Shoo (singer)

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Yoo.
Shoo
Native name 유수영
Born Yoo Soo-Young
Shū Kunimitsu (邦光 洙)
(1981-10-23) October 23, 1981 (age 43)
Yokohama, Japan
Other names Shoo
Occupation
Musical career
Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1997–present
Labels
Associated acts
Birth name
Hangul 유수영
Hanja 柳水永
Revised Romanization Yu Su-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Yu Su-yŏng

Yoo Soo-Young (Hangul: 유수영; born 23 October 1981, in Yokohama, Japan), better known as Shoo (from her Japanese name Shū Kunimitsu (邦光 洙 Kunimitsu Shū?)), is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of K-pop girl group S.E.S..

Early life

Yoo Soo-young was born on October 23, 1981 in Yokohama, Japan. She also has a Japanese name Shū Kunimitsu. Her father is Korean and her mother is Japanese.

She was signed in S.M. Entertainment with Audition methods.

Career

S.E.S.

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Main article: S.E.S. (group)

Shoo made her debuted with S.E.S in 1997. S.E.S enjoyed tremendous success and becoming the top-selling K-pop girl group to date. The group official breakup in late 2002 after Bada and Eugene parted ways from S.M. Entertainment, while Shoo stayed with S.M. Entertainment to pursue her solo career until 2006.

Solo Career

After the breakup of S.E.S. in late 2002, Shoo stayed with SM Entertainment. She contributed to some more SMTown albums in 2003 and 2004, but eventually decided to leave SM for JIIN Entertainment in 2006,[2] the same company that Bada signed with. Instead of releasing solo albums like her former group members, Shoo instead joined musicals. In 2005, she starred in the Korean adaptation of Bat Boy: The Musical,[3] which sold over 110,000 tickets in Korea and Japan. She has since done other musicals, but has not been prominently in the spotlight since her S.E.S. times. However, she has gone on record as saying that a new S.E.S. album is in the works, but there is no official word as to when recording will begin. In December 2006, she stated that she will pursue acting, ending her singing career.[4]

In January 2010, Shoo made her solo debuted with release her first mini-album, Devote One's Love, with the lead track "Jagibaggae" (Korean: "자기밖에", "Only You").[5]

In December 2014, Shoo & Bada made a special comeback on Infinity Challenge EP. 410 "Saturday for Singers" performing two songs (I'm Your Girl & I Love You) with Girls' Generation Member Seohyun. Eugene could not join the others due to her pregnancy but stated wishing, "she could have been there."[6] And in January 2015, she also appared on the show "Roommate" with her twin daughters, Im Rayul and Im Rahui, and her husband, HyoSung. She met the celebrites of the show, including Sunny (Girls' Generation) and Joon-Hyung (g.o.d), two member of two member she already really saw before and stayed for more than one episode.

References

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  1. ↑ S.E.S Member Shoo Returns as an Actress
  2. ↑ [1] Archived November 14, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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