Kim Hyung-jun

Kim Hyung-jun (born August 3, 1987) is a South Korean entertainer, lead rapper and youngest member of boyband SS501 and SS301.

Kim Hyung-jun was born on August 3, 1987, in Seoul, South Korea.

His family consists of his parents and a little brother named Kim Kibum, who was a former member of U-KISS and Xing, and currently a soloist.

Kim studied in the Department of Information and Communication at Kyonggi University, a school affiliated with Dongguk University Teacher's College High School with fellow SS501 member Park Jung-min.

Kim Hyung-jun debuted as a youngest member of SS501 on June 8, 2005, along with their debut album entitled Warning.

Their second mini album, Snow Prince was released in late 2005, five months after their debut.

During this time, they also established their official fan club name, "Triple S", and its color, pearl green.

The group earned popularity right away as they won many rookie awards after their debut.

Kim, along with the members of SS501 (except for Heo Young Saeng, who was recovering from the surgery), lent their voices to the Korean version of 2006 animated film Pi's Story.

SS501 soon promoted their first studio album S.T 01 Now.

In late 2007, they expanded their activities in the Japanese market to challenge themselves outside Korea with the release of their Japanese single Kokoro, along with the establishment of "Triple S Japan".

After the single debuted at No. 5, they had 2 more successful releases in Japan entitled Distance and SS501.

Within one year in Japan, they received the Newcomer Award by Japan Gold Disc Award in January 2008; this was the first time for Korean artists to receive this award.

Having built their foundation as artists in Japan and Korea, they continually released singles and albums back-and-forth such as Deja Vu in South Korea and Lucky Days in Japan, both released in 2008.

However, they stopped their activities as a group for a period of time as Park Jung-min and Kim Hyun-joong were given solo projects for Grease musical and Boys Over Flowers series respectively.

Nevertheless, the three remaining members, with Heo as the leader, continued to promote, dubbed as the SS501 Project Group.

They released a project album named U R Man in November 2008, with high tempo dance title track "UR Man".

They also contributed to the Boys Over Flowers soundtrack with "내 머리가 나빠서" (Because I'm Stupid), and appeared as a cameo in episode four, performing their track, "U R Man".

The track won Song of the Month for February at the 32nd Cyworld Digital Music Awards on March 28, 2009.

as well as the Best OST of the year during the 2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

In 2009–2010, SS501 released All My Love, Solo Collection, Rebirth, and Destination consecutively before their contracts ended.

During this time, Kim started writing lyrics along with his brother Kibum, which includes "Want It", "The One", and "I Am" from UR Man album, and "Hey G" from SS501 Solo Collection.

He also wrote the lyrics for the song "Obsess" and his part of "완.두.콩."

(Green Peas), a song written for their fans, released in their album Rebirth in 2009.

In 2010, Kim left DSP Media, who managed him as part of SS501, and joined S-Plus Entertainment as a solo artist.

In June 2010, upon the expiration of SS501's contract with DSP Media, he signed with S-Plus Entertainment in August 2010, to embark on his solo career.

S-Plus Entertainment stated that SS501's activities are top priority in his contract and that they have not disbanded.

In December, Kim and his younger brother Kibum launched 'HnB company', which stands for 'Happy n Bright'.

It is a character design brand with its first product named PiroPiro, a bear with dark circles under its eyes, representing tired office workers and those who feel the strain of work.

He made his debut as a soloist in March 2011 with mini album My Girl, and musical debut in Caffeine.

In January 2011, Kim signed with Avex Entertainment for his Japanese activities.

On March 8, 2011, Kim finally released his debut solo mini album My Girl with music videos for the two lead tracks "oH! aH!"

and "Girl", in which Park Jung-min visited him during the music video shoot for the latter.

A Japanese version was released on April 6, 2011, with two bonus tracks of Japanese versions of the two lead tracks.

In June, Kim performed with other Korean artists in the Fantastic K-POP Concert in Jakarta, followed by concert in Singapore and in Hong Kong to promote his mini album.

In October 2011, Kim made his theater debut in the romantic comedy musical Caffeine, where he played as a barista.

After his acting debut in Black City, Kim starred on his first main lead role in KBS Drama's romantic comedy series, My Shining Girl in March.

He played Kang-Min's character, a top star in the Korean entertainment business who is a bit temperamental; charming but rude and attempts to transform from a singer into an actor.

In 2012, Kim starred on his first main lead role as Kang-min in KBS Drama's My Shining Girl, followed by SBS Plus's Late Blossom as Jung Min-chae in the same year.

At the end of the year, Kim received the Rising Star Award for his role in Late Blossom by the K-Drama Star Awards.