THE SOOYUN STORY

           This’s Soohyun. He’s a country boy from a province of Gyeonggi-do. He’s currently 22 years old, born March 11th 1989. He’s a blood type A, a Pisces, born in year of the Snake. He has a mother, a step-father and two sisters- one older and one younger.

           His birth father died when he was in the second grade, when he was only about 7 or 8 years old. He was so confused back then, always thinking that his father would better and become healthy again. He was with friends when his older sister told him his father passed away-he never even got to say goodbye-and he fainted when he was told he news.

          Having only parent, one income with 3 kids; they had little money and experienced periods of starvation. Some people might have never recovered from that might have given up all their dream for a more practical future. But Soohyun used this experience to grow, to realize that he could never stop until he achieved his dream.

          He was first a trainee with Good Entertainment and then eventually JYP around 2005. At JYP he met some people who would become lifelong friends-Jay Park, Jo Kwon and Junsu to name a few. Yet for some reason, he left the company or was taken out, and his friends went on to debut in different group without him.

          When he auditions for U-KISS/NHM, he claims the debuted on him and he had to go back 4 or 5 times because they wanted "a pretty boy group" and in his opinion he has no good looks, only skill. They eventually decided to put him in the group and after they debuted, he was the first to start sobbing back stage.

           This's Soohyun, who always pushes himself to be a best he can be. He practices and works out for hours. trying to compensate for what he thinks he is a lacking in looks. He never stops trying, even when he's sick or hurt and want to give up.
         
           This's Soohyun, who had to watch all of his closed friends debut and become hugely successful. He watched them win awards, appear on shows, make big names of themselves ; while all he want was for U-KISS to be recognized as a group with talent-something that never seemed to happen.

            This's Soohyun, who never takes the title of "leader" lightly. He was so strong during the members changes, he never let himself weakness. Ever since he was given that title and even in the transition period before, he has taken responsibility for all of U-KISS' downfalls, their scandal, their failures.

             This's Soohyun, who apologized on behalf of Ryan Jhun to KARA and their fans, when he did nothing wrong. He said that as leader, it was his fault. He seems to be in a constant scandal just because of his relationships with his friends. It made news when he said he watched porn. Fans were actually upset when he got his teeth fixed (despite it being pretty clear that he only did it now because he could actually afford to). He is only recognized for stupid reasons, rarely for the unending talent that he has.

             This's Soohyun, who gets so overwhelmed thinking about U-KISS and the fans, that he has cried in the middle of performances. He is never one to hide his emotions; he laughs loudly when he's amused, he cries when he's sad, and he grins-oh, how he grins-when the fan respond to him or when he fellow members are happy.

            This's Soohyun, who has infinite talens and skills. He's an amazing singer but he's also a pretty good rapper, he can beatbox, he can play piano, he took taekwondo for 13 years, he won the idol marthon, he play in the FC Men soccer team. He also has a fantastic personality, he is endlessly romantic he can be confident on stage and shy in front of girl groups, he's funny personable great on variety shows.

             This's Soohyun, who once stated his motto as "There's no success without suffering. He sang "I believe i can fly" at his auditions. He give 100% in everthing he does, regardless at one of their fan signings, he helped her out of the crowd, down the stairs and then stay with her to make sure she was okay. He does not put himself above anyone, his friends, his family and his fans come first.

            This's Soohyun, who crunches up his nose when he sings. He puts his hands on his waist when he has nothing to do with them, he puts his middle finger down when he is singing bigger notes, he has dimples under his mouth that only show up when he make certain faces.

            And this's Soohyun, who is never given the attention orrespect he deservers. Fans core about him when he's being affectionate with other members, when he's doing his typical power note. But when he's showing his true vocal talent with softer notes, no one is listening. He was going to be in musical, but he had to pull out. He had a duet song with Eunyoung, but it was overshadowed by Kevin & Hoon's song.

             People talk about Kiseop as being good looking, Kevin as being a great singer, Dongho as being cute and multi-talented, AJ as a good rapper, Eli as good in taekwondo, Hoon as very kind. But when we get to Soohyun all i ever see is "keke pedo soo" , "power vocal leader" or " he has sxc abs". He has so many thing to bring the table and not only ia he disregaded in the Kpop community as a whole, but by the actual fans of U-KISS.
         
              But despite everything he has going against him-from the circumstances he was born into, he own insecurities, the indifference from his fans-this never stop him. His troubles never weaken his grin, never dim the brightness in his eyes, never dull the way he shines.

              Ladies and gentlemen, this's Shin Soohyun and he perfect.

              Additionally Soohyun's real father died when he was still young. He fainted when he knew about it then stood up as man to help and support his family. These obstacles in his life didnot let him down but instead this made him not only a good son, friend, brother but most of all a good leader to U-KISS and KISSMES.