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Reporter said SJ drew the largest number of audiences among the K-pop groups who din make their debut officially in Japan =]

By Lilian Fernandes, Journalism Student (Federal University of Goias, GO, Brazil) and HatoBR Staff

Learn everything about the hottest Korean boy-band of the moment. Asia is about to be dominated by a sea of pearl sapphire blue. That is the official color of E.L.F (Everlasting Friends), official fan club of Super Junior, a South Korean group that has begun its 3rd Asian tour – the Super Show 3. After securing themselves as idols in Asia and the whole world with hits like “Sorry Sorry” and “Bonamana”, Super Junior affirms itself as a pop phenomenon and is on top of various musical rankings, being one of the best-selling artists in 2010. Behind this success are 13 guys and five years of history, marked with many victories, but also many sad moments, tensions and controversies. To reach the top, Super Junior learned how to overcome criticism and obstacles, always thinking on giving the fans their best in each performance. There are those who have difficulty understanding Super Junior, but after following the history of this group formed by such distinct personalities and talents, it becomes easier to understand why it has become a phenomenon not only in Asia, but also in the whole world.

In November 2005, Super Junior 05 debuted with their first single: Twins (Knock Out), which gave the name to the album released by SM Entertainment. Led by Leeteuk, the group was initially formed also by Heechul, Hankyung, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kibum. SM Entertainment’s bet was to have a group that, aside from singing and dancing, could conquer various forms of entertainment, since it is formed also by actors, comedians, models, DJs and TV hosts. This group would not have a fixed formation, and soon some members of Super Junior 05 would leave to give room to the members of Super Junior 06.After exposing their “tough” side with Twins, Super Junior 05 promoted the track Miracle, showing to the public a sweeter and fun side of the group. With Miracle, the boy-band caught the attention of children to elders and led musical rankings in Korea and overseas. In May 2006, when everyone waited for the announcement of the new group formation, SM Entertainment surprisingly declared that Super Junior 05 would only be called “Super Junior”, a fixed group of 13 members. And so was introduced the maknae (youngest, in Korean) of the group, Kyuhyun, who joined Super Junior for the promotions of the new single U. And it was with U that Super Junior consolidated its place in the competitive world of South Korean entertainment. Aside from receiving various awards in musical programs such as SBS Inkigayo (“Popular Songs”), Super Junior was crowned the Best Rookie Award at the 2006′s MEMF, one of the most important awards in South Korea. This prize marked Super Junior’s career not only by being the first, but also by successfully ending a year marked not only by the group’s success, but also painful incidents like the death of Donghae’s father and the accident that severely harmed Heechul. The latter, however, was not the only car accident that shook the lives of the members of Super Junior. In April 2007, as they were preparing for their second album release, all plans were left aside as Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk and Kyuhyun suffered an accident that put at risk the life of the group’s youngest member. After departing from a transmission of the program KBS Super Junior’s Kiss The Radio (Sukira), the vehicle that was taking the members and staff back to the group’s dorm overturned on the road. Shindong and Eunhyuk suffered mild bruises and were released from the hospital quickly. Leeteuk suffered from cuts on his face and back, caused by the glass shards that hit him during the accident. But Kyuhyun, who was behind the driver’s seat, was thrown out of the car and suffered the worst fractures. With many broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised hip, Kyuhyun entered a coma and stayed in the hospital’s ICU for many days. Last year, Kyuhyun himself declared on a TV show that his chances of surviving reached 20%. With his father’s intervention, who prevented Kyuhyun from going through tracheotomy, guaranteeing that his son would be capable of singing after recovering from the accident, and the other members’ incentives, Kyuhyun recovered slowly and was released from the hospital in July, almost 80 days after the accident. He recovered little by little until he was free to perform again with Super Junior. While Kyuhyun recovered from the injuries caused by the accident, Super Junior suspended their second album preparations. In July, the group released the single “Full of Happiness”, a cover of the song released by the famous group H.O.T from SM Entertainment in the 90s. This single is part of the project SMTown, which unites recordings of various artists from SME. After the accident, the 12 members also dedicated themselves to a new project: the group’s first movie. The film “Attack on the Pin-Up Boys” premiered in South-Korean theaters in July 2007, and in the soundtrack Super Junior released their new single: “Wonder Boy”. In the story that was starred by the 12 members of Super Junior a mysterious creature attacks the most popular students from schools in Seoul. After becoming one of the most commented subjects on the Internet, Kibum decides to investigate the case and suspects that the next victim will be from Neulparan High School, in which he studies. Among the possible victims is student body president, Siwon; the dance club president, Heechul and the captain of the judo team, Kangin. With the humor that is the hallmark of Super Junior, the movie is based on the criticism in regards to the idol universe. Although it wasn’t a public success, it was well received by critics and the success of DVD sales. Among many surprises are Sungmin’s, Donghae’s and Ryeowook’s acting, who not only interprets Siwon’s assistant, but took turns with Leeteuk for the panda role, figure that was much more than just the school’s mascot. With Kyuhyun partially recovered and the end of movie and single promotions, Super Junior went into a brief hiatus to bring the fans the second album. On September 20th 2007, after more than a year since U’s release, the 13 members of Super Junior reunited to release the much-anticipated second album of the group, titled Don’t Don. The members went through a huge style transformation, with daring haircuts, tattoos and clothes that accentuated their masculinity. It couldn’t be any different: the album’s title-track, Don’t Don, has a strong rhythm and message, with influences from rock, r&b, rap and hip hop. The album, as a whole, shows that even with a considerably large number of member, Super Junior is capable of producing harmonized songs of quality, like the ballads “Marry U”, “Endless Love”, and the cheerful “Disco Drive” and “Thank You”, which expose the members singing acapella. Don’t Don was a bestseller and broke records not only in South Korea, but also in Japan, China, Philippines and other countries. Once again with support from the fans, Super Junior became one of the most acclaimed artists of 2007. Don’t Don promotions ended with “Marry U”, offering the fans the happiness of having their idols doing a passionate wedding proposal in each performance. It was during Don’t Don promotions that Super Junior starred in the program Explorers of the Human Body (EHB). Alongside host Shin Dongyup the members of Super Junior unraveled some myths and made discoveries about how the human body works. With 13 episodes, EHB was a hit on TV and was well received by the critics. Once again, Super Junior’s humor was the program’s mark. Many fans still hope that the channel SBS will produce a second season of the show. With the end of Don’t Don and EHB promotions, Super Junior prepared itself for its first Asian tour – Super Show. Between February 2008 and March 2009, Super Junior passed by South Korea, China and Thailand, giving fans unforgettable moments. Although involved with the tour, individual side-projects and subgroups, Super Junior dedicated itself to the production of their third album. The album production was announced in July 2008 and since then members updated fans through the Internet about the recordings and preparations for the group’s return. This increased everyone’s curiosity, generating great expectations in regards to what would be Suju’s new concept. In March 2009, with a mature and elegant image, Super Junior returned with what could be considered the biggest hit of the boy band’s career: “Sorry Sorry.” The album was released with two versions, A – with more urban and casual photos; and B – uniting the members in formal outfits. With 11 tracks, the album was one of the most sold albums of 2009 and projected Super Junior’s popularity to impressive levels. The track “Sorry Sorry” is a danceable pop song, with strong electronic beats, synthetic vocals and a dynamic choreography. The hit was composed by Yoo Youngjin (who also composed Don’t Don) and the choreography by Nick Bass, who worked with stars like Justin Timberlake and Usher. With it, Super Junior reached out to all the public, from children to elders, from Korean policemen to businessmen to businessmen in the Philippines – everyone knew the steps and the chorus, marked by the repetition of the words “Sorry” and “Shawty” at the tip of the tongue. The third album showed Super Junior’s maturation. According to leader Leeteuk, “Sorry Sorry” is an album that reflects the styles of Super Junior’s members. The pop style that marked their previous works gave rise to R&B and songs that explored the group’s vocals and harmony better. To continue “Sorry Sorry” promotions, a version C was released – the album repackage, containing the new title-track of the group: “Neorago (It’s You).” Aside from “It’s You”, the version C included another 4 additional tracks, including “Love U More”, composed by Ryeowook with lyrics by Sungmin. As promotions for the third album successfully ended, in June 2009 Super Junior prepared for their second Asian tour – Super Show 2. On one hand the year of 2009 brought Super Junior happiness, victories and recognition, but on the other it was a year marked by many controversies. Since the start of promotions for the new album, Kim Kibum has been absent. Many speculations were made, and as a response SM Entertainment informed that although he participated in the filming of the Sorry Sorry and It’s You MVs, Kibum would be away from promotions to dedicate himself to acting lessons and his acting career. The company even announced that Kibum would be present in shows in the second Asian tour, but quickly announced that due to a leg injury Kibum would not be able to return to the stage with Super Junior. With this, fans weren’t able to follow his activities until September, when images of his movie “Jumunjin” were released, in which Kibum interpreted the main role. Kibum’s absence was the least of Super Junior’s problems in 2009⁷. Kangin, known for being one of the most charismatic members of the group, was involved in two scandals that shook the group’s career. In September, Kangin was involved in a bar fight and was accused of aggression. This incident greatly degraded Kangin’s image and life. When least expected, everyone was surprised by more bad news. On October 16th, Kangin caused a traffic accident by being drunk and then fleeing the accident’s location (DIU and Hit and Run)⁸. The consequences to this act were quite severe. After apologizing publicly through a letter released online, SM Entertainment announced that Kangin would be suspended until the end of the year, thus being absent for all the group’s activities until 2010. In December, when everyone thought that 2009 couldn’t get any worse in relation to kpop scandals, Super Junior suffered the biggest blow: fans all over the world were shocked when finding out that Hankyung (Hangeng in Mandarin), the only Chinese member in the group, filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment to end his contract with the company. Hangeng’s justification was in regards to health and unfair payment. Without Kibum, Kangin and Hankyung, Super Junior ended the acclaimed year with “Sorry Sorry” receiving the best album of 2009 award. Even with all the problems, the show must go on. And of this, Super Junior knows better than anyone. In 2010, with 10 members, they continued their activities and ended, in April 2010, their second Asian tour, the Super Show 2. 10 cities visited in 9 months, and even after the setbacks that shook the structure of the group, the fans continued to show support to Suju and mass attended the shows, causing the tour to end successfully. And 2010 started with good news for Super Junior fans. In January, Kim Kibum returned to the media to promote his movie, “Jumunjin.” At the movie’s premiere, Heechul, Leeteuk and Changmin (DBSK) were present to show their support for Kibum, that later declared that he had never thought of leaving Super Junior – which to him is a family – and that his participation in group activities depend on the company, SM Entertainment. Still in January, international fans had wonderful news. After lots of speculation and fear that it’d be a false profile, everyone received Shindong on Twitter (@shinsfriends). Quickly, Shindong became one of the South Korean artists most followed on twitter. It took a while, but soon Shindong aroused the curiosity of other members and one by one they joined the universe of “@s.” With every new confirmed profile, a new Super Junior member entered the Trending Topics, many times staying at the top of most recently commented subjects in the world. Through twitter the members found the perfect way to mess with the fans’ imagination in regards to the group’s new album. Sungmin and Shindong commented about Super Junior’s possible new concept, in which many betted that it’d be based on something “vampire-ish”, following the trend that started with the movie saga “Twilight.” Apart from rumors, in May all the speculations about vampires and such were knocked down when Super Junior made its comeback with the album “Miinah (BONAMANA)”, also released in two versions: A and B. For the new album, the members of Super Junior went through another transformation. After capturing fans with a more elegant style in “Sorry Sorry”, abusing the use of suits and discreet clothing, in “Bonamana” they left that description aside to show that they’re in good shape, in great shape. The album was presented by SM Entertainment as an album with an exclusive rhythm, the SJ Funky, which gives continuation to Sorry Sorry with strong beats that resemble African rhythms on the title-tracks. The other tracks in the album mix in R&B ballads, giving emphasis on the vocal trio¹⁰ in the group: Yesung and Kyuhyun have a duet in “Your Eyes”, Ryeowook interprets the sweet “One Fine Spring Day” – his first solo in Super Junior; the three also unite to interpret “Coagulation.” Aside from the ballads, the forth album brings the contagious “Shake It Up”, and the also danceable “Good Person” and “Here We Go”, which a lot of fans believe has retrieved the pop character present on the first works by Super Junior. If “Sorry Sorry” had already hit a sales record of 30 thousand copies on the release day, with Bonamana the success was devastating. Before even being released, 200 thousand pre-orders were made for the album in South Korean music sites. In 5 days, the album sold more than 70 thousand copies and at this moment, Super Junior dominates the most sold album rankings, beating the group SNSD, also under SM Entertainment and that is in second place with the album ‘Oh’. “Miinah (Bonamana)” was also composed by Yoo Youngjin and the choreography, based off ice-skating (very popular sport in South Korea), was also developed by Nick Bass. Combined with Super Junior’s new attitude, even more masculine, the song talks about men that don’t spare efforts to catch the attention of the woman they love. If “Bonamana” was a success to show the more direct and charming side of Super Junior, the single that followed it made all fans remember the cute and sweet side of the group. In June the version C of “Bonamana” was released, and with it the song No Other. With a more melodic arrangement than its preceding single, Super Junior returned to the stages with a softer and more playful image, capturing everyone with their smiles and jokes. And with the version C, fans got more reasons to smile. Kangin, on hiatus since October 2009, returned to record with Super Junior. The song “A Short Journey” was composed and written by Eunhyuk and Donghae. In it, Kangin announces to fans that he’s going to enter into a brief journey, but will take everyone’s affection in his heart. The reason for this departure is upsetting: to redeem himself from his mistakes in the past, reflect and become a better person, Kangin announced enlistment into the army to fulfill South Korea’s two years of mandatory service. Kangin was in military training and officially enlisted in October of last year¹¹. The repackaged version of Bonamana also has “All My Heart”, a song composed by Leeteuk and Henry Lau (member of Super Junior-M, see the section about subgroups). It can be said that the forth album confirms Super Junior’s maturation musically and also as a group, since together they manage to overcome the problems that show up and give their best to smile and captivate their fans. With a successful release that once again left Super Junior at the top of rankings in various Asian countries, Super Junior is now ready to dominate Asia once again with its third Asian tour. Super Show 3, which started around August, will pass by 13 cities with 16 concerts and will end in 2011. The first shows, performed in Seoul in August 13th and 14th, already showed that aside from talent and character, Super Junior is willing to get many laughs out of its public. With Shindong’s and Eunhyuk’s stage direction, Super Junior astonished the public by bringing performances of current hits and reinterpreting old hits like “TWINS”, “A Man In Love” and “U.” The members of Super Junior also show all their versatility by surrendering to Beyoncé’s and Lady Gaga’s success and performed to the public covers of “Poker Face”, with Lady HeeHee (Heechul) and “Single Ladies”, with Shindong dressed as Beyoncé and accompanied by Donghae and Eunhyuk. In the show the members also go up on stage dressed as vegetables to finalize the show (before the traditional encore) and leave the public that follows them – may it be live, or through the Internet, there is the assurance that it doesn’t matter what they confront, Super Junior will leave everything behind when getting up on stage and will always be capable of making fans happy. Before the release of Bonamana, the Super Junior fan base in Brazil was already substantial. The group’s popularity in our land grew even more after the forth album. Because it became one of the most commented topics on the Internet, being in the Twitter Trending Topics for many days, even one of the most commented topics in our country, Super Junior caught the attention of the Brazilian media and of people like Miguel Falabella¹², who after watching “Bonamana” was captivated by Super Junior and kpop in general. In the country’s famous anime events, Super Junior was also noticed. In the Anime Friends 2010¹³, during the 4 days of the event a cover group from Curitiba called BRisk did 6 performances, dancing in each 7 famous songs by the group. The performances caught the attention of fans that sang along to the songs, and also pleased the many others that watched or passed by the site. Among many Super Junior fan sites, the forum Happy Together Brazil (or popularly Hato Brazil, the Brazilian side of the Latin American and Spanish Hato Family) is a highlight. Formed 2 years ago, the forum unites around 1200 members in love with Super Junior and has a variety of information to keep everyone updated about the group and its members’ schedules. The forum also has Super Junior videos translated to Portuguese, in addition to a great archive to keep new and old fans informed. To celebrate Super Junior’s 5th anniversary, Hato Brazil has many commemorative projects. Among them, a project created alongside other international forums that are a part of Super Junior’s fan base, there is the project to congratulate Suju for their anniversary in newspapers worldwide. //[ To meet the forum, visit http://www.hatobrazil.com ]// According to Leeteuk, Super Junior can have its own world. And with so many members, Super Junior subdivided itself into groups to show that they are talented in any style, in any country. Super Junior KRY was Super Junior’s first subgroup and is formed by three of the group’s main vocalists: Kyuhyun, Ryeowook and Yesung. It may seem obvious, but the name KRY goes a little beyond the junction of the initials from the three members. According to Yesung, KRY received its name because when the trio sings, he wants to make people cry as they hear their music. Dedicated to a more mature public, KRY sings mainly ballads, and has already participated in the soundtrack of many South-Korean dramas. Its official debut was November 5th 2006 with the song “The One I Love”. In August of this year, KRY did two successful concerts in Tokyo, Japan. On stage, KRY interpreted songs such as “Dreaming of being a Hero”, “Steps to Stop” and with Donghae and Sungmin they interpreted Super Junior hits such as “H.I.T” and “Mirror”. Imagine you and your friends swing dancing and singing enthusiastically, as if it still was a hit in the US.³ Rescuing a rhythm that is generally dedicated to the older generation was exactly what Super Junior T did in South Korea in 2007. Super Junior’s second sub-group is made up of Leeteuk, Heechul, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin and Eunhyuk. They debuted in February 2007, with the hit “Rokkugo”, which quickly became a bestseller. With a very colorful style, abusing suits, sequins and spangles, the boys were able to express music and humor, and showed that there’s no age to enjoy trot with modern elements and with Eunhyuk and Shindong’s raps. In November 2008, Super Junior-T released the single “ROCK&GO”, rerecording of the hit “Rokkugo” in Japanese, with the collaboration of the duet “Moeyan”. After 3 years, Super Junior-T was reborn in Super Junior’s current Asian tour, Super Show 3. The group’s new song, Ttok Ttok Ttok, was released online in various South Korean websites and is part of the official song list of Suju’s new tour. In June 2008, Super Junior created its forth subgroup. With relaxing and happy songs that go along with the summer, Super Junior Happy debuted to cheer up the season. Formed by Leeteuk (leader), Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin and Eunhyuk, they sang about the problems of having a girlfriend that can’t cook in “Cooking? Cooking!”, single that titled their mini-album, released on May 5th of that year. With the objective to bring happiness and relaxation to fans, Super Junior Happy also released the hit “Pajama Party.” In April 2008, SM Entertainment announced the third Super Junior subgroup: Super Junior-M, formed to promote in the Chinese market and other Mandarin-speaking countries such as Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the leadership of the Chinese member Han Geng, SJ-M is formed by Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun. Super Junior-M also has two foreign members: Henry (Canadian/Taiwanese) and Zhou Mi (Chinese). They officially debuted on April 8th of that year, with the release of the single⁶ ‘U’, Mandarin version and remodeled with a new style and rhythm from the Super Junior release in 2006. The group’s first album, “Me”, was released at the end of April in some Chinese provinces and in South Korea, and on May 2nd for the other cities. As soon as it was released, it premiered in various musical rankings, and after a few weeks since the release, SJM arrived at the top of the ranking Top in Music in China, the most renowned in the country. In 2009, busy with the main group’s popularity due to “Sorry Sorry”, Super Junior-M returned to reign mandopop with its first mini-album – “SUPER GIRL.” The success of the hit composed by Yoo Youngjin was instant. SJ-M was in first place in musical rankings in China, Taiwan, Philippines and Thailand, staying at the top for many weeks. In December 2009, Han Geng filed a lawsuit with SM Entertainment, leaving Super Junior and, in consequence, SJ-M. While Super Junior promotes its new album, whose repackaged version contains a song that Henry did alongside Leeteuk, everyone anxiously waits for the announcement of the subgroup’s future. Meanwhile, Henry is dedicating himself to his studies in the USA, while Zhou Mi dedicates himself to individual activities in China and South Korea. Super Junior has one of South Korea’s most dedicated and intense fan clubs. Everlasting Friends (ELF) was established in June 2006 and is behind Super Junior’s great achievements, but was also a pivot of a huge controversy. When, in 2007, Henry Lau made a special participation in Don’t Don, the fan club united against him. With the motto “Only13″, the ELFs wanted to prevent that Henry was added into the main group, fearing that Super Junior would go back to being a rotational group, undoing the original formation. The tension became worse when SM Entertainment announced that Super Junior’s third subgroup would be created, which would later be named Super Junior-M. SJM would focus on the Chinese market and other countries that speak Mandarin. Besides from the five Korean members: Hangeng (leader), Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun, it was announced that Henry Lau and Zhou Mi would be added to the subgroup. ELFs’ opposition with SJM’s creation got to the point of transforming loyal Super Junior fans into anti-fans. During a long time, in joint performances with Super Junior, the members of Super Junior-M had to witness tensions and offenses directed towards the additional members Henry and Zhou Mi. At the end of the first Super Junior concert on their second Asian tour, while ELFs screamed that they’d “protect the 13 members”, Leeteuk asked them to change their screams and that they’d “protect Super Junior”, referring to Henry and Zhou Mi, who aren’t part of the group Super Junior, but are part of the family that forms the group. Tensions aside, ELFs do just about anything so that Super Junior is recognized. The fans have already united to donate blood in the name of the group for a patient with leukemia. And they have also made charitable projects in the name of Suju. When the sapphire pearl blue sea shines in the concerts, the members demonstrate their gratitude towards fans for always doing their best so they would top rankings. The international fan clubs are more flexible and, in general, in favor of Henry and Zhou Mi, who are great artists. All the fans, in general, are united by the love for the group and try their hardest to demonstrate that love. Name: Park JungSoo Date of Birth: 07/01/1983 Hobbies: Singing, composing, piano, listening to music Subgroups: Super Junior-T / Super Junior Happy Bio: Leeteuk is the leader of this army of 13 members and is considered one of the best leaders in the pop world, for always working hard in the name of the group in various TV and radio shows. Very emotional, he cries easily. Besides being the leader of Super Junior, he leads the humorous section “Teuk Academy” on the program SBS Strong Heart, is a fixed guest of the popular Star King and is a DJ of Super Junior’s Kiss The Radio, which has just completed 4 years. Name: Cho KyuHyun Date of Birth: 02/03/1988 Height/Weight: 1.80 m / 63 kg Hobbies: Singing Subgroups: Super Junior-M Curiosities: Kyuhyun is known for his sharp humor and his addiction to online games, especially Starcraft. Recently, aside from being one of the main vocalists, Kyuhyun became one of the main dancers in the group, alongside Eunhyuk, Donghae and Shindong. Name: Kim HeeChul Date of Birth: 07/10/1983 Height/Weight: 1.79m / 60kg Hobbies: Writing poems, writing fairy-tales, computer games Subgroups: Super Junior T Bio: With a very strong and somewhat eccentric personality, Heechul is the pretty face of the group. Known as narcissistic and addicted to the Internet, he updated his “blog” in the site Cyworld as a hobby until meeting Twitter. Heechul is one of Super Junior’s actors, having starred in various dramas. Nowadays he is in charge of the radio program Kim Heechul’s Young Street. Name: Han Geng Date of Birth: 02/09/1984 Height/Weight: 1.81m / 66 kg Hobbies: Traditional Chinese dances, ballet, martial arts, computer games Subgroups: Super Junior-M Bio: Hankyung is the only Chinese member of Super Junior and the leader of Super Junior-M. Majored in traditional Chinese dances, he was one of the main dancers in the group. After suing the company SM Entertainment, he started his solo career. He released the album “Geng Xin” and is currently promoting it in Asia. He also has plans to pursue acting. Name: Kim JongWoon Date of Birth: 08/28/1984 Height: 1.78m / 64 kg Hobbies: Singing, listening to music, working out Subgroups: Super Junior K.R.Y / Super Junior Happy Bio: After confronting his dad’s opposition, Jongwoon finally received support from his mother, which encouraged him to try out for SM Entertainment. After 5 years as a trainee, he starred as one of the lead vocalists in Super Junior, alongside Ryeowook and Kyuhyun. Name: Shin DongHee Date of Birth: 09/28/1985 ⁴ Height/Weight: 1.73m / 90kg Hobbies: Practicing facial expressions, making jokes, dancing Subgroups: Super Junior-T / Super Junior Happy Bio: Shindong is proof that we shouldn’t judge someone by appearance. Although pudgy, Shindong is one of the group’s main dancers. With the forth album release, he surprised everyone with a wedding proposal to his girlfriend, Nari, on the album’s reserved space for “thanks to” messages. The code was easily deciphered by fans and Shindong publicly apologized for the impulsive but romantic act. Name: Kim YoungWoon Date of Birth: 01/17/1985 Height/Weight: 1.80m / 70kg Hobbies: Singing, watching moving, working out (martial arts), swimming Subgroups: Super Junior-T, Super Junior Happy Bio: Behind the tough look, Kangin is known for his sweet smile and charisma. He got the nickname of “Korea’s #1 handsome Guy” and “raccoon” ⁵ after a hilarious moment in the reality show Super Junior Full House (Mnet, 2006). Name: Lee HyukJae Date of Birth: 04/04/1986 Height/Weight: 1.76 m / 58 kg Hobbies: Singing, composing, listening to music, piano Subgroups: Super Junior-T / Super Junior Happy Bio: Eunhyuk is considered a great rapper and one of the best in South Korea. ‘Eun’ means ‘silver’, and because of that his nickname is “Jewel boy.” Eunhyuk’s fame among the members isn’t so good: he’s known for being the dirtiest member, with smelly feet and for being cheap. Name: Lee SungMin Date of Birth: 01/01/1986 Height/Weight: 1.75 m / 58 kg Hobbies: Playing instruments, Chinese martial arts, watching movies Subgroups: Super Junior-T, Super Junior Happy Bio: Sungmin is the multi-talented member of Super Junior: aside from singing, dancing, playing and acting, he’s good in martial arts. Appreciator of the color pink, he is considered the cute one in the group, although the members always say that his personality, truthfully, is of a masculine and charming man. Name: Lee DongHae Date of Birth: 10/15/1986 Height/Weight: 1.75 m / 60 kg Hobbies: Singing, dancing, exercising, watching movies Subgroups: Super Junior-M Curiosities: Donghae is the Super Junior member known for having a sweet heart and for crying easily. Clumsy, he has the ability to ruin electronic items, and has already broken Shindong’s and Ryeowook’s computers. He likes to greet fans by calling them “my girlfriends.” Since his father’s death in 2006, he dedicates his “thank to” on Super Junior and Super Junior-M albums to him. Name: Choi SiWon Date of Birth: 02/10/1987 ⁹ Height/Weight: 1.83 m / 65 kg Hobbies: Singing, dancing, acting, Taekwondo, studying Chinese, playing drums Subgroups: Super Junior-M Bio: Many say that Siwon’s biggest flaw is not having flaws. Siwon comes from a rich family, but went against his father by following a career as a model, actor and, later on, as a member of Super Junior. A devoted Christian, Siwon is proud to be part of the group SOL (Soldiers of Light), alongside singers Vaness Wu and Jason Ma. Recently he was nominated a UNICEF Ambassador. Name: Kim RyeoWook Date of Birth: 06/21/1987 Height/Weight: 1.73 m / 58 kg Hobbies: Singing, composing Subgroups: Super Junior-M Curiosities: Ryeowook was the last member to join Super Junior 05. Fans call him “Eternal Magnae” (Eternally the youngest). He is one of the group’s vocalists, alongside Yesung and Kyuhyun. Name: Kim KiBum Date of Birth: 08/21/1987 Height/Weight: 1.79m / 63 kg Hobbies: Practicing singing and facial expressions, boxing Bio: Kibum came back to Korea as a trainee for SM Entertainment, with the objective of becoming an artist to save up money and send it to his mother, who lives in the US. He’s reserved and shy and had the habit of refusing gifts given by fans, so that they wouldn’t waste money on him. Name: Henry Lau Date of Birth: 10/11/1989 Height/Weight: 1.73 m / 63 kg Hobbies: Playing the violin, piano, break dancing Subgroups: Super Junior-M Bio: Henry learned how to play the violin at the age of six. And when auditioning to SM Entertainment he was already an awarded dancer. Currently he is a graduate student in the renowned Berklee College of Music, in Boston (Massachusetts, US). Name: Zhou Mi Date of Birth: 04/19/1986 Height/Weight: 1.84 cm / 66 kg Hobbies: Singing, performing, writing lyrics, designer clothes, cosmetics Subgroups: Super Junior-M Curiosities: Before joining Super Junior-M, Zhou Mi was already a singer and, above all, an awarded host in China. One of the subgroup’s main vocals, Zhou Mi is responsible for teaching the pronunciation and intonation of words to the Korean members. Aside from Kibum and Kangin, and Sungmin, who deleted his profile after a few months, all the members of Super Junior have a Twitter profile, including Henry, the maknae of SJM. And because Twitter is blocked in China, Zhou Mi (SJM) and Hangeng, who left the group in December 2009, but is still loved by SJ fans, found a way to stay in touch with fans through their micro blogs at Weibo (Chinese social network). Leeteuk: @http://twitter.com/special1004 Heechul: @http://twitter.com/Heedictator Yesung: @http://twitter.com/shfly3424 Shindong: @http://twitter.com/Shinsfriends Eunhyuk: @http://twitter.com/AllRiseSilver Donghae: @http://twitter.com/donghae861015 Siwon: @http://twitter.com/siwon407 Ryeowook: @http://twitter.com/ryeong9 Kyuhyun: @http://twitter.com/GaemGyu ¹ Henry: @http://twitter.com/henrylau89 Zhou Mi: @http://t.sina.com.cn/sjmzhoumi Han Geng: @http://t.sina.com.cn/hangeng And to follow the translation of all the tweets and weibo of the members, follow HatoBR’s tweets on Twitter: @http://twitter.com/hatobrtweets ² ———————————————— Observation: In the Portuguese language, dates are written as day/month/year. For the purpose of this translation, the order was changed to fit the English standard of month/day/year. 1: In the original article, the author made a mistake by writing “GaemKyu” instead of “GaemGyu”. 2: @hatobrtweets is a twitter account is for translations to Portuguese, not English. 3: The original article makes a reference to an old style of Brazilian music called “lambada”, thus I had to adapt the translation. 4: In the originals article, the author made a typo and wrote the year 2010 instead of 1985. 5: In the original article, the author wrote “raccon” instead of “raccoon.” 6: In the original article, the author wrote “sigle” instead of “single.” 7: In the original article the author says “last year”. The article was written in 2010, but published in 2011, thus I adapted the translation to the correct year that the sentence is referring to. 8: In the Portuguese language there are no specific acronyms/names to describe a D.U.I. (Driving under the influence) or a Hit & Run like in the English language, thus I added them for the purpose of this translation. 9: This is not Siwon’s real birthday. Although registered on this day (02/10/1987), Siwon was actually born on 04/07/1986. 10: In the original article the author made a mistake and wrote “quintet” instead of “trio.” 11: In the original article the author refers to October of the year in which the article was written. The article was written in 2010, but published in 2011, thus I adapted the translation to the correct year that the sentence is referring to. 12: Miguel Falabella is a Brazilian actor, producer and director. 13: Anime Friends is an annual anime convention that occurs in São Paulo every July. //**Credits: Article by Lilian Fernandes (chris @ HatoBrazil.com | | funchris @ SJ-World.net)**// //**Translation to English by Carolina Barbosa (purinchun @ Twitter / HatoBrazil.com | | ヒム～ @ SJ-World.net)**// //**NeoTokyo Magazine Nº 59 scans with original article in Portuguese can be seen HERE orHERE**// //**posted by elf101586@icepluscoffee.wordpress.com**//
 * From Leeteuk to Kyuhyun: how it all started**
 * Wonder Boys**
 * Don’t Don**
 * “Sorry Sorry” the phenomenon**
 * 2009 – A year of controversies**
 * Super Junior in Twitterland**
 * Bonamana and the SJ Funky**
 * Ready to dominate once more – Super Show 3**
 * Super Junior in Brazil**
 * Super Junior’s sub-groups**
 * Super Junior K.R.Y**
 * Super Junior T**
 * Super Junior Happy**
 * Super Junior-M**
 * Everlasting friends • Super Junior & ELF**
 * Member Profiles**
 * Leeteuk**
 * Kyuhyun**
 * Heechul**
 * Hankyung**
 * Yesung**
 * Shindong**
 * Kangin**
 * Eunhyuk**
 * Sungmin**
 * Donghae**
 * Siwon**
 * Ryeowook**
 * Kibum**
 * Henry**
 * Zhou Mi**
 * Official links on Twitter/Weibo**
 * FOOTNOTES:**



Super Junior-M’s foreign member Henry showed off his talking skills.

Henry drew attention when he appeared on SBS Strong Heart which airs on March 1 and revealed secrets about Super Junior’s dorm. Henry is a foreign member who was born between Hong Konger father and Taiwanese mother and grew up in Canada. He is a newcomer who has skills to do grand performances by combining piano and electronic violin performances with dancing.

Henry revealed, “When I first came to Korea, it was really hard due to cultural differences between the members.” He added, “I especially was shocked when I lived in the dorm with Super Junior.” He made everyone curious when he said, “For the first 2 weeks, I couldn’t sleep and had to tremble in fear.”

You can listen to what happened at Super Junior’s dorm and the secrets about Super Junior’s dorm revealed by Henry at 11:15 pm on March 1 through Strong Heart.

Meanwhile, Big Bang’s G-Dragon, Seungri, Kim Jaok, Kim Dongwan, Kim Hyejin, Lee Sunjin, Tim, Kim Taehyun, Kim Saerom and Super Junior-M’s Henry will appear on this episode of Strong Heart.

[| ‘Album Kings’ Super Junior “Leading the Hallyu boom all over the world”] March 8, 2011
Popular group Super Junior has talked about their thoughts on ascending as the “Album Kings”. Super Junior was given the pleasure of being conferred the first place for the album sales on the Gaon Chart at Gaon Chart’s 2010 Closure of Accounts and 2011 Vision Conference, which took place at the Korea Press Club International Conference Room at 3pm on the 9th (of February). Super Junior’s 4th official studio album ‘Miinah’ was selected as the album which had the highest sales for last year. ‘Miinah’, which sold a total of 200,193 copies last year, came in at first place for the album sales. On the day, Super Junior Leeteuk who received the award, revealed his feelings(, saying that) “I’m really happy to be able to receive such a huge award from a fair and authoritative award ceremony”. Later on, Leeteuk said that “If there’s the Billboard Charts in America, and the Oricon Charts in Japan, then in Korea there’s the Gaon Charts”, and that “Every year while doing activities, (I’ve) personally experienced the occurrence of the Hallyu boom not only in Asia, but also all around the world. We’ll diligently do our activities”, announcing his determination. On the day, Gaon Chart announced their data and also revealed the detailed data of the online chart. This is the first time that the offline album sales chart is being announced since the Record Industry Association stopped revealing the aggregates in 2008. The revealing of the detailed online data, too, was the first since the establishment of the digital music market. On the day’s ceremony, in addition to revealing the year 2010’s on-offline album sales, awards were given out to the singers who had clinched first place in the key areas of digital sales and album sales. Aside from Super Junior, Miss A came in first for the digital album awards, Kim Seungyoon and G.Na won the Best Male and Female Newcomer Awards respectively, and Lee Seungchul came in first for Mobile Downloads.
 * Note:** Parts of the article have been omitted.
 * Source: Star News (via Nate)**
 * Translated by eternalsnow @ SJ-WORLD.NET**
 * Thanks to in00022 @ SJ-WORLD.NET for the heads up!**
 * Please take out with full and proper credits.**

[| SJ-M lands in Taiwan, Donghae keeps sweet-talking and unleashing his charm]
March 8, 2011

SJ-M lands in Taiwan, Donghae keeps sweet-talking and unleashing his charm — New members Eunhyuk, Sungmin steals the attention by dancing rabbit dance and learning Chinese South Korean idol group Super Junior-M made a whirlwind stopover at Taiwan yesterday in order to promote their new album “Perfection”, but because Chinese member Zhou Mi faced problems with his visa, SJ-M lands in Taiwan with one member less. During the press conference, Siwon, who was born in the Year of the Rabbit, unexpectedly lost to Donghae in terms of popularity, and wasn’t favoured by the LOVE rabbit. Donghae, on the other hand, kept on unleashing his charms by sweet-talking the female reporters below the stage, using Chinese to say “Ladies, your figures are really nice!” SJ-M reached the Taoyuan Airport yesterday afternoon, and close to 300 fans braved the rain to chase after the stars. During the press conference in the afternoon, the recording company gave them a couplet which read “Prosper”, wishing that the album that would be released today would be a huge sellout. As this year is the Year of the Rabbit, the recording company invited the LOVE rabbit from Japan to take the stage, causing Siwon who was born in the Year of the Rabbit to laugh heartily. However, this rabbit fan only had a soft spot for Donghae, and Donghae replied in a cheesy manner in Chinese, saying: “My beloved darling, do you love me? Do you want to get married with me?” Beside him, Siwon blurted out that “I want to go home.” in dismay. Eunhyuk also started dancing the rabbit dance, catching the attention. SJ-M released a new album after more than a year’s absence following the departure of ex-Chinese member Han Geng from the group, and added two new members Eunhyuk and Sungmin. When asked whether there’s a huge pressure to sing in Chinese, Sungmin truthfully said that: “When I just started learning I think that Chinese was very difficult, but during the recording, the other members would help me from the side, (so) I hope that I’m able to use Chinese to communicate with the fans.” Eunhyuk, whose Chinese language skills needs to be further improve, tried to save his face by jokingly claiming that “I can understand by listening, (but) I don’t like speaking (in Chinese)“, and even showed off a unique but hilarious pronunciation tongue-twister. Towards the end of the press conference, Siwon expressed that during this period of time there are certain things that had happened, thanking the fans for their continuous support, and mentioned that they would work harder to bring better performances, and would not disappoint everyone. Also, after the title song of SJ-M’s new album “Perfection” was announced, there were netizens who pointed out that the “Tai Wan Mei” in the lyrics has similar pronunciation with the words “Taiwanese girls” and “Beautiful Taiwan”*, to put it bluntly, SJ-M really loves Taiwan. They would be leaving Taiwan today morning at 9.30am by taking the flight BR217, ending their visit to Taiwan which lasted less than 24 hours. On the other hand, through their exclusive brokerage firm in Taiwan, Fu Long, SM Entertainment has reiterated that the concerts on the 11th, 12th and 13th next month at the Taipei Arena will go on as scheduled, reassuring the fans.
 * Donghae favoured by the LOVE rabbit**
 * Eunhyuk dances (and said) hilarious tongue-twister**
 * New album’s name claims to love Taiwan**
 * 太完美 (Perfection), 台灣妹 (Taiwanese girls), and 台灣美 (Beautiful Taiwan) all have the same pronunciation.
 * Source: Liberty Times**
 * Translated by eternalsnow @ SJ-WORLD.NET**
 * Please take out with full and proper credits.**

@http://www.allkpop.com/2011/03/lee-soo-man-sm-artists-attend-hallyu-lecture-at-stanford-university

__Eunhyuk posts a picture from Taiwan__
March 30, 2011

On March 30th, **Super Junior**’s **Eunhyuk** informed his **Twitter** fans that he had arrived in Taiwan. He uploaded a photo of himself with **Siwon** and **Donghae**, and tweeted, //“Eun Si Hae in Taiwan. I am fortunate because I have friend, because I have members^^”// In the uploaded picture, the three members are looking straight into the camera. Eunhyuk and Donghae are both making cute faces with their cheeks puffed up – Eunhyuk even has a sucker in his mouth!). Siwon on the other hand, is making more of a sexy pose with his furrowed ‘brows and pouty lips. All in all, they’ll definitely cause their lady fans to swoon over their charisma. The three members are in Taiwan to promote as part of Super Junior’s unit group, **Super Junior-M**. Hopefully, fans will get to see more pictures of the group as they embark on their overseas activities.

Source: [|Eunhyuk’s Twitter]

**The reason why SJ Sungmin had a big fight with his manager**
Sungmin is known for his strict self-discipline and exceptionally high enthusiasm for educating. He wanted to learn English and Japanese. So, he has signed up for a dawn course of the language institutions which is located nearby dorm. After absorbing schedules till the late night, he got up at daybreak and went to language institution by his scooter. And he took a class with ordinary people. However, Manager who accidentally discovered this was furious. Manager got upset, not because Sungmin took a class with ordinary people, but because Sungmin chose the way which made him tired physically. He called Sungmin out and bawled “If you had told this to company, We could have provide you with a good instructor at your convenient time.” But Sungmin opposed “English doesn’t help the activity for now, so if I told you that I wanna learn English, I will think that hyung might be tired and bothered to adjust the schedule for me.” They fought because they care about each other so much. After this incident happened, Managers of Super Junior have gotten into the habit of asking Sungmin first “Sungmin-ah, Do you want anything to study these days?” There is another warm anecdote between SJ and their managers. When Leeteuk was actively engaged in many variety shows, Lots of heavy schedules wearied him. so He couldn’t get up one morning. then Manager carried Leeteuk on his back to ven. Manager just hoped that Teuk takes a rest until they arrive at make-up shop. There is a warm-hearted group like Super Junior. But on the other hand, There are some Idol groups who make their manager sweat hard. Drinking and Playing with friends till late at night, being late for schedule, Even there are some Idol who swears at their manager or put them to practically slave labor. Look at Super Junior, and Let’s emulate them.

content from High Cut magazine Vol.50 translated by @the_Chess

For the month of March, Big Bang was ranked #1 on Sports Chosun’s 2011 Musician Power Ranking for 4 weeks. However, on the 5th week, SJM broke Big Bang’s hold of the #1 position. Currently, promoting ‘Tai Wan Mei”, the song is targeted for the Chinese music industry, thus they have not officially broadcasted it in Korea. But with the help of their fanclub, ELF, SJM was able to take hold of the #1 position. Currently, they are leading with more than 17,000 votes for week one of April. Ranking: 50% is based on fans’ vote; 20% broadcast; 20% Music chart ranking; 10% articles CR: Naver+ SportsChosun+ SAPPHIREPEARLS.COM Translated by: SGSJELFs and SuperShowSG

[|How Siwon tried to ruin this lovely couple.]
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[| Super Junior’s Heechul labeled as the prettiest male idol] April 7, 2011
If there’s a male idol who looks both handsome as a man and beautiful as woman, then that would be, without a doubt, Super Junior‘s Heechul. On MBC‘s Idol Section TV recently, he was named as the prettiest male idol, and was even described as prettier than the members of SNSD. In the video, you can see the idol being dissed by comedian and fellow Radio Star host Kim Gura, with regards to the speculations of him being gay, alongside Epik High‘s Mithra Jin. However, comedian Kim Shinyoung comes to the rescue in another clip, and even praises Heechul’s beauty by saying, “He’s not gay, but I think many men will like him. If I was ever to be born again, I hope to be born looking like Heechul.” In addition to that, fans will surely be happy to see, past cuts of the variety show Love Letter, where Heechul proclaimed himself ‘Heesica’ and parodied the part of SNSD’s Jessica to their 2009 hit song Gee. And recently of course, his much talked about Lady Gaga parody during Super Junior’s Super Show 3 series of concerts all over Asia.

Check out the object of everyone’s envy, may it be boys or girls, in the video below!

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 * Source: sup3rjunior13@youtube.com**
 * Written by: eren@kpoplive.com**
 * Shared by SGSJELFs and Supershowsg**



HaeHyuk & their adorable love child, Henry dancing to Gee.



Look at Hyuk's semi-pout at the end ^^

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one more from Happiness, for old times sake.

 Vietnamese fans queued since 3 a.m to buy Super Show 3 tickets, Super Show 3 in Vietnam As you know, Super Show 3 in Vietnam, the last stop of Super Junior Super Show 3, will be held on May 7, at Go Dau Stadium, Binh Duong, Vietnam. Tickets have started to be sold offline since April 9 at Lotte Mart, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Although the organizer announced that they will start selling tickets in the morning of April 9, but many Vietnamese fans came here the night before to queue for tickets.

Mr. Vo Do Minh Hoang, Director of Viet Vision Ads, organizer of Super Show 3 in Vietnam, stated, “Although the organizer announced the selling time only starts in the morning of April 9, since last night there are many people came here to wait. We are very worried for their health so we suggested them to come home to rest and come back in the next morning. However, at about 3 a.m this morning, they’ve come back and wait till now. I am myself very surprised at their desire.”

Regardless of high price and the event place is not in city center, many Super Junior fans queued in the sunshine to buy tickets to meet their idols. This is the very first concert in Vietnam with such a large amount of audiences queuing up to buy tickets with such high determination.

These are some pictures that Vsao took at Lotte Mart where Vietnamese ELFs “tasting of hardness” for their idols.



Long queue waiting for their turn.

Though having queued up under the hot sunshine, fans always smile when thinking of sapphire ocean at the stadium.

Happy moment when handing the ticket confirm and Super Show 3 poster.



Many parents also queued up since early morning to buy tickets for their children.



They are helped by many young ELFs.

Many people who are not ELFs also queued up to buy tickets. They are parents who buy tickets for their children. Father of a Vietnamese ELF said “This is award for my daughter. I promised her that if she gains high result in studying, I will buy her ticket to see Super Junior. With the motivation from these guys, she has been at 3rd place in the last semester.”

Not only Vietnamese fans, many Korean, Chinese… teen who are studying or travelling in Vietnam also want to meet Super Junior here.

This foreign guy queued up since early morning, he also took care of these girls. In return, these girls taught him many things about Vietnam as well as the method to study Vietnamese.

Posing with Super Show 3 posters to show ‘Hwaiting’ spirit!

Source: Vsao.vn English translation: TrucY @ SJ-World.net == [|Leeteuk – Eunhyuk appears on News Desk “Culture Exchange is the Key to the Sucess of KPOP”] ==

> > Leeteuk and Eunhyuk appeared on MBC ‘News Desk’ after successfully completing their ‘SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in PARIS’, which happened on 10th and 11th. > The two said, “Dance and performance, characterful appearances and the cultural sharing through SNS might be the success to K-POP.” > When the anchor asked ‘What was the more impressive thing that happened during the concert?’, Eunhyuk answered “Europeans were dancing and singing along with us, but what was more surprising was that they memorized all the chants. I was really surprised.” > Also, when Leeteuk was asked to define Hallyu, he replied, “I think that today, it is the generation of the unseen battle of culture. I think tat by appealing the culture, we can create a powerful country, and step in as the centre of the world. So, the meaning of Hallyu is quite big.If this was sports, we are like the members of the national team. We will spread the good culture and the music of Korea all over the world.” **Source: [|isplus] **

**Translated by Jee (www.sup3rjunior.wordpress.com)**

**TAKE OUT WITH FULL CREDITS** > Super Junior Kim Heechul’s enlistment is just around the corner and he shares his thoughts with us. > Kim Heechul said through a phone call this morning, “Because I enlist late, I want to go quietly. In fact, I wanted to announce my enlistment through Leeteuk’s radio.” > “But if I choose to depart quietly when the amount of love and support I receive recently has been really great, it just does not seem right. Come to think of it, you heard the news from my agency.” > “It hasn’t been long since Super Junior’s 5th album ‘Mr Simple’ was first released and is currently going so well. At first, I wanted to delay the enlistment, but I think it will be better to do it when it feels right as I already want this. I admit that the process that I took to arrive to this decision was not easy.” > “I will continue to take part in the remaining activities before coming back home to Gangwon-do. I have lots of things to do there.” > He also thanked members and fans who respect his decision. > “I am thankful to Super Junior’s members. They told me shyly “we can’t do it without hyung”, it makes me flattered. Once I am gone, I believe Super Junior will do just as fine” he laughed. > “Thank you for your constant support since 6 years ago, but I won’t ask you to wait for me. When it is time for me to resume my activities, please give me your support.” Heechul said in a witty manner. > Meanwhile, Kim Heechul will be admitted to Chungnam Military Camp on September 1st and will be receiving basic military training for 4 weeks before serving as public service personnel for 23 months. > Kim Heechul was involved in a terrible car accident in the summer of 2006 and had to undergo a major surgery in which he had 8 metal rods put in his leg. It is why he will only be serving as public service personnel. > Kim Heechul’s eloquent and unique wit has made him loved by many and acquired a nickname ‘Space Big Star’.

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==<span style="color: #605032; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 1.2em; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Super Junior’s Donghae and Yesung get injured during ‘Dream Team 2′ filming ==

<span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: baseline;"> It’s been revealed that ** Super Junior **’s ** Donghae ** and ** Yesung **were injured in separate incidents while filming for an episode for ‘** Dream Team 2 **‘. On August 21st, Donghae and Yesung were at Gangwon-do filming for ** KBS **’s ‘Let’s Go Dream Team Season 2′. Known for their athletic talents, the two played aggressively during the games all throughout the day. However, Donghae bruised his knees, while Yesung injured his hip. A representative from ** SM Entertainment ** stated, “// Donghae bruised his knee and Yesung’s hip became a cause of concern. They received emergency treatment on-site with a health care provider and were told that there were no serious injuries. //” After receiving emergency treatment, the two members returned to filming, showing their professional attitude until the end. However, since Donghae and Yesung are still in the midst of their album promotions, their staff decided to have the two members undertake additional tests on the 22nd to make sure that their condition is fine. Source: <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Sports Chosun]

Tip: cinnappo ==<span style="color: #605032; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 1.2em; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Heechul says “Thank You” in over a dozen languages to fans all over the world == <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> On August 31st, ** Super Junior **’s ** Kim Heechul **tweeted “// Thank you //” in numerous languages to express his gratitude to his fans. Written in English, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, French, Russian, German, Portuguese, Chinese, and Korean, the message threaded fans together from all over the world, as they all felt equal levels of love and sorrow for the star. They commented, “// I’m more thankful //“, “// I will continue to be your fan //“, and “// I will wait. Take care of your body and return safely //.” Kim Heechul will leave his celebrity life behind on September 1st to attend a four-week basic training camp, after which he will serve as a public service worker in the military. Heechul, your humor and wit will be missed! Fighting! Source+ Image: OSEN via <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Naver & Kim Heechul’s <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter

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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">** Super Junior **’s ** Heechul ** started to shed tears two days before his enlistment. On the August 30th episode of ** SBS **’s ‘** Strong Heart **‘, Heechul revealed in a tearful confession, “// As the enlistment problem is becoming a reality, all the Super Junior members talked face to face about their futures. //” When Heechul began to cry, ** Eunhyuk ** also began to show tears. Eunhyuk stated, “// The important thing is that as the members become older, even becoming fathers, we can always share stories together. Even though we smile and chat a lot, there are times when we cry at home. Coming out together is even memorable //“. After the broadcast ended, Eunhyuk could not hold back his tears as it was Heechul’s last broadcast. Source: Sports Seoul via <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Naver ==<span style="color: #605032; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 1.2em; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leeteuk reveals that Super Junior was supposed to disband after 3 months == <span style="color: #888888; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="meta-prep meta-prep-author" style="font-family: times,'times new roman',serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">by <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|cduswnl] On the August 30th episode of ** SBS **’s ‘** Strong Heart **‘, ** Super Junior **’s leader ** Leeteuk ** revealed the hidden stories behind Super Junior’s debut. When the younger members of the group, <span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|**Kyuhyun** and **Ryeowook**, revealed that Leeteuk treated a little less than kindly when they first joined the group], Leeteuk responded to their stories by saying, “// If the members were uncomfortable with each other, we wouldn’t be able to talk about these sensitive stories. There is also a reason I was a bit harsh towards Kyuhyun and Ryeowook. //” Leeteuk revealed, “// When we first debuted, Super Junior was actually a project group. We were to promote our group for exactly 3 months and then disband. It was a new marketing idea, in which the group would serve as a gateway to rookie debuts, and that the members would continuously rotate out of the group to follow their own paths. //” He continued, “// When we debuted in 2005, ‘Super Junior 05′ was written on our album, which meant that we were to promote only during the year 2005. Thinking of how I had spent the last 7 years as a trainee, I performed on every stage as if it were my last //.” But all the hard work the members of Super Junior put into the group finally paid off, and with Kyuhyun joining as the final member, Super Junior was able to become an official group. We couldn’t imagine what K-Pop would be like without these powerful leaders of the Hallyu wave, could you? Source + Photo:<span style="color: #d41111; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[| Seoul NTN] via Daum