Choi Soo-young (Hangul: 최수영; Hanja: 崔秀英; born February 10, 1990) is a South Korean idol singer, actress, dancer, rapper, promotional model, TV presenter, DJ and MC. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, formed by S. M. Entertainment in 2007.
Sooyoung was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea on February 10, 1990. She is the younger sister of, Choi Soo Jin, who is a musical actress. Her father, Choi Jungnam, is an architect as well as a manager of a contracting company. Her mother, Moon Sohee, is a housewife, but she has taught opera classes.
Soo-young speaks fluent Korean, and conversational English & Japanese.
She was discovered on SM Casting System via the 2000 SM Open Audition. She then auditioned for the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition and won first place, marking her debut into the Japanese music scene with the band Route θ.
After winning first place in the 2002 Korea-Japan Ultra Idol Duo awards, Sooyoung was sent to Japan and debuted as a member of the duo Route θ, alongside Marina Takahashi. The band released three singles: "Waku! Waku! It's Love", "Start", and "Painting", and 3 B-Sides : Go Go Happy!!, Kimi Ni Ae Ta Kara (君に会えたから) and Onna No Ko Magic (女の子マジック). The group was later disbanded in 2003.
Sooyoung graduated from JeongShin Women High School(Korean: 정신 여자 고등학교) in 2009 and is currently majoring in performing arts and theater at Chung-Ang University with fellow member Yuri. She was a member of a choir in JeongShin Women High School in her school days
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