Kim Ryeowook

Ryeowook
Native name 김려욱
Born (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987
Incheon, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Actor
  • Radio personality
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
  • Keyboard
Years active

2005–2016

2018-present
Labels
Associated acts
Website ryeowook.smtown.com

Voice Type(s)

Lyric Tenor
Signature
Korean name
Hangul 김려욱
Hanja 金厲旭
Revised Romanization Gim Ryeo-uk
McCune–Reischauer Kim Ryŏuk

Kim Ryeo-wook (Hangul: 김려욱; born 21 June, 1987[1]), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M. Along with four other Super Junior members, he is one of the first Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps.[2] He made his solo debut and released first EP The Little Prince in 2016. He released a duet, titled "Cosmic", with Bada on 23 September 2016 before he went for enlistment in 11 October 2016.

Career

Pre-debut

Ryeowook was discovered through the CMB Youth ChinChin Festival in 2004 and signed a contract with SM Entertainment soon afterwards impressing the judges with his singing talent. Trained in areas of singing, dancing, and acting, Ryeowook placed particular efforts into his vocal training and music composition. He plays the piano adeptly and he plays accompaniment for fellow members during their solo stages at their concerts.

Before Kyuhyun was added in 2006, Ryeowook was the last to join Super Junior several weeks before their debut in 2005. Having undergone only two months of training, Ryeowook's late addition was rumored to be a replacement of a previous SM trainee that was supposed to debut as a member of Super Junior 05 as the first generation of Super Junior.

2006–09: Debut with Super Junior, K.R.Y and Super Junior-M

Ryeowook made his debut as part of the 12-member project group Super Junior 05 on 6 November, 2005 on SBS' music programme Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)".[3][4] Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on 5 December 2005 and debuted at number three on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.[5]

In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.[6] The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on 7 June 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.[7] In the fall of 2007, the group released their second album, Don't Don, which became Super Junior's best-selling album and Korea's second best-selling album of the year.[8]

In late 2006, Ryeowook, along with fellow Super Junior members Kyuhyun and Yesung, formed a subgroup named Super Junior K.R.Y., a group specializing in R&B ballads. The trio debuted on 5 November, 2006 on KBS' Music Bank with performing Hyena soundtrack called "The One I Love".[9] Ryeowook made his acting debut in 2007, in the film, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, a high-school comedy/mystery film, in which he plays the eccentric vice president of the student council.[10] He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Comedic Performance at the Korean Movie Awards.

In April 2008, he was put into seven-member sub-group Super Junior-M, a Mandopop subgroup of Super Junior for the Chinese music industry. They debuted in China at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards, simultaneously with the release of their first music video, "U" on 8 April 2008. This was followed by the release of the debut Chinese-language studio album, Me in selected provinces in China on 23 April and 2 May in Taiwan.[11]

In November 2012, Super Junior K.R.Y. held a concert tour in Japan, Super Junior K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert. They announced that they would be releasing their first single six years after debut. The teaser for Promise You was released on 21 November, 2012, followed by the single on 23 January 2013.[12] It debuted at number two on the Oricon’s daily singles chart.[13]

2009-2018: Solo activities

Ryeowook's first composition to be officially released was "Love U More", in the repackaged Sorry, Sorry Version C. He co-wrote the lyrics with fellow Super Junior] member Sungmin. Ryeowook is also credited for musical arrangement in the liner notes of the album.

Ryeowook featured in K.Will's 2009 song "Dropping the Tears". He is also the first member of Super Junior to sing a solo track included in their album, "One Fine Spring Day" was released in Bonamana.

Ryeowook made his musical theatre debut in Temptation of Wolves alongside Park Hyung-sik of ZE:A and Lim Jeong-hee. It ran from 14 July to 30 October 2011 at the COEX Artium.[14]

On 16 and 23 June, following the footsteps of bandmates Yesung and Kyuhyun, Ryeowook joined KBS' Immortal Songs 2 with Sunggyu of Infinite, where singers render their own versions of songs from music legends and winners are selected by voting.[15] He took first place in the 11 August episode where singers Lee Sang-woo and Lee Sang-eun were guests.[16] He recorded his last episode on 16 August, which was broadcast on 25 August.[17]

On 28 September, 2014, Ryeowook left for Japan to perform in "The Goddess is Watching (여신님보고계셔)" in Setagaya Public Theatre in Tokyo. He performed from 30 September to 7 October with a total of five performances. He acted as Ryu Sun-ho, a teenage North Korean soldier which suffered from PTSD and was abandoned in an uninhabited island after an unexpected storm with three other North Korean soldiers and two South Korean soldiers. His role as Ryu won him critical acclaim.

On 8 January 2015, it was revealed that Ryeowook had been cast in the musical Agatha in the lead role of Raymond because of his petite frame.[18] In 2015-2016 Ryeowook starred in the theatrical play "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time" playing the lead role of autistic Christopher, his most challenging role to date.

On 9 September 2018, Ryeowook was selected to guest at world renowned soprano, Jo Sumi’s concert. Again proving he is one of k-pop’s most skilled main vocalists, Jo Sumi cited Ryeowook’s outstanding vocal skills and professionalism as the main reasons for her selection.

Ryeowook’s career went beyond singing and acting into hosting as he garnered praises for his MC position on Super Idol Chart Show. Shortly after, he undertook yet another variety show hosting gig on Enter K. In 2018, after his army discharge, he was slated to host KBS’s “A Song For You”.

2016–present: Solo debut

Ryeowook made his solo debut in 2016.[19]

Ryeowook debut solo album's title is The Little Prince. The release of The Little Prince was not only anticipated as Ryeowook's first official solo album since his debut 11 years ago but it is also because it is the first release under Super Junior's own label, Label SJ, established by SM Entertainment in 2015 during the group's 10th anniversary.[20][21] The title track bearing the same name as the album is a ballad inspired by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel The Little Prince.[22] The title track "The Little Prince" is a ballad song and a conversation between a man in pain from love and The Little Prince.[23]

In addition to Ryeowook's solo promotions and album release, he held his first solo concert through SMTOWN's The Agit series called "Ever Lasting Star - RyeoWook" from 19 February until 21 February at the SMTOWN's Coex Artium in Samseong-dong, Seoul.[22]

Personal life

On 24 February 2012, Ryeowook graduated from Inha University with a major in theater and film studies.[24]

Ryeowook enlisted for his military service on 11 October 2016,[25] and was discharged on July 10, 2018.[26]

Discography

Solo Album

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2007Attack on the Pin-Up BoysStudent body vice president
2010Super Show 3 3DHimself
2012I AM. - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden
2013Super Show 4 3D
2015SMTown The Stage

Variety shows

YearTitleRoleNetworkNote(s)
2014-2015Super Idol Chart ShowHostMnet
2015-2016Enter KYTN
2015The Friends in SwitzerlandCast memberK-Starwith Leeteuk
2015 RunningManGuestSBS
2016 Same Bed, Different Dreams (Season 1)PanelistSBSEp.38
2016 Celebrity Bromance (Season 3)Featured GuestMBig TVwith Park Hyung-sik
2018 Global Request Show - A Song For You (Season 5)MCKBSSolo

Musical Theatre

YearTitleRole
2011Temptation of WolvesJung Tae Sung
2013High School MusicalTroy Bolton
2014Goddess is WatchingRyu Sun Ho
2015-2016AgathaRaymond
Goddess is WatchingRyu Sun Ho
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeChristopher
2018 Flaming SonataJ

Radio

YearNameNetwork
2009KBS News 10KBS 2R
2011–2016Super Junior Kiss the RadioKBS 2FM

Concert and tours

  • The Agit: Ryeowook Everlasting Star (2016)

19-21 February 2016 and 11–13 March 2016

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2007 Korean Movie Awards Best Supporting Actor Attack on the Pin-Up Boys Nominated
Best Comedic Performance Nominated
2012 2011 Golden Ticket Awards[27] Musical Up and Comer Award Temptation of the Wolves Nominated
2015 KBS Entertainment Awards Radio DJ Award Kiss The Radio Won

References

  1. ↑ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. ↑ "Super Junior-M to appear on postage stamps". Newsen (in Korean). 2008-12-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  3. ↑ "2005 Super Junior's official debut" Ent.hunantv.com. Retrieved 2011-12-25 (in Chinese)
  4. ↑ "SM Unveils 12-Membered Boy Group Named Super Junior" Arirang.co.kr. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 2011-12-25
  5. ↑ "Album Sales of December 2005". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). p. 1. Archived from the original on February 25, 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  6. ↑ "Super Junior adds new member, transformed into 13-person super group" Sina.com. 24 May 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-08 (in Chinese)
  7. ↑ "SuperJunior releases third studio album" Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine. Epaper.jinghua.cn. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-25 (in Chinese)
  8. ↑ "Super Junior, SG Wananbe first and second place in 2007 album sales". Moneytoday (in Korean). 12 December 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Super Junior - K.R.Y. Formed" KBS. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-05
  10. ↑ Cathy Rose A. Garcia "Super Junior Hits Big Screen" Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Korea Times. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 2012-04-03
  11. ↑ "Super Junior-M debuts in China new album sweeps music scene (Super Junior-M出道中国 新碟引爆内地歌坛)" Ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2011-12-25 (in Chinese)
  12. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (22 November 2012). "Super Junior-K.R.Y. to Release First Japanese Single Promise You". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "130124 Super Junior K.R.Y First Japanese Single Debuts At No.2 on Oricon". 24 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Theater: Temptation of Wolves" Korea Herald. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-29
  15. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (28 May 2012). "Which Member of Super Junior and Infinite Will Join 'Immortal Song'?". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "Super Junior's Ryeowook takes first place on Immortal Classics 2". Star News. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  17. ↑ Lee, Gyeong-Ho (13 August 2012). "Super Junior's Ryeowook will leave Immortal Songs". Star News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "김수로의 새로운 도전, 뮤지컬 '아가사' 최정원·려욱 등 화려한 캐스팅 공개" Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine., "Korea Economic Daily", Korea, 8 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Super Junior's Ryeowook Confirms Solo Debut in 2016". Soompi. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  20. ↑ "Super Junior's Ryeowook is "The Little Prince" in debut solo image teasers". Koreaboo. January 19, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Ryeo Wook to Be the First Solo Runner of SM Entertainment". BNTNews. January 19, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  22. 1 2 "Super Junior's Ryeowook to release first solo album 'The Little Prince'". Inquirer. January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Ryeowook seeks an answer to his pain in "The Little Prince" MV teaser". Koreaboo. January 24, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  24. ↑ Lee, Nancy "Super Junior’s Ryeowook Graduates from College" CJ E&M enewsWorld. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10
  25. ↑ "Super Junior′s Ryeowook to Enlist in Military in October". CJ E&M enewsWorld. September 22, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Super Junior′s Ryeowook to Discarged in Military in July".
  27. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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