All about Kyuhyun

 

Stage Name: Kyuhyun

Real Name: Cho Kyuhyun

D.O.B:February 3, 1988 

Blood Type: A 

Height: 180 cm 

Weight: 68 kg. 

Siblings: sister, Cho Ah-ra 

Religion: Christian 

School: Shinchung Middle School , Yumkwang Highschool, Kyunghee University.

Pre-debut : Cho Kyuhyun’s singing talents were discovered after he won third place at the Chin Chin Singing Competition in 2005. He soon signed under SM Entertainment and was featured in the video remake of TVXQ’s single Hi Ya Ya along with other Chin Chin idols. Before Kyuhyun’s addition to Super Junior, the original twelve members were said to be separating and “graduating” as the band was still presented as a project group at the time, the concept being very similar to Japan’s popular girl group, Morning Musume. Although Kyuhyun’s addition to the group initially brought in an unpleasant surprise and dissatisfaction within the group’s fans who supported the original twelve members, Kyuhyun was quickly accepted and acknowledged by the fans as the thirteenth member of Super Junior.

Debut: Kyuhyun’s first media appearance was mysterious and unspecified. He made his first appearance as a part of Super Junior in a news broadcast on May 23, 2006 when the group was introducing their new single, U. Kyuhyun made his debut performance on May 26, 2006 at SBS’s I-Concert performing the new single “U”, where it was also the group’s first return performance as a permanent group. Towards the end of 2006, Kyuhyun, along with Yesung and Ryeowook, was placed in Super Junior’s first subgroup, Super Junior-K.R.Y. The trio debuted on November 5, 2006 on KBS’s Music Bank.

April Car Accident: In the early morning of April 19, 2007, just one month before Kyuhyun’s first anniversary in Super Junior, Kyuhyun with Super Junior members Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk, and two managers were all hospitalized due to a serious car accident when returning from the Super Junior Kiss the Radio show that night. The driver lost control of the vehicle as the van flipped over on its right side. Kyuhyun, who was sitting behind the driver’s seat when the accident occurred, was the most injured and had a fractured hip, pneumothorax from fractured ribs, and facial scratches and bruises He was slipping in and out of consciousness and was mute because of the shock. Kyuhyun spent 6 days in the ICU before he was moved to a regular hospital room. Kyuhyun also did not need the respiratory machine anymore to support his breathing, though it was said that he was only able to walk on his own one month after the accident. Kyuhyun was discharged on July 5, 2007 after 78 days. Due to the accident, throughout 2007, Kyuhyun’s participation in many of Super Junior’s activities was limited. He appeared in episode 7 onwards of SBS’s Explorers of the Human Body, however his injuries only allowed him to compete in some activities. A noticeable event that occurred shortly during his recovery was Kyuhyun’s guest appearance on the October 13, 2007 edition of Star King, in which he performed a duet of A Whole New World with Charice Pempengco. Despite still recovery from his injuries, Kyuhyun wowed the audience with his mind-blowing vocals.

 

Don’t Don comeback: In time for the release of Super Junior’s 2nd album in September, it was announced that Kyuhyun would return along with the rest of the members, sporting new looks and styles. Kyuhyun gave his first performance after the April car accident on September 21, 2007, performing the new promo-single, “Don’t Don” on KBS Music Bank and overwhelmed fans with his appearance after his long absence. Since Kyuhyun had to undergo another operation and needed more time to recover from his injuries, his participation in Super Junior’s second album activities was intermittent. It was in December of the same year that he began appearing more frequently with his group.

 

Super Junior-M: In early 2008, Kyuhyun was placed in a third Super Junior subgroup, Super Junior-M. The subgroup specializes in singing Mandarin songs, including versions of Super Junior’s Korean songs, bringing the K-pop influence over to the Chinese music industry. Super Junior-M is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent. The 7-member group debuted in China on April 8, 2008 at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards along with the release of their first single music video, “U”. Not long after Super Junior-M’s debut, they became one of the most celebrated boy-bands in China. The band’s popularity skyrocketed further after their highly anticipated Mini-album, “Super Girl” was released on September 2009. 

 

Solo (well sort of.) : In 2009, for the promotions of Super Junior’s third studio album Sorry Sorry, Kyuhyun performed as one of the lead vocalists and traveled with the other members to overseas events, including Jackie Chan’s Bird Nest Concert on April 8, 2009 with Zhang Liyin. The album brought immense popularity to the group after their long hiatus, allowing Super Junior to appear regularly in several variety shows and endorsements. They also held their second official Asia Tour, Super Show II. Kyuhyun featured on Yoo Youngsuk’s 20th anniversary tribute album, singing his first solo: a remake of Yoo’s hit song “7년간의 사랑” (“7 Years of Love”). He first performed the song on July 10, 2009 on Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketch Book, the episode airing 2 days later. The song was released as a digital single, and Yoo Youngsuk’s album was available online on June 30, 2009, with all proceeds going to UNICEF. He and bandmate Donghae performed a special song “Happy Bubble” for a facial wash product commercial “Happy Bath” with actress Han Ji Min. A full music video was released on August 19, 2009. Kyuhyun, along with the rest of Super Junior-M, returned in September 2009 to China to promote their first mini-album: Super Girl. The mini-album was a major success and garnered further popularity and awards for the band. Unfortunately, Super Junior-M’s activities are canceled until further notice due to bandmate, Han Geng and his dispute with SM Entertainment. On January 6, 2010, Kyuhyun released his solo song “Listen To You”, it is the main theme song for Korean drama “Pasta”. When the song was first released on the music site monkey3 (www.monkey3.co.kr), it garnered a lot of attention and reached #1 on the real time chart. Aside from the official solo releases, Kyuhyun has also performed a variety of other songs such as “Believe”, Qi Qin’s “Won’t Let My Tears Accompany Me Through The Night (不讓我的眼淚陪我過夜)”, Nicholas Teo’s “Tears of Polaris”, Jam Hsiao’s “Forgive Me” and “A Goose’s Dream” with Jonghyun of SHINee. Kyuhyun also collaborated with The Grace in early 2008 to perform “하루만 (Just For One Day)” for The Grace’s first album 한번 더, OK?. 

 

Ear Operation: Kyuhyun had ear problems due to an inner ear infection he had in High School. Finally deciding to do something about it he went for surgery to repair the damage during Super Junior’s Bonamana promotions. While Super Junior was performing onstage Kyuhyun was in the hospital recovering from the surgery. He participated in Bonamana’s first few stages but could not participate in all. Kyuhyun was away while Donghae, Leeteuk and Sungmin sang his solo parts in Bonamana. Luckily, he recovered and sang a remixed version of Bonamana with fellow Super Junior members – Donghae, Yesung, Sungmin and Ryeowook and aired on Youtube on June 23, 2010. Announcements said that Kyuhyun was going to be back onstage for Bonamana’s goodbye stage on June 25, 2010 

Facts:

-When he was in college, there was a period when he ate a lot and became pretty chubby, but he went on a diet before debut and then he was as skinny as Hyukjae but after the accident he lost 20 kg!

-His family consists of his parents and an older sister and his father is the country’s Revision/Review Association Chairman. The whole family dotes on Kyu a lot, conversely, they are very strict towards his sister.

-When he was 16/17, he joined the Buddy Star Contest and he came in 3rd!!

-Because of the limited space they have in the hotel and he was the last to join Super Junior, he didn’t have a bed,I think he sleeps on the floor (like those you sees in drama) So once they went to KTR, he told the fans and within that 2 hours, the fans sent in messages saying that they want to buy him a bed so he can sleep comfortably, this made the manager shock. So they went to buy a bed the next day. Feeling proud of having a bed finally, he took pics of the bed and posted on the net! -The other members have told him before, Kangin, “You should listen to Hyung’s words!~~” when Kyu was in a ‘rebellious’ mode, lol!

-Apparently, Kyu didn’t suffer from pneumothorax directly from the accident, and when he was in his 3rd year of college, he had it before and went through an operation because of that, and the operating process made him suffer a lot

-kyuhyun mentioned in come to play that his hobby is not to listen to others

-He says that when he sleeps, he snores really loudly and he’ll even drool!~

- Because he wanted to cook ramen for the hyungs, but he added too much water, until it became too bland.. and that’s how the “Han Gang Ramen” became famous!

- He isn’t good at cooking, even when he tried to fry some ham, although under Kangin’s reminder, he added sesame oil instead of cooking oil XD

- He said that children always put their socks at their bed fronts on Christmas Eve to wait for Santa’s presents, but because he himself wanted a bigger present, so he hung his pants at the bed front instead (XDDD hahaa . Witty Kyuhyun.)

- Loves to play games, when he was schooling, he discussed games with his friends, and he even told them that he had no allowance so that he could stay at home to play games, instead of going out with them.

- Some of the games he plays are, “Thousand Years/Infinity Gaming (?)”, “Starcraft”, “Diablo” and recently, he’s been playing “Sudden Attack”…

- He especially loves gelato, and his favourite brand is Doublesice (?)

- His favourite movie is “The Big Swindle” , and he also likes “Jumong” as well as “Lovers in Paris”.

-Kyuhyun can always be his cheeky self.

-Being the youngest has prviliages.

-Kyuhyun’s witty.

-He think’s he’s innocent.

-He loves StarCraft.

-Kyuhyun has a lot of nicknames. Some being… Bekyu, Bedkyu, Drakyu, Gamekyu, etc. -Kyuhyun always wins games against his members. XD ( so he says. :]] )

-On april 19 2007, Kyuhyun was in an car accident. Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Managers, and Kyuhyun were in the car. Eunhyuk and Shindong’s injuries were not that serious. Leeteuk needed stitches. But Kyuhyun’s state was very serious. it’s said that Kyuhyun was mute for awhile because of the shock.

-Kyuhyun’s fellow members really care about him.

- “Jumong” has 81 episodes and it showed for 10 months, and Kyu followed it diligently! And since he has a soft spot for long, ancient historical dramas, he watched “Dae Jo Yeong” after that.

- He has a glib tongue which no one can beat! Even Kangin can’t handle him! LOL. (Off-screen, that is!)

-He is Christian.

-He has an older sister.

-He has a sister named Ahra who is 3 years older than him, who is currently studying abroad. During a Shim Shim Tapa radio broadcast in March 2009, apologized to his sister for being busy and not taking the time to talk to her when she calls him. Kyu has stated several times that Ahra loves him so much that she treats him like a son. Kyu’s nickname “Captain Cho” comes from Ahra. Ahra is friends with fellow SJ noonas Sora (Eunhyuk’s sister, Heejin (Heechul’s sister), and Inyoung (Leeteuk’s sister).

-Is right handed.

-Is a christian and has been singing for his church since he was a little kid.

-Is right-handed
-Is a Christian and has been singing for his church since he was a little kid. He has also recorded some Christmas carols for his church when he was about 8 years old in Korean age. His sister was also in the album. In addition, there are a few videos of him singing hymns at religious gatherings.
- Has confessed that he suffered a middle ear infection when he was younger thus his hearing on his left ear is impaired.
-Has a dimple just below the right corner of his mouth
-His bandmates said in an SS501 Youngstreet Radio guesting in 2006 that Kyu cooks tasteless ramen. However, both Kangin and Siwon have said that Kyu actually cooks well, but only when he makes the food for himself.
- He wears soft contacts lenses and can be seen wearing glasses in practices and some performances
- Is a modern music major
- Notorious for his witty and unforgiving replies to fans on MTV UFO.
- Loves to imitate other members’ voices. Pretty good at it too. There are YouTube videos of his imitations of Eunhyuk, Hankyung, and Ryeowook.
- Well-known for imitating singer Sung Si Kyung’s famous expression “Jal jayo.”
- So far he has sung in English, Chinese, a little Japanese and Spanish, and all with good pronunciations, even though he is not fluent on any of those languages. [See Language Saga]
- Is known by various nicknames [see nickname section] given to him by members, managers, and fans
- Been playing the clarinet since the 3rd year of middle school. Can play the piano. Would like to learn the saxophone because he thinks it sounds beautiful and can move people’s hearts. [Boys In City Season II photoshoot]
- Has said in a magazine interview that if there were an extra hour in the day, he would want to spend it in space [EasyMag 2008]
- Well-known for his fist-pumping-in-air and finger-pointing dance moves
- Owns a headphones necklace given to him by Yesung
- Went to the same high school as Jung Sun Hee (MTV’s Sunnyside)
- In high school, got into a fight with a friend because of borrowed money. He ended up breaking his friend’s nose and having his own tooth broken as a result [Sunnyside 11/16/06]
- Was a Math Olympiad grand prize winner in school [EHB Ep. 9]
- Likes the snow and is a good skier, snowboarder
- Likes sports such as football (soccer) and basketball
- Loves the beach and has, on more than one occasion, expressed his interest in going to Phukhet, Thailand
- On occasion, has been known to enjoy drinking wine with roommate, Sungmin.
- Joins Leeteuk, Sungmin, Donghae, and Kibum as the Suju members with blood type A
- Known for his less-than-stellar driving skills
- Has expressed a wish to go to Hollywood [Dream With Tablo radio – March 2009]
- Family has owned a very large college entrance preparation academy (hakwon) [MBC’s "Radio Star" 2009]
- Has been told by various MCs that he looks like actor Choi Sung Gook.
- Insists that his main hobby includes reading and that he usually does it in the dressing room before shows/appearances

-He loves playing online games (such as Starcraft) so much and is known for his exceptional gaming skills, so much so that he was nicknamed ‘GameKyu’ [see GameKyu Saga]. He expressed in radio interviews that if he wasn’t a singer, he’d like to be a professional gamer. He has said that gaming helps him relax. He is well-known for liking the game Star Craft, in particular.
- Was obsessed with the historical drama Jumong. And according to him in the 11th episode of Explorers of the Human Body, he loves watching other historical movies and dramas too.
- Admires Korean actresses Kim Tae Hee and Jun Ji Hyun.
- Was a fan of DBSK member Mickey Yoochun
- Sung Si Kyung and Lee Sok Ra are two of his favorite singers. Also mentioned Taiwanese singer A-mei as his favorite in one of his radio interviews.
- His favorite type of girl has long hair, big eyes, a pair of beautiful legs, and only cares about him
- His favorite colors are white, blue, and black
- His favorite foods are pork chops and seafood
- His favorite movies are <The Constitution of Crime> & <Romeo & Juliet>
- Favorite Chinese expressions: Wo Bu Hui Han Yu (I don’t speak Mandarin), Tai Bu Xiang Hua Le, and of course, Fuwuyuar (Waiter)
- Favorite Thai phrase: ‘Rak Na Dek Ngo’ (I love you silly baby)
- His favorite Super Junior song is ‘Believe’ from the first album, and whose lyrics were written by Heechul.
- His favorite song from the Second Album is ‘Disco Drive’, because of the melody.
- His favorite song from the SJM album is ‘Miracle’, he said it was because he wasn’t able to sing it on the first album because he hasn’t joined the group yet then.
- Favorite instrument is the clarinet [Boys In City Season II photoshoot]
- Mentioned on an episode of Star Golden Bell (May 09, 2009) that his favorite member of Shinhwa is Shin Hyesung because this sunbae was able to introduce Kyu to a lot of professional video gamers. Kyu later retracted this statement, in preference for Andy (another member of Shinhwa), who was in the studio at the time.
-When filming TRAX’s MV for “Blind”, Kyuhyun was having a hard time squeezing out tears. The director asked him “do you not have anything sad to think about?” Kyu thought for a moment and said “I get really sad when I cannot play games”. The director sighed and asked “then try crying!” Kyu innocently said: “but after filming this I can play all night… so I’m not sad”                           

 Nicknames:

-GameKyu – given by the members and managers, because he LOVES playing computer games.
- DraKyu – given by the other members because he loves watching historical dramas, and he was obsessed with Jumong.
- KimKyu – given by Heechul because the latter thought the new addition to Super Junior at the time was named Kim Kyu Hyun. Nowadays, Heechul still calls him that as a joke. smile.gif
- SkiKyu – given by Eeteuk on radio because he was said to be and admits to being good at skiing.
- KyuMong – given by the members and fans, inspired by the 11th episode of the Explorers of the Human Body and his love for Jumong.
- Maknae On Top – his nickname together with Ryeowook because when the two of them were guest DJs on the members’ radio shows, they are fearless and good at bullying their hyungs who cannot control them.
- Lucky – given by his Thai fans because he is the 13th member.
- Fuwuyuan-rrr - also means ‘waiter’ ; although his Chinese name is Kui Xian, Chinese fans sometimes call him this because Kyuhyun likes to say it and does so with a perfect Beijing accent.
- Xiao Shi San or Little 13 – given by Chinese fans because he is the 13th member and the baby of Super Junior.
- Ling Dao (Leader) – a nickname Kyu was “baptized” with by Xie Na, a popular Chinese host, who found Kyu to be adorably serious and formal whenever he would say his greetings in Mandarin. His marked confidence also exuded leadership.
- Jagiya – given by Leeteuk and Eunhyuk when Kyu sent them a text message in Sukira near the end of February 2009 saying, “Jagiya, I am stuck in traffic.”
- Scholar Kyu – given by Leeteuk on March 4, 2009, when Kyu successfully answered 10 questions in a game in Sukira. In addition, he is touted to be “the smart one,” having been a recipient of the President’s Award after excellent results of his participation in a Math Olympiad.
- Chokyu – obviously a combination of his surname and the 1st syllable of his first name; given by fans.
- Captain Cho, Chubby Thing, Little Boy – the names Ahra, Kyu’s older sister, called him in her cyworld entry last July 7, 2009.  ….Maknae, LordKyu, SulkyKyu, ExcellentKyu, ChicKyu, SexyKyu, BabyKyu, ShyKyu, ModelKyu, Gamekyu, etc.

Year	Broadcast	Title
2006	SBS	Super Junior Full House
2006	M.NET	Super Junior Mini-Drama
2007 & 2008	SBS	Explorers of the Human Body
2009	CCTV	Stage of Youth (青春舞台)