(subgroup T-ara N4)
Position in the group: Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Face of the Group, Visual, Maknae
Agency: Core Contents Media (2009 - 2014), MBK Entertainment (2014-2017), Longzhen Culture Development (since 2018)
Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 167 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Blood group: AB
Education:
Lila Art High School, Daegu Hyehwa Girls’ High School, Seoul Arts High school
Hobby: taekwondo, sports, cooking, sleep, movies
Languages: Korean, Japanese, Chinese
Ji Yeon appeared in the KBS TV drama "Master of Study", playing the role of Na Hyun Jung, who dropped out of school because she fell in love with a high school student, after which she was assigned to a special class consisting of five underperforming students who share the goal is to be accepted into any of the 3 best universities V South Korea are usually called "SKY" universities. Ji Young played main character in the film "Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp", together with Yun XiYun, which was released in July 2010.
In 2014, on May 20, the solo debut “1MIN 1SEC” took place. The single peaked at number 17 on the Korean charts and stood out in China, becoming the first Korean song to reach 99.5% on YinYueTaiscore. In June, Ji Yeon resumed her acting career by appearing in the fifteenth episode of Triangle. In September, she became the host of the fourth season of The Show with Lee Hyori (Girl's Day).
After Hyori stepped down as co-host, Hongbin (VIXX) and Zhoumi (Super Junior-M) took her place.
In May, Ji Young was cast as the lead role in the Korean-Chinese film "Reunion". Actor Lee Dong Gun has been cast in the lead role opposite Ji Young. The film tells the story of a romance that unfolds on a cruise ship that travels between Barcelona, Spain and the Indian Ocean.
IN In 2015, it became known about the romantic relationship between Park Ji-young and the actor. , who is 13 years older than her. The couple separated after 2 years of dating in December 2016.February 2, 2017 representative FNC Entertainment said: " It's true that they broke up. This happened quite recently. Both have very busy schedules, which is why they grew apart from each other and eventually separated. They are now focusing on filming dramas and other projects."
Interesting facts:
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She has an older brother - Park Hyojoong, who participated in the Superstar K audition, stated that JiYoung has changed a lot since her debut.
- My favorite dish is kimchi.
- Jiyeon was chosen by Japanese fans as the most beautiful member among Korean girl groups.
- Close to Im Siwan from
- Kim SuRo thinks that Jiyeon is the most professional young actress he knows.
- On the TV show “Bouquet”, when asked: “Have you dated more than three guys in your life...” Jiyeon answered “Yes.”
- He's friends with 4minute's Gayoon.
- She is the best dancer in the group and learns quickly.
- According to Lee Joon, Jiyeon is the most beautiful in the group.
- She cooks poorly.
- Ji Young and Jun Hyun (B2ST) have known each other since pre-debut times
- In my next life I would like to be a tree.
- I’ve known EunJung since 9th grade.
- Close contact with Chanyeol (EXO-K)
- He doesn’t like chocolates, because they taste like crayons.
Park Ji-sung is one of the most famous South Korean football players in history. It was he who was part of the South Korean team that in 2002 was able to make it to the semi-finals of the World Championship, defeating such titans as Portugal, Spain and Italy along the way. However, many people know him precisely for this outstanding performance, but the player’s career was formed not only from this tournament. He also had a vibrant club life and was able to achieve impressive results with various clubs. So, if you are interested in how his club career developed, then this material will tell you about which clubs and how successfully Park Ji-sung managed to play.
Start of a career
In South Korea, football is not the most popular sport - even now, numerous academies are just beginning to open there, where young players can try to discover their talent. What can we say about a player like Park Ji-sung, who was born in the early eighties. Naturally, his talent in football was noticed, and he still ended up in the academy of the local club "Mengzhi", but it cannot be said that his abilities developed greatly there. In 1999, upon reaching adulthood, Ji Sung began to seriously think about playing at the professional level, which he would not have been able to achieve in Mengzhi, the university team. Therefore, already in January 2000, Park Ji-sung signed his first professional contract, becoming a player for the Kyoto Sanga club.
Heyday in Kyoto
Park Ji-sung, being still very young, did not immediately get a place in the first team of the club - he gradually came on as a substitute and a couple of times even found himself on the field from the first minutes. But in his first professional season, he was only able to play in 16 matches, scoring one goal. However, the player's progress was more than obvious, so in next year he became one of the key figures on the football field.
Unlike previous year Park Ji-sung played as many as forty matches, scoring three goals. The next season started even better for him - in the first half of the year he played 29 matches and scored eight goals, although he played not as a striker, but as an attacking midfielder. And then came the moment of the 2002 World Cup, in which the football player took a direct part, shining brightest of all. Naturally, this did not go unnoticed, and immediately after the end of the World Cup, the Korean received offers from European clubs that would like to see him on their roster.
Moving to Europe
Park Ji-sung, whose photos began to appear in all sports magazines, was one of the main transfer targets that year. But he still finished the season for his Korean club, after which he took a smart step - he signed a contract with the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. He understood that if he immediately went to a top club, he could sit there all the time on the bench. The footballer first decided to prove that he could play not only in Korea, and for this he needed a starting step. And in January 2003, he moved to PSV, where he gradually got into shape, playing 9 matches in the remaining six months. But from the next season he became a starter, appearing on the field in forty games and scoring six goals.
The next season became even more successful - after all, already in his first year at PSV, Ji Sung managed to win the local championship, but in the second season the trophy eluded the club. Therefore, the 04/05 season was outstanding, as Park played 44 matches, scored eleven goals and won with the club not only the Dutch Championship trophy, but also the Dutch Cup. He was definitely at the peak of his career and everyone in Europe recognized that Park Ji Sung was a world-class footballer. Therefore, no one was surprised that in the summer of 2005 he moved to one of the strongest clubs in Europe.
Transfer to Manchester United
It was a real rise for a football player like Park Ji-sung. His biography began in the university team without any special prospects, and by the age of 24 he already ended up at Manchester United. The club bought him for seven million euros, paying two million more than PSV Eindhoven three years ago. And in the very first season, the Korean talent immediately won a place in the team; he played in forty-five matches, scoring two goals. Of course, in a third of them he came from the bench, but for him it was an impressive result. However, the very next season turned out to be far from so impressive - the player was rarely included in the lineup and played in only 20 matches, although he increased his performance and scored five goals in them.
The problem was that he began to suffer from injuries, due to which he missed a lot. His knee failed him every time, and only in the 08/09 season was he able to play more or less fully for the whole year. But after that, a decline began - for three years, Park Ji-sung, whose goals still excited the minds of fans, played for Manchester, but at the same time appeared on the field half as often as usual. In total, he gave this club seven years of his career, won the English Championship four times, won the League Cup three times, won the FA Cup four times, and in 2008 even won the most prestigious football tournament - the Champions League - with the decoys. But after three seasons, in which Pak received half as much playing practice as before, he decided to change his club registration. Another English club, QPR, agreed to give two million euros for him.
New beginning
When Park moved to QPR, he was already 31 years old, that is, the footballer was in his twilight years. Nevertheless, he started the season very cheerfully, immediately receiving But already in October, after only ten matches played, Park again suffered a knee injury - as a result, he was treated for a long time, after his return he could not gain a foothold in the team and, having played until the end of the season, 15 matches, left the club on loan.
Rent in PSV
At the age of 32, the Korean footballer returned to where he began his journey in European football. For his first team, he played another 27 matches, scoring two goals. Such a small number of games was due to another injury, so when Park returned a year later from his loan to QPR, he announced that he was ending his professional football career. But he didn’t give up football - Ji Sung returned to Manchester United, where he is now a global ambassador.
Kim Hyun Joong is a South Korean singer, actor and model. Former frontman of the famous dance group "SS501". He gained recognition as an actor in 2009 after starring in the film “Boys Over Flowers.”
Kim was born in the capital of South Korea into a family of restaurateurs. Back in kindergarten the boy showed high intellectual abilities, as he memorized new words and their pronunciation much faster than his peers. In elementary school, Hyun Joon was repeatedly awarded top prizes at math Olympiads and creative competitions. The guy was also fond of sports and taught himself to play musical instruments.
As a teenager, he drops out of school because he decides to become a professional singer. Looking ahead, let's say that Kim later graduated from school, but already as a pop music star. He also studied at Chungwun University, majoring in Theater Production Management, and at Kyonggi University, acting department.
Kim worked part-time as a waiter in his parents' restaurant, and at the same time participated in various castings. At one of the performances, the director of a production agency noticed him and included him in the new boy band.
Having violated the initial agreement, the producer said that the guys would begin to build a career not in their home country, but in China, since the fashion for Korean performers had returned there. Kim Hyun Joong refused and left the team without making his debut in it. The future showed what the young man had done right choice. Soon he passed another audition and became part of the group “SS501”, becoming its leader.
Music
The group debuted in 2005 with the song "Warning" and became Korea's Best New Group by the end of that year. Subsequently, the youth dance team was even called the best Asian project. Over their 6-year career, the guys released as many as 48 records, although, of course, not all of them contained new songs. But songs such as “Deja Vu”, “Song For You”, “You Are My Heaven” and “My Girl” became super hits not only in Asia, but throughout the world.
Kim Hyun Joong himself, as the leader, frontman and face of the team, always remained in the forefront. Fans even gave him the nickname Manne, which translated means “Living Sculpture.” Kim took part in almost all the group’s concerts and recordings, as well as in independent projects. For example, he performed in the Japanese musical “Cafe-In”.
Feeling that he was able to realize himself in a solo career, the leader of SS501 left the team in 2011 and began independent creativity. The rest of the guys followed Hyun Joon's example. However, in their interviews, all the guys claim that in the future they are ready to get together and continue cooperation.
The singer released his first solo album, “Break Down,” in early June of the same year, and about 70 thousand copies were sold out of pre-orders. This disc became a summer bestseller and hit the top lines of not only local but also Japanese charts.
Even greater success awaited the new album “Lucky”, which eventually took 5th place on the most prestigious world chart “Billboard”. Thanks to this, Kim Hyun Joong received the title of Best Singer at the Asian Music Awards. Later, the artist released three more studio discs and took part in the recording of several popular soundtracks.
By the way, Kim made several other breakthroughs in the world of Asian music. Firstly, he became the first Korean to be invited to the popular Taiwanese music show “Personality”, and secondly, he was the first of his fellow countrymen to conduct large-scale tours in Japan across a huge number of cities.
Movies
In 2009, Kim Hyun Joong, as is already enough famous person, invited me to try myself as an actor. In Korea, they began filming a remake of the Japanese melodrama “Boys Over Flowers,” which in the adapted version was called “Boys Over Flowers.” The television series was a great success not only in South Korea, but also abroad. The film was shown even in Europe and America. For Hyun Joon himself, the first test also turned out to be very bright: he was recognized as the best actor of the year at the Seoul Film Festival.
Kim's acting career continued in the romantic comedy "Naughty Kiss", but this project could not repeat the success of the previous one. The last episodes of the television series were not even shown on TV, but were posted on the Internet.
Later, the actor starred in the action movie “Conquest of the City” and the melodramas “Dream High” and “The Time of the Young.” Regardless of the popularity of the movies, interest in Kim Hyun Joong only increased. In 2011, he received the “Style Icon” award for the third time in a row, because in addition to his taste in music, the young man has a taste in clothes and very effectively combines various parts of his outfit, not only in films or on stage, but also in everyday life.
Personal life
Kim Hyun Joong is not married, but journalists from almost all publications write about his numerous novels. The singer and actor himself has repeatedly stated that he is not yet ready to start a family with any of his passions.
A big scandal happened to the star in 2014. His ex-girlfriend, a certain Miss Choi, announced that she was pregnant with his child. The musician agreed to take over the raising of the baby if a DNA test confirms that Kim is indeed the father. But to date, there is no evidence that Hyun Joon is related to Miss Choi's child.
On May 12, 2015, Kim Hyun Joong was mobilized and began his compulsory military service in Korea. He returned from the army in February 2017.
Filmography
- 2005 - “Is it possible to revive love?”
- 2007 - “Hotel Owner”
- 2008 - “Spotlight”
- 2009 - “Boys More Beautiful than Flowers”
- 2010 - “Naughty Kiss”
- 2011 - “Dream High”
- 2014 - “The Age of Feelings”
Discography
- 2006 - S.T.01 Now
- 2008 - U R Man
- 2009 - Black Belt
- 2009 - All My Love
- 2010 - Destination
- 2011 - Break Down
- 2011 - Lucky
- 2013 - Round 3
- 2014 - Hot Sun
- 2014 - Timing
The history of this group takes us to East Asia. It was there that the female team Super Rookies appeared several years ago. Young girls had to make their way onto the stage for more than four years, change their name and participants, before firmly settling on native land. Why is T-Ara, a Korean group, so popular? The biography of the group, the history of success and failure, as well as personal information about the project participants will be the topic of our article.
The beginning of the journey: testing yourself, first discord, forming a style
As often happens, a beginning group has one or two songs in its repertoire with which they diligently try to win over the audience. 2009 was marked by the release of the series “Sinderella Maen” in South Korea (in Russian broadcast - “Reflections of Desires”), the soundtrack of which included T-Ara’s composition “Good Person”. At that time, the lineup included five members - Jiae, Jiwon, Jiyeon, Hyemin and Eunjung. But not all the girls settled in; two of them left the project. Officially, this was interpreted as a different concept and style that did not coincide with the opinion of the minority. T-Ara, whose biography includes many interesting facts, urgently found replacements for the retired soloists. Since then, the group's popularity has increased. In July 2009, the group performed on the Radio Star talk show, which can be considered their first public appearance. They performed the songs “Wanna Play” and “Lies”. The girls returned to the same show a year later with a changed line-up to present new singles, in particular the mini-album Yayaya. Almost from the very beginning of their career, the group set the pace in the directions of hip-hop, rap, R’n’B, Funk, K-pop and J-pop. T-Ara's compositions are also distinguished by electronic inserts and arrangements mixing different styles.
Don't stop there
In the same year, Soen, Chiuri and Borma joined the team. Consisting of six members, the group recorded their first album with the laconic name Absolute First Album. Several hits from the record turned out to be successful. They were released as separate singles, included in collections and compilations, as well as film soundtracks. The biography of the T-Ara group was marked by the release of the second album Temptastic in 2010. Several compositions repeated the success of their predecessors, taking first place in the charts.
Conquering the musical Olympus
The series of performances, nominations and awards received is dizzying for the members of the group. They become recognizable faces and gain fans. But what group doesn't want global recognition? T-Ara was no exception. The biography of the band cannot ignore the third album Black Eyes, released in 2011. Its peculiarity was the predominant presence of English-language songs. Thus, the song “Cry Cry” in a matter of weeks reached the leading position on the Korean Billboard chart. In 2011, the group signed a contract to release a Japanese album. And here again success awaited her. In addition, T-Ara begins active concert activity, which lasted until 2014.
T-Ara: biography of the participants
Before moving on to each of the team members, it should be said that almost all of them perform under pseudonyms. One of the first soloists, Soyeon, née Park In Jung, was born in 1987. For some time she remained the key vocalist, singing lead parts. She has been involved in music since childhood - in 2005 she won the ChinChin Competiton festival. In addition to T-Ara, she is a participant in a variety show.
Ham Eun Chan, better known as Eunjeong, also occupied a leading position. She was born in 1988. The girl mainly took on the rap parts and at first was secretly considered the leader of the group. Graduated state university in art history. He is interested in taekwondo, horse riding, and cinema. Likes to read books and follows fashion news. With a height of 168 cm, Eunjeong weighs only 47 kg. She played small roles in the thriller “Death Rings” and the TV series “Coffee House”. She took part in the recording of several compositions by famous Asian performers.
T-Ara: Jiyeon
The biography of this participant is not remarkable for anything interesting. However, it is Jien who, throughout the history of the team, occupies a slightly higher bar in relation to his colleagues. The girl remains the youngest participant, the main vocalist and dancer. Park Ji Yeon was born in Seoul in 1993. Simultaneously with entering high school, she began to actively engage in dancing. Having adored cinema since childhood, since 2009 she has starred in a number of films, including “Master of Learning”, “Deadly Call 2”, “Obsessed”.
The face of the group is what they say about T-Ara's Jiyeon. The biography of the talented vocalist contains many facts that indicate that Jienne is recognized as one of the most beautiful members of the group. With the help of sports, the girl supports slim figure. And this despite the fact that she loves cooking and a good sleep.
Other soloists
Boram (Jung Bo Ram). Born in 1986. She starred in Kebee's video for the song “Feeling You”. In 2009, she played a minor role in the horror series “Soul.” She took part in the filming of a Cass Beer commercial. In 2012, she released a track called “I Know” with Soyeon and fellow vocalist Youngpa.
Hyomin (Park Sung Young). She was born in 1989. She is a rapper in the group. Graduated from the art department. Loves photography and drawing. In addition to acting and dancing. She started working as a fashion model. She took part in the Invincible Youth show and starred in a number of video clips by various artists.
Roo Hwa Young (Hwayoung). Soon after graduation high school was taken into T-Ara. In the team he takes on rap parts. She is the twin sister of Co.Ed's Ru Hugh Yeung.
The result depends on the change of places
The team rested on their laurels of popularity and still dreamed of reaching the West. Not only changes are taking place within T-Ara - the biography of the participants left room for real scandals that erupted in 2012. Then Hwayoung and Areum joined the group as rap vocalists, as well as Dani, who was only listed as a participant on paper, but did not actually perform in the lineup. Perhaps this was hampered by her television career, which the girl also did not want to give up. Dani took part in the recording of the fourth album Day by Day. At the same time, Hwayoung, having worked for a short time, but feeling a craving for independence, noisily leaves the team, citing a desire to pursue a solo career. Ah-reum follows her. The team's managers are shocked - the updated composition brought nothing but a difficult separation. However, not everything is as bad as it might seem to T-Ara fans.
The biography of the group connects the white streak that has come in its life with the return of the girls who were the first to leave the group in 2009. Thus, T-Ara acquired again original composition participants For a long time this information remained in the form of rumors. However, later the record label Core Contents Media, collaborating with the group, at a press conference officially confirmed the upcoming changes in T-Ara, which, according to fans, could serve as a new stage for the group.