Seo Yuna

This is a Korean name; the family name is Seo.
Yuna

Yuna at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cheer Concert, in September 2016
Native name 서유나
Born Seo Yuna
(1992-12-30) 30 December 1992
Busan, South Korea
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Instruments
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 서유나
Hanja 徐酉奈
Revised Romanization Seo Yu Na
McCune–Reischauer Sŏ Yu Na

Seo Yuna (born 30 December 1992), better known as simply Yuna, is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She is best known as being the lead vocalist of the South Korean girl group AOA, the keyboardist of AOA's sub-unit AOA Black and the leader of AOA's other sub-unit, AOA Cream, all under FNC Entertainment.

Biography

Yuna was born in Busan, South Korea.[1] She began playing piano when she was 7 years old, leading to her having interest in becoming a singer as an adult. At the age of 18, she traveled to Seoul from Busan alone after getting consent from her parents. She transferred schools and stayed at her uncle’s house while she went to auditions and practiced singing.[2] Her younger sister Yuri made her debut in 2015 with girl group Berry Good under Asia Bridge Entertainment, adopting the stage name "Seoyul".[3][4][5][6]

Career

AOA

On 30 July 2012, Yuna 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".[7] AOA has released three EPs and nine singles as of 22 June 2015.[8] She is part of AOA's subunit "AOA Black". In 2015, AOA traveled to China and filmed One Fine Day.

Yuna is also part of sub-unit AOA Cream together with Shin Hye-jeong and Kim Chanmi. The sub-unit released first teaser on 1 February 2016.[9] The music video teaser for title track "I'm Jelly Baby" was released on 4 February 2016.[10] AOA Cream released their title track together with the MV on 12 February 2016.[11]

Solo career

Yuna has also had a successful, yet lesser known acting career, as she has played a lead role in the Japanese Musical "Summer Snow" in 2013, as well as playing another lead role in the comedic Korean web-drama "Prince's Prince" in February 2015.[12][13]

On 20 October 2013, Yuna sang for the OST "I'm Ok" for KBS's TV series Marry Him If You Dare. The song "I'm OK" is the theme song for the main character Na Mi-rae.[14]

In October 2016 it was announced that she will be part of the cast of a new web-drama Hot and Sweet playing Joon Young, a part-time food worker. The drama will premiere on October 20 and run for 8 episodes.[15] Yuna also released 2 songs for the drama, one "Hot and Sweet" a duet with Choi Min-hwan and "Everything" a solo song. [16]

In 2016, Yuna has also been cast in another new web-drama 'My Old Friend'. The drama will be aired starting in mid November for 5 episodes through Naver TVCast.[17]

Discography

Main article: AOA discography

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year Title Song Duration Artist
2013 Marry Him If You Dare OST "I'm Ok" 03:13 Solo
2016 Hot and Sweet OST "Hot and Sweet" 03:29 with Choi Min-hwan [16]
"Everything" 03:51 Solo

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes
2015 Prince's Prince Park Yuna KBS Web-drama
2016 Click Your Heart Cameo as herself Naver Web-drama
Hot and Sweet Joon Young Naver Web-drama
My Old Friend Naver Web-drama

Variety shows

Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Cheongdam-dong 111 Herself tvN [18]
2014 Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 154 with AOA
2015 AOA's One Fine Day Herself MBC Music with AOA members
Weekly Idol Guest MBC Every 1 Ep. 204 with AOA

Musical theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Summer Snow Musical Seolhee Japanese Musical

References

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