Yoochun
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Park Yoochun (박유천) |
| Also known as | 믹키유천, 秘奇有天 (Micky Yoochun), ユチョン (Yuchun) |
| Born | June 4, 1986 , Seoul, South Korea |
| Origin | Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
| Genres | Pop, R&B |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, actor, model |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Labels | Warner Music, Rhythm Zone, SM Entertainment, C-JeS Entertainment |
| Associated acts | JYJ, TVXQ |
| Park Yoochun | |
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| Hangul | 박유천 |
| Hanja | 朴有天 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Yucheon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Park Yuch'ŏn |
Park Yoochun (Korean: 박유천, Japanese: ユチョン; born June 4, 1986), sometimes known by his stage name Micky Yoochun (in South Korea), is a Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. Yoochun is a member of the South Korean pop group JYJ but debuted as a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ, known as Dong Bang Shin Ki in South Korea and Tohoshinki in Japan.
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[edit] Early life
Yuchun was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, until his family immigrated to the United States when he was in the sixth grade.[1] He lived in Fairfax, Virginia, where he attended Holmes Middle School and Chantilly High School.[1] He was scouted by Brothers Entertainment and went back to South Korea, where he joined SM Entertainment.[2] He has a younger brother named Park Yoohwan who is also an actor.
[edit] Acting career
Yoochun is best known for starring in the 2010 KBS drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal (성균관스캔들). He portrayed Lee Seon Joon, a wealthy and studious nobleman, who falls in love with his schoolmate who is a woman disguised as a man.[3] He has received the "Rookie of the Year award", "Netizens award" and "Best Couple award" at the 2010 KBS Drama Awards ceremony. He also received the Newcomer award at 47th Paeksang Arts Award and Best Actor award at the 6th Seoul International Drama Awards.
In 2011, he starred in MBC drama Miss Ripley with Lee Da-hae, Kim Seung-woo, and Kang Hye-jeong.[4]
For his third drama, Yoochun will be starring as Lee Gak, a Joseon era prince who time travels to the present day, in SBS's Rooftop Prince.
Prior to his first Korean drama, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Yoochun made some brief forays into acting. He acted in the Japanese mobile drama by BeeTV Beautiful Love ～君がいれば～ (Beautiful Love ~If you were here ~) playing Young Soo, the runaway heir of a conglomerate.
Yuchun has appeared on two televised shows with his TVXQ band-mates, Banjun Theater and Vacation.[5][6]
[edit] Musical career
[edit] TVXQ
From 2003 to 2009, Yoochun sang in South Korean boy band TVXQ, known as Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK) in South Korea and Tohoshinki in Japan. In July of 2009, Yoochun & two of his bandmates (Jaejoong and Junsu) who would later form JYJ filed a lawsuit against their South Korean label, SM Entertainment. After Tohoshinki's Japanese label announced a group hiatus in early 2010, he and two other fellow band members Jaejoong and Junsu formed a new three member group initially known as JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN in Japan.
[edit] JYJ
Their debut Japanese language EP The... and their first concert DVD from Tokyo Dome Thanksgiving Live in Dome both reached No. 1 on the Japanese Oricon album and DVD charts.[2] The group's global debut album, The Beginning, was released in October 2010. JYJ followed up in January 2011 with another EP in the format of a "Music Essay" entitled "Their Rooms, Our Story"." JYJ's second group album and first Korean language album In Heaven was released on September 28, 2011.
[edit] Solo singing career
Micky is featured in "Tokyo Lovelight" from DJ Makai's Stars (mini-album). He and band-mate U-know are also featured rappers in "Heartquake" from Super Junior's third album, Sorry, Sorry.[7]
For his second drama "Miss Ripley", Yoochun sang "너를 위한 빈자리 (The Empty Space for You)". It appeared first in the ninth episode of the drama and was released in "Miss Ripley" OST (Part 3).
[edit] Song writer
Micky has written and composed several songs that have appeared on TVXQ's Korean and Japanese albums. As a member of SM Town, he contributed to the 2007 winter album Only Love with his composition "Evergreen". Micky also wrote and composed "사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)", featured on the group's fourth Korean studio album Mirotic.[8] For the Trick project, he wrote the lyrics to his solo "My Girlfriend", entirely in English.[9]
"Kiss the Baby Sky", one of the A-side's for TVXQ's twenty-fifth Japanese single, marked the first time that one of the songs both written and composed by Micky was released on a Japanese single.[10]
With band-mates U-Know and Xiah, Micky wrote the rap lyrics to "Love After Love", which appeared on their second Korean studio album, Rising Sun. For the group's Japanese releases, Micky wrote and co-composed "Kiss Shita Mama, Sayonara" (Kissしたまま、さよなら lit. As We Kiss, Goodbye) with Hero for T, TVXQ's third Japanese album.[11] In September 2009, he and Hero released a self-written duet, "Colors (Melody and Harmony)/Shelter", which was used as the image song for Hello Kitty's 35th anniversary.[12]
His musicality is continually expressed even after TVXQ. Micky was able to compose in the new albums of JYJ. In JYJ’s first global album The Beginning, which was released in 2010, Micky contributed by composing in one of the tracks “I Love You”. In January 2011, Micky played the role of lyricist and composer in JYJ's music essay called Their Rooms "Our Story" for the song "이름없는 노래 Part 1 (A Song Without A Name, Part 1)". In addition, he also did the rap-making in Kim Junsu’s song “Mission”. For JYJ's first Korean album In Heaven, released late Nov 2011, Yoochun helped write and compose "Get Out" with Kim Jaejoong.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] TV Series
| Year # |
Title | Role | Episodes | Language |
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| 2005 | Rainbow Romance | Yoochun | (Season 6) 4 & 6 | Korean |
| Banjun Theater | High school student | First Love (aired Oct. 2nd & 9th) | Korean | |
| Masked fencer, slave | The Masked Fencer (aired Nov. 27th) | Korean | ||
| 2006 | Himself | 1 - 6 | Korean | |
| Vacation | Himself | 4 | Korean | |
| 2010 | Beautiful Love ～君がいれば | Young-Soo | 1 - 12 | Korean, Japanese |
| Sungkyunkwan Scandal | Lee Sun-joon | 1 - 20 | Korean | |
| 2011 | Miss Ripley | Song Yoohyun / Yutaka | 1 - 16 | Korean, Japanese, English |
[edit] Radio Show
| Year # |
Title | Notes |
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| 2007 | TVXQ Bigeastation | Park Yoochun act as the host with his members, TVXQ |
[edit] Other activities
In 2009, he opened "Timeout Gelato" --an ice-cream-based shop-- for his mother.[13]
In 2011, it was revealed that he and fellow TVXQ/JYJ member Jaejoong are CEOs of "Bum's Story"--a restaurant and high fusion bar--in Kangnam.[14]
[edit] Awards
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2001 | American Singing Competition (Virginia) | Best Artist of the Competition | Won | |
| 2003 | KBN Teens Singing Competition | Special Award | Won | |
| 2010 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Sungkyunkwan Scandal | Won [15] |
| Netizens Award | ||||
| Best Couple Award (with Park Min Young) | ||||
| 2011 | 47th Paeksang Arts Award | Best New Actor | Won [16] |
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| Popularity Award - Male | ||||
| Seoul International Drama Awards | Asia Popularity Award | Won [17] |
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| Outstanding Korean Drama Category - Best Actor | ||||
| MBC Drama Awards | Best Newcomer | Miss Ripley | Won [18] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kang, Cecilia (2006-11-26). "Riding the Seoul Train". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400257_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "Brothers Entertainment Official Website". Brothers Entertainment. http://www.brosent.com/index.php. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "드라마 '성균관스캔들' 기자 간담회 열려". E-daily. 2010-07-15. http://spn.edaily.co.kr/entertain/newsRead.asp?sub_cd=EA31&newsid=01321846593034848&DirCode=0010301. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ Park Yuchun changes more than just wardrobe for "Miss Ripley" 10Asia. May 17, 2011.
- ^ (Korean) "Retro Dance Queen Bae Seul Ki 'TVXQ Woman'". Hankooki. 2006-03-03. http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/200603/sp2006030308025358390.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ (Korean) "TVXQ, Theater Actors". Star Money. 2006-07-04. http://star.moneytoday.co.kr/view/stview.php?type=1&no=2006070409244401535. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ "Lee Yeon-hee and TVXQ is featured in Super Junior's third album" (in Korean). Moneytoday. 2009-03-09. http://star.moneytoday.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2009030908325038262&type=1&outlink=1. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ (Korean) "TVXQ, official Korean website album info page". Iple. http://tvxq.iple.com/pages/ab/version03/albuminfo.sm. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ (Japanese) "Runaway/My Girlfriend (YUCHUN from TVXQ)". Yahoo! Music Japan. http://music.yahoo.co.jp/shop/c/10/rzcd45858. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ (Korean) "TVXQ, Japan 25th Single 'Bolero' released on the 29th". Joins!. 2009-01-29. http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=3473145. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ (Japanese) "TVXQ T album interview". Oricon. 2008-01-23. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/080123_02_int.html. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ (Korean) "Hero Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun to participate in M-flo's album". Yonhap News. 2009-08-05. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/entertainment/2009/08/05/1101000000AKR20090805034600005.HTML. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2009/05/yoochuns_gelato_shop_for_his_momma_opens
- ^ http://bbs3.telzone.daum.net/gaia/do/starzone/detail/read?articleId=11716499&objCate1=96&bbsId=S000001
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2010/12/jyjs-micky-yoochun-wins-award-at-the-2010-%E2%80%98kbs-drama-awards%E2%80%99
- ^ Hong, Lucia Hyun Bin, Lee Byung-hun win top prizes at Paeksang" 10 Asia. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10
- ^ Hong, Lucia "Chinese series "Three Kingdoms" wins grand prize at Seoul Drama Awards" 10 Asia. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-12
- ^ (Korean)"Park Yoochun, Lee Kikwang, Seo Hyeon Jin, Hyomin, MBC Drama Awards Mini Series Male and Female Newcomer Award Recipients". Nate. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-31
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