Super Junior

Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어), often referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주), is a 13-member boy band from South Korea formed by SM Entertainment in 2005. The current active members consist of Leeteuk (leader), Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum, and Kyuhyun. Members Han Geng and Kang-in are currently inactive with the groups activities. In 2009 it was announced that Han Geng was taking legal action to have his contract terminated with SM Entertainment.[1] SM Entertainment issued a statement stating that they plan to solve issues with Han Geng personally.[2] Since the announcement of the termination of Han Geng's contract, Super Junior has carried on as a ten piece without Hen Geng and Kangin (suspended by SM Entertinment due to legal matters outside of Super Junior [3]). The current status on Han Geng's position within the group is unknown, as well as Kangin's. Han Geng was chosen from three thousand applicants, via auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001.[4]

Super Junior has released and contributed in 19 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success.[5] Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting.[5] In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned seven music awards from the M.net Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the MTV Asia Awards after JTL in 2008.