Ahyoomee

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Ahyoomee

Korean name
Hangul:	이아유미
Hanja:	李亞由美
Revised Romanization:	I A-yu-mi
McCune-Reischauer:	Yi A-yu-mi

Ahyoomee Lee (Hangul: 이 아유미, born August 25, 1984, Tottori Prefecture, Japan^[1]) is a K-pop singer, commonly known as simply Ahyoomee. Although Korean, she was raised in Japan for much of her younger life and is the reason for her Japanese accent; Ahyoomee is now fluent in both languages. Although Ahyoomee's name is commonly believed to be Japanese in origin, she has explained that her name is hanja-based ^[2].

[edit] Music

The singer debuted in 2002 as part of the girl group Sugar, contributing to their four albums. She has recently branched out as a solo artist, releasing two digital singles. The first, a cover of Koda Kumi's Cutie Honey theme song, came out in the summer of 2006 with a lot of fanfare, as Ahyoomee was criticized for her heavy accent and the overall Japanese feel of performances on the various Korean music shows^[3]. However, the song became a hit online, and Lee performed the song for much of the summer. Her second digital single, "잘못된 만남" (Wrongful Meeting) was released in early November of 2006, and is a cover of Kim Gun Mo's hit from 1995.