Kim Kyu-jong

[3] Kim Kyu Jong was born on February 24, 1987, in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea.

[11][12] Kim, along with the members of SS501, except for Heo Young-Saeng who was recovering from surgery, lent their voices to the Korean version of the 2006 animated film Pi's Story.

[13] On August 21, 2006, when fellow member Heo Young-Saeng left the radio programme SS501's Youngstreet on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) due to a throat condition requiring laryngeal surgery, he took over being the DJ,[14] and continued to host the programme with fellow member Park Jung-min.

[21] However, they stopped their activities as a group for a period of time as Park Jung-Min and Kim Hyun-Joong were given solo projects for Grease musical[24] and Boys Over Flowers series[25] respectively.

[26] They also contributed to the Boys Over Flowers soundtrack with "내 머리가 나빠서" (Because I'm Stupid),[27] and appeared as a cameo in episode four, performing their track "U R Man".

[37] Later on, Kim and Heo held a joint fan meeting, Kyu Jong & Young Saeng Story In Seoul on December 4, which continued in Hong Kong, Japan and countries across Asia.

[2] He performed this musical at Minami-za in Kyoto, Japan from June 11 to July 1,[41] and subsequently in Seoul, Korea in September 2011.

[44] In October 2011, Kim Kyu Jong was cast in the 36-part weekend drama, Saving Madame Go Bong Shil on cable channel CSTV.

[46] On November 9, 2011, he performed along with other Korean and Japanese artists at the Seoul Tokyo Music Festival 2011 at Saitama Super Arena, Japan.

[48] On June 3, he held his farewell fan meeting, Thank U ThanKYU with Triple S at Yonsei University in Sinchon-dong, Seoul.

[53] During SS501's eighth anniversary, Kim, along with the SS501 members posted one video of them celebrating and greeting their fans on each of their own official YouTube accounts.

[59] At around 9:30 to 10 am,[60] he arrived at the military manpower office in Jeonbuk, Jeonju, and he was welcomed by the fans and press who waited for hours.

[61] Kim came back as part of KBSN's special project drama ‘S.O.S Please Save Me’ for the role of Park JungJun.

SS501 at My Style My MTV on stage (2008)
Kim saluting at Jeonju, North Jeolla Province on July 23, 2012