The Biography of the Royal Family of So Nyuh Shi Dae Members

S U N N Y (써니)
Stage Name: Energy Source SUNNY (활력소 써니 – hwalryeokso Sunny)
Birth Name: Lee Soon-kyu (이순규)
Nicknames: Soonkyu, DJ Soon, Ssun, Sunny Bunny, Choi Danshin (the shortest), Gagdol, Strong Sunny, Chicken-Catcher Soonkyu
Motto : Everyday Sunny Day

Blood type: B
Date of Birth: May 15, 1989
Birthplace : Los Angelos California United States , when she was still an infant they moved to Kuwait and then to South Korea during the Gulf War.

Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Height : 155cm

Weight : 43kg (Subject to change)

Hobbies : Swimming, video games, sports, cuteness that call for a punch

Sibling(s): 2 older sisters (Lee Eun-kyu, Lee Jin-kyu)
Position: Lead Vocalist
Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)
Specialty: Sports, Eloquence
Casted: 2007 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 9 Months (previously trained for 5 years in another company owned by Wheesung before going bankrupt. Soonkyu was then recruited by a recommendation from SM-Towner Lee Ayumi. In 1998, she joined as a trainee for Star World and trained there for 5 years. She was going to debut in a 2 member group.)
School: Baehwa Girl’s High School (배화여자고등학교) [graduated]
Career:
- 2008 DJ for Melon ‘ChunJi Radio: Sungmin & Sunny’ (with Super Junior Sungmin)
- 2008 MV Super Junior H – ‘Cooking? Cooking!‘
- 2008 OST for movie Story of Wine ‘Finally Now‘
- 2008 OST for SBS drama Working Mom ‘You Don’t Know About Love‘
- 2009 CF ‘Post Cereal‘ (with Sooyoung & Seohyun)
- 2009 MC for SkyTV ‘the M’ (with SS501 Hyungjoon)
- 2009 OST for MBC drama Heading to the Ground ‘It’s Love‘ (with Taeyeon)
- 2009 MC for MTV ‘the M’ (with 2AM Seulong)
- 2009 Variety show KBS2 ‘Invincible Youth’ (as part of Girl7)
- 2010 OST for SBS drama Oh! My Lady ‘Your Doll‘


Fancafe : http://cafe.daum.net/sunnydaisy [Daisy]

Extra Information :

§  Favourite number : 1, 2

§  Ideal Man : Jo In Sung

§  International Ideal Man : Takeshi Kaneshiro

§  Favourite SNSD song : Honey

§  Roommmate : Taeyeon

§  Sunny is the shortest member of SNSD.

§  Sunny is in charge of aegyo (cutesy acts) in SNSD.

§  She doesn’t really fond of her real name, Soon-kyu because it sounds old and outdated.

§  The name Soon-kyu lives on through her participation in variety show ‘Invincible Youth’ wherein Sunny revealed her hard-working side as a farmer. Many viewers thought “Soonkyu” was a nickname given to fit her persona of  hard-working country-side girl in the show, while in fact it’s her real name. She also gained the nickname “Chicken-catcher Soonkyu” thanks to her impressive ability to catch chicken.

§  Sunny was born in United States and the moved to Kuwait when she was an infant.

§  She and her family was a war refugee during the Gulf War in Kuwait.

§  Sunny has a phobia to fireworks and loud sounds, probably because of the Gulf War experience she had.

§  Sunny is an avid gamer.

§  Sunny is a niece to SM Entertainment’s founder and former CEO, Lee Sooman.

§  She’s the last to join SNSD and the one who received the shortest training in SM Ent; that was because she was trained in another company, owned by singer Wheesung, for five years but the company went bankrupt so Sunny auditioned to SM Entertainment instead.

§  Sunny shares the same birthday with both of her older sisters.

§  Her father was once the manager of the disband K-pop girl group Sugar.

Fun Facts:

·         Sunny was the last addition to Girls’ Generation

·         Sunny and her two older sisters, Lee Eun-kyu & Lee Jin-kyu, all have the same birth date. May 15th. The odds of this event occurring is 1 in 133225. (Ridiculous, eh?) ;D

·         Her father was once the manager of the disbanded K-pop girl group Sugar. Her older sister is Ayumi's (Sugar's lead singer) manager.

·         Sunny is a professional gamer fo sho. She cracked 999 lines on continuous mode Tetris on her Nintendo DS. (If you haven't tried it, go do so. It's insanely hard) 

·         SNSD reveals she showers the fastest. If you're looking for a girl that won't hog the shower, look no further!

·         Sunny's incredibly flexible. She can do the limbo at 75 cms. With heels on.

·         She has a mole in her tummy

·         She has a unique way of blinking, first the left eye then the right eye

·         When angered, she sticks her tongue in the side of her cheek

·         Sunny appeared in Super Junior-H's music video for "Cooking? Cooking!"

·         She also co-hosted a music show called "The M" with SS501's Kim Hyung-jun and 2AM's Seulong but had to say goodbye to the show due to her busy schedules. Her last appearance as an MC for the show was on April 4, 2010.

Solo Songs:

Story of Wine OST - 이제서야 (Finally Now)
Heading to the Ground OST (Duet with TaeYeon) - 사랑인걸요 (It's Love)
Oh! My Lady OST - 그대 인형 (My Doll)
Working Mom OST - You Don't Know About Love