Younha
Younha was born in Seoul, South Korea on April 29th, 1988. She began playing the piano at the early age of 4. Her talent and gift for both singing, learning languages, and playing the piano were obvious from the early start of her career. She taught herself Japanese and auditioned in many places (including SM Entertainment, to which she was eventually turned away from) before debuting under a Japanese record label in 2004. Her song "Houki Boshi," which was used for the popular TV anime show, Bleach, launched her career and broke her into the Oricon Top 20 charts.
Younha then debuted in Korea with her digital Korean single "Audition" which was relatively well received in the Korean market, Younha went along with the release of her first Korean album. This album has received very warm and good reviews as reflected in her SBS Inkigayo Mutizen awards of late as well as peaking on sales charts at #1. The first song promoted from this album was 비밀번호 486 (Bi Mil Bun Ho 486, translated "Secret Number (Password) 486"). The second song to be promoted from this album was 연애조건 (Yeonae Jogeon ("Love Condition"). With her increasing success, Younha released a version of Go! Younha rerecorded in Korean. The album is titled 혜성(Comet). Returning to Japan with a Best Of Japanese album/music video DVD, SONGS -Teen's Collection- on 2008. Comeback in Korea with a new full-length album, Someday, comprised of 17 tracks of various genres. Someday album maintained a good sales record holding up at the Top 5 on the sales charts for more than a month after it was released.
Biography
Name: Younha (Korean: 고윤하 (Go Youn-Ha), Chinese: 高允河, Japanese: ユンナ(Yunna))
Debut: Dec. 4th, 2006 (Korea) ; Oct. 20th, 2004 (Japan)
Birthday: April 29th, 1988
Blood Type: O
Company: Geneon Entertainment (SISTUS RECORDS), Stam Entertainment - Lion Media Entertainment
Family: Grandmother, Parents (Go Sung Pul & Kim Hyo Seon), Younger Sister (Go Youn Jin)
Education: Korean University of Foreign Language
Languages Spoken: Korean, Japanese, English
Talents: Playing the piano, flute, traditional drum & castanets. Can use blind touch on the PC, wiggle her ears, and eat very spicy food.
Favorites
Favorite Artists: Tokyo Jihen, Pink, Sung Si Kyung, Alicia Keys, Hirahara Ayaka, cune
Favorite Albums: Epik High 『Remapping the Human Soul』/ Sophie Milman 『Sophie Milman』/ Danger Radio 『Used and Abused』/ Tokyo Jihen 『Education』
Favorite Numbers: 2, 4
Favorite Colors: Black, Gray
Favorite Books: Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Le petit prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Favorite Movies: Radio Star, Phantom Of the Opera, Our Happy Time, Wang E Namja, M.I.III, The Devil Wears Prada, Titanic, Love Actually, GHOST, I Am Sam, Romantic Holiday, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Favorite Foods: Sushi, takkalbi (닭갈비, Korean barbecue chicken), dukbokgi (떡볶이, rice cakes with spicy sauce) ,
rabokki (라볶이, rice cakes and noodles in spicy sauce), sukiyaki, toppoki, takkarubi
Favorite Places: On set, a club with live music, Apgu-jong (Korea), Denver (USA), in front of the PC, home, driving seat
Favourite Moment: Act like an adult, drinking under candles' lights, look at that & start composing
Favorite Scent: Tea Tree, Candles' vanilla, Lavender, the world/human
Favorite School Subject: English, history
Favorite Sport: Skiing
Miscellaneous
Respected Artists: Ray Charles, Lee Seung Chul, Shin Seung Hoon, Shiina Ringo
Respected Person: (Her) Father
Childhood Dream: To become a doctor
First CDs Purchased: H.O.T's Candy, Beethoven's "Moonlight"
Interests: Piano, PC, collecting candles, stamps, and postcards
First Japanese Artist She Liked: X-Japan
Ideal man: Someone who always understands her and her work
First composition: Kaeri Michi (in "My Lover" single)
Other composition: homegirl, Paparazzi, That Street, For Catherina, Hating, She Is, To Love
Motto: "Doing my best today with no expectations for tomorrow"
Personal goal in 2007: Get score 750 on TOEIC exam
First Kiss: Done with Yoon Ji Hoo (actor) in her Korean MV Password 486