Cho Kyu-hyun was born on 3
February 1988, mononymously credited as Kyuhyun. He is a South Korean Singer,
Musical theatre actor, radio DJ and MC. He is best known as a member and maknae,
or the youngest member, of K-pop boy band Super Junior and its sub-groups,
Super Junior-M and Super Junior-K.R.Y. He is one of the three main vocalists of
Super Junior. He is also one of the first four Korean artists to appear on
Chinese postage stamps with Choi Siwon Super Junior.
Kyuhyun has only one sister, Cho
Ara and both his parents. Kyuhyun's father is in the education business and
owns a school. Kyuhyun's mother also runs an art academy and a cafe called
'Kona Beans' which is also co-owned by mothers of Leeteuk and Sungmin Super
Junior. Kyuhyun was initially urged to study law and would have been a lawyer
if he had not become a singer. His original plans were abandoned once Kyuhyun
joined a band in high school, where he became more interested in music and
singing. His father was against his dream of singing but allowed him to do so
if he did well on his college entrance exams and was accepted into a
university. Kyuhyun is currently enrolling Kyunghee University with a major in
Post-Modern Music. Kyuhyun won third place at the Chin Chin Singing Competition
in 2005.
Kyuhyun officially debut in May
2006 as part of Super Junior, formerly "Super Junior 05", the first
generation of 12-member rotational boy band, who had debut in November 2005
with single, "TWINS (Knock Out)".In March 2006, SM Entertainment
began to recruit new members for the next generation. However, plans changed
and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations.
Following his addition to the group, they dropped the suffix "05" and
became officially credited as Super Junior.
In November 2006, Kyuhyun, along
with Yesung and Ryeowook, was placed in Super Junior's first subgroup, Super
Junior-K.R.Y. The trio specialize in ballads and debuted on 5 November on KBS's
Music Bank Korea.
