Biodata SNSD

Taeyeon

• Birth name: Kim Taeyeon (Hangul: 김태연 Hanja: 金泰姸)
• Date of birth: March 9, 1989 (1989-03-09) (age 20)

Had solo songs with “만약에” (“If“) on the Hong Gil Dong soundtrack and “들리나요?” (“Can You Hear Me?“) on the Beethoven Virus soundtrack.

Jessica

• Stage name: Jessica (Hangul: 제시카 Hanja: 潔西卡)
• Birth name: Jessica Jung, Jung Soo Yeon (Hangul: 정수연 Hanja: 鄭秀妍)
• Date of birth: April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18) (age 20)

Jessica was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She released 2 singles alongside with SeoHyun and Tiffany: “오빠 나빠” (“Bad Oppa“) and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”. Jessica also stars in Kim Jo-han‘s music video “Love is Late, I’m Sorry” and is featured in 8Eight‘s song, “I Love You”.

Sunny

• Stage name: Sunny (Hangul: 써니 Hanja: 珊妮)
• Birth name: Lee Sunkyu (Hangul: 이순규; Hanja: 李順圭)
• Date of birth: May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15) (age 20)

Sunny was a trainee under a different entertainment company before she transferred into SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment in 2007, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls’ Generation that same year. She was a co-DJ of Reckless Radio along with Sungmin of Super Junior until the broadcast ended on the July 30, 2008. Sunny appeared in Super Junior-H‘s music video for “Cooking? Cooking!“. Sunny also sang the song “Finally Now(이제서야)” on the soundtrack for the movie Story of Wine.

Tiffany

• Stage name: Tiffany, Fany Fany Tiffany (Hangul: 티파니; Hanja: 蒂芬妮)
• Birth name: Stephanie Hwang; Hwang Miyoung (Hangul: 황미영; Hanja: 黃美英)
• Date of birth: Template:Birth date and 21

Tiffany was raised in Diamond Bar, California and is fluent in English. She was discovered in the SM Starlight Casting System 2004 in Los Angeles and began her training under the label until the debut of Girls’ Generation. Along with SeoHyun and Jessica, she released a single, “Bad Boyfriend” (오빠 나빠) and “Mabinogi [It's Fantastic!]“. She was the co-host of Sonyeo Sonyeon Gayo Baekso (SSGB) along with Kim Hyesung from November 5, 2007 to June 13, 2008. She has also participated in live performances of rapper Nassun’s single “Come to Play”. She also sang the OST from “Ja Myung Go” “By Myself” and a duet with K.Will called “A Girl, Meets Love”. Tiffany, along with Yuri, is currently the MC on MBC’s Music Core.

Hyoyeon

• Birth name: Kim Hyoyeon (Hangul: 김효연; Hanja: 金孝淵)
• Date of birth: September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) (age 19)

She was BoA‘s silhouette during a dance break in BoA’s Over The Top performance in MKMF 2005

Yuri

• Birth name: Kwon Yuri (Hangul: 권유리; Hanja: 權侑莉)
• Date of birth: December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05) (age 19)

Yuri joined the label when she took 1st place in the 2001 1st SM Youth Best Dancer Contest. She appeared in TVXQ’s “Beautiful Life” music video and had a small role as a ballerina in Super Junior’s first movie, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. She also had a small role in a television segment, “The King’s Boyfriend,” which was part of the 2005–2006 KMTV Super Junior documentary, Super Junior Show. Yuri also played a part in the sitcom Unstoppable Marriage alongside Sooyoung. Yuri is also the centerpiece of K Will’s MV “Tears Are Falling”.

Sooyoung

• Birth name: Choi Sooyoung (Hangul: 최수영; Hanja: 崔秀英)
• Date of birth: February 10, 1990 (1990-02-10) (age 19)

Before Sooyoung’s audition to Girls’ Generation, she made a brief debut in Japan as a singer in the group called Route φ. She first debuted with Marina Takahashi with the song “Start”. She was previously a DJ of ChunJi along with Sungmin of Super Junior. She was soon replaced by Sunny due to schedule conflicts. Sooyoung also played a part in the sitcom Unstoppable Marriage alongside Yuri.

Yoona

Further information: Im Yoona

• Birth name: Im Yoon-a (Hangul: 임윤아; Hanja: 林允兒)
• Date of birth: May 30, 1990 (1990-05-30) (age 18)

Seohyun

• Stage name: SeoHyun (Hangul: 서현; Hanja: 徐賢)
• Birth name: Seo Joohyun (Hangul: 서 주현; Hanja: 徐珠賢)
• Date of birth: June 28, 1991 (1991-06-28) (age 17)

Seohyun was a 2004 SMART Uniform Model. Along with Jessica and Tiffany, they released a single “오빠 나
빠” (“Bad Oppa“), And “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”. On February 17, 2009, her duet with trot singer Joo Hyun-mi was digitally released, called “짜라자짜” (“Jjarajajja“).