Kim Kibum

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Kim Kibum
Background information
Birth name	Kim Kibum
Born	August 21, 1987 (1987-08-21) (age 20)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genre(s)	K-pop
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, dancer, model
Instrument(s)	Singing, rapping, piano
Voice type(s)	Bass
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	SM Entertainment
Associated acts	SMTown, Super Junior
Website	actorkibum.smtown.com

Kim Kibum (Hangul: 김기범; Hanja: 金起範; born August 21, 1987), also credited as simply Kibum (Hangul: 기범; Hanja: 起範), is an actor, singer, dancer, and the second youngest member of Korean boy band Super Junior.

[edit] Biography

Further information: Super Junior

Kim Kibum was born in Seoul, South Korea but moved to Los Angeles, California, United States at the mere age of ten, where he attended middle school and Santa Monica High School. It was not until several years later when he was discovered by a talent agent from South Korea and was recommended to audition for the Starlight Casting System 2002. Kibum soon signed under SM Entertainment and became their official trainee, being trained in areas of singing, acting, dancing, and other performing talents.

Kibum's first official appearance and debut was on April 21, 2004 when he appeared on a Korean television drama April Kiss. A year later in February 2005, his talent agency announced that Kim would make a second debut as a singer, being a member of the large all-boy group Super Junior. Before the group's debut Kibum starred as the first male lead in Sharp 2, alongside Go Ara and fellow Super Junior member Kim Heechul. Super Junior made their official debut on November 6, 2005, in SBS's Popular Songs, performing their first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)". Kibum is known for his English rapping ability in the group and remains as one of the lead rappers of Super Junior. As Kibum's activities with Super Junior began to occupy most of his schedule, he was only given a small role in Marrying a Millionaire, playing the young Kim Young-hoon. However he soon starred in Rainbow Romance as the lead actor for 243 episodes along with Kim Heechul. During the fall of 2006, he reunited with Go Ara once again to star in the SBS drama Snow Flower.

Kibum placed aside his acting career and was active as a member of Super Junior throughout 2007, especially during promotions for the group's second album, Don't Don in the end of the year and the Super Show Tour in early 2008. In April 2008, it was announced that Kibum would be starring in yet another MBC drama, Happy Event at Chunja's (tentative title) alongside Wang Bit-na after sixteen months of hiatus in the acting industry. The drama's premiere date is slated to be May 19, 2008.^[1]

Aside from acting and singing activities, Kibum is seen participating in runway modelling and appearing in advertisements for KTF, C&C phone, NF Sonata, OLIVE, My Chew, Ottogi Noddle with bandmate Kim Heechul and co-star Go Ara, and Elite Uniform with his SM senior BoA. He is also seen in many other ads with fellow Rainbow Romance co-star, Ahyoomee.

His cousin is the famous model and actor Shin Dong Wook.

[edit] Discography

Main article: Super Junior discography

[edit] Filmography

Further information: Super Junior filmography

[edit] Film

[edit] Television series

[edit] Music video appearances

• 2006: "Passion (My Everything)" – The Grace

[edit] Awards/Recognition

• MNet Top 100 Charming Guys Who Are Single (2006): #19
• MNet Top 100 Adorable Males (2006): #12
• MNet Top 100 Must Have Males (2007): #11

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• SM Entertainment Official Site
• Kim Kibum Official Site
• Super Junior Official Site
• Super Junior Official Avex Site (Chinese)
• Super Junior Official Japanese Site (Japanese)