T ara

Yo~~~ minna…long time no post…

I got to lazy~~~ and also I’m looking for something new. I’m reading different manga, and watching different K-pop groups. And well, I started have a liking to the group called T-ara, they are so pretty, and they really have nice voices.

T-ara is a South Korean Girl group that is formed last 2009. Before their debut, there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called "Super Rookies" and had been training for three years prior to debut. But in June 2009, members Jiwon and Jiae left the group, delaying the group's debut. The next month, T-ara regrouped to become a six-member group with the addition of Boram, Qri, and Soyeon, and released their debut single "거짓말" ("Lies"). In July 2010, T-ara introduced a new member, Ryu Hwayoung, to become a seven-member group. They use a rotating leader system, and has a different member of the group elected as leader each year, in order to give both the group and the individual members the opportunity to grow in a new direction. 

In June 2011, it was announced that T-ara would be making a comeback with the title track "Roly Poly" on July 1, 2011. It was also announced that the group would be advancing into the Japanese market with a showcase on July 5 As of June 14 2011; Core Contents Media has announced that Hyomin shall be taking over the leadership for this album and for their Japanese promotions.  They further explained saying, “In order to instill a sense of responsibility in each of the members, we have decided to change the leader for each new album release. We will be passing the leader role onto members who have not been leader yet. The reason Eunjung was leader during their debut was because she and Hyomin had trained the longest with T-ara, and we felt that she would be the best fit". They continued, “Likewise, Hyomin has been chosen for T-ara’s Japanese and ‘Roly-Poly’ promotions for the same reasons as Eunjung. We have made this decision after many discussions with both the members and our agency.”

T-ara's "Roly-Poly" music video and song was released on 29th of June and it reached #1 on Cyworld, GomTV, Bugs, Nate and Mnet real-time charts just after an hour of being released.

Members:

Name: Ham Eun-Jeong

Birthday: December 12, 1988

She was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, a graduate of Ewha Womans University, is a former piano teacher who works as Eunjeong's agent. While attending seventh grade, Eunjeong started taekwondo lessons and won three different competitions. Her mother made the decision to quit teaching and manage Eunjung's career upon her high school graduation in 2007. Later that year, Eunjung enrolled in Dongguk University, where she took performance courses. She is an only child and has been quoted as explaining, "My mother had me 10 years after she was married to my father, which seems more hurtful. Upon watching several famous performers in the past, she wanted to become an actress. Now that I have, she is very pleased I have acting as a priority. She believes her original prayers were answered."

Name: Jeon Boram

Birthday: March 22, 1986

Her father is Jeon Youngrok, who was a popular singer in South Korea in the 70's and 80's. Her mother is Lee Mi Young, an actress.
She is a 3rd generation artist in Korea as both her Grandfather, Hwang Hae, and grandmother, Baek Sul Hee, are both singers. She has a younger sister by the name of Wooram.
Boram studied at the Myungji University, Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, same as group member Qri.

*Wow born to be an artist :)*

Name: Ryu Hwayoung
Birthday: April 22, 1993
Her twin sister Ryu Hyoyoung is a member of Coed School and 5dolls,with a minute difference between them. Hwayoung is the younger of the two.
She is studying in Chonnam Girls High School.
Hwayoung was added into the group in July 2010 as the 7th member of T-ara.
She was scouted after she and her sister made an appearance on SBS's variety show, Star King. Both of them were then recruited into Core Contents Media, debuting in T-ara and Coed School respectively.





Name: Park Sun-Young, known as Hyomin
Birthday: May 30, 1989

In the group she is a vocalist, rapper and as of June 14, 2011, the current leader.

She started as model before debuting with T-ara. She was a trainee under JYP Entertainment and was considered to be a replacement for Hyuna who was a part of the Wonder Girls in 2007. Before being casted by Core Contents Media, Park Sun-Young starting appearing in music videos. She has appeared in SS501's Unlock, SG Wannabe's Smooth Break-Up and FT Island's Heaven music videos.
She was a famous internet Ulzzang before she debuted.
She was arranged by the company to feature in some of her labelmates songs prior to her debut,including Hwang Jung Eum and the Colour Pink project by Seeya, Davichi and Black Pearl. She have also performed on a music show with Seeya during their promotions for one of their song, "Hot Girl"

Name: Park Ji-Yeon
Birthday: June 7, 1993

She briefly attended Seoul Arts High School and Hyehwa Girls' High School. Ji-yeon was later quoted as confessing that while enrolled, she took courses erratically and often skipped class; eventually, she "gave up a normal high school life" although "misses being a high school girl sometimes" and forsook attending university due to her busy acting schedule and career.

Ji-yeon made an appearance on the highly-ranked KBS television show Master of Study as Na Hyun Jung, a heavily burdened love-struck high school girl who joins a special class consisting of five under-performing students who share the goal of being accepted to any of the 3 best Universities in South Korea, commonly referred to as the "SKY" Universities ( Cheonha-Dae in Korean). Ji-yeon played the lead character in Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp alongside with Yoon Si Yoon, which was released in July 2010.

Name: Lee Jihyun, known as Qri

Birthday: December 12, 1986

Qri was the last of the 3 new members to be added to the group after 2 former members Jiae and Jiwon quit the group in Mid 2009.
It was later mentioned on the TvN Taxi Show that she was introduced to the CEO of Core Contents Media by her original company.
In September 2009, she made her acting debut on the drama Queen Seondeok (TV series) as Yoo ShinRang’s wife.
She then made a cameo appearance alongside other members of T-ara for the drama Master of Study.
She was then given a lead role in KBS's Drama,"Southern Trader Kim Chul Soo's Update".
She also made a cameo appearance alongside group member Soyeon in SBS's Drama "SBS Giants".
She was cast alongside groupmate Eunjung for KBS's Drama King Geunchogo in 2011, starting episode 47.

Name: Park In Jung, known as So Yeon
Birthday: October  5, 1987
Soyeon was formerly a trainee under SM Entertainment, preparing to be a member of girl group Girls' Generation. However she left the company before their debut due to the high level of stress during the trainee period.
She studied in the Anyang Art High School.
Soyeon was the second new member to be added to the group after 2 former members Jiae and Jiwon quit the group in Mid 2009. She is widely regarded to be the main vocalist of T-ara. She have also participated in two OST for the movie Death Bell 2 and also SBS's Drama Coffee House.
She was also a fixed cast for KBS's variety show 100 points out of 100. and before that she was in the sport variety show Invinciblebaseball . Now that she’s achieved her dream and is at a comfortable point in her life, Soyeon concluded her interview with a bit of advice for those dreaming to become singers.

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