



| Background information | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | 김현중 (Kim Hyun Joong) | ||||||
| Born | June 6, 1986 | ||||||
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||
| Genre(s) | K-Pop, Pop, J-Pop, Ballads | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor | ||||||
| Years active | 2005–Present | ||||||
| Label(s) | DSP Entertainment | ||||||
| Associated acts | SS501 | ||||||
Kim Hyun Joong (Korean: 김현중, born June 6, 1986) is a South Korean male singer, actor and leader of boyband SS501.
He and his SS501 members appeared in Park Kyung Lim's show Thank You For Waking Us Up and Thank You For Raising Us in 2006, where he proved to be a heavy sleeper.
He joined the cast of MBC variety reality show We Got Married on 11 May 2008, with Hwang Bo, who is 6 years his senior. They achieved high popularity, garnering attention to Hyun Joong especially, after which he was cast in the Korean version of Boys Over Flowers (TV Series)/Hana Yori Dango as one of the members of the famous F4.
Hyun Joong and Hwangbo made their official exit from We Got Married on December 14, 2008.
In the hit-series, Boys Over Flowers, Kim plays part of the love-triangle, the love-triangle is recently a hit.
Due to the busy schedules, SS501's album was pushed back to April 2009, and instead a subgroup Triple-S, consisting on members Kim Hyung Joon, Heo Youngsaeng and Kim Kyujong, will continue activities with the release of a mini-album titled U R Man. So cute.