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Girls Generation
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Also known as: SNSD, So Nyuh Shi Dae (Korean),
ShōJo JiDai (Japanese), Shao Nü Shi Dai (Chinese),
SoShi, GG
Lables: SM Entertainment (South Korea), Universal
Music Japan: Nayutawave Records (Japan)
Official Debut: August 5th, 2007 (on SBS Inkigayo)
Members: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon
, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun
4. T A E Y E O N (태연)
Stage Name: Kid Leader TAEYEON
(꼬꼬마 리더 태연 – ggoggoma
leader Taeyeon)
Birth Name: Kim Tae-yeon (김태연)
Position: Leader & Main Vocalist
Date of Birth: March 9, 1989
Language: Korean (Fluent), English,
Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)
Casted: 2004 SM 8th Annual Best
Contest (Best Singer 1st Place
Grand Award)
Training Duration: 3 Years 3 Months
Despite her kid-like appearance,
Taeyeon is the oldest member
SNSD.
Taeyeon is the SNSD member with the
largest fanbase. Her fanbase is the
largest among female idol singers in
Korea.
She once stated that her ideal man is
Vegeta of manga/anime Dragon
Ball.
5. J E S S I C A (제시카)
Stage Name: Ice Princess JESSICA (얼음공주
제시카 – eoleum gongju Jessica)
Birth Name: Jessica Jung (제시카 정)
Korean Name: Jung Soo-yeon (정수연)
Position: Main Vocalist
Date of Birth: April 18, 1989
Language: Korean (Fluent), English (Fluent),
Chinese (Basic), Japanese
Casted: 2000 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 7 Years 6 Months
She made her musical debut as Elle Woods
in the musical adaptation of Legally
Blonde.
Jessica was born in San Francisco, California.
After street-casted by SM Entertainment
when she was 11 year old, she and her
family moved to South Korea.
Jessica is SNSD’s resident sleepy-head. She
can sleep up to 16 hour a day and is the
hardest member to wake up.
6. S U N N Y (써니)
Stage Name: Energy Source SUNNY
(활력소 써니 – hwalryeokso Sunny)
Birth Name: Lee Soon-kyu (이순규)
Date of Birth: May 15, 1989
Language: Korean (Fluent), English,
Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)
Casted: 2007 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 9 Months (previously
trained for 5 years in another company)
Sunny was born in United States and the
moved to Kuwait when she was an
infant. She and her family was a war
refugee during the Gulf War in Kuwait.
Sunny has a phobia to fireworks and
loud sounds, probably because of the
Gulf War experience she had.
Sunny is an avid gamer.
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7. T I F F A N Y (티파니)
Stage Name: Brighter than Jewels TIFFANY (보석보다
빛나는 티파니 – boseok boda bitnaneun Tiffany)
Birth Name: Stephanie Hwang (스테파니 황)
Korean Name: Hwang Mi-young (황미영)
Date of Birth: August 1, 1989
Language: Korean, English (Fluent), Chinese (Basic),
Japanese (Basic), Spanish (Basic)
During her trainee days she roomed with Taeyeon
To avoid confusion with CSJH’s Stephanie, she picked the
stage name Tiffany. She revealed that Tiffany was the
name her mother wanted to give her, but her father
named her Stephanie instead.
Her “idol title”, Brighter than Jewels (boseok boda
bitnaneun), is the meaning of her Korean name, Mi-
young.
During Tiffany’s debut days, she wasn’t as fluent in Korean
and often makes pronunciation mistake. She
mispronounced her introduction of “boseok” (보석,
Jewel) to “beoseot” (버섯, mushroom) so the fans
thought she was saying “Brighter than Mushroom”.
She gained the nickname “Mushroom” ever since.
8. H Y O Y E O N (효연)
Stage Name: Dancing Queen HYOYEON (댄싱퀸
효연 – dancing queen Hyoyeon)
Birth Name: Kim Hyo-yeon (김효연)
Date of Birth: September 22, 1989
Language: Korean (Fluent), English , Chinese (Fluent),
Japanese (Basic)
Casted: 2000 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 6 Years 1 Month
• The best dancer and the fastest runner of SNSD.
• Hyoyeon’s Chinese name is 孝渊 (Xiàoyuān)
• She hits people and tell secrets when drunks. The
members revealed that the maknaes, Yoona and
Seohyun, are her usual drunk “victims”.
• SNSD’s “fashion terrorist”.
9. Y U R I (유리)
Stage Name: Black Pearl YURI (흑진주 유리 –
heukjinjoo Yuri)
Birth Name: Kwon Yu-ri (권유리)
Position: Supporting Vocalist/2nd Main
Dancer
Date of Birth: December 5, 1989
Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese
(Fluent), Japanese
• SNSD’s biggest prankster.
• She wrote the lyrics to one of SNSD’s
ballads, titled “Mistake”. The song was
included in SNSD’s third mini-album.
• Yuri is a health nut. Every morning, Yuri
drinks grinded Ma juice mixed with milk,
honey, and apples. She also regularly
drinks Chinese herbal tonic.
10. S O O Y O U N G
(수영)Stage Name: Lively Princess
SOOYOUNG (명랑공주 수영 –
myeongrang gongju Sooyoung)
Birth Name: Choi Soo-young
(최수영)English Name: Summer Choi
(썸머 최)
Position: Supporting Vocalist/Lead dancer
Date of Birth: February 10, 1990
Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese
(Basic), Japanese (Fluent)
• The tallest member of SNSD.
• Her English name, Summer, was given by
fellow member Jessica.
11. Y O O N A
(윤아)Stage Name: Charming Girl YOONA (매력
소녀 윤아 – maeryeok sonyuh Yoona)
Birth Name: Im Yoon-a (임윤아)
Date of Birth: May 30, 1990
Casted: 2002 SM Saturday Open Casting
Audition Training: 7 Years 2 Months
Widely known as the “center” image of SNSD
thanks to her immense popularity among
Korean public. Age-wise, she’s also placed in the
“center” of SNSD; Seohyun (born in 1991) is a
year younger than Yoona (born in 1990) and the
other 7 members are one year older and
considered as same-age friends (born in 1989
and Sooyoung in early 199o).
12. S E O H Y U N (서현)
Stage Name: The Youngest One SEOHYUN (막내
서현 – maknae Seohyun)
Birth Name: Seo Joo-hyun (서주현)
Date of Birth: June 28, 1991
Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese
(Fluent), Japanese (Basic)
Casted: 2003 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 6 Years 6 Month
• Seohyun loves sweet potato so much that she
claimed she’d pick sweet potatoes over love. In
the make-believe marriage variety show ‘We
Got Married’, she was coupled with CN Blue’s
Jung Yonghwa and they were dubbed “Sweet
Potato Couple”.
• Her favorite anime is Keroro Gunsou.
Seohyun went to the same high-school with Yoona
(Daeyeong High School) but then she moved to
Taeyeon’s school, Jeonju Arts High School, and
graduated there. Now she’s attending Dongguk
University’s Department of Art along with
Yoona.
