BoA debuted at the age of 13 with SM Entertainment in 2000. For her 10th anniversary, she celebrated with the making of her 6th Korean full-length album, “Hurricane Venus,” along with the repackaged album version, “Copy&Paste.” BoA has also been one of the most successful Kpop artists ever in Japan, selling 3 albums that sold 1,000,000+
Basic Information:
Gender: Female
Members: Solo
Official Fanclub: Jumping BoA
Official Color: Yellow
Kangta (1996-2001 with H.O.T, 2001-Present as a soloist)
Kangta joined SM Entertainment in 2001, as a solo singer. His most recent activities with SM are from 2010, with his Chinese album, Breaka Shaka.
Basic Information:
Gender: Male
Members: Soloist
Official Fanclub: Club K.I.T
Official Color: White
TVXQ joined SM as a 5 member group, consisting of Hero Jaejoong, U-Know Yunho, Micky Yoochun, Xiah Junsu, and Max Changmin. But Jaejoong, Yunho, and Junsu left the group for injunction and reformed as the group “JYJ” in July 2009. Now, the group only consists of 2 members.
Basic Information:
Gender: Male
Members(5): Max Changmin, Yunho, Xiah, Jeajoong, Micky.
Official Fanclub: Cassiopeia
Official Color: Pearl Red
A South Korean rock band formed in the summer of 2004 by S.M. Entertainment and formerly produced by X Japan’s co-founder Yoshiki. The name “TRAX” refers to “recording tracks”, but also stands for the first letter of each original member’s stage name, Typhoon of the Rose Attack on X-Mas. Originally a nu metal/rock band, they changed to a straight pop sound when drummer Rose left in 2006 and Attack “quietly disappeared from the group”
Basic Information:
Gender: Male
Members (2): Typhoon and X-mas
Official Fanclub: Traxian
Official Color: Cobalt Blue
The Grace (AKA CSJH The Grace) debuted with SM in 2005.The group consists of Dana, Sunday, Lna, and Stephanie. However, in 2011, the group made sub group consisting of only Dana and Sunday stylized as THE GRACE-DANA&SUNDAY with their song “One More Chance.”
Basic Information:
Gender: Female
Members (4): Dana, Sunday, Stepahnie, Lina
Fanclub name: Shapely
Official Color(s): Pastel Rose Pink (2005-2007), Pearl Pink (2007-present)
Super Junior (2005-Present)
Super Junior debuted with SM with 13 members, but in September 2011, it was announced that Han Geng left the group due to legal issues with the company. Heechul announced his military service in September 2011, so the group currently has 9 active members.
The four sub units of Super Junior are:
Super Junior-K.R.Y
Super Junior-H
Eunhyuk & Donghae
Super Junior-M
Super Junior-T
Super Junior-Happy
Basic Information:
Gender: Male
Members (15): Leeteuk, Heechul ,Hangeng, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum,Kyuhyun, Zhoumi, Henry.
Official Fanclub: E.L.F
Official Color: Pearl Sapphire Blue
Zhang Liyin (2006-Present)
Zhang Liyin is a Chinese-born soloist in SM that joined the company in 2006. Zhang has been nicknamed the “Chinese BoA” Her latest single was her first Chinese single called “Moving On”
Basic Information:
Gender: Female
Members: Soloist
Official Fanclub: Chocolate
Official Color: Gold, Mint Green (Korea only)
Girls’ Generation (2007-Present)
Girls’ Generation, or SNSD, debuted with SM in 2007 with all nine current members. SNSD recently made their US TV appearance on ‘David Letterman’ and ‘LIVE! With Kelly’ on January 31, 2012 and February 1, 2012, making headlines all over the world. The group consists of Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Sooyoung, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Yuri, and Yoona. Their most recent album is ‘The Boys’ in October 2011.
Basic Information:
Gender: Female
Members (9): Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Sooyoung, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Yuri, and Yoona.
Official Fanclub: S♥NE
Official Color: Pastel Rose Pink
SHINee is a contemporary group that presents and takes the lead in music, dance, and fashion that fits the current trend. The name “Shinee” is a coined term that added the suffix “-ee” to the word “shine”, to be interpreted as “the one who is in light.” In this case, the light means spotlight, and it also reflects the team’s great aspirations to attract a wide range of fans through pursuing various kinds of music regardless of region or generation. The group consists of: Onew, Key, Jonghyun, Minho, and Taemin
Basic Information:
Gender: Male
Members (5): Onew, Key, Jonghyun, Minho, and Taemin
Official Fanclub: SHINee World (Shawol)
Official Color: Pearlscent Aqua
f(x) is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different ‘x’, there can be many different outcomes. f(x) strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations. The group members have also been nicknamed “function girls”. The group consists of: Victoria, Luna, Krystal, Amber, and Sulli.
Basic Information:
Gender: Female
Members (5): Victoria, Luna, Krystal, Amber, and Sulli.
Official Fanclub: TBA
Official Color: Periwinkle Blue
EXO is a twelve-member South Korean-Chinese boy group under SM Entertainment, formed in 2012. EXO is divided into two subgroups, EXO-K and EXO-M, promoting in South Korea and China separately. There is still debate over the number of members in each subgroup: theories differ between having 6 members in each, or EXO-K having 8 members and EXO-M having 4 members.
Basic Information:
Gender: Male
Members (12): EXO-K-Kai, Se Hun, D.O, Chan Yeol, Baek Hyun, Jun Myun
EXO-M- Xiu Min, Lu Han, Lay, Chen, Tao, Kris
Official Fanclub: TBA
Official Color: TBA
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