4Minute

4minute (포미닛) is a South Korean girl group created by Cube Entertainment, subsidiary of JYP Entertainment. The leader of the group is Ji Hyun.

4minute was announced in May 2009, along with two of the groups members, Kim Hyuna and Nam JiHyun. Although JiHyun is known as the leader, many singing parts and centered dancing roles belong to Hyuna. On June 11, 2009, the silhouette teaser video was released online, along with their official website. The remaining three members identities were kept secret until June 12. On June 15, 2009, their debut single “Hot Issue” was released along with another teaser video and the profiles for each group member. Within hours of the song release, it quickly climbed onto top five within various digital music charts such as Cyworld, Bugs, Soribada, and Mnet.



Members

• Nam Ji Hyun
• Heo Ga Yoon
• Jeon Ji Yoon
• Kim Hyuna
• Kwon So Hyun

Discography

• Hot Issue (Debut Digital Single) – Hot Issue is the debut single of South Korean Girl Group 4minute of Cube Entertainment, Hot Issue producer Shinsadong Tiger composed “Won’t Give” (Track 6), a clean and groovy slow-tempo piece with lyrics by Hwang Sung Jin.
• For Muzik (2nd Mini Album) – Big-name producers and songwriters like Lee Sang Ho, Kim Dong Hoon, Hwang Sung Jin, and Shinsadong Tiger helped create For Muzik’s seven sizzling tracks, giving 4Minute’s album a fresh and vibrant edge in the midst of K-pop’s competitive girl group boom. Composed by Lee Sang Ho, 4Minute’s red-hot new single MUZIK is a euroclub street sound dance track that makes use of analog, side-chain, and tape sound.

Other Information

• Origin : South Korea
• Genre(s) : K-pop
• Years active : 2009–present
• Label(s) : Cube Entertainment

Awards

• Cyworld’s Rookie of the Month (June 2009)
• Korea’s Cultural, Physical Education and Tourism Bureau: Rookie Music Award, August 2009
• SBS Power Rookie, August 2009
• SBS Inkigayo’s Mutizen for ‘Muzik’, September 27th 2009
• Mnet M! Countdown 1st place for ‘Muzik’, October 1st 2009

Son Ye Jin

Born on January 11, 1982. Has taken on a variety of roles in her career to date, propelling her to fame both in Korea and in other Asian countries. She first appeared in a supporting role in Park Ki-hyung's film Secret Tears in 2000, and then went on to take the lead in TV dramas such as Delicious Proposal, Sunhee Jinhee, and Daemang: Great Ambition. Her first high-profile role in cinema was in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon, which screened at Cannes and took home a Best Director award in 2002.



The biggest success of her early career was in the subsequent films Lovers Concerto and The Classic. Both were solid mid-level hits in Korea, and The Classic in particular -- being a work of My Sassy Girl director Kwak Jae-yong -- received wide exposure in countries such as Hong Kong and China.

Son further solidified her status as a "hallyu" (Korean wave) star in 2003 by taking the lead in TV drama Summer Scent, a part of the hugely successful series of TV dramas including Autumn Love Story and Winter Sonata (though this drama would not attract the attention of the previous two). Her next two films also proved to be huge hits in Asia: A Moment to Remember, based on a famous Japanese TV series, set box office records in Japan and sold over two million tickets in Korea, while April Snow in which she co-starred with superstar Bae Yong-joon was also a smash hit in Japan and China (though not, incidentally, in Korea).

Son's most recent work sees her cast off her nice girl image to take on the role of a seductress in The Art of Seduction. From Marc 2006 she is also scheduled to appear in a TV drama together with Gam Woo-sung, playing the role of a divorced woman.

Ha Ji-won

Born on June 28, 1979. Made her television debut in 1997 on KBS TV. She won a Grand Bell award as the Best New Actress of 2000 with her debut film Truth or Dare, and a Blue Dragon award for Best Supporting Actress with her second film, the popular melodrama Ditto (2000). After achieving wider public recognition as a "horror queen" for her roles in Ahn Sung-ki's films A Nightmare and Phone, she has branched out into a variety of roles such as that of a cheerleader in Sex is Zero, which was one of most successful comedies of the year 2002.

Thanks to the huge success of her TV drama, Damo in which she starred as a female detective in the Chosun Dynasty and Something That Happened in Bali in which she played a poor girl who was loved by two rich men played by Jo In-sung and So Ji-seop, she gained a reputation as an A-list actress. Her subsequent roles in three comedies -- Reversal of Fortune, 100 Days With Mr. Arrogant, and Love, So Divine -- were not as successful with audiences, however. In early 2005 she starred in the melodrama Daddy-Long-Legs, based on a famous novel by Jean Webster.

Ha's next role saw her once again play a Chosun-era female detective, this time in acclaimed director Lee Myung-Se's Duelist. Probably her highest-profile role to date, the film sees her teams up with Ahn Sung-ki to catch an elusive criminal played by Kang Dong-won.

The Wonder Girls (원더걸스)

The Wonder Girls (원더걸스) are a South Korean girl group. Their producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls are signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions. Debuting in early 2007, they became popular in the fall of that year with the song "Tell Me." They have scored three consecutive #1 hit singles: "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody". In 2008, they won two Daesangs ("Artist of the Year" Awards).



The group began their entry into the American market in 2009, with lead single "Nobody"; the single became the first song by a Korean group to enter the Billboard Hot 100. They are co-managed in the United States by JYP Entertainment and Jonas Group.

Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres Pop, Dance-pop
Years active 2007 - Present
Labels JYP Entertainment

Official Website

• wondergirls.jype.com(Korean)
• www.wondergirlsworld.com (English)

Members

• Sunye
• Ye-eun
• Sohee
• Yubin
• Hye-rim

Former members

• Sunmi
• Hyuna

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Profile

• Name: 이민호 / Lee Min Ho
• Profession: Actor
• Birthdate: 1987-Jun-22
• Height: 185cm
• Star sign: Cancer
• Blood type: A

TV SERIES

• Boys Before Flowers as Go Jun Pyo (KBS2, 2008)
• But I Don't Know too (나도 잘 모르지만) as Min Wook Gi (MBC, 2008)
• I'm Sam as Heo Mo Se (KBS2, 2007)
• Mackerel Run (달려라 고등어) as Cha Gong Chan (SBS, 2007)
• Secret Campus (비밀의 교정) as Park Doo Hyun (EBS, 2006)
• Love Hymn (MBC, 2005)

MOVIES

• Our School E.T (2008)
• Public Enemy Returns (2008)
• Humming (2007)
• Arang (2006)
• Ghost Lives (2004)
• Repechage (1997)

RECOGNITIONS
The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actor Boys Before Flowers (2009)


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