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Sooyoung
Sign in to saveAlso known as Choi Soo-young, Choi Sooyoung, Soo-young, Suyoung, Su-young, Soo Young, Su Young, Choi Suyoung
South Korean singer and actress
Film & TV
Seoul, South Korea
Choi Soo-young (Hangul: 최수영; born February 10, 1990) is a South Korean singer and actress, and member of the girl group Girls' Generation. She made her singing debut in the Korean-Japanese girl group, Route 0, which was active from 2002 until 2003. In 2007, she became a member of the K-pop girl group, Girls' Generation, with the roles of a lead dancer, lead rapper, and sub-vocalist. In her…
Known for
- Ballerina — Katla Park2025
- Second Shot At Love — Han Geum-ju2025
- Idol I — Maeng Se-na2025
- Fake Kim Hyoyeon — Self2025
- Yoobari Talkbari — Self2025
- Fake Kim Hyoyeon2025
- Dead Man — Hipster2024
- Masterpiece Championship — Self - Host2024
- Hit Song Championship — Host2024
- Hey, Come Here2024
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- South Korea
- Active from
- 1990
Discography
- 내 생애 봄날 OST Part.82014
- 겨울숨 (WINTER BREATH)2020
- Unstoppable2024
Member of
- Girls’ Generationsince 2007
- Route 0
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,169
- Total plays
- 69,321
Tags
Choi Sooyoung (최수영; born February 10, 1990, in Gwangju City, South Korea) is a singer, actress, model, spokesmodel, TV host, radio DJ, and member of the South Korean idol group, Girls' Generation. Before Sooyoung's audition to SM Entertainment and 2007 debut under 소녀시대 (Girls' Generation), she made a brief debut in Japan as a singer in the short-lived idol duo called routeφ in 2002. She first debuted with Marina Takahashi with the song "Start". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%EC%88%98%EC%98
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1990-02-10 ) February 10, 1990 (age 36) , Gwangju, Gyeonggi , South Korea
- Alma mater
- Chung-Ang University
- Occupations
- Singer actress songwriter
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Agent
- Saram Entertainment
- Partner
- Jung Kyung-ho (2013–present)
- Family
- Choi Soo-jin (sister)
- Genres
- K-pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- SM Avex Trax
- Member of
- Girls' Generation
- Formerly of
- Route 0
- Hangul
- 최수영
- Rr
- Choe Suyeong
- Mr
- Ch'oe Suyŏng
- Website
- esaram.co.kr , Choi Sooyoung
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Choi
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Gangnam
- Occupation
- model
- Educated at
- Cheongdam High School
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Genre
- J-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Avex Trax
- Official website
- esaram.co.kr/en/choisooyoung
- Image
- Choi Soo Young at Music Bank in August 2022 07.png
- Height
- 172
- Voice type
- Soubrette
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- member of
- Route 0
- date of birth
- 1990-02-10
- Commons category
- Choi Soo-young
- birth name
- 최수영
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Ch'oe Su-yŏng
- Revised Romanization
- Choe Su-yeong
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 46000
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Encyclopedic overview
Choi Soo-young (Korean: 최수영; born February 10, 1990), known mononymously as Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter. She was a member of the short-lived Korean-Japanese singing duo Route 0 during 2002 in Japan. After returning to South Korea in 2004, Choi eventually became a member of girl group Girls' Generation in 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most widely known girl groups worldwide.
Apart from her group's activities, Choi has also starred in various television dramas such as The Third Hospital (2012), Dating Agency: Cyrano (2013), My Spring Days (2014), Squad 38 (2016), Man in the Kitchen (2017–2018), Tell Me What You Saw (2020), and most recently in Run On (2021), So I Married the Anti-fan (2021), If You Wish Upon Me (2022), Not Others (2023), Second Shot at Love (2025), and I Dol I (2026).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sooyoung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.