Yesung

Kim Kang-hoon (born Kim Jong-woon; August 24, 1984), as the older son of two; his younger brother’s name is Kim Jong-jin. Yesung has since changed his name to Kim Kang-hoon. He was born in Seoul and later moved to Cheonan, South Chungcheong. From a young age, Yesung expressed an interest in singing. In 1999, he joined a broadcast singing competition and won gold at the Cheonan Singing Competition. In 2001, Yesung’s mother, Im Bo-kyung, signed him up to audition for SM Entertainment’s Starlight Casting System, in which he impressed the judges with his “artistic voice”, and signed as trainee under SM Entertainment that same year. His label gave him the stage name Yesung which is derived from the Korean phrase “”, and can be translated as an “art-like voice”. Yesung is a tenor. Career 2005–2007: Debut, sub-unit debut and acting activities Yesung officially debuted as part of 12-member project group Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005, on SBS’s music programme Popular Songs, performing their first single, “Twins (Knock Out)”. Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on December 5, 2005, and debuted at No. 3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts. In March 2006