Hanifa Khaira Ummami
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Introduction
Super Junior (슈퍼주니어) is a popular Korean Boyband under the SM
Entertainment label and production agency. Super Junior is one of the most
popular Korean Boyband besides Tohoshinki and FT Island.
They debuted in 2005 with the single “TWINS (Knock Out)” as a twelve
member group but added a thirteenth in May of 2006 with the release of
their single U.
As of September 2011, eight members are
currently active, due to Han Geng's lawsuit
with S.M. Entertainment which led to him
leaving the group, Heechul and Kangin's
temporary leave of absence for
mandatory military service, Siwon's filming
for his upcoming drama Poseidon and
Kibum's pursuit of an acting
career. However, the other members have
insisted that all four (Heechul, Kangin,
Kibum and Han Geng) are still part of the
group, despite mentioning that they are
saddened by Han Geng's departure from the

Members

Debute And History
Since the late 1990s, Korean talent agency and record label SM
Entertainment has been holding annual auditions to scout new talents that
complemented the success of pop groups H.O.T, S.E.S, and Shinhwa, all of
which were created by SM founder Lee Soo-Man in the mid 1990s.
Leeteuk and Eunhyuk were the first two members of the group to be
recruited in 2000 under SM’s Starlight Casting System in Seoul.
In 2001, the company held their first overseas casting auditions and
discovered Han Geng in Beijing, who was chosen among three thousand
applicants. That same year, Yesung was discovered under Seoul’s casting
system. Sungmin and Donghae were also selected to be trainees after their
appearance in a SM-sponsored contest. In 2002, Heechul and Kangin was
recruited along with Kibum, who was discovered in Los Angeles. Siwon
was casted in 2003 and Ryeowook in 2004, in which the latter was
discovered through the Chinchin Youth Festival singing competition. In
2005, Shindong was selected. And the last, Kyuhyun was selected in 2006.

Super Junior Sub Unit
Super Junior-K.R.Y
Super Junior-K.R.Y, established in November 2006, is a trio
formed by Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung. The company
discovered that these three members developed a particular
personal and subsequent fan-base that was separate from the rest
of the group, and how they also had similar musical qualities

Super Junior
T Super Junior-T (Trot) is the second official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super
Junior. Super Junior-T contains six Super Junior’s members, Leeteuk (the
leader), Heechul, Kang-in, Shindong, Sungmin, and Eunhyuk.
Super Junior-T has released only one single in the short span of their career
before they were announced to be on hiatus in 2008. The single “Rokuko” was
Korea’s sixteenth best-selling record and the number one best-selling single of
2007, according to the Music Industry Association of Korea. In November
2008, the subgroup returned with a debut in the Japanese music industry,
releasing the Japanese version of “Rokuko.”

Super Junior M
Super Junior-M, often referred to as SJ-M, is the third
official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. They
are the first international music group in the Chinese
music industry to have members of both Chinese and
Korean descent, and also the first group produced by
Korea’s CT (Culture Technology) organization, created
through a comprehensive localization strategy. Super
Junior-M consists of Super Junior’s member’s Han Geng
(the leader), Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, and
two non-Super Junior members, Henry and Zhou Mi.

Super Junior
Happy
Super Junior-Happy (Korean: 슈퍼주니어-해피), sometimes referred to as
SJ-Happy or SuJu-Happy (Korean: 슈주-해피), is the fourth official sub-
unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. Super Junior-Happy contains six
Super Junior’s members, Leeteuk (the leader), Yesung, Kang-in, Shindong,
Sungmin, and Eunhyuk.

E.L.F
E.L.F. is the acronym for EVERLASTING FRIENDS the
name of the fans club of the largest and famous boy band in
the world SUPER JUNIOR. The fans club was formed on June
2, 2006.

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