Park Cho-a

Park Cho-a
Choa in 2016
Native name 박초아
Born Park Cho-a
(1990-03-06) March 6, 1990
Incheon, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Musical career
Genres K-pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active 2012–2017
Labels FNC Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 박초아
Hanja 朴草娥
Revised Romanization Bak Cho-a
McCune–Reischauer Pak Ch'oa

Park Cho-a (born March 6, 1990), better known by the mononym Choa, is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She is best known as a former member of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment. She was an MC in the variety show We Got Married.

Biography

Choa was born on March 6, 1990, in Incheon, South Korea.[1] She wanted to major in music at university but her conservative father wanted her to get a normal job, so she enrolled in Aviation Business Administration in Inha Technical College. She also worked as an IPTV salesperson, where she secretly auditioned to be an idol, failing the audition at S.M. Entertainment 15 times.[2]

Her first step in becoming an idol was when she met Juniel and was told by her about FNC's auditions for their girl group, AOA.[3]

Career

AOA

On July 30, 2012, Choa made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story.[4]

On June 22, 2017, Choa announced that she would be leaving AOA due to depression and insomnia. She stated that she had tried using medication to help, however, there was no improvement in her mental health.[5] This followed after Choa had a hiatus from the group following their activities from January 2017 when they released their first studio album Angel's Knock. Her departure from AOA was officially confirmed by FNC Entertainment on June 30, 2017.[6]

Solo career

On June 12, 2013, it was announced that Choa would play the female lead, Gabriella, in the musical High School Musical. Her agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed photos of Choa practising the duet song, "Start of Something New". Choa said that she wanted to portray Gabriella as sincerely as she could. The musical ran from July 2 to September 1 at Seoul's Blue Square Samsung Card Hall.[7]

On March 16, 2014, Choa released a solo OST for TV Chosun's TV series Bride of the Century.[8]

Choa appeared as a new cast member on MBC's variety show "My Little Television".[9] She later left the show on May 19, 2015.[10]

Choa also became a new model for sports brand NBA's 2015 S/S, the first few pictures released were colourful and sporty.[11]

On March 25, 2015, it was revealed that Choa will be one of the permanent MCs for MBC's We Got Married.[12][13]

On June 6, 2015, she became a new model for 'Alba Heaven' with Yoo Byung-jae.[14]

On 22 July 2015, it was revealed that Choa will collaborate with Primary and Iron for Primary's new single 2-3 's song "Don't Be Shy".[15] The song and the full music video starring Choa was released on July 24, 2015.[16]

Her music video teaser named "Flame" for her solo debut was released on December 14.[17] The song was later released on December 17, 2015.

In October 2016, Choa was confirmed to be the MCs of JTBC new variety show 'Sing For You', scheduled for December 3, 2016.[18]

Discography

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Title Song Duration Artist
2013High School Musical OST"Breaking Free"03:25Duet Jae-jin
2014Bride of the Century OST"Words I Have Yet to Say"04:26Solo
20152"Don't Be Shy"03:27Primary (feat. Choa, Iron)
One K Concert"One Dream One Korea"04:52Various Artists
Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man"I Guess"03:48Solo

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
[19]
2015 "2015 That May Be So" (Piano By Yu Hee Yeol) 26
  • KOR (DL): 84,692+
 Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Part.3
"Flame" 25
  • KOR (DL): 165,936+
 Flame (Digital Single)
2017 "Sing For U" (with Kim Tae-woo) –
  • KOR (DL): –
 Sing For You - The Eighth Story
"I Don't Have the Words" –
  • KOR (DL): –
 Sing For You - The Last Story

Filmography

Reality shows

Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Cheongdam-dong 111 Herself tvN [20]
2015 Open-Up AOA! Herself Naver
One Fine Day Herself MBC Music [21]
2016 Channel AOA Herself OnStyle

Variety shows

Year Title Role Network Notes
2015We Got MarriedMCMBC
King of Mask SingerContestant[22]
2016Girl Who Leapt ChartsRegular MCKBS Joy[23]
Sing For YouRegular MCJTBC

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards New Star of the Year[24] We Got Married Won

References

  1. ↑ "AOA Profile on FNC Official Website".
  2. ↑ "AOA's Choa Reveals She Failed SM Entertainment's Audition 15 Times". Soompi. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Juniel Talks About How She Helped AOA's Choa Make Her Debut on "A Song for You"". Soompi. 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  4. ↑ Park HyunMin (September 2, 2012). "[Interview Part I] AOA Lands on Earth on Angel Wings and Guitars". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ 초아 “AOA 탈퇴, 더 넓은 경험 채우고 싶어” (전문)
  6. ↑ "[단독] AOA 초아, 사실상 팀 탈퇴 확정" (in Korean). eNews24.
  7. ↑ F.T. Island's Jaejin and AoA's ChoA on the set of 'High School Musical'
  8. ↑ ChoA lends her beautiful voice to 'Bride of the Century'
  9. ↑ AOA’s Choa Says She Lost Many Male Viewers When She Shared Makeup Tips
  10. ↑ AOA’s Choa opts out of “My Little Television” and is replaced by EXID’s Hani and more
  11. ↑ Big Bang's Taeyang and AOA's ChoA turn heads looking fabulously sporty chic for 'NBA'
  12. ↑ (in Korean) AOA 초아, '우결' 홍진영 빈자리 채운다..'귀요미 입담'
  13. ↑ AOA’s Choa to Replace Hong Jin Young As “We Got Married” Studio Panel
  14. ↑ AOA's ChoA and Yoo Byung Jae are way too enthusiastic for work in 'Alba Heaven' CF
  15. ↑ (in Korean) 프라이머리 24일 신보 발표, AOA초아-팔로알토-마마무 화사 콜라보
  16. ↑ Primary drops a frightening yet intriguing MV for 'Don't Be Shy' ft. AOA's ChoA and Iron!
  17. ↑ "AOA's Choa Releases Teaser Video for Solo Project "Flame""
  18. ↑ (in Korean) 홍경민·문희준·유재환·AOA 초아, JTBC 新 음악예능 ‘싱포유’ MC 낙점(공식)
  19. ↑ "Gaon Chart Search" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
  20. ↑ "FT Island and CN Blue to Appear in a FNC Reality Drama". MWAVE. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  21. ↑ AOA plan getaway to Hainan for their first travel reality appearance on 'One Fine Day'!
  22. ↑ (in Korean) '복면가왕' 단풍, 정체는 無언급 AOA 초아 '충격'
  23. ↑ (in Korean) AOA 초아, 이상민 '아재 탈출' 프로젝트 실시 (차트를달리는소녀)
  24. ↑ AOA's ChoA, Red Velvet's Joy, and Kwak Si Yang get the 'New Star Award' at '2015 MBC Entertainment Awards'
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