U-Kiss (유키스) is a 6-member Korean boy band under NH Media. They debuted in 2008 with a single album entitled “어리지 않아” (Not Young). Their first single is said to be a fusion of the typical kpop as well as a "dirty south" style which was entirely composed by the Brave Brothers.
U-Kiss is comprised of 6 boys – two of which came from or were former members of another group, Xing (Kevin and Kibum). They are a multi-lingual group and this allows them to communicate with fans in Korean, English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. U-Kiss Stands For:
U- Ubiquitous
K- Korean
I- International (Idol)
S- Super
S- Star
The band intends to become an international group with multilingual members: Alexander can converse in seven languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and English); Eli is articulate in English, Korean and Mandarin; DongHo in Korean and Mandarin; Kevin in English and KiBum in Japanese
History
Pre-debut
Before their debut, U-Kiss had already garnered a lot of fans due to Kevin and KiBum being former members of Xing, and also KiBum, being the 'Dongsaeng' or the little brother of the youngest SS501 member, Kim HyungJoon. It was rumored then that Yume, another former member of Xing, would join U-Kiss, but it turned out to be just a rumor that created a lot of fuss from their fans.
Debut: August 15, 2008
The newly formed 6-members boyband “U-Kiss” ( which stands for Ubiquitous Korean Idol or International Super Star) debuted under the label-company NH Media. The boys debuted in Japan on the 15th of August at the POWER OF ATAMIX with SS501 and PARAN. Later on they made their first performance in Korea on M!NET MCOUNTDOWN with their first single ‘Not Young’ on the 28th of August. Noticeable members in the group are Kevin Woo and Kim Kibum who used in Xing. The four other members names are Eli, Alexander, Shin Dong Ho and Shin Soo Hyun.
Yoshimoto Group Invests U-Kiss
Idol group U-Kiss has been considered for a 150 billion KRW worth collaboration project between Japan and Korea.
It has been revealed that a famous entertainment company in Japan Yoshimoto Group has invested 150 billion KRW to groom U-Kiss. With members proficient in 7 international languages like English and Japanese, the Yoshimoto Group hopes to make U-Kiss into an internationally known group.
U-Kiss‘ company NH Media will work with the visual production group from Yoshimoto on the plans for the group. The last time we saw such a huge collaboration to groom an artist was in 2004 where SM Enteratinment and AVEX worked together to groom BoA.
EX U-Kiss Member
ALEXANDER
REAL NAME: Alexander ()
ENGLISH NAME: Lee Eunsebio
BIRTH DATE: July, 29, 1988
BLOOD GROUP: O
PHYSICAL: HEIGHT: 182CM / WEIGHT: 63KG
FAMILY: Parent and older sister
RELIGION: Christian
SPECIALITIES: Rapper, speaks 7 Languanges (English, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, French, Spanish and Korean)
HOBBIES: Listening to music, watching movies, taking pictures
CURIOSITIES: He attended middle school in the USA
EX U-Kiss Member
KimBum
REAL NAME: Kim Ki Bum
BIRTH DATE: December, 29, 1990
BLOOD GROUP: O
PHYSICAL: Height: 179CM / Weight: 65KG
FAMILY: Parent, and Older brother
RELIGION: Christian
SPECIALITIES: Composing music, poppin' dance, Japanese, Piano, Singing, Acting
HOBBIES: Listen to music, swimmming, Reading books
CURIOSITIES: He is the younger brother of SS501's Hyung Jun
SooHyun
REAL NAME: Shin Soo Hyun
BIRTH DATE: March, 11, 1989
BLOOD GROUP: A
PHYSICAL: Height: 181CM / Weight: 67KG
FAMILY: Parent, older sister and younger sister
RELIGION: Christian
SPECIALITIES: R&B, dance, soccer, piano
HOBBIES: Listening to music, exercising, playing on computer
CURIOSITIES: He was trainee JYP and GOOD entertaiment
Eli
REAL NAME: Kim KyoungJae ()
ENGLISH NAME: Elison Kim
BIRTH DATE: March, 13, 1991
BLOOD GROUP: O
PHYSICAL: Height: 180CM / Weight: 70KG
FAMILY: Parent, older sister and younger sister
RELEGION: Christian
SPECIALISITIES: Rapper, Taekwando, kung fu, english, chinese
HOBBIES: Listening to music, watching movies, playing on computer
CURIOSITIES: He was born in Los Angeles then he moved toWashington D.C ; he moved to Beijing when he was 15 years old to study.
KiSeop
REAL NAME: Lee KiSeop ()
BRITH DATE: January, 17, 1991
BLOOD GROUP: A
PHYSICALS: Height: 180CM / Weight: 61KG
FAMILY: Parent, older sister
RELIGION: Buddhist
SPECIALISTIES: Taekwando, poppin' dance, acting, piano, beatbox
HOBBIES: Listening to music, taking pictures, playing piano, acting
CURIOSITIES: He joined U-kiss in 2009, on their 3rd mini album; he is former ulzzang; he appeared in ''Not Young'' MV before his debut
Kevin
REAL NAME: Woo SungHyun
ENGLISH NAME: Kevin Woo
BIRTH DATE: November, 25, 1991
BLOOD GROUP: O
PYHSICALS: Height: 181CM / Weight: 56KG
FAMILY: Parent, older sister
RELIGION: Christian
SPECIALITIES: Poppin' dance, guitar, piano, english, singing
HOBBIES: Listening to music, watching movies, reading books, composing music
CURRIOSITIES: He lives in California, so he's also fluent in english; along with kibum, he's also a former member of Xing
Dongho
REAL NAME: Shin Dongho ()
BIRTH DATE: June, 29, 1994
BLOOD GROUP: B
PHYSICALS: Height: 178CM / Weight: 60KG
FAMILY: Parent, older brother
RELIGION: Christian
SPECIALITIES: Rapper, chinese, baseball, golf, soccer, drums
HOBBIES: Playing baseball, listening to music, reading books, knitting
CURIOSITIES: He was born in China
