fans, both abbreviated forms of the group's Korean name.

Girls' Generation has released three Korean full albums, three Korean mini-albums, one Japanese full album and various singles. Their 2009 hit single "Gee" holds the record for being the longest running No. 1 song on KBS Music Bank, having held the No. 1 chart ranking for nine consecutive weeks. Gee was named song of the decade by the Korean music site, Melon.

The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 under Nayutawave Records, a part of Universal Music, with the Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" and "Gee". The group's debut Japanese album, Girls' Generation, is currently the highest selling album in Japan by a Korean group in Oricon history, being certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ.

The leader of the group is Kim Taeyeon. The other members are Jessica Jung, Sunny, Tiffany, Kim Hyoyeon, Kwon Yuri, Choi Sooyoung, Im Yoona and Seohyun.

Career :
2007–2008: Debut and Girls' Generation

2009: Gee, Genie and rising popularity

2010: Oh!/Run Devil Run, Japanese debut and Hoot

2011: Mr. Taxi, Girls' Generation and The Boys

2012: International promotions, sub-unit formation (TaeTiSeo)

Individual Member Profil :

• Kim Taeyeon
• Jessica Jung
• Sunny
• Tiffany
• Kim Hyoyeon
• Kwon Yuri
• Choi Sooyoung
• Im Yoona
• Seohyun