Korean group junior. Super Junior Group

Super Junior is a 12-member South Korean idol group. Since the late 1990s, talent agency and record company SM Entertainment has been holding annual auditions in search of new talent who can replicate and multiply the success of pop groups such as H.O.T, S.E.S, and Shinhwa, also formed by SM Entertainment founder Lee Sooman in the middle of 1990s.
Not long after boy band DBSK debuted in 2003, rumors began circulating on the internet that Lee Soo Man was forming a new boy group. In early 2005, Lee Su-man officially confirmed the rumors and stated that it would be a 12-member group that would debut at the end of the year, and introduced them as the "Gateway to Asia's stage". Suman noted that, unlike other pop groups whose members had no experience before their debut, the members new group were chosen on the basis of already existing successes in the acting, television and modeling fields. Suman also stated, albeit very vaguely, that it would not be a group with permanent members, but with an annual change of line-up.
For a while there were rumors that the future group would be called "O.V.E.R." (" Over the Voice for Each Rhythm"), however, before she got her real name, the company called them simply Junior, which reflected young age participants when they first arrived at SM for training. After all the members of the group showed their talents, the company finally named them Super Junior with the suffix 05 (Super Junior 05), which meant the first generation of Suju. Super Junior 05 first appeared on Korean MNet on September 11, 2005, where they showcased various dance styles, however, the show did not air until May 26, 2006, when it aired as part of the Super Junior Show, the first documentary film about the group.
Super Junior 05 debuted on November 5, 2005 on the SBS music program Popular Songs with the single "TWINS (Knock Out)". The five-track digital single was made available online on November 8, 2005. The first album, Super Junior 05 (TWINS), was released a month later and sold 28,536 copies within a month, placing it at number 3 in the December chart. In the same month, they recorded a joint single with DBSK "Show Me Your Love", which became the best-selling single of December 2005.
After the promotions for "TWINS (Knock Out)" and "Show Me Your Love" ended, SuJu 05 released their second single "Miracle" in February 2006, which became the group's first single to reach No. on-line charts in South Korea and in the international music charts in Thailand. After the promotion of this single ended, SM Entertainment started recruiting new group members for next generation SuJu - Super Junior 06. The company even made a list of members who would leave the group, but it ended up that none of the old members were removed, in May 2006 they added a thirteenth boy, abandoned the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe annual renewal of the group's lineup, and it simply became known as super junior.

The Korean pop music fever started in the 90s in Korea and China and spread all over the world. Top singers have toured America, Europe, Australia, as well as throughout Asia. Articles about the Korean Hallyu Wave began to appear in the mass media in huge numbers. Super Junior became the stars of the Korean Wave era, breaking many sales records.

Even before their debut, Super Junior had attracted a lot of attention in the music world. 12 members and great choreography made the debut song very popular " Twins (Knock Out)" of their first album SuperJunior05.

In 2006, Super Junior had a new 13th member and released the single "U", which immediately became a hit in Korea, won several awards, and also won the "Best Newcomer" award at the 21st Festival.Annual Golden Disk Awards (Annual Golden Disc Awards).

However, this was only the beginning for the group to become one of the leaders of the Korean Wave. Later in 2007 the second album was released "Don't Don". It, like the first album, won many awards: singers of the year, song of the year.

The international scene fully opened up for Super Junior in 2009 during the release of their third album "Sorry Sorry". It was with this album that Super Junior first became number one on the charts of Korea, Taiwan, the song Sorry Sorry entered the top 10 songs in Japan. Also, the album became the best-selling in 2009 and won the awardGolden Disk Awards "Artists of the Year".

In 2010 the fourth album " Bonamana ", whose main song stayed at number one on the charts in Taiwan for 63 weeks. This fact became a record, before Super Junior, no song stayed on the charts for so long. In 2011, the place " Bonamana" took over the single "Mr. Simple".

The group has several subgroups:Super Junior M is targeting the Chinese audience,Super Junior K.R.Y. express their emotions through OSTs to dramas,Super Junior Happy sing upbeat and upbeat songs, and Super Junior Trot more like the older Korean generation. Eunhyuk and Donghae work together to create their own unique musical style, trying out a variety of genres.

Super Junior received a lot of criticism that the songs are the same style, some of the members don't have good vocals, and so on. But the group is still one of the leaders in the music industry, the number of fans continues to grow, as well as the number of music awards. Since their debut, their choreography and vocals have undergone many changes: pop,r&b, rock, ballads, Electonic music and many other genres were used by the Super Junior member. In addition to everything, the group's performances also changed, paying attention to each member.

A few facts about the Super Junior members:

1) Leeteuk's first kiss was in a phone booth during the rain.
2) During the trainee period, few people interacted with Heechul because he seemed like a creepy type to everyone. And only the brave Jessica liked to chat with him. Since then, Heechul has referred to them as twins.

3) How Kibum got into Super Junior: He was just walking out of school listening to music and dancing when the agents noticed him and asked him to audition.
4) Kyuhyun's first impression of a kiss: "wet lips".
5) Sungmin has a dream to one day go far, far away and live on a deserted island.
6) At one time, Sungmin was obsessed with marriage and really wanted children. In 2014, Sungmin and Saeun played a luxurious wedding.

7) Sungmin often loses his things.
8) Kyuhyun can cook and loves to eat. Leeteuk and Kangin once asked Kyuhyun to teach them how to cook, but he failed.
9) Kyuhyun is good at math and sometimes solves math problems to fill the waiting time.
10) Eunhyuk has a huge fan base in Paris.

Before Debut

Since the late 90s, talent agency and record company S.M. Entertainment held annual auditions in search of new talent who could replicate and multiply the success of pop groups such as H.O.T, S.E.S and Shinhwa. Such an audition in 2000 passed Leeteuk and eunhyuk, becoming the first members of the new male group.
In 2001, the company held its first overseas selection in Beijing, and out of 3,000 applicants, only one was selected - Hangyeong. In the same year, the tests were yesson, sungmin and Donghae. A year later they were joined heechul, Kanin and Kibum, selected in Los Angeles. Siobhan auditioned in 2003 Reuka accepted in 2004, after his participation in a music festival. In 2005 was selected Shindong.
From the debut of the popular boy band DBSK in 2003, not so much time passed before rumors began to circulate on the Internet that SM forms a new idol group. In early 2005, Lee Soo Man officially confirmed the rumors and stated that it would be a 12-member group that would debut at the end of the year, and introduced them as " Gateway to Asia stage". Lee Soo Man noted that, unlike other pop groups whose members had no experience prior to their debut, the members of the new group were chosen based on existing successes in acting, television and modeling. By that time heechul and Kibum already debuted as actors, Leeteuk, yesson, Kanin, Shindong, sungmin, eunhyuk and Siobhan appeared on television Hangyeong acted as a model. Lee Soo Man stated, albeit very vaguely, that it would not be a group with permanent members, but with an annual change of line-up.
For a while, there were rumors that the future group would be called "O.V.E.R." ("Over the Voice for Each Rhythm"), however, before she received her real name, the company called them simply Junior, which reflected the young age of the participants at the time when they first got into SM for an internship. After all the members of the group showed off their talents, the company finally named them Super Junior"05, "05" stands for " the first generation of Suju". super junior 05 first appeared on the Korean channel MNet on September 11, 2005, where they showed various dance styles, however, this show did not air until May 26, 2006, when it was shown as part of the Super Junior Show, the first documentary about the group.

2005-2006: Super Junior Project

Group Super Junior-05 She debuted on November 6, 2005 on the SBS music program Popular Songs with the single "TWINS (Knock Out)". A five-track digital single was made available online on November 8, 2005 "TWINS", the first album Super Junior-05, was released in December and sold 28,536 copies in a month, which allowed him to take 3rd place in the December chart. In the same month, they recorded a joint single with the group DBSK"Show Me Your Love", which became the best selling single of December 2005.
After the promo was over" TWINS (Knock Out)" and " Show Me Your Love", SuJu-05 released their second single "Miracle" in February 2006, which became the band's first single to reach number one on non-online charts. South Korea, but also on Thailand's International Music Chart. After the promotion of this single ended, S.M. Entertainment the selection of new candidates for the group for the next generation has begun Suju- Super Junior 06 . The company even made a list of participants who would leave the group, but it all ended with the fact that none of the old line-up was removed, and in May 2006 a thirteenth boy was added. Thus, the agency abandoned the idea of ​​​​annual renewal of the group, and it became simply called super junior.

2006-2007: Commercial success

On May 23, 2006, the thirteenth member was added to the group - kyuhyun, who was selected in a singing competition in 2005. The company released the single " U for online download on May 25, 2006 on their official website. Within 5 hours of release, 400,000 downloads were counted and this figure was constantly growing, eventually reaching a crazy 1.7 million downloads, which led to the failure of the site. On June 6, 2006, a single was released on material carrier, it sold 81,000 copies by the end of the year. It became the most successful single Suju on the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.
Single" U"maintained the leading position for 5 weeks in a row simultaneously on two major Korean music programs. "Dancing Out", the first promotional single for SMTown's annual summer album, was released on July 20, 2006 and achieved the same success, winning 2 awards in August. Suju collected 7 prizes at 5 different music awards ceremonies in South Korea. The year ended with them being recognized" Best New Group".
Because the members were busy solo projects, at the end of 2006 the group curtailed its musical activity, with the exception of Super Junior-K.R.Y., the first official subgroup. The ballad-singing trio debuted on November 5, 2006 with "The One I Love", the title track for the television series Hyena. The second subgroup appeared in February 2007 under the name Super Junior-T. The first single from the trot group, "Rokugo", was released on February 23, 2007. In March yesson, Kanin, sungmin, Donghae, Reuk and kyuhyun first participated in the recording of the soundtrack, performing "Success" and "H.I.T" (initial and final compositions) for the mini-series "H.I.T."

2007-2008: Failures

April 19, 2007 at 12:20 four members Suju (Shindong, eunhyuk, kyuhyun and Leeteuk) along with two managers had an accident. The driver lost control and the van overturned, colliding with a fence. kyuhyun, sitting behind the driver, suffered the most - a broken hip, multiple bruises, wounds, pneumothorax (accumulation of air in the pleural cavity) due to broken ribs. He often lost consciousness due to shock and was placed in the intensive care unit, but due to the fact that the guy was recovering unexpectedly quickly, he was transferred to a regular ward after only 6 days. Just a month after the incident, he was able to walk on his own and no longer needed a respirator to help him breathe. 78 days after the incident, on July 5, 2007, he was released from the hospital. At Leeteuk his face and back were badly damaged, and he had to get stitches. He successfully underwent surgery to remove glass fragments from his back and received a total of about 170 stitches to his back and face. Shindong and eunhyuk, the least affected, having been discharged from the hospital on April 23. The leader left the hospital on April 30, 2007.
Due to injury Kyuhyun that he received in this car accident, only 12 members of the group took part in the recording of "Full of Happiness", their next single for S.M.Town. Released in mid-July 2007, the summer hit quickly climbed the charts. South Korea and Thailand.
At the end of 2006, the group's second album was announced, but due to injuries Heechul, who had an accident on August 10, 2006, and due to an accident on April 19, 2007, "Don't Don" was released only on September 20, 2007. Just 3 days after its release, the album sold 11,000 copies, which allowed it to debut at number one on all music charts and end the month as September's best-selling album. In the first week, 60,000 copies were sold, which forced a new batch to be printed urgently. 3 months after release Don't Don with 164,058 copies sold, making it the best-selling album Suju at that time.
The first performance of the song from the second album took place at the end of September 2007 on the KBS program Music Bank. The single quickly climbed the charts and received the group's first award " Mutizen Song"On October 21 and November 1, 2007, M!Countdown shared the prize" Song of the Week"with the track "Everyday" by the V.O.S. group. In mid-November, their third single "Marry U" was released, which failed to repeat the success " Don't Don". Suju were nominated in 7 various categories at the M.NET/KM Music Festival on November 17, 2007. They won 3 awards, becoming the best winners that night. The group also received a prize Artist of the Year"(kor. Daesang). December 14, 2007 at the ceremony " Golden Disc Awards The group received 2 more awards.

2008–2009: Breakthrough

Since the agency decided to expand the market, Super Junior-M was formed in April 2008 and consisted of Shivon, Donghae, Kyuhyun, Reuka, Henry and Zhou Mi. Although the creation of the subgroup initially meant dividing fans, it has since become the most successful of all the subgroups. super junior. Two concerts were held in Hong Kong. The guys not only regularly became invited guests on various Chinese entertainment shows, but also received positive feedback from the Chinese show business environment, which allowed them to conclude several lucrative contracts at once. They have won many awards in Chinese music festivals, but reached their maximum recognition after the release of the single "Super Girl" from their second album "Super Girl".
Fourth subgroup Suju was created shortly after the debut Super Junior-M. It consisted of five members of the subgroup Super Junior-T and Yeson, dubbed Super Junior-H. The boys made their debut with the mini-album "Cooking? Cooking!" on June 5, 2008. And in November 2008 they debuted in Japan, collaborating with Japanese comedy duo Moeyan. Their single "ROCK & GO", Japanese version" Rokuko", debuted at number 19 on the Oricon Daily Charts and climbed to number 2 three days later.
The first big Asian tour called Super Show began on February 22, 2008 at Seoul. The group held a successful two-day fan meeting held at the Nippon Budokan (an indoor arena in central Tokyo), Japan, selling out 12,000 tickets in a few days. Suju released the single "U/Twins" which included a Japanese version of " U", in limited quantities. The song peaked at number four on Japan's Oricon Daily Chart on its first day of release, and at number eight on its second day. The single set a new record, immediately hitting the TOP-10 in Japan's Oricon Daily Chart.
The band released their third studio album " sorry, sorry March 12, 2009. It was their first album to debut at number one on the Hanteo Charts, selling over 29,000 copies on its first day. Just a month after its release, the album became the best-selling South Korean album of 2009, and eventually reached selling over 250,000 copies in South Korea. It also became the best selling K-pop album in Taiwan. Thailand, China and in the Philippines. It should be noted that this was the first time that K-pop was able to achieve a leading position outside the country. Single" sorry, sorry became a hit, collecting ten awards within ten weeks in Korea, and remained number one for a record 37 weeks in K-pop charts Taiwan. This single achieved national and international success and has remained the biggest selling single in the world ever since. South Korea. Song " sorry, sorry"received several awards at the 24th Golden Disk Awards, and the members themselves received the title" Artist of the Year".
After success" sorry, sorry" super junior embarked on their second Asia-wide concert tour, Super Show 2, which began on July 17, 2009 at Seoul.
In the same year it was created official fan club E.L.F. ("Ever-Lasting Friends"). The band's official color is pearl sapphire blue.

2010–2011: Bonamana, line-up changes, international recognition

Despite critical acclaim and successful sales, the band found itself embroiled in legal proceedings in the middle of a concert tour. Kibum present in promo videos and posters for Super Show 2, however, does not officially take part in concerts and announces a temporary departure from the group for the sake of an acting career.
October 2009 Kanin was arrested on charges of drunk driving after he crashed into a parked taxi with three passengers and fled the scene.
December 2009 Hangen filed a petition to terminate the contract with S.M. Entertainment with a statement about its illegality, rigidity and illegality. He left the group and released his solo album "Geng Xin" in July 2010.
In July Kanin announced a break in activities for the sake of two years of military service.
May 2010 super junior, now a 10-member line-up, released their third studio album, Bonamana. Although the album did not receive as good reviews from critics as Sorry Sorry, it sold 300,000 copies in South Korea. Choreography for " Bonamana"was taken from clips michael jackson and combined into one dance. The album spent 61 weeks at the top of the Korean-Japanese Music Chart in Taiwan, thus breaking its previous record on the same chart.
As part of album promotion super junior Asian tour announced Super Show 3 in 2010-2011 In each of the cities tickets were sold out. February 2011 super junior released 3D movie c Super Show 3. The film opened in sixth position at the national box office, eventually becoming the best-selling 3D film in the country. Korea.
After a Japanese tour in February 2011, an album was released from the first concert in Japan, which started from second place in Japan's Tower Records for digital sales. DVD version of the limited Japanese edition Super Show 3 the second one also debuted, and the CD version the tenth. The album peaked at number three on the daily chart. Oricon two consecutive days and number six on the weekly chart Oricon. Following successful sales in Japan the group released a Japanese single Bonamana in June 2011, which immediately placed on the second line of the daily singles chart Oricon, selling over 59,000 copies in its first week of release. Despite this, SM did not consider the release of the single as an official debut in Japan, stating that it will take place later.
Between concerts Super Show 3 group, along with other artists S.M. Entertainment, took part in the world concert tour SMTown Live"10, visiting Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo and New York, thus performing for the first time outside Asia. Speeches super junior were well received by the media and they were honored with the title " Korean national pop culture icon"for his contribution to the spread of the Korean wave, receiving an award" Representatives of culture"from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the ceremony" Pop Culture Art".
The guys took part in the CNN show "Talk Asia", where they talked about their popularity and shared their plans to achieve success in the global music industry. The group has received international recognition Asia: in Europe , North and South America . The list of 30 sexiest men in the world in Peru included all participants. They gave exclusive interviews Slovenian and Iranian magazines and were chosen by Brazilian fans of Korean music as the artists they want to see the most. super junior have been recognized as Korean wave icons by Mexican TV Azteca and the British BBC.

2011–2012: Mr. Simple and World Tour, Super Show 4

The album Mr.Simple immediately after the release took first place in the South Korean Gaon Chart. The album topped the chart for four weeks, and by October 2011 it had sold over 441,000 copies in South Korea. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard chart and was number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Album title track Mr. Simple took first place on the M! Countdown on their first day of performances after their comeback.
In September 2011 heechul went to military service. super junior started their first world tour Super Show 4 in November 2011. The group's second Japanese single, Japanese version of " Mr.Simple", was released in Japan December 7, 2011, but was never recognized SM the group's official debut in Japan.
In 2011, the group along with the members Super Junior-M Henry and Zhou Mi recorded the song "Santa U Are The One" for the winter edition of SMTown's "The Warmest Gift", which was released on December 13, 2011. Also December 16 Donghae and eunhyuk released their debut digital single "Oppa Oppa" on the same day via Music Bank.
January 11 super junior took part in the 26th ceremony Golden Disc Awards which took place in Kyocera Dome in Osaka. They brought home four awards: Popularity Award, MSN Japan Award, Disk Bonsang and Disk Daesang Grand Prix. They were followed by success at the Seoul Music Awards on January 19, where they received Disk Bonsang and Disk Daesang.
13th of January super junior received the title Album Kings" on the Taiwan after the fifth album Mr.Simple and fourth Bonamana ranked 1st and 2nd respectively on the Korean Music Chart. . February 22 super junior received an award" Album of the Year"for the third quarter of the year on the Gaon Chart Awards, and on March 13 the clip to Mr.Simple received the title Favorite k-pop video at the MYX Music Awards.
Also super junior successfully completed their world tour Super Show 4, visiting 10 cities around the world in 6 months (starting November), including Seoul, Osaka, Taipei , Singapore , Macau , Bangkok , Paris, Shanghai , Jakarta and Tokyo. For three Asian and one world tour super junior brought together 900,000 spectators at their concerts.

2012–2013: Sexy, Free & Single and World Tour, Super Show 5

June 2012 S.M. Entertainment announced that Kanin reactivates with the group for their sixth album, Sexy, Free & Single, which was released digitally on July 1st and physical on July 4th, 2012. Clip " Sexy, Free & Single" was published on July 32. Version B The album, which differed only in the cover, was released on July 16. August 7 super junior release a reissue of the album Sexy, Free & Single called SPY, which included new songs "SPY", "Outsider", "Only U", written by Leeteuk, and "Haru" by Donghae. The video was released on August 13th.
Sixth album Sexy, Free & Single ranked high on the iTunes chart in Australia, France, Peru and Japan. He also placed on the third line of the chart. Billboard. The album debuted at number one on the Korean charts. Gaon, selling 335,744 copies in one month, and stayed at number one for 3 consecutive weeks, and the album reached 459,182 copies sold in just two months (July-August). Furthermore, Sexy, Free & Single hit number one on the Hanteo charts immediately after release, selling more than 200,000 copies in a month, and super junior became the first group to achieve such results that year. They Ranked #1 on the "Top 5 K-Pop Artists" Chart Hanteo and in 2012 received two awards from the chart: "Singer Award" ("Singer Award") and "Album Award" ("Album Award").
Album Sexy, Free & Single held the top spot on Taiwan's KKBOX KPOP Chart for several weeks, with all the songs from the album on the most popular songs list. The Japanese version of the song was released on August 22, selling over 118,902 copies, and the song was certified gold.
super junior were nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards in category " Best Asian Performance", demonstrating their popularity around the world. In October super junior won the "Teen Style Icon" nomination, and won the "Best Artist Group Award" at the 19th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards in November. November 30th super junior took part in Mnet Asian Music Awards, where they were presented with Album of the Year, World's Best Band, and Line Award. In this way, super junior for the second year in a row they received the award for best album. Their film "Super Show 4 3D" received an award at International Festival 3D movies. At the 27th award Golden Disc Awards January 15 super junior receive their third "Disk Daesang" (Grand Prix), having won two years in a row in this way (in 2011 for " Mr Simple").
super junior announced their world tour in February 2013, which began in March in Seoul. The group visited China, Japan, South America and Europe.

2014–2016: Mamacita, Devil and World Tour, Super Show 6, Label SJ

In August 2014 S.M. Entertainment make a statement about the resumption of activities Heechul and Leeteuk after completing his military service for the group's seventh album, Mamacita, which was released digitally on August 29 and went on sale on September 1 for the physical version. Just three days later, the album took first place on the chart. Billboard.
super junior start Super Show 6 in September 2014 from a three-day concert in Seoul September 19-21 at the stadium Jamsil. The third concert on September 21 was the band's 100th concert, and super junior became the first Korean group, who gave 100 concerts around the world.
In October, a re-release of the album was released, called This Is Love and included 13 tracks: 9 from the seventh album, a live version of " This is Love"and 3 more songs. After the release, the album became the first in the charts Hanteo, Sinnara Records, etc.
July 8, 2015 S.M. Entertainment announced their return Yeson joined the band after completing their military service to work on a special 10th anniversary album, Devil, which was released on July 16. For the first time songs from the album " Devil", "We Can", "Don't Wake Me Up" and " Alright" were presented on July 11 and 12 at concerts in Seoul who completed their world tour.
August 16 super junior became the winners of the award at the Teen Choice Awards, receiving awards in two categories at once: " International Artist" and " Best Fandom".
August 18 Kibum, who has not participated in the activities of the group since 2009, announced his departure from S.M. Entertainment and super junior through your Instagram account.
September 10, 2015 S.M. Entertainment announced the release of the second part of a special album in honor of the decade on September 16 super junior, which was called Magic. The album has become a way to express gratitude to the fans who support and love the band. It includes 10 songs previously released in the album Devil, as well as 4 new tracks: the title track " Magic", "You Got It", "Dorothy" and "Sarang". This album was the last before enlisting in the military for eunhyuk, Donghae and Shivon.
November 6, 2015, in honor of the group's tenth anniversary S.M. Entertainment announced that in order to support super junior and even more systematized management of the group, the exclusive Label SJ label was opened. Although new label associated with SM, he is independent and fully responsible for the management super junior, the release of their albums, as well as for all the activities of the group, its subgroups and the individual creativity of the participants.

2017–2018: Play, Super Show 7, One More Time

September 27, 2017 on the website super junior the countdown to November 6, the group's twelfth anniversary, has begun. In honor of this, the reality show "SJ Returns - Super Junior Real Comeback Story" was launched on October 9, showing the process of creating a new album. October 30 for the album "Play" was released a preliminary song - "One More Chance".
On 31 October it was announced that Siobhan will not take part in the return of the group: " Hello, this is SJ label. We want to share some news that may disappoint the fans who have been waiting for Super Junior's comeback for so long. Unfortunately, Siwon will not be participating in Super Junior's broadcast promotions after their November 6th comeback with their eighth album "Play". We apologize to everyone who has been waiting for the group's comeback and ask that you continue to support Super Junior's new album. Thanks". Such a statement is connected with an earlier incident due to the artist's dog, which is associated with the death of a woman due to animal bites.
On November 6, 2017, the band returned with their eighth album " play". The 10-track album was headed by the song "Black Suit". December 11, 2017 super junior released the Japanese single "On and On", which was written entirely by Siobhan. Also, in December, the group's Super Show 7 world tour began. The tour began with a three-day show in Seoul from 15 to 17 December. A total of 120 concerts were held, the tour ended in Tokyo.
On April 12, 2018, the album was re-released " play", But already under the name" Replay". On the same day, the single "Lo Siento" was released, which was recorded together with the American singer Leslie Grace in three languages: Korean, English and Spanish. " Lo Siento peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Latin Digital Singles Sales Chart, making super junior became the first Korean group to enter this chart.
October 8, 2018 super junior released their first mini-album "One More Time". The Mexican band Reik participated in the recording of the title track of the same name for the album.

is a group that has gone through a lot, but never despaired, but only became even more united. More than 10 years have passed since their debut, but they are still strong. Watching videos with them, you never cease to be surprised that after so many years, such chemistry still remains between them. Whenever one of the members has a personal event, be it a sub-group performance or a musical, you can be sure that one of the members will definitely come and show their support.

(The duo D&E is finally back in Korea! I love Donghae hyung and Eunhyuk hyung. Our hyungs are so cool~~)

They constantly make fun of each other, but if someone else tries to do the same on their own, then these guys will defend each other to the last and show the offender all the circles of Hell.

Why are D&E so active?

Why are you so active?

There are times when they can just sit on the floor and chat with each other for hours non-stop. super junior is a group that has never lacked love. Their love and care is shown in everything. She literally surrounds them. Their parents are friends, and their siblings spend time together. Members of the group are constantly present at each other's family events.

In those rare moments when they have the opportunity to relax or go on vacation, then in 9 out of 10 cases they prefer to spend it together.

They escort each other to the army, and then joyfully celebrate the end of the service. The members constantly mention their classmates so that fans don't forget about them while they are in the military.

They quietly joke about the end of the contract or the disbandment of the group. It's amazing that they care so much about such important things. This once again proves that they are together not because they are bound by a contract, but because they are a family. Many say that super junior most likely to follow in the footsteps Shinhwa who are still together and always follow each other.

Super Junior or simply SuJu consists of 13 members. They debuted as a 12-member group on November 6, 2005 with their first single "Twins". The group was assembled from young talents based on the results of competitions or just fame, so many of the members of the group had experience in show business and their own piece of fame. On December 7, 2005, they released their first album Super Junior'05. On May 23, 2006, another soloist Cho Kyuhyun joined the group. In 2007, in the video Don't Don! Henry performed with them as the 14th participant. Several subgroups were created: Super Junior K.R.Y., Super Junior-T, Super Junior-M (with Henry and Zhou Mi selected specifically for this subgroup), and Super Junior-Happy.

ITUK (Leader of Suju)
Real name: Park JungSoo/ 박정수/ 朴正洙
Chinese name: Li Te
Date of Birth: 07/01/1983
Place of birth: Seoul
Blood type: A
Height/Weight: 179cm/59kg (Actually, his height is 175cm)
(Park Inyoung)
Interests and hobbies: play the piano, compose songs, sing, listen to music, surf the internet
Charismatic features: cute dimple
Favorite colors: blue, red, white, black
Favorite food: sushi
Favorite movie: all genres of movies
Favorite animal: puppy
Favorite season: autumn and winter
Favorite type of girl: pure, beautiful, adorable, active, who does not spoil the atmosphere

Motto: "Must always try"
Things he wants to do now: let Suju rule the world
Things that he constantly carries with him: mobile phone, Mp3 player
What she wants most: Love given by fans

Chinese words you can write well: 我爱你 (I love you)

Facts: He first appeared on television in the Korean drama All About Eve (이브의 모든것) on MBC in 2000. Then he was included in a group of 5 along with Lee Donghae.
Group leader. I took on a stage name. Explained this on 'Happy Together Friends' by saying that he wanted a name like KangTa, HyoSong or Joonjin, so he decided to change his name to Leeteuk, which means 'special' because he's a 'special guy'. It is said that he is most interested in the opposite sex. Underwent laser eye surgery, so glasses are worn only for fashion. He is the MC on M!Countdown with Eunhyuk and Shindong. He was also the MC at the 'TVXQ Show Case' and 'V6 Fan Meeting' in Korea. He also currently hosts the radio show KBS Super Junior Kiss the Radio (a.k.a. Sukira) with Eunhyuk since August 21, 2006. From September to November 2011 he was busy in the show "Hello Baby" with SISTAR. Currently starring in the reality show "We Got Married" with actress Kang Sora.

Kim Heechul
Chinese name: 希澈 Xi Che
Nickname: Cinderella (신데렐라), also called "Heenim" (희님) by fans
Date of birth: 07/10/1983
Birthplace: Ganguon-do
Blood type: AB
Height/weight: 179cm/60kg
Family: father, mother, older sister (Kim Heejin)
Interests and hobbies: listening to music, computer games write poetry and fairy tales
Charismatic features: feeling, eloquence
Favorite colors: bright red, pink, black
Favorite food: Korean, kimchi and fried rice
Favorite fruit: tangerine
Favorite movie: horror, comedy
Favorite season: autumn
Favorite vegetable: tomato
Favorite number: 4
Average hours of sleep: even 10 minutes of sleep is enough to relieve fatigue
Motto: "To try in any case that I was given"
Things she wants to do now: take a break, because in recent times there were a lot of performances, and there was no personal time at all, I hope there will be enough time for rest to watch a few films.
Things that he constantly carries with him: mobile phone
What he wants to have most of all: special style hats and bags
The most important thing in the world: confidence, friends
Chinese words you can write well: 你好吗？ (How are you?)

Facts: First TV appearance in February 2005 on KBS 'Banolim 2'. Friends with by The TRAX. Previously lived with Jay Kim (vocalist of The TRAX) and Lee Donghae. On The TRAX, Jay Kim wrote "my girlfriend, rella Heechul" in the "Thanks To" part. He likes to give Disney names to other participants, he calls himself "Cinderella". Previously lived with Hankyung and Kibum in a separate dorm.
He also wrote the rapper for "Show Me Your Love" with Shindong and Eunhyuk. Currently inactive, because. is in the army (to be more precise, in public works for health reasons).

HANGYONG
Real name: Han Geng
Date of birth: 02/09/1984
Birthplace: China, Hei Long Jiang
Blood type: B
Height/weight: 181cm/66kg
Interests and hobbies: swimming, listening to music, playing computer games

Favorite color: black
Favorite Food: Hunan Dish, Steamboat
Favorite fruit: watermelon
Favorite movie: horror
Favorite animal: dog
Favorite season: summer
Favorite flower: rose, lily
Favorite number: 4
Favorite type of girls: people who don't like to talk, who are respectful of their parents
Favorite Fan Type: Calm
Average hours of sleep: 4 hours
Motto: "Keep working hard every day"
Things I would like to do now: have dinner with my family, since I haven't seen my family for quite a while due to a busy schedule. So I feel the importance of family more and more.
Things that he always carries with him: Chinese-Korean dictionary, perfume, MP3, PSP
What I would like to own the most: a house that would belong to me
The Most Important Things in the World: Family and Super Junior
Best Chinese words to write: Oh no, I don't know how to write Chinese =)
Casting: 2001 H.O.T China Audition
Facts: The only Chinese in the group. Also the first foreign artist to debut under SM Entertainment and South Korea. He is one of the members of the group who is proficient in Chinese martial arts and is also known for his dancing skills. One of the top three dancers in Suju.
He is an ethnic Nanai from Northeast China.
After several years of performing at the Beijing Dance Academy, he was auditioned for H.O.T. CHINA Audition. In 2003 Nangyeong came to South Korea to receive private lessons in singing, dancing and acting.
On February 6th, SM Entertainment officially announced him as a member of Super Junior.
First television appearance in May 2005 at a fashion show.
Hanni has an E-6 passport, which limits his ability to appear on various TV channels.
Previously lived in an apartment with Heechul and Kibum, separate from the other members. AT this moment lives with Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong and Donghae.
His idol is Andy Low, he also admires Li-Hom Wang and Jang Dong-Gun, likes to listen to Jay Chou and Fang Yi Chen.
On 'Hello Chat', when asked who is the most intimidating member of Super Junior, he replied, 'KangIn'. He also said that most of the members are grateful to Siwon. In February 2010, he left the group for a solo career, but the contract was officially terminated only in September 2011.

YESON
Real name: Kim Jong Woon
Chinese name: 藝星 Yi Xing
Date of Birth: 08/24/1984
Blood type: AB
Height\\weight: 178cm/64kg
Family: Father, mother, younger brother (Kim Jongjin)
Interests and hobbies: listening to music, singing, sports
Charismatic Features: Bright penetrating gaze
Favorite colors: white, black, red
Favorite food: kimchi
Favorite movies: "The Little Bride", "The Seduction of the Wolf"
Average hours of sleep: 4-5 hours
Motto: "Love everything in this world"
Things she wants to do now: perform in China
Things that he constantly carries with him: organizer, wallet

The most important things in the world: the friends I love
Chinese words that can write well: 大家好！ (Hello everyone!)
Casting: 2001 Starlight Casting System
Facts: First TV appearance in 1999. Yeson - Catholic
He cannot drink more than one bottle of alcohol.

CANIN
Real name: Kim Yong Woon
Chinese name: 強仁 Jiang Ren
Date of birth: 01/17/1985
Blood type: O
Height/weight: 180cm/70kg
Interests and hobbies: swimming, listening to music
Charismatic features: eyes
Favorite color: white
Favorite food: everything
Favorite movie: "Perfect World"
Average hours of sleep: 4 hours
Motto: "Become one who is well prepared in any business"
Things he wants to do now: Go to the coast and look at the sea
Things that he always carries with him: mobile phone
What he wants to own most: Success Super Junior
The Most Important Things in the World: Family and Super Junior Members
Chinese words that can write well: 大家好，我们是Super Junior (Hi everyone, we are Super Junior!)
Casting: 2002 4th SM Youth Best Selection
Facts: One of the masters of ceremonies. Joined SM Entertainment after winning 1st place in the "4th SM Youth Best Selection Best Outward Appearance" audition in 2002. First TV appearance: May 2002 in the drama A Man And A Woman. He was originally supposed to debut as part of the group Four Seasons, which already included Heechul, Jaejoong, and Yuno Oh.

SHINDON
Real name: Shin DongHee/신동희/申东希
Chinese Name: 申東 Shen Dong
Date of birth: 09/28/1985
Blood type: O
Height/weight: 178cm/90kg
Interests and hobbies: Dancing, watching comedy films
Charismatic Traits: Very good at pretending to be cute
Favorite color: purple
Favorite food: pork
Favorite movie: "The Legend of the Swordsman"

Motto: "Understand yourself"
Things he wants to do now: "Let people know and understand Super Junior"

What he wants to own most: a sports car
The most important things in life: myself
Chinese words that can write well: 神童 (ShinDong)
Casting: 2005 9th SM Youth Best Selection
Facts: Many of Super Junior's dances are choreographed with Shindong. He changed his name as it is very similar to Donghae, another member of Super Junior.
They say he's the second most sloppy Super Junior.

LEE SUNMIN
Chinese name: 成敏 Cheng Min
Date of birth: 01/01/1986
Blood type: A
Height/weight: 175cm/57kg
Family: father, mother and younger brother (Lee Sungjin)
Interests and hobbies: watching movies, Chinese martial arts
Charismatic features: cute
Favorite colors: black, white, yellow, pink
Favorite Food: Burger and anything edible
Favorite movies: Pailan
Favorite word: Love
Favorite day of the week: Friday
Average hours of sleep: 4 hours
Motto: “Make success together! To work hard! Never give up!"
Things I would like to do now: sing
Things that he constantly carries with him: CD player
What he wants to own the most: diverse experience, learn more types (genres) of music

Best Chinese words to write: 晟敏 (Songmin)
Casting: 2001 1st SM Youth Best Selection
Facts: First appearance on Heejun vs. KangTa. Battle of the century. Rock vs. Pop" with Inhyuk, Shia JunSoo (TVXQ) and TRAX members Typhoon, Rose, and Attack. He is very meticulous in his cooking. He loves danhobak/단호박 (sweet gourd) very much. Sungmin owns nunchucks.
Sungmin is a Christian.

EUNHYUK
Real Name: Lee (Yi) Hyuk Jae
Chinese Name: 恩赫 En He
Date of birth: 04/04/1986
Blood type: O
Height/weight: 176cm/58kg
Family: father, mother and older sister (Lee Soo La)
Interests and hobbies: singing, dancing, football, listening to music
Charismatic features: full of energy, very active
Favorite color: white, blue, gray
Favorite food: kimchi, fried rice and pizza
Favorite movies: all genres of movies
Average hours of sleep: 5 hours
Motto: "Let's pray together!"
Things he wants to do now: Play football. Due to constant performances, there was no time to play.
Carrying things: mobile phone and CD player
What he wants to own most of all: the love and care that they give us
The most important things in life: family and friends
Chinese words that can write well: 恩赫 (Eunhyuk)
Casting: 2000 Starlight Casting System
Facts: Changed his name because there is already one in show business, Lee Hyuk Jae, a famous comedian.
Position in the group - lead rapper. Main dancer in Super Junior. First appeared on 'Heejun vs KangTa' along with Sungmin, Xia Junsu (TVXQ) and TRAX members Typhoon, Rose and Attack. Eunhyuk and Kim Junsu are very Good friends They studied together in elementary and high school.
He has a dog, Choco.
He is also said to be the most sloppy member of Super Junior.

LEE DONGHAE
Chinese name: 東海 Dong Hai
Date of birth: 10/15/1986
Blood type: A
Height/weight: 175cm/60kg
Place of birth: Mokpo
Family: Mother, older brother (Lee Dong Hwa)
Interests and hobbies: watching movies
Charismatic features: eyes
Favorite color: white, blue, red
Favorite food: loves everything, especially what is cooked by his mother
Favorite movies: romantic comedies
Average hours of sleep: less than 6 hours
Motto: "Don't do things you'll regret"
Things he wants to do now: watch a movie
Things that he constantly wears with him: a bracelet

The most important things in life: the bracelet his mom gave him
Chinese words that can write well: 东海 (Donghae)/你吃饭了吗？(Have you eaten?)
Casting: 2001 3rd SM Youth Best Selection
Facts: One of the top three dancers in Super Junior.
Kim Heechul gave him the nickname "Pinocchio". Also one of his nicknames is 동해바다
Donghae loves Christmas. He is a Christian.
Wants to get married at the age of 32.
Donghae is afraid of ghosts and believes in aliens.

Choi Siwon
Chinese name: 始源 Shi Yuan
Date of birth: 02/10/1987
Real date of birth: 04/07/1986
Height/weight: 183cm/65kg
Blood type: B
Family: father, mother, older sister
Interests and hobbies: sports, drumming, singing, acting skills, taekwondo

Favorite color: white, black
Favorite food: Korean food, Chinese food, Japanese food, Western food…loves everything
Favorite movies: "Sweet Life"
Favorite season: Spring
Favorite season: Autumn
Favorite type of girl: Respectful to parents, Christian, not selfish
Disliked type of girls: who think only about themselves, girls who smoke
Average hours of sleep: 5 hours
Things he wants to do now: to return to the shooting of the film "Battle of the Mind", the first shooting in the film, very interesting and meaningful.
Things that are constantly carried with you: mobile phone, wallet
What he wants to own most of all: universal care and love
The most important things in life: friends who are like family
Chinese words that can write well: 我是始源，我现在在拍电影 "墨攻"
Casting: 2003 Starlight Casting System
Facts: First appeared on television, starring in music video Given for the song "WHAT IS LOVE"
He attended Hyundae High School and then entered Inha University. In February 2012, he completed his studies.
Siobhan plays drums. In September 2005 performed as a drummer with The TRAX on SBS, on music show"인기가요" (Popular songs/Ingigayo)
His nickname is "Simba" given to him by Heechul.
He learned Mandarin so he could act in a drama; he spoke to Hanni in Chinese, and he answered him in Korean.

Kim Ryeowook
Chinese name: 麗旭 Li Xu
Date of birth: 06/21/1987
Height/weight: 173cm/58kg
Blood type: O
Interests and hobbies: singing, composing music, playing computer games
Charismatic features: talking eyes
Favorite color: purple
Favorite food: kimchi, fried rice
Favorite movies: action
Average hours of sleep: no more than 5 hours
Motto: "Do your best"
Things she wants to do now: let Super Junior get more love
Things that he constantly carries with him: a mobile phone and a bag
What he wants to own the most: free time, as he has a very busy schedule of performances
The most important things in life: family, friends and Super Junior members
Chinese words that can write well: 我叫丽旭 (My name is Ryouk)
Casting: 2004 Chin Chin Song Festival
Facts: Ryeowook was the last to join the group, replacing one member.
Participated in the "Chin Chin Singing Competition" Festival, also starred in the video for the song "Hello Summer". He was a member of the 5th Official S.E.S.
In February 2012, he graduated from Inha University (Department of Drama and Film).
Even after joining Kyuhyun's group, Ryeowook calls himself the youngest.

KIM KIBOM
Chinese name: 基范 Ji Fan
Date of birth: 08/21/1987
Blood type: A
Height/weight: 179cm/58kg
Family: father, mother, younger sister (Sehee) and brother
Interests and hobbies: computer games
Charismatic features: smile
Favorite color: white
Favorite food: any
Favorite Movies: "If Only"
Favorite day of the week: Sunday
Favorite thing: digital camera
Average hours of sleep: 4 hours
Motto: "Follow the Bible and live"
Things he wants to do now: go see a movie
Things you always carry with you: mobile phone
What he wants to own most: laptop
The most important things in life: family
Chinese words that can write well: 你好吗？ (How are you?)
Casting: 2002 Starlight Casting System
Facts: Known for his killer smile and baby face. He made his debut on 04/21/04 in the Korean drama "April Kiss". played leading role in Sharp #2 (Banolim #2). Later he got a small role in "Marry a Millionaire". He has also appeared in numerous commercial videos.
Heechul gave him the nickname "Snow White"
Kibum is a Christian. Currently inactive, officially busy acting career actually the situation is not clear.

Cho Kyuhyun
Chinese name: 奎賢 Kui Xian
Date of birth: 02/03/1988
Blood type: A
Height/weight: 180cm/68kg
Family: father, mother, older sister
Interests and hobbies: singing, computer, football
Charismatic features: smile
Favorite color: white, blue, black
Favorite food: pork chops, seafood
Favorite movies: "Constitution of Crime", "Romeo and Juliet"
Favorite type of girls: long hair, big eyes, Beautiful legs; only caring for me
Casting: 2005 Chin Chin Song Festival
Facts: The youngest member of Super Junior.
Studied at Kyunghee University majoring in contemporary music.
Appeared in the video remake of TVXQ's "Hi Ya Ya".
First appearance with SuJu in the news on 05/23/2006. Known as the "Devil Maknae" and the King of Starcraft.