U-KISS
| U-KISS | |
|---|---|
 U-Kiss in 2013 |
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| General information | |
| origin | South Korea |
| Genre (s) | K-Pop , Synthpop , R&B , Dance , Pop |
| founding | 2008 |
| Current occupation | |
| Soohyun Kiseop Eli Hoon Kevin Jun |
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| former members | |
| Dongho Alexander Kibum Jaeseop |
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U-KISS is a 6-member boy band from South Korea founded by NH Media in 2008 .
Band history
On August 28th, 2008 they released their first album New Generation with the debut single "Not young".
On February 8, 2012, they gave a sold out concert in front of 10,000 fans in France. In November 2012 U-KISS gave their second South American concert in Peru . The BBC described U-KISS as "stars of a spreading popular music trend".
The departure of the youngest band member Shin Dong-ho was announced on October 16, 2013.
On May 15, 2014, NH Media announced that U-KISS will be expanded by one member. The new member is called Jun and was born in 1997.
Members
| stage name | Birth Name | Date of birth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Hangul | Romainized | Hangul | |
| Soohyun | 수현 | Shin Soohyun | 신수현 | March 11, 1989 |
| Kiseop | 기섭 | Lee Ki Seop | 이기섭 | January 17, 1991 |
| Eli | 일라이 | Kim Kyoung Jae | 김경재 | March 13, 1991 |
| Hoon | 훈 | Yeo Hoon Min | 여 훈민 | August 16, 1991 |
| Kevin | 케빈 | Woo Sung Hyun | 우성현 | November 25, 1991 |
| Jun | 준 | Lee Jun Young | 이준영 | January 22, 1997 |
former members
| stage name | Birth Name | Date of birth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Hangul | Romanized | Hangul | |
| Dongho | 동호 | Shin Dongho | 신동호 | June 29, 1994 |
| Alexander | 알렉산더 | Alexander Lee Eusebio | 알렉산더 이 유세 비오 | July 29, 1988 |
| Kibum | 기범 | Kim Kibum | 김기범 | December 29, 1990 |
Timeline
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ CJ E&M enewsWorld: U-Kiss , eNews World (English)
- ^ Music Bank In Paris: un concert exceptionnel avec huit grands groupes K-pop , Soompi France (French).
- ↑ Peru goes mad for S Korean boy band . BBC of November 1, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Dongho leaves U-KISS . Manila Bulletin, October 17, 2013.
- ↑ 유키스 새 멤버 영입… 6 월 새 음반 으로 컴백 . Yonhap News Agency, May 15, 2014 (Korean).