Saturday, 8 June 2013

[Official] ♪Kara♪

Facts:
Name: 카라 KARA
Name Origin: Chara (Greek for joy)
Name Meaning: Sweet Melody
Genre: Pop, R&B, Dance
Date of Debut: March 29th, 2007 on Mnet M!Countdown
Debut Single: Break It!
Company: DSP Entertainment
Official Fanclub: 카밀리아 Kamilia
Official Website: http://kara.dspenter.com
Former Member: Kim Sunghee





Kara Members:
 Name: 박규리 Park Gyuri
Date of birth: May 21, 1988
Height: 162cm
Extra Information:
◊ She came up with the group name KARA
◊ Is Leader of Kara
◊ Her nickname "Mirror Princess" is because she likes to look in the mirror a lotS
◊ Her nickname "Shikshin" means 'Goddess of Food'
◊ Her nickname "Gyul" was given to her by Sunghee
◊ She likes to tease the maknaes Jiyoung and Nicole

 Name: 한승연 Han Seung Yeon
Date of birth: July 24, 1988
Height: 160cm
Extra Information:
◊ Is called "Haem" or "Ham" by Sunghee because she looks like a hamster
◊ She has the face of a 'Choding' (which means elementary student)
◊ Attended a school in Tenafly, New Jersey
◊ Re-took her college entrance examinations because she wasn't satisfied with her previous marks
◊ Loves to make random sounds
◊ Loves anime, and downloads them when she feels stressed
◊ Attended the same dance school as Hyori and Hyoyeon (SNSD)

 Name: 정니콜 Jung Nicole
Date of birth: October 7, 1991
Height: 164cm
Extra Information:
◊ Fluent in English, and knows how to speak Spanish as well
◊ Born in Glendale, CA (USA)
◊ She wrote most of the rap lyrics for KARA's first album & for "Honey" and "Let It Go" from KARA's Revolution album
◊ Hates to cry in front of people as she is the strongest (emotionally) member of KARA
◊ She is very good friends with SNSD members; Hyoyeon, Tiffany, Sunny and Seohyun
◊ She is a Twilight and Harry Potter fan girl
◊ Lee Hyori is her idol

 Name: 구하라 Goo Hara
Date of birth: January 13, 1991
Height: 164cm
Extra Information:
◊ Auditioned for SME and JYPE
◊ She is from "Kwangju" the same hometown as Big Bang's Seungri and Wonder Girls' Sunmi
◊ Has known Sunmi ever since from a young age
◊ She is very competitive and participated in track & field in Elementry school
◊ Postponed schooling to concentrate on Kara
◊ According to members, she eats the most but does not seem to ever gain weight
◊ Fans call her "Koala" because the pronunciation is very similar to her name
◊ Top 3 idols she'd like to date: 2PM's Taecyeon & Junho and 2AM's Jokwon.

 Name: 강지영 Kang Jiyoung
Date of birth: January 18, 1994
Height: 166cm
Extra Information:
◊ She is a big fan of Daesung from Big Bang
◊ Her audition song was SNSD - Kissing You
◊ Fans say she resembles a turtle, a cute turtle
◊ Introduced to DSP by a relative
◊ She was a last minute replacement when a new member chose to leave
◊ Was at the 2007 Dream Concert as a DBSK fan girl

Discography:
 
Albums:Vol. 1 - Bloooooming
1. Broken Promise
2. Break It
3. If U Wanna
4. Secret World
5. Don't Be Shy
6. The Two Of Us
7. I'll Be There
8. Tear Eraser
9. Break It (Instrumental)
10. Broken Promise (Instrumental)

Vol. 2 - Revolution
1. Mister
2. Wanna
3. Magic
4. Secretly
5. Let It Go
6. Take A Bow
7. AHA
8. Same Heart
9. Wanna (Instrumental)
10. Magic (Instrumental)



Mini Albums:

1st mini album Rock You
1. Rock U
2. Baby Boy
3. What's This?
4. Good Day
5. Wait

2nd mini album Pretty Girl
1. Turn Around
2. Pretty Girl
3. Yodel
4. My Darling
5. I'm.. (Ing)

2nd mini album Pretty Girl: Special Edition

1. Honey
2. What's This? (Plastic Version)
3. Pretty Girl (School Rock Version)
4. Pretty Girl (Bunny Version)
5. Good Day: Season 2
6. Honey (Version II)

3rd mini album Lupin
1. Tasty Love
2. Lupin
3. Umbrella
4. Rollin'
5. Lonely

Digital Singles:
Good Day: Season 2
I-Musician

Collaborations:
Happy And - Kang Kyun-Sung (Feat. Nicole)
Nolleowa - Nassun (Feat. Han Seungyeon)
Nunibushyeo - JUMPER (Feat. Kang Jiyoung)
Dugeunduguen Tomorrow - 4Tomorrow (Feat. Han Seungyeon)
Day After - Hong Kyung Min (Feat. Park Gyuri)


Awards
2007
* Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Korea Culture & Content Agency: Best Newcomer Music Award
* Cyworld Digital Music Award (Rookie of the Month)
2009
* M.net Asian Music Awards: Best Dance Award
* Melon Music Awards: 2009 Top Ten Award
2010
* 16th Korean Entertainment Arts Awards: Best Female Singer
* 19th Seoul Music Awards : Bonsang Award

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