KIM HYUN JOONG PROFILE

KIM HYUN JOONG

Korean：김현중  

Chinese： 金賢重

Position: SS501 Leader

Nickname: dog or cow

Birthday: 06/06/1986

Zodiac: Gemini

Seoul origin

Height: 183cm

Weight：63kg

Blood type：B

Education: Kyonggi University, Department of electronic digital music

Family member : Parents, Elder brother

Hobbies : swimming, workout, basketball, football

Talents : guitar, paino

Idol : Lee Hyori

Dream girl : straightforward, like friend

Own body part that like most : eyes

Motto : You can only live once

Other: In 2008 starred in MBC variety show, “We got married”; 2009 Korean Drama Boys Over Flowers (South Korean version of “Meteor Garden”), which of Yoon Ji-Hoo

RANDOM FACTS

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~Was given the nickname Kim DogCow because of his cow-like eyes and puppy- like face
~He wants to treat his girlfriend like a guy friend (walking with an arm around her shoulders, and calls her “Hey”)
~He is not a scaredy cat
~Is close friends with DBSK's JaeJoong and Yoochun
~The oldest member and the leader of SS501
~4th-dimensional (weird or crazy, living in his own world)
~He is a heavy sleeper
~He is a spontaneous person
~Doesn't like to speak English because of his weird pronunciation
~Is a charismatic leader and brother to the members

CARRER

Kim debuted as the leader of SS501 in 2005. In addition to their musical activities, SS501 participated in two reality shows — Thank You For Waking Us Up (2005) and Thank You For Raising Us(2006) — that profiled the group’s life together. They also appeared in MNet’s Idol World in 2007, which showed SS501 doing various missions in Japan.

He joined the cast of MBC variety reality show We Got Married on May 11, 2008, with Hwang Bo, who is 6 years his senior. They achieved high popularity acting as a newlywed couple. Due to his appearance on We Got Married, he was cast in the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango as one of the members of the famous F4. Known as the “Lettuce Couple”, Kim and Hwang Bo went on to win MBC’s Best Couple Award. The couple made their official exit from We Got Married on December 14, 2008 due to scheduling conflicts presented by Boys Over Flowers.

In the hit drama series, Boys Over Flowers, he plays Yoon Ji Hoo. The series was a huge media and ratings sensation in Korea during its run from January to March 2009, garnering a huge amount of popularity for the entertainer.

Along with his bandmates, Kim is preparing SS501′s new Korean album, for which each member will be doing a solo. Their Asia Concert Tour began in mid-August 2009.

FILMOGRAFY

• Boys Over Flowers (KBS2, 2009) Yoon Ji Hoo
• Nonstop 5 (Episode 208, MBC, 2005)
• Can Love Be Refilled? Sitcom (KBS2, 2005)

AWARD

• Popularity Award for Television on KBS2′s Boys Over Flowers (The 45th PaekSang Arts Awards, February 2009)

• Best Couple Award on MBC’s We Got Married with Hwang Bo (MBC Awards, December 28, 2008)