Choi Soo-young
Choi Soo-young (; born February 10, 1990), known
mononymously as
Sooyoung, is a South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter. She was a member of the short-lived Korean-Japanese singing duo
Route 0 during 2002 in Japan. After returning to South Korea in 2004, Choi eventually became a member of girl group
Girls' Generation in 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most widely known girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Choi has also starred in various
television dramas such as ''
The Third Hospital'' (2012), ''
Dating Agency: Cyrano'' (2013), ''
My Spring Days'' (2014), ''
Squad 38'' (2016), ''
Man in the Kitchen'' (2017–2018), ''
Tell Me What You Saw'' (2020), and most recently in ''
Run On'' (2021), ''
So I Married the Anti-fan'' (2021), ''
If You Wish Upon Me'' (2022), and ''
Not Others'' (2023).
In October 2017, Choi left
SM Entertainment although she remains as a member of Girls' Generation. She joined Echo Global Group and released her first solo single "Winter Breath" in 2018, before moving to
Saram Entertainment in 2019. In October 2024, Choi made her solo debut in Japan with released "Unstoppable" under Japan label
Avex Trax.
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