Yoochun

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

Park Yoochun
Background information
Birth name	Park Yoochun
Also known as	믹키유천, 秘奇有天 (Micky Yoochun), ユチョン (Yuchun)
Born	June 4, 1986 (1986-06-04) (age 25), Seoul, South Korea
Origin	Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Genres	Pop, R&B
Occupations	Singer, dancer, actor, songwriter, composer, rapper, model
Instruments	Piano
Years active	2003-present
Labels	Warner, Rhythm Zone , SM Entertainment, C-JeS Entertainment
Associated acts	JYJ, TVXQ

Park Yoochun
Hangul	박유천
Hanja	朴有天
Revised Romanization	Bak Yucheon
McCune–Reischauer	Park Yuch'ŏn

Park Yoochun (born June 4, 1986), better known by his stage names, Micky, Micky Yoochun (in South Korea) and Yuchun (ユチョン, Yuchon^?) (in Japan), is a Korean singer-songwriter, composer, and occasional actor. He was a member of South Korean boy band TVXQ, known as Dong Bang Shin Ki in South Korea and Tohoshinki in Japan. After TVXQ was placed on hiatus, he became a member of JYJ, who made their global debut in October 2010.

Early life

Yuchun was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, until his family immigrated to the United States when he was in the sixth grade.^[1] He lived in Fairfax, Virginia, where he attended Holmes Middle School and Chantilly High School.^[1] He was scouted by Brothers Entertainment and went back to South Korea, where he joined SM Entertainment.^[2] He has a younger brother named Park Yoohwan, who is also known as Ricky Park.

Acting career

Yuchun has appeared on two televised shows with his band-mates, Banjun Theater and Vacation.^[3][4]

He also made his successful debut in Japan with the mobile drama by BeeTV Drama <Beautiful Love ～君がいれば～ (Beautiful Love ~ If you were here ~)>. He played the main male figure, Young Soo, who is the heir of the rich company.

In 2010, he starred in the KBS drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal (성균관스캔들), portraying Lee Seon Joon, a rich, smart student who falls in love with a woman who is disguised as a man.^[5] He has received the "Rookie of the Year award", "Netizens award" and "Best Couple award" at the 2010 KBS Drama Awards ceremony.

In 2011, he starred in the MBC drama Miss Ripley with Lee Da-hae.^[6]

Musical career

TVXQ

Main article: TVXQ

JYJ

Main article: JYJ

Yoochun is with JYJ after filing a lawsuit against SM Entertainment to nullify his contract.The lawsuit is still pending.

Solo singing career

Micky is featured in "Tokyo Lovelight" from DJ Makai's Stars (mini-album). He and band-mate U-know are also featured rappers in "Heartquake" from Super Junior's Third Album, Sorry, Sorry.^[7]

Song writer

Micky has written and composed several songs that have appeared on TVXQ's Korean and Japanese albums. As a member of SM Town, he contributed to the 2007 winter album Only Love with his composition "Evergreen". Micky also wrote and composed "Sarang Annyeong Sarang (Love Bye Love)" (사랑 안녕 사랑), featured on the group's fourth Korean studio album Mirotic.^[8] For the Trick project, he wrote the lyrics to his solo "My Girlfriend", entirely in English.^[9] "Kiss the Baby Sky", one of the A-side's for TVXQ's twenty-fifth Japanese single, marked the first time that one of the songs both written and composed by Micky was released on a Japanese single.^[10]

With band-mates U-Know and Xiah, Micky wrote the rap lyrics to "Love After Love", which appeared on their second Korean studio album, Rising Sun. For the group's Japanese releases, Micky wrote and co-composed "Kiss Shita Mama, Sayonara" (Kissしたまま、さよなら, lit. As We Kiss, Goodbye^?) with Hero for T, TVXQ's third Japanese album.^[11] In September 2009, he and Hero released a self-written duet, "Colors (Melody and Harmony)/Shelter", which was used as the image song for Hello Kitty's 35th anniversary.^[12]

His musical career continually expressed even after the separate of TVXQ. Micky was able to compose in the new albums of JYJ. In the JYJ’s first international album, “The Beginning”, which was released in 2010, Micky contributed by composer in one of the tracks - “I Love You”. Even in their new musical book called “The Music Essay – Their Room”, Micky played role as composer & lyrists in the song called “E rum up nun no rae, Part 1. (이름없는 노래 Part. 1, Nameless Song Part.1)”. In addition, he also did rap making in the Xiah Junsu’s song – “Mission”. He performed "A Space Left For You" which featured as an OST in Miss Ripley.

Filmography

Film

Year #	Title	Role
2006	Banjun Theater	Himself
	Vacation	Himself

Drama

Year #	Title	Role	Language
2010	Beautiful Love	Young-Soo	Japanese
	Sungkyunkwan Scandal	Lee Seon-Jun	Korean
2011	Miss Ripley	Yutaka	Korean and Japanese

Radio Show

Year #	Title	Notes
2007	TVXQ Bigeastation	Park Yoochun act as the host with his members, TVXQ

Other activities

In 2009, he opened "Timeout Gelato shop" for his mother.^[13]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2001	American Singing Competition (Virginia)	Best Artist of the Competition		Won
2003	KBN Teens Singing Competition	Special Award		Won
2010	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Sungkyunkwan Scandal	Won
		Netizens Award		Won
		Best Couple Award (with Park Min Young)		Won
2011	47th Paeksang Arts Award	Best New Actor		Won	[14]
		Popularity Award - Male		Won
	Seoul International Drama Awards	Asia Popularity Award		Won	[15]
		Outstanding Korean Drama Category - Best Actor		Won

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kang, Cecilia (2006-11-26). "Riding the Seoul Train". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400257_pf.html. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
2. ^ "Brothers Entertainment Official Website". Brothers Entertainment. http://www.brosent.com/index.php. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
3. ^ (Korean) "Retro Dance Queen Bae Seul Ki 'TVXQ Woman'". Hankooki. 2006-03-03. http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/200603/sp2006030308025358390.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-26. 
4. ^ (Korean) "TVXQ, Theater Actors". Star Money. 2006-07-04. http://star.moneytoday.co.kr/view/stview.php?type=1&no=2006070409244401535. Retrieved 2009-02-26. 
5. ^ "드라마 '성균관스캔들' 기자 간담회 열려publisher=[E-daily". 2010-07-15. http://spn.edaily.co.kr/entertain/newsRead.asp?sub_cd=EA31&newsid=01321846593034848&DirCode=0010301. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
6. ^ Park Yuchun changes more than just wardrobe for "Miss Ripley" 10Asia. May 17, 2011.
7. ^ "Lee Yeon-hee and TVXQ is featured in Super Junior's third album" (in Korean). Moneytoday. 2009-03-09. http://star.moneytoday.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2009030908325038262&type=1&outlink=1. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
8. ^ (Korean) "TVXQ, official Korean website album info page". Iple. http://tvxq.iple.com/pages/ab/version03/albuminfo.sm. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
9. ^ (Japanese) "Runaway/My Girlfriend (YUCHUN from TVXQ)". Yahoo! Music Japan. http://music.yahoo.co.jp/shop/c/10/rzcd45858. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
10. ^ (Korean) "TVXQ, Japan 25th Single 'Bolero' released on the 29th". Joins!. 2009-01-29. http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=3473145. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
11. ^ (Japanese) "TVXQ T album interview". Oricon. 2008-01-23. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/080123_02_int.html. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
12. ^ (Korean) "Hero Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun to participate in M-flo's album". Yonhap News. 2009-08-05. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/entertainment/2009/08/05/1101000000AKR20090805034600005.HTML. Retrieved August 9, 2009. 
13. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2009/05/yoochuns_gelato_shop_for_his_momma_opens
14. ^ Hong, Lucia Hyun Bin, Lee Byung-hun win top prizes at Paeksang" 10 Asia. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10
15. ^ Hong, Lucia "Chinese series "Three Kingdoms" wins grand prize at Seoul Drama Awards" 10 Asia. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-12

External links

• Yoochun on Twitter

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