Sunmin

Sunmin was born on August 4, 1987, in Daegu, South Korea. She speaks Korean and Japanese, thus allowing her to perform in both languages. At a young age, she was inspired by R&B artist and especially American singer Christina Aguilera. She love to sing in front of neighbors and relatives since her childhood. At age 13, in her first year of middle school, she was enchanted by Aguilera's life and told many people that she dreamt of singing.[3]

Determine to become a singer, Sunmin began receiving vocal training and soon made a demo tape of her singing. It would be the first step taken by Sunmin for her debut. After recording the demo, she left South Korea to pursue a career as an artist in Japan. She began studying the language and ensured the necessary need for her to prepare her debut, receiving more vocal training and working with the likes of Toshinobu Kubota who did a duet with her for her debut single, "Keep Holding U"(which was the OST for the 2006 Japanese film Sinking of Japan).[4] She later released a South Korean version of the song with Shin Hye-sung of Shinhwa as Sunmin thanX Hyesung.

Fuji TV　

• 『新堂本兄弟』(Shin Domoto Kyoudai) – since 2007/2/18, SunMin has done some background vocals for the show's band.
• 『新堂本兄弟』(Shin Domoto Kyoudai) – on the episode of 2007/7/15, she appeared in the first talk-section of the show.

• Official site (in Japanese)