Ukiss profile

U-Kiss Stands For:
U- Ubiquitous
K- Korean
I- International (Idol)
S- Super
S- Star

The band intends to become an international group with multilingual members: Alexander can converse in seven languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and English); Eli is articulate in English, Korean and Mandarin; DongHo in Korean and Mandarin; Kevin in English and KiBum in Japanese

History

Pre-debut

Before their debut, U-Kiss had already garnered a lot of fans due to Kevin and KiBum being former members of Xing, and also KiBum, being the 'Dongsaeng' or the little brother of the youngest SS501 member, Kim HyungJoon. It was rumored then that Yume, another former member of Xing, would join U-Kiss, but it turned out to be just a rumor that created a lot of fuss from their fans.

Debut: August 15, 2008

The newly formed 6-members boyband “U-Kiss” ( which stands for Ubiquitous Korean Idol or International Super Star) debuted under the label-company NH Media. The boys debuted in Japan on the 15th of August at the POWER OF ATAMIX with SS501 and PARAN. Later on they made their first performance in Korea on M!NET MCOUNTDOWN with their first single ‘Not Young’ on the 28th of August. Noticeable members in the group are Kevin Woo and Kim Kibum who used in Xing. The four other members names are Eli, Alexander, Shin Dong Ho and Shin Soo Hyun.

Comeback: February 3, 2009

Group U-Kiss is back with their 2nd single album “Bring it back 2 Old School”. They are back with the 90's old school style and they had their comeback stage on SBS Inkigayo on 1st February. ‘I Like You’ the title song off their new single, it is a 80-90's old pop genre and their fashion style of their comeback will be luxury vintage which is popular amongst the young people those days. U-Kiss single album “Bring It Back to Old School” released online on 3rd February.

Yoshimoto Group Invests U-Kiss

Idol group U-Kiss has been considered for a 150 billion KRW worth collaboration project between Japan and Korea.

It has been revealed that a famous entertainment company in Japan Yoshimoto Group has invested 150 billion KRW to groom U-Kiss. With members proficient in 7 international languages like English and Japanese, the Yoshimoto Group hopes to make U-Kiss into an internationally known group.

U-Kiss‘ company NH Media will work with the visual production group from Yoshimoto on the plans for the group. The last time we saw such a huge collaboration to groom an artist was in 2004 where SM Enteratinment and AVEX worked together to groom BoA.

Members

• Alexander (born July 29, 1988)

Full name: Alexander Lee Eusebio (Hangul: 알렉산더 이 에우세비오)
Alexander grew up in Macau. He is half-Korean, quarter-Portuguese and quarter-Chinese from his Portuguese-Chinese father and Korean mother. He has an older sister. He studied in America and is from Cupertino, California. He then returned to Hong Kong wanting to be an MC, but moved to Korea to debut under U-KISS. Alexander is also known for his ability to speak seven languages at varying degrees.

• Soohyun (born March 11, 1989)

Full name: Shin Soo Hyun (Hangul: 신수현)
Soohyun is known as the ‘Power vocal’ of U-kiss. Also, he is known having the best abs in the group. He has an older and younger sister. Soohyun was once a JYP trainee and Good Entertainment trainee before he transferred to NH Media and made his debut under U-KISS.

• Kibum (born December 29, 1990)

Full name: Kim Ki Bum (Hangul: 김기범)
He is the younger brother of SS501's Kim Hyung Jun, and a former member of XING together with Kevin. He can also speak Japanese.

• Kiseop (born January 17, 1991)

Full name: Lee Ki Seop (Hangul: 이기섭)
Kiseop joined the group in 2009. He is a former ulzzang on Ulzzang Shidae. He appears on the second season of Uljjang Shidae. He has an older sister and he does Tae Kwon Do.

• Eli (born March 13, 1991)

Korean name: Kim Kyoung Jae (Hangul: 김경재)
Eli grew up in the United States, was born in Los Angeles and moved to Washington, D.C. He has an older and younger sister. He has practiced Taekwondo for 12 years and went to China to train to become an actor, where he learned martial arts and mandarin.

• Kevin (born November 25, 1991)

Korean name: Woo Sung Hyun (Hangul: 우성현)
Kevin grew up in the United States and is from San Francisco. He was formerly from the boyband, XING, and was the last original member to leave the group. He has an older sister. Kevin is also known for his ability to speak English fluently. He claims he always loses at rock paper scissors but rarely ever actually loses.

• Dongho (born June 29, 1994)

Full name: Shin Dong Ho (Hangul: 신동호)
Dongho is the youngest member of the group. He was from and grew up in Beijing. He also studied there. He once mentioned in ‘Kiss the Dream’ that although people expect him to act like a grown-up, he likes his self as a kid. He has an older brother with 10 years age gap. He has the largest connection between artistes among the members. He likes playing baseball.