Henry Lau

Real name:Henry Lau
Birthday:10/11/89 (He’s Canadian! Canadian guys=hotness)
School:A.Y.Jackson Secondary School
Siblings:One older brother and one younger sister
Height:176cm(5′10)
Religion:Unknown
Nickname:Mochi

Zhou Mi

Real name:Zhou Mi
Birthday:4/19/86
Height:182cm(6′1)
Religion:Unknown
Nickname:Kangta,Siwon

Kyu Hyun

Real name:Cho Kyuhyun
Birthday:2/3/88
Sibling:1 older sister(Cho Ara)
Position:Main vocal
School:Kyunghee Univ.(Major:Post Modern Music)
Height:178cm(5′11)
Religion:Christian
Nickname:Choding,Maknae(youngest) On Top,Micky’s Best Fan,Lord Kyu,Sulky Kyu,Excellent Plastic Surgery Result(=P) Kyu,Porn Kyu,Fit-In Kyu,Chic Kyu,Alien,Jesus Kyu,Dorm Kyu,Sexy Kyu,Baby Kyu,Shy Kyu,ELF Kyu,Green Kyu,Terror Kyu,Rotten Smile Kyu,Guinness Kyu,Voice Kyu,Dark Kyu,Model Kyu,Miracle Kyu,Doll Kyu,S Line Kyu,Basic Instinct Kyu,Game Kyu,etc!
Ideal Girl:Pretty,Christian,Kim Taehee-like girl.

Ki Bum

Real name:Kim Kibum
Birthday:8/21/87
Sibling:1 younger sister(Kim Saehee)
Height:179cm(5′11)
Position:Rapper
Religion:Christian
Nickname:Snow White,The Natural One
Ideal Girl:Han Ga-In

Ryeo Wook

Real name:Kim Ryeowook
Birthday:6/21/87
Siblings:none
School:Inha Univ.(Major:Theater Arts)
Height:173cm(5′8)
Position:Main vocal
Religion:Christian
Nickname:Ryeonggoo,Eternal Maknae(youngest),Rank #1,Ryeowook On Top,Used-to-be Maknae
Ideal Girl:Short girl who can sing

Si Won

Real name:Choi Siwon
Birthday:2/10/87
Sibling:1 younger sister(Choi Jiwon)
School:Inha Univ.(Major:Physical education)(not theology?)
Height:185cm(6′2)
Position:Sub vocal
Religion:Christian
Nickname:Simba,The Lord’s #1 Fan,bodyguard,gentleman,horse
Ideal Girl:Christian Girl with wavy hair and abs

Dong Hae

Real name:Lee Donghae
Birthday:10/15/86
Sibling:1 older brother(Lee Donghwa)
Position:Rapper,sub vocal
School:Myungji Univ.(Major:Performance Arts)
Height:176cm(5′10)
Religion:Christian
Nickname:Fish,Hweh,Ryeowook’s Best Fan,Bada’s Dad,East Sea(Donghae means East Sea(Sea of Japan) in Korean),Mokpo Uljjang
Ideal Girl:Motherly girl with pretty collarbones (eek, collarbones?)

Eun Hyuk

Real name:Lee Hyukjae
Birthday:4/4/86
Sibling:1 older sister(Lee Sora)
Position:Rapper,sub vocal
School:Paichai Univ.
Height:176cm(5′10)
Religion:Heretical Christian
Nicknames:Monkey,Gem Adonis,Little Mermaid,cockroach,Hallyu Star,Hyojjae,Hyukgoo
Ideal Girl:Pale,cute,short girl

Sung Min

Real name:Lee Sungmin
Birthday:1/1/86
Sibling:1 younger brother(Lee Sungjin)
Position:Main vocal
School:Myungji Univ. (Major:Film Musical)
Height:175cm(5′9)
Religion:Christian
Nicknames:Pumpkin Guy,Sungmin Who’s Too Cute for Us
Ideal Girl:Cute,short,nice girl

Shin Dong

Real name:Shin Donghee
Birthday:9/28/85
Sibling:none
Position:Rapper
School:Baekjae Junior College (Major:Dance)
Height:178cm(5′11)
Religion:Christian
Nickname:Dolpan Ogyupsal(don’t know what this means sry=P)
Ideal Girl:Cute,short girl

Kang In

Real name:Kim Youngwoon
Birthday:1/17/85
Sibling:none
Position:Sub vocal
School:Kyunghee Cyber Univ.(Major:Cultural Arts Management)
Height:178cm(5′11)
Religion:Christian
Nicknames:Bear Kangin,Strength Kangin,raccoon,Korea No.1 Handsome Guy,The Real Leader
Ideal Girl:Rich,pretty girl with pretty feet and long straight hair
*Rich girl? How materialistic!!!!(just kidding=D)

Ye Sung

Real name:Kim Jongwoon
Birthday:8/24/84
Sibling:1 younger brother(Kim Jongjin)
Position:Lead vocal
School:Chungwoon Univ.
Height:178cm(5′11)
Religion:Catholic
Nicknames:Cloud,Artistic Vocal Cords,Singing Yesung,Cheonan Uljjang
Ideal Girl:Moon Geungyoung

Han Kyung

Real name:Han Geng/Han Kyung
Birthday:2/9/84
Sibilings:none
Position:Sub-vocal
School:Beijing Central Ethnical Univ.(WHAT?not sure)
Height:181cm(6ft)
Religion:Atheist
Nicknames:Eagle,The Miracle of 1.3 Million,Angel of Heilung Jiang
Ideal Girl:Cute girl who respects his parents and loves him for who he is

Hee Chul

Real name:Kim Heechul
Birthday:7/10/83
Sibling:1 older sister(Kim Heejin)
Position:Sub leader,rapper,sub vocal
School:Sangji Univ.
Height:179cm(6ft)
Religion:Atheist
Nicknames:Heenim,Cinderella,Sachawon,Kim Cherry
Ideal Girl:Single-eyelided girl with pretty neck who looks good in mini skirts.

Lee Teuk

Real name:Park Jungsu
Birthday:7/1/83
Sibling:1 older sister(Park Inyoung)
Position:Leader,sub-vocal
School:Baekjae Junior College
Height:173cm(5′9)
Religion:Christian
Nicknames:Angel Without Wings,Teuki Teuki Leeteuki,AngelTeuk,Lida Park,Peter Pan
Ideal Girl:Pretty,outgoing girl(163cm would be the ideal height) with thin ankles and wrists.

4 Super Junior Members Hospitalized

Four members of the Super Junior's pop star group have been hospitalized after their car flipped in the middle of the road, seriously hurting one of the lead vocals yesterday morning.

Kyu Hyun, Lee Teuk, Shin Dong and Eun Hyuk of the group were returning from a radio station, where they host a show, to their residence in Chongdam-dong when the car suddenly flipped in the middle of Olympic Road in Seoul.

Kyu Hyun is now in the Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital. A doctor said that he is seriously injured, yet able to be operated on. The other three are staying at the Samsung hospital and are being treated.
The group of 13 has canceled its TV appearances for a while.

``At this very moment, the most important thing is the singer's health condition,'' the singers' agent said yesterday.

The police said that there was no evidence of disorder in the automobile and that careless driving may have been the reason for the accident.

Image

Super Junior-T is well-known for their parodies, such as the short miniseries Palace T, a parody of the popular Korean drama, Princess Hours which aired on the channel M.NET, as a part of Idol World.[5]

Due to Super Junior-T's active participance in trot music and their comedic appearances, the group gained outstanding attention from the older audience despite their well-known young idol images that was created for them in the main group Super Junior.[11] Members of Super Junior-T explained that they wanted to change their idol appearance[11] and hope that they would gain different fans from their new trot image.

Musical goals

Super Junior-T's music style is a distinctive style of trot, an old-fashioned style of Korean pop music. Their revised style of the genre includes mordernized K-pop melodies and also fast rap, notably performed by Shindong, Eunhyuk, and sometimes Heechul. Super Junior-T's goal is to evade the fading genre in Korea's current music industry and to introduce the young audience to a traditional style of music, hoping to increase awareness of older trot musicians and bring hopeful comebacks of trot to mainstream music. Emergence of Super Junior-T is also due to a strategy that Super Junior has been using, which is to show that they can accommodate many different musical genres.[7]

History

Pre-debut

Noticing the dying trend of trot music, Lee Soo Man decided to revive the style by producing an idol band that capitalizes this genre. Three months before Super Junior-T's official debut, they performed "Don't Go Away" at the M.NET/KM Music Festival on November 25, 2006 with Super Junior's Donghae.

2007: Commercial success

In early February, SM Entertainment made the official announcement of a second Super Junior subgroup, Super Junior-T. The group released their debut single "Rokuko" on February 23, 2007 and on February 25, 2007, they officially debuted on SBS's Popular Songs, performing "Rokuko" and "First Express" with famous trot singer Bang Shilyi. The debut was also marked as Heechul's comeback performance after his injury from a car accident that occurred in August 2006.

"Rokuko" topped music charts three days after release.[2] Two months later, the single topped Thailand-based music stations and remained in the same position for several weeks.[3] By the end of 2007, the single sold almost 46,000 copies and was Korea's best-selling single of the year.

Two months later, Leeteuk, Shindong, and Eunhyuk were injured in a car accident, and all of Super Junior-T's schedules were completely canceled for two months.[4] However, pre-recorded performances, such as the group's parody Palace T, continued to air on television and their single continued to top music charts.[5] Schedules resumed in June, but only lasted a month.

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2008: Performance tours and Japan

On April 29, 2008, it was announced that Super Junior-T would make a comeback later in the year with their second single.[6] However, a fourth Super Junior sub-unit, Super Junior-Happy, debuted instead, putting Super Junior-T in partial hiatus. Nonetheless, Super Junior-T remained partially active throughout the year as they still appear as a group in Super Junior's concert tour, Super Show and other similar functions. Despite the debut of Super Junior-Happy, a future full-length album is still in the works and is expected to arrive in the future.[7] Super Junior-T's latest appearance before the debut of Super Junior-Happy was on May 17, 2008, performing as the opening act at the 6th Korean Music Festival in Los Angeles, California.

On November 5, 2008, Super Junior-T re-released "Rokuko", now titled "ROCK&GO," in Japan. Presenting this project to the Japanese comedy duo Moeyan, who are skilled in combining comedy with song and dance, Super Junior-T hopes that the duo will help them localize the single into Japanese. The collaboration was the duo's official debut as singers and Super Junior-T's entrance in the Japanese market.[8] The single debuted at #19 on the Oricon Daily Charts[9] and jumped to #2 three days later.[10] Super Junior-T and Moeyan held two mini concerts on the same release date as the single in the C.C. Lemon Hall at Tokyo to promote the record.

Controversies 1

MBC vs. SM

A time-slot dispute occurred between SM Entertainment and MBC when SM insisted to have Kang-in stay on SBS's Explorers of the Human Body instead of MBC's Sunday Night Dong-An Club (동안클럽) where Kang-in has been a regular host. MBC temporarily banned the rest of Super Junior from appearing in any future performances and shows hosted by MBC.[112] Kang-in also lost his MC jobs to T.O.P of Big Bang for the music show, Show! Music Core and also two more variety shows, which both soon canceled after Kang-in left.[113] MBC demanded an apology from SM Entertainment in order for Super Junior to appear on shows hosted by the channel again. However, MBC concluded that Super Junior's ban was never official, but just a decision for shows' producers to decide.[114]