“A good cry lightens the
heart.”
Name: Kim Jong-woon (김종운)
Stage Name: Yesung (Art-Like Voice means Vocal cords
of an artist)
Nickname: Cloud, Singing Yesung, Cheonan Ulji-jang
English Name: Jerome Kim
Date of Birth: August 24, 1984
Status: Inactive; Military Service
Religion: Catholic
Position: Main Vocalist
Blood Type: AB
Height: 178cm
Weight: 64kg
Hobby/Specialty: Listening to Music, Exercise, Singing
Education: Chungwoon University
Ideal Girl: Moon Geungyoung
Sub-Groups: Super Junior-K.R.Y, Super Junior-H
Yesung is a Korean Pop singer and musical
actor. He is a member of the SM Entertainment group Super Junior and the
sub-units Super Junior K.R.Y. and Super Junior Happy. Yesung made his first
television appearance in 1999, and became a trainee under SM Entertainment when
he auditioned in "Starlight Casting System 2001." He is currently on
hiatus and serving his 2-year mandatory military training.
Yesung was born on August 24, 1984 in Seoul
and later moved to Cheonan, South Chungcheong at age 10. He is the older son of
two; his younger brother's name is Kim Jongjin. From a young age, Yesung
expressed an interest in singing. In 1999, he joined a broadcast singing
competition and won gold at the Cheonan Singing Competition. In 2001, Yesung's
mother signed him up to audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting
System, in which he impressed the judges with his "artistic voice",
and signed as trainee under SM Entertainment that same year.
→ Fun Facts ←
• Has a younger brother names Kim Jong Jin
• He won gold in the 1999 ChunAn singing contest
• He was encouraged to audition for SM by his mother who secretly submitted his application
• He auditioned in 2001
• His stage name Yesung (예성) is an acronym for (예술가의 성대) (Yesulgahwi songdae) meaning “Vocal • Chords of an Artist”
• He can’t drink even one bottle of alcohol
• Everyone thought he was the quietest member
• All the member’s calls him naggy Yesung
• He talked for two hours in an interview but 90% of it was cut out
• He cried in a radio station because he thought he had no fans
• He borrows the master key of their rooms from the manager (Whenever they’re in a tour) and visits everyone else’s room while they’re asleep
• He loves touching people’s faces
• He doesn’t wear revealing clothing because he has a Jeju island shaped birthmark on his stomach
• His fans are called Clouds
• Has a younger brother names Kim Jong Jin
• He won gold in the 1999 ChunAn singing contest
• He was encouraged to audition for SM by his mother who secretly submitted his application
• He auditioned in 2001
• His stage name Yesung (예성) is an acronym for (예술가의 성대) (Yesulgahwi songdae) meaning “Vocal • Chords of an Artist”
• He can’t drink even one bottle of alcohol
• Everyone thought he was the quietest member
• All the member’s calls him naggy Yesung
• He talked for two hours in an interview but 90% of it was cut out
• He cried in a radio station because he thought he had no fans
• He borrows the master key of their rooms from the manager (Whenever they’re in a tour) and visits everyone else’s room while they’re asleep
• He loves touching people’s faces
• He doesn’t wear revealing clothing because he has a Jeju island shaped birthmark on his stomach
• His fans are called Clouds
Solo Discography/Work:
• 2010 •
It Has To Be You
Loving You [w/ Luna]
Waiting For You
Waiting For You
• 2011 •
I Am Behind You [w/ Jang Hye Jin]
For One Day
• 2012 •
She Over Flowers
Blind for Love
• 2013 •
Gray Paper
Filmography:
Film
Attack on the Pin-Up Boys [2007]
Super Show 3 3D [2010]
I AM. - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison
Square Garden [2012]
Super Show 4 3D [2013]
Variety Show
Explorers of the Human Body [2007-2008]
Love Pursuer [2010-11]
MUZIT [2010-11]
Immortal Song 2 [2011]
Shinhwa Broadcast [2012]
Come To Play [2012]
Radio Show
M.I.R.A.C.L.E for You [2006-2007]
Super Junior's Kiss the Radio [2011]
Musical Theatre
South Korean Mountain Fortress [2009]
Hong Gildong [2010]
Spamalot [2010]
Live
Performances:
“It Has To Be You”
“Gray Paper”
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