Park Choa

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Choa

Choa at a fansigning event in June 2014
Born Park Choa
(1990-03-06) March 6, 1990
Incheon, South Korea
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Instruments
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Associated acts AOA
Park Choa
Hangul 박초아
Hanja 朴草娥
Revised Romanization Bak Cho-a
McCune–Reischauer Pak Ch'oa

Park Choa (born 6 March 1990; Hangul: 박초아), better known as Choa (초아), is a South Korean idol singer and musical actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group AOA under FNC Entertainment. She is currently a cast member in the variety show We Got Married.

Biography

Choa was born on 6 March 1990, in Incheon, South Korea.[1] She wanted to major in music at university but her conservative father wanted her to get a normal job, so she enrolled in Aviation Business Administration in Inha Technical College. Her first step in becoming an idol was when she met Juniel and was told by her about FNC's auditions for their girl group, AOA.[2] At first, her parents opposed her dream of becoming a singer but later gave her the permission after they realised that she might inherit musical talent from her mother who majored in piano. She has also played guitar for 3 years.

Career

AOA

Main article: AOA (band)

On 30 July 2012, Choa made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with their debut single album, Angels' Story and the title track "Elvis".[3] AOA has released 3 EPs and 9 singles, as of 11 November 2014.[4]

Solo career

On 12 June 2013, it was announced that Choa would play the female lead, Gabriella, in the musical High School Musical. Her agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed photos of Choa practising the duet song, "Start of Something New". Choa said that she wanted to portray Gabriella as sincerely as she could. The musical ran from 2 July to 1 September at Seoul's Blue Square Samsung Card Hall.[5]

On 16 March 2014, Choa released a solo OST for TV Chosun's TV series Bride of the Century.[6]

Choa appeared as a new cast member on MBC's variety show "My Little Television".[7] She later left the show on 19 May 2015.[8]

Choa also became a new model for sports brand NBA's 2015 S/S, the first few pictures released were colourful and sporty.[9]

On 25 March 2015, it was revealed that Choa will be one of the permanent MCs for MBC's We Got Married.[10][11]

On 6 June 2015, she became a new model for 'Alba Heaven' with Yoo Byung-jae.[12]

On 22 July 2015, it was revealed that Choa will collaborate with Primary and Iron for Primary's new single 2-3 's song "Don't Be Shy".[13] The song and the full music video starring Choa was released on 24 July 2015.[14]

Her music video teaser named "Flame" for her solo debut was released on 14 December .[15] The song was later released on 17 December 2015.

Discography

Main article: AOA discography

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Title Song Duration Artist
2014 Bride of the Century OST "Words I Have Yet to Say" 04:26 Solo
2015 2 "Don't Be Shy" 03:27 Duet Primary
One Dream One Song "One K" 04:52 Various Artists
Too Yoo Project - Sugar Man "I Guess" 03:48 Solo

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
[16]
2015 "Don't Be Shy" (with Primary) 10
  • KOR (DL): 474,006+
2
"2015 That May Be So (Piano By Yu Hee Yeol)" 26
  • KOR (DL): 84,692+
Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Part.3
"Flame" 25
  • KOR (DL): 165,936+
Flame (Digital Single)

Filmography

Reality Program

Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Cheongdam-dong 111 Herself tvN Lead Role [17]
2015 One Fine Day Herself MBC Music Lead Role [18]

Variety shows

Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Idol Drawing Competition Contestant MBC Every 1
2014 Hello Counselor Guest KBS [19]
2 Days & 1 Night Special Guest KBS2 Season 3 Episode 28 (with Jimin & Seolhyun)
2015 My Little Television Regular Guest MBC
Car Center Regular Guest
We Got Married MC
Running Man Guest SBS Episode 244 [20]
Hello Counselor Guest KBS with Mina
King of Mask Singer Contestant MBC [21]

Musical theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2013 High School Musical Gabriella Montez Lead Role

Music video appearances

Year Music video Artist Role
2015 "Don't Be Shy" Primary Lead Role

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards New Star of the Year [22] We Got Married Won

References

  1. ↑ AOA Profile on FNC Official Website
  2. ↑ Juniel Talks About How She Helped AOA’s Choa Make Her Debut on “A Song for You”
  3. ↑ FNC's new girl group, AOA, reveals first group photo + more on the mysterious Y
  4. ↑ AOA Discography
  5. ↑ F.T. Island's Jaejin and AoA's ChoA on the set of 'High School Musical'
  6. ↑ ChoA lends her beautiful voice to 'Bride of the Century'
  7. ↑ AOA’s Choa Says She Lost Many Male Viewers When She Shared Makeup Tips
  8. ↑ AOA’s Choa opts out of “My Little Television” and is replaced by EXID’s Hani and more
  9. ↑ Big Bang's Taeyang and AOA's ChoA turn heads looking fabulously sporty chic for 'NBA'
  10. ↑ (Korean) AOA 초아, '우결' 홍진영 빈자리 채운다..'귀요미 입담'
  11. ↑ AOA’s Choa to Replace Hong Jin Young As “We Got Married” Studio Panel
  12. ↑ AOA's ChoA and Yoo Byung Jae are way too enthusiastic for work in 'Alba Heaven' CF
  13. ↑ (Korean) 프라이머리 24일 신보 발표, AOA초아-팔로알토-마마무 화사 콜라보
  14. ↑ Primary drops a frightening yet intriguing MV for 'Don't Be Shy' ft. AOA's ChoA and Iron!
  15. ↑ "AOA’s Choa Releases Teaser Video for Solo Project “Flame”"
  16. ↑ "Gaon Chart Search" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
  17. ↑ "FT Island and CN Blue to Appear in a FNC Reality Drama". MWAVE. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  18. ↑ AOA plan getaway to Hainan for their first travel reality appearance on 'One Fine Day'!
  19. ↑ AOA’s Choa shows off her cat-like aegyo on KBS “Hello Counselor”
  20. ↑ Next Episode of “Running Man” to Feature Jessi, AOA’s Choa, Kim Yuri, and More
  21. ↑ (Korean) '복면가왕' 단풍, 정체는 無언급 AOA 초아 '충격'
  22. ↑ AOA's ChoA, Red Velvet's Joy, and Kwak Si Yang get the 'New Star Award' at '2015 MBC Entertainment Awards'

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