Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop, dance, R&B
Years active	2007 - Present
Labels	JYP Entertainment
Website	wondergirls.jype.com
Members
Sun Ye Ye Eun So Hee Yoo Bin Hye Rim
Past members
Sun Mi Hyuna

The 'Wonder Girls' are a South Korean girl group. The Wonder Girls debuted on February 10th, 2007 on Show! Music Core, singing "Irony", the single from their debut mini-album, The Wonder Begins. The mini-album went on to become a minor hit, selling 11,454 copies in 2007. The main producer was Jin-young Park, the leader of JYP entertainment. Wonder Girls is the first female group from JYP entertainment since it was established. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions. The members are Yoo Bin, Ye Eun, Sun Ye, Hye Rim and So Hee. Former member 김현아 (Kim Hyuna) left in June 2007 due to health problems, and Sun Mi left in January 2010 to pursue her education.

Member profiles

Yoo Bin

• Birth name: Kim Yoo Bin (Hangul: 김유빈)
• Date of birth: October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04)
• Nickname: Sloth and Binnie
• Position: Main Rapper, Sub-Vocalist, Lyricist
• Voice type: Contralto
• Additional Notes :
  • Made a cameo in 2pm's 10 Points out of 10 music video and in MBC's sitcom, 'That Person Is Coming'.
  • Featured in Chun G's song 'Weak Man' and Kim Bum Soo's song, 'Do You Know That'.
  • Wrote the rap for her part in Kim Bum Soo's song.

Yenny

• Birth name: Park Ye Eun (Hangul: 박예은)
• Date of birth: May 26, 1989 (1989-05-26)
• Nickname: Sik-sin (which means a Heavy eater)
• Position: Lead Vocalist, Lyricist, Composer
• Voice type: Soprano/Mezzo-soprano
• Additional Notes:
  • Featured in H-eugene's song "Baby I Love You" and One Two's song "Bad Girl".
  • Composed and wrote the lyrics for "Saying I Love You" and "For Wonderful"

Sun Ye

• Birth name: Min SunYe (Hangul: 민선예)
• Date of birth: August 12, 1989 (1989-08-12)
• Position: Leader, Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
• Voice type: Mezzo-soprano
• Additional Notes:
  • Featured in Mighty Mouth's song "Energy".
  • Sang "일월지가" ("Sun and Moon") for "Han Sung Byul Gok".
  • Composed the "Man Won" song.
  • Featured in Lee Bul's music video 'Forever'.
  • Featured in JYP's song 'Breakup In The Daylight'.

Sohee

• Birth name: Ahn So Hee (Hangul: 안소희)
• Date of birth: June 27, 1992 (1992-06-27)
• Nickname: An-mandu(An is her family name and mandu means dumplings)
• Position: Vocalist, Main Dancer, Visual
• Voice type: Mezzo-soprano
• Additional notes:
  • Sohee was in the movie I Like It Hot.
  • Featured as the lead actress in 8eight's music video "Without a Heart".
  • Made a cameo in MBC's sitcom, 'That Person Is Coming'.

Lim

• Birth name: Woo Hye Rim (Hangul: 우혜림)
• Date of birth: September 1, 1992 (1992-09-01)
• Position: Vocalist, Lead Rapper, Maknae
• Voice type: Contralto
• Additional Notes:
  • Was a member of Sisters(now known as miss A) before debuting as a real Wonder Girl to replace Sun Mi.

Former member profiles

HyunA

• Birth name: Kim Hyun Ah (Hangul: 김현아)
• Date of birth: June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06)
• Position: Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist

--- She is now a member of Cube Entertainment's famous girl group, 4Minute.

Sun Mi

• Birth name: Sun Mi (Hangul: 선미)
• Date of birth: May 2, 1992 (1992-05-02)
• Nickname: Mimi, 4D alien
• Position: Lead Rapper, Vocalist
• Addition Notes:
  • Performed 'One More Time Okay' with Nam Gyuri and GaIn.
  • Left the group to attend to her studies.
  • She can rap and has rapped in a couple of Wonder Girls songs.

Timeline

Members＼Years	2007			2008 ~ 2009	2010		2011 ~ Current
	February	July	September		January	February
Sun Ye
Ye Eun
Sun Mi
Hyuna
So Hee
Yu Bin
Hye Lim

Other Websites

• Wonder Girls Official Korean Site (Korean)
• Wonder Girls Official English Site
• Official Wonder Girls MySpace