SHINEE!

Shinee (샤이니, stylized as SHINee) is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band.[1] Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Popular Songs with their promotional single, "Nunan Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)" ("누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)", lit. "Older Sister, You're So Pretty"). The group consists of Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin.

Since their debut, Shinee has won numerous awards. They have also starred in their own reality show based on their song, "Nunan Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)". Shinee are considered to be fashion icons having started the "Shinee Trend", which is popular amongst the younger generation.

Lee Jinki (이진기), born December 14, 1989 (age 19) , better known by his stage name Onew (온유). The leader and oldest member in the group, he was discovered at the "2006 S.M. Academy Casting".[36] Onew collaborated with Lee Hyun Ji, former member of project group Banana Girl, for his song "Vanilla Love".[37] He was also featured in a duet, entitled One Year Later "1년 後", with Girls' Generation member Jessica for their mini-album Tell Me Your Wish.[38]

Kim Jonghyun (김종현), born April 8, 1990 (age 19), commonly known as Jonghyun, is the main vocalist in the group.[39] He was discovered at the "2005 S.M. Casting System".[36] Before debuting with Shinee, Jonghyun sang a duet, "Wrongly Given Love" (交错的爱), with Zhang Liyin for her debut Chinese album I Will.[36]

Kim Kibum (김기범), born September 23, 1991 (age 18), better known by his stage name Key (키), is a vocalist and one of the rappers in the group.[36] He was a gifted varsity water-skier at Dae Gu Young Shin Middle School.[40] He was discovered at the "2005 S.M. National Tour Audition Casting".[36] Before debuting with Shinee, Key appeared in Super Junior's Wonder Boy MV as an extra dancer. Key was featured in label-mate Xiah's solo "Xiahtic".[41]

Choi Minho (최민호), born December 9, 1991 (age 17), commonly known as Minho, is the other rapper in group. He was discovered at the "2006 S.M. Casting System".[36] Before debuting with Shinee, Minho modeled for Ha Sang Baek's "Seoul Collection F/W 08-09" in March.[29] He has also appeared in Girls' Generation's music video "Gee".[42]

Lee Tae Min, born July 18, 1993 (age 16), commonly known as Taemin, is the main dancer of the group.[39] He is the youngest member in group. He was discovered at the "2005 S.M. Open Weekend Audition Casting ".[36]

T.max

T-MAX is made from ‘Triple, Trinity’ and such which contains 3 meaning in the word’s first alphabet T. And will present the energy and talent till MAX form phrase ‘3 perfect group and their dominance ‘ that’s forms the team.

To be able to present R&B, Rock’s charming singing by Shin Min Chul, possessing the special neutral vocal from Park Yun Hwa and have Kim Jun’s outstanding deep voice rapping. These three have made up the T-MAX group. It was borned and achieved after they have been trained for almost 3 years.

From the start of the process, their music and style have attracted japan’s eye, which resulted in a lot of japan workers’ participation, it seems that their later album creation was made in Japan itself. According to Japan’s local workers, the manager(BIZ INC) for the famous R&B singer Hirai Ken, Sowelu, Crystal Kay, who has a lot of fans from the America, after listening to T-MAX’s sample album, decided to participate in the album creation, and naturally join their procession, with the makers of TVXQ album [Heart mind and soul] japan, SONY Tokyo recording room’s function room responsible for ‘原刚’ and japan’s album engineer ‘武田’ as mixing record engineer for T-MAX’s album with more profound colourful personality.

Even though T-MAX is remarkable from it’s vogue music, but it is also a music that can be enjoyed by all age, as the team has a friendly image. This time’s album’s main song ‘Blooming’ have obviously been presented, like a cool breeze in summer swirling around us warmingly, together with light beat music and dance, it is prepared to touch the hearts of those couples who just started to fall in love. Advance melody that possessed soothing sound, the fascinating 3 person group’s vocals that made up T-MAX’s music will make people want to listen it more.

Park Yoon Hwa [박윤화]
[date of birth]; January 31, 1986
[height/weight]; 175 cm / 52 kg
[bloodtype]; AB
[school]; Suwon University of Science
[hobby]; Playing computer games, collecting accessories
[specialty]; Computer programming, graphic design
[history];
+A contestant of , sponsored by Good Entertainment and M.Net




Kim Hyung Joon [김형준]
[date of birth]; February 3, 1985
[height/weight]; 183 cm / 65 kg
[bloodtype]; O
[school]; Hanguk University, chemistry major
[hobby]; Playing on-line games, basketball
[specialty]; Snowboarding
[history];
+appearance on M.Net KKot Mi Nam Teuk Gong Dae [꽃미남 특공대]
+appearance on MBC [PD수첩]

Shin Min Chul [신민철]
[date of birth]; February 5, 1982
[height/weight]; 178 cm / 63 kg
[bloodtype]; O
[school]; Otorohanga College, New Zealand
[hobby]; Taking weird pictures, Watching movies
[specialty]; Making accessories, Reforming clothes, Surfing
[history];
+, <(별난 여자 별난 남자)>, <(크러시기어)> OST featurings
+Featuring for

Random Facts;
PETBOY PARK YUNHWA
+was an uhljjang.
+is always hungry.
+eats every 2 hours.
+is always tired.

SHIN YUHSA SHIN MINCHUL
+is different.
+loves to be on camera.
+talks a lot.
+has a unique fashion sense.
+has a finger puppet monkey named everererererere. (eh-ve-reh-reh-reh.....)
+first started leaving comments to t-max fans' posts at the fan cafe.
+likes to leave comments on other members' journal entries, often threatening them and revealing secrets.

MATSUMOTOHYUNGJUN KIM HYUNGJUN
+is surprisingly quiet off-camera.
+bit shin yuhsa's everererererere.
+is at times even more.. different than minchul.
+can be found leaving weird comments to his fans' posts.


T-MAX FUN FACTS:)
+The first single
+T-MAX is consisted of three members: SHIN MIN CHUL(`83), KIM HYUNGJUN (`85), PARK YUNHWA (`86)
+The members have been training for at least two years.
+Many know T-MAX as the group who filmed themselves dancing to Arashi's "Love So Sweet" and gave it as a gift to their producer.
+They're not your typical, SJ, DBSK, SS501 pretty boys.