Sunye

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

Min Sun-Ye
Birth name	Min Seon Yeh
Also known as	Sunye (선예) Sun
Born	August 12, 1989 (1989-08-12) (age 22) Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Pop, dance
Occupations	Singer, dancer, actress, songwriter
Instruments	vocals
Years active	2007 (2007)–present
Labels	JYP Entertainment (2007-present)
Associated acts	Wonder Girls (2007-present) JYP Nation (2010–present)

Sunye
Hangul	선예
Hanja	閔先藝
Revised Romanization	Min Seon Yeh
McCune–Reischauer	Min Sunye

Min Sun-Ye (Hangul: 민선예; Hanja: 閔先藝; born August 12, 1989), commonly known as Sunye or Sun (English name), is a South Korean idol singer, actress and spokesmodel. She is the leader of the Korean girl group Wonder Girls, which debuted under JYP Entertainment in 2007.

Biography

Min Sunye was born on August 12, 1989 in Seoul, South Korea. She attended Korea Arts High School and currently attends Dongguk University majoring in drama; she is on a temporary leave-of-absence while promoting in America.^[1] In 2001, Sunye was first discovered by JYP Entertainment during Park Jin Young’s 99% Challenge project. Sun Ye showed off her singing and dancing talents at the young age of 12 and has since undergone training at JYP Entertainment. She is one of the longest serving trainees of JYP (the other being Jo Kwon from 2AM), having trained from her discovery in 2001 up until her debut with the Wonder Girls in 2007.^[2]

Career

Wonder Girls

Main article: Wonder Girls

In 2007, Sunye made her debut with the Wonder Girls, a girl group managed by JYP Entertainment, with the single "Irony" as the group's leader and main vocalist.^[3]

Singing career

Sunye has contributed her vocals on the tracks of various Korean artists, including Mighty Mouth's ("Energy") and Park Jin Young's ("Afternoon Separation"). She recorded the single, "Maybe", for the soundtrack of the popular KBS Korean drama, Dream High.^[4] In November 2010, Sunye and her JYP labelmates recorded "This Christmas" as the title track for the debut of JYP Nation with a subsequent music video released on December 1, 2010.^[5]

In addition to recording collaborations, Sunye has also performed with other artists on stage, including "Stand Up for Love" with Davichi and Taeyeon on SBS Gayo Daejeon in 2008.^[6] In December 2008, she performed "Buttons" with Taeyeon, Gyuri, and Ga-In on KBS Music Bank.^[7] Sunye, along with band mate Ye-Eun, has collaborated with her labelmate, Jo Kwon, and their mentor, JYP, performing "That's What Friends Are For" on the KBS program "Yu Hee-Yeols' Sketchbook". On SBS Inkigayo's 500th Episode, Sunye and Jo Kwon sang the 2AM hit single "This Song" as a duet, garnering much praise.^[8]

Philanthropy

Along with her fellow Wonder Girls members, Sunye often makes charitable donations to various charities, hospitals, and orphanages around Korea.^[9] In September 2010, Sunye made a visit to an elderly man who had secluded himself in the mountains after being a victim to many cases of fraud. According to the PD (producer) that followed her, "Sunye prepared clothes, shoes, a radio, food, and various other presents for the man. He hasn’t been able to wash in a while so there was a very bad stench coming from him but Sunye paid no attention to it and held his hands tightly, asking him to live a long life. She also prayed for his good health." ^[10]

In mid-May 2011, Sunye went on a week long volunteer mission to Haiti where she cared for children in an orphanage and treated victims of cholera.^[11]

Personal life

Sunye was raised by her grandparents, as she lost her mother when she was very young and her father suffered from a health condition that kept him bedridden almost all of the time.^[12] In fall of 2007, prior to the Wonder Girls' promotions for their single "Tell Me", Sunye's grandfather passed away. In October 2009, Sunye's father was rushed to the intensive care unit after his condition turned for the worse. Sunye took the first flight from New York, where she resided at the time, to South Korea, skipping out on numerous promotional events to be with her father.^[13] On June 23, 2010, Sunye lost her father to the chronic illness he had been suffering from for over 20 years.^[14]

Discography

Main article: Wonder Girls discography

Digital Singles

Year	Album	Song
2007	Han Sung Byul Gok OST	일월지가
2011	Dream High OST Part 2 (드림하이)	Maybe

Collaborations

Year	Artist	Song
2007	8eight	The First
	8eight & Ye Eun & Pdogg	Sai
	Park Jin Young	Back To Stage
2008	Mighty Mouth	Energy
	Various Artists	Cry With Us
	Various Artists	I Love Asia
2010	JYP Nation	This Christmas

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007–2008	MBC Show! Music Core	Co-Hosted along with Sohee & Big Bang T.O.P
2008	Solomon's Choice	guest appearance
2010	MBC Show! Music Core	Co-Hosted along with Yubin & CN Blue Jung Yong Hwa	Guest-hosted for only one day

Music Video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Role
2008	Forever	Lee Byul	Herself
	Cry With Us	Various Artists	Herself
	I Love Asia	Various Artists	Herself
2010	This Christmas	JYP Nation	Herself

Tours

Concert participation

• 2010 Park Jin-young Bad Party – The Dancer (2010)

References

1. ^ "'Sunye And Yeeun Take A Leave Of Absence'". Soompi. 14 June 2009. http://www.soompi.com/forums/topic/296784-sunye-and-yeeun-take-a-leave-of-absence/page__st__40. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
2. ^ "'Sunye longest serving trainee of JYP'". Wonder Girls Wordpress. 16 October 2008. http://wondergirls.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/reason-why-min-sun-ye-is-the-leader-of-the-wonder-girls. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
3. ^ (Korean) "원더걸스, 첫 쇼케이스서 '열정의 신고식'". My Daily. 13 February 2009. http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=200702132122211130. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
4. ^ "Listen to Sunye’s "Maybe" for Dream High OST Part 2'". All Kpop. 8 January 2011. http://www.allkpop.com/2011/01/listen-to-sunyes-maybe-for-dream-high-ost-part-2. Retrieved 8 January 2011. 
5. ^ "JYP Nation releases ‘This Christmas’'". All Kpop. 30 November 2010. http://www.allkpop.com/2010/11/jyp-nation-releases-this-christmas. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
6. ^ "SBS Gayo Daejeon – Taeyeon, Sun Ye and Davichi'". All Kpop. 29 December 2008. http://www.allkpop.com/2008/12/sbs_gayo_daejeon_-_taeyeon_sunye_and_davichi. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
7. ^ "'The Korean PussyCats are coming'". All Kpop. 24 December 2008. http://www.allkpop.com/2008/12/the_korean_pussycats_are_coming. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
8. ^ "'Sun Ye and Jo Kwon To Duet on Inkigayo's 500th Episode'". Wonder Girls Wonderland. 5 September 2008. http://wondergirls.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/sun-ye-and-jo-kwon-duets-for-inkigayo-500th-episode/. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
9. ^ "'The Wonder Girls secretly volunteered and donated for two years'". Chika World. 18 January 2011. http://www.alabang-zapote.com/xe/index.php?mid=xfile&page=14&document_srl=3432&comment_srl=3874&sort_index=readed_count&order_type=desc. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
10. ^ "'Sunye visits a man in the mountains with presents'". Allkpop. 1 September 2010. http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/sunye-visits-a-man-in-the-mountains-with-presents. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
11. ^ "'Wonder Girls’ Sunye visits Haiti'". One Asiaa. 28 May 2011. http://oneasiaa.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/wonder-girls%E2%80%99-sunye-visits-haiti-to-lend-a-helping-hand. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
12. ^ "'Sunye with the person she loves most'". Allkpop. 10 October 2010. http://www.allkpop.com/2010/10/sunye-with-the-person-she-loves-most. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
13. ^ "'Wonder Girls' Sunye’s father passes away'". Allkpop. 23 June 2010. http://www.kpoplive.com/2010/06/23/wonder-girls-sun-yes-father-passes-away/. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
14. ^ "'Sunye’s father passes away'". Allkpop. 23 June 2010. http://www.allkpop.com/2010/06/sunyes-father-passes-away. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 

External links

• Wonder Girls Official Website
• Sunye's Official Twitter
• allkpop Sunye
• Sunye me2day

Persondata
Name	Min, Sunye
Alternative names	Sunye
Short description	South Korean singer, rapper
Date of birth	August 12, 1989
Place of birth	South Korea
Date of death
Place of death