Sonim (singer)
Encyclopedia
is a Zainichi Korean J-pop
singer.
-produced duo EE Jump along with Yuki Goto (Maki Goto
's younger brother). Yuki was caught underage in a bar, which got him suspended from EE Jump. When the band released its next single, calling the artist EE Jump Featuring Sonim, and it proved to be more popular than other EE Jump singles, the band released one more single, and then disbanded.
Sonim began her own solo career under the Toys Factory label, but then switched to Harmony Records
. She is currently in a unit called tomboy
with Akane Osawa, which debuted in November 2007.
In 2007, she starred as Kim in Japanese production of the musical Miss Saigon
. In 2010, she played the role of Johanna in the Japanese production of Sweeney Todd.
Sonim can play the guitar
and speak Japanese
, English
, and Korean
.
Her ancestors came from Gyeongsangnam-do
to Japan. Her Korean name is Sung Sun-Im (Hangul
:성선임 Hanja
:成膳任).
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
singer.
Career and biography
She was a former member of the TsunkuTsunku
, better known professionally as , is a prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist.He is best known for having two major roles in the Japanese music landscape: first as the lead singer of the popular rock group Sharam Q, and now as the producer, primary composer, lyricist and main...
-produced duo EE Jump along with Yuki Goto (Maki Goto
Maki Goto
is a Japanese singer, lyricist and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, "Love Machine", topped the Oricon singles charts and sold over a million...
's younger brother). Yuki was caught underage in a bar, which got him suspended from EE Jump. When the band released its next single, calling the artist EE Jump Featuring Sonim, and it proved to be more popular than other EE Jump singles, the band released one more single, and then disbanded.
Sonim began her own solo career under the Toys Factory label, but then switched to Harmony Records
Harmony Records
Harmony Records was a label owned by Columbia Records. It was originally used as a label for low-price 78 rpm records in the 1920s and 1930s; subsequently it was revived as a label for budget albums of reissued tracks during the 1950s with nine or ten songs per album...
. She is currently in a unit called tomboy
Tomboy (band)
Tomboy is a Japanese pop music duet made up of Sonim and Akane Osawa . The group debuted on November 17, 2007, and records on the Avex Trax label....
with Akane Osawa, which debuted in November 2007.
In 2007, she starred as Kim in Japanese production of the musical Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
. In 2010, she played the role of Johanna in the Japanese production of Sweeney Todd.
Sonim can play the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and speak Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
.
Her ancestors came from Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. Located there is UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that houses the Tripitaka Koreana and attracts many...
to Japan. Her Korean name is Sung Sun-Im (Hangul
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
:성선임 Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
:成膳任).
Singles
- 2002-08-21 カレーライスの女 (Curry Rice no Onna)
- 2002-11-20 津軽海峡の女 (Tsugaru Kaikyo no Onna)
- 2003-04-16 東京ミッドナイト ロンリネス (Tokyo Midnight Loneliness)
- 2003-10-08 合コン後のファミレスにて (Goukon Ato No Famiresu Nite)
- 2004-02-11 ほんとはね。 (Honto wa neHonto wa neis Hatsune Okumura's third single. It was released on June 23rd, 2008, by Avex Trax.-Overview: comes exactly three months after the release of Okumura's first digital single in on April 23rd...
) - 2004-09-15 ジグソーパズル (Jigsaw Puzzle)
- 2005-01-13 あすなろ銀河 (Asunaro Ginga)
Filmography
- 2003 Koukou Kyoushi 2003
- 2003 Moto Kare
- 2004 Tokyo Wankei
- 2004 A! Ikkenya Puroresu (Oh! My Zombie Mermaid)
- 2005 Densha OtokoDensha Otoko (drama)is a Japanese television drama that aired on Fuji Television. It is based on the Densha Otoko story, which has also been portrayed in other media.The drama's 11 episodes were aired on Fuji TV from July 7 to September 22, 2005 . A two hour long TV special, Densha Otoko Deluxe, aired on September 23,...
- 2006 Backdancers!Backdancers!Backdancers! is a Japanese film released in Japan in September 2006.The movie stars popular J-pop singer and dancer Hiroko Shimabukuro , of the group SPEED.-Plot summary:...
- 2008 Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijoBang!!is the theatrical film adaptation of the Japanese 2008 Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger. As with all of the Super Sentai films, Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! is a double bill with the film for the 2008 Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Kiva, Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the...