Girls' Generation Lee Sunkyu (Sunny)

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S U N N Y (써니)
Stage Name: Energy Source SUNNY (활력소 써니 - hwalryeokso Sunny)
Birth Name: Lee Soon-kyu (이순규)
Nicknames: Soonkyu, DJ Soon, Ssun, Sunny Bunny, Choi Danshin (the shortest)
Blood type: B
Date of Birth: May 15, 1989
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Sibling(s): 2 older sisters (Lee Eun-kyu, Lee Jin-kyu)
Position: Lead Vocalist
Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic)
Specialty: Sports, Eloquence
Casted: 2007 SM Casting System
Training Duration: 9 Months (previously trained for 5 years in another company)
School: Baehwa Girl's High School (배화여자고등학교) [graduated]
Career:
- 2008 DJ for Melon 'ChunJi Radio: Sungmin & Sunny' (with Super Junior Sungmin)
- 2008 MV Super Junior H - 'Cooking? Cooking!'
- 2008 OST for movie Story of Wine 'Finally Now'
- 2008 OST for SBS drama Working Mom 'You Don't Know About Love'
- 2009 CF 'Post Cereal' (with Sooyoung & Seohyun)
- 2009 MC for SkyTV 'the M' (with SS501 Hyungjoon)
- 2009 OST for MBC drama Heading to the Ground 'It's Love' (with Taeyeon)
- 2009 MC for MTV 'the M' (with 2AM Seulong)
- 2009 Variety show KBS2 'Invincible Youth' (as part of Girl7)
- 2010 OST for SBS drama Oh! My Lady 'Your Doll'

TRIVIA

Sunny is the shortest member of SNSD.
Sunny is in charge of aegyo (cutesy acts) in SNSD.
She doesn't really fond of her real name, Soon-kyu because it sounds old and outdated.
The name Soon-kyu lives on through her participation in variety show 'Invincible Youth' wherein Sunny revealed her hard-working side as a farmer. Many viewers thought "Soonkyu" was a nickname given to fit her persona of hard-working country-side girl in the show, while in fact it's her real name. She also gained the nickname "Chicken-catcher Soonkyu" thanks to her impressive ability to catch chicken.
Sunny was born in United States and the moved to Kuwait when she was an infant.
She and her family was a war refugee during the Gulf War in Kuwait.
Sunny has a phobia to fireworks and loud sounds, probably because of the Gulf War experience she had.
Sunny is an avid gamer.
Sunny is a niece to SM Entertainment's founder and former CEO, Lee Sooman.
She's the last to join SNSD and the one who received the shortest training in SM Ent; that was because she was trained in another company, owned by singer Wheesung, for five years but the company went bankrupt so Sunny auditioned to SM Entertainment instead.
Sunny shares the same birthday with both of her older sisters.

- Other Trivia -

1. Sunny is in a Girl's Grp, called SNSD/So Nyuh Shi Dae/Girls Generation.
2. Sunny Is The Queen Of Aegyo.
3. Sunny claims that Taeyeon looks shorter than her because of their body proportions
4. Sunny bunny's height is 158cm (5.2 ft), BUT!!! she revealed her real height was 155cm (5.1 ft)!
5. Sunny is only 2 CM shorter than Taeyeon making Sunny the shortest in the group.
6.. Sunny is a major consumer for HEEL LIFTS!
7. Sunny's real name is call Lee Sun Kyu.
8. She shares the same birthday as her two older sisters and mother!
9. She enjoys playing games, including video games and sports. Along with Hyoyeon she is one of the best long distance runners among SNSD.
10. She has a crush on Daniel Henny and even got a hug from him.
11. She has astigmatism in both eyes
12. Sunny hates her name (Sunkyu) because it is a name more suitable for older generations.
13. SNSD members can't stand Sunny's aegyo. A conclusion has been made that the reason for this is that because they are always with Sunny that they got immune to her Aegyo.
14. Sunny can catch chicken! does not easily get scared of ghost.
15. Sunny has a grade of 97.5 in getting her drivers license.
16. Sunny's home is near to the girls' dorm now.. so whenever she can't sleep, she goes home and sleep there even she has schedule for the next morning.
17. In 2007, she was then recommended by Ayumi Lee, who transferred to SME. After several months of training under SM Entertainment, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls' Generation that same year. She was a co-DJ of ChunJi until the broadcast ended in July 2008.
18. She was the last member to join Girls' Generation. She was often referred to as the "secret trainee" or "SM's secret weapon" but her lack of pictures was due to her short time in the company and her shyness.
19. Sunny and Taeyeon were called "THE SHORT DUO".
20. Sunny and Yuri are the ones who get the choreography wrong most of the time, and often point to each other as being the person who messes up the most.
21. Sunny's sleeping habit is that she mumbles like a puppy but Taeyeon insists that she mumbles like an alien.
22. In horror movie factory, Sunny admitted in the buss (with Lee Bum Soo riding at the front seat SNSD member at the back) that she likes him.
23. Sunny hates red bean paste, so whenever they eat bungobbang (type of bread/cake with red bean in the middle), she only eats the head and the tail (parts without too much red bean paste) and gives the rest to Taeyeon who LOVES red bean paste.
24. SNSD members said that Sunny's aegyo was a reason they wanted to punch her.
25. Sunny takes the fastest shower among SNSD.
26. In We Got Married.. HyungDon thought that his bride was gonna be Sunny.
27. Sunny sticks her tongue when she's angry.
28. Sunny loves sneakers.
29. Sunny appeared in Super Junior-H's music video for "Cooking? Cooking!".
30. Sunny's Favorite Number is 12.
31. Wheesung was Sunny's singing teacher.
32. She doesn't drink soy milk, but loves fruits.
33. Choi Siwon invited Sunny in Oh My Lady.
34. Sunny never had her first kiss.
35. Sunny hides food and keeps chestnuts in her purse.36. Whenever Sunny's home... her mom always has a box of their albums (coming from her mom's friends) prepared for her to sign.
37. In april 2010, Sunny sang the " My doll " Oh! my lady OST.
38. Sunny, fany and Go Ara (an actress with SM) once went over to Karaoke after dinner initially just to kill time to digest the food... in the end it took them 4 hours to come out!
39. Sunny enjoys acting like a model but her legs is too short.
40. When Yuri and Sunny still shared one room, Yuri used to complain about Sunny not being organized with her things.. like her shoes were placed everywhere.
41. Sunny once left a chocolate milk in the room she shared with Yuri for 6 months and while Yuri was asleep, it exploded all over the ceiling.
42. Sunny's favorite song from their album GIRLS' GENERATION was "Ooh La la!"
43. Sunny graduated from Baehwa All Girls High School..
44. Super Junior members started a rumor that Sungmin and Sunny were secretly dating in order to promote their radio show but the rumor did not surface until AFTER the show had ended.
45. Sunny is hakkyo hoobae (school junior) of actress Han Ga In.
46. Among the members, Sunny is the one who loves to use the internet.
47. Sunny's paternal grandparents are currently in the states getting treatment for medical conditions.
48. Sunny is Boom's favorite SNSD member.
49. Yuri was Sunny's first roommate and Taeyeon is her current roommate.
50. According to a drawing analyst Sunny is most like Sooyoung, but ironically they are the shortest and tallest, respectively.
51. Heechul considers himself very close to Sunny and often offers her advice about variety shows.
52. A fortune teller told Sunny that she has a nose that will make her have lots of money. The other girls agreed that Sunny was like a rich mobster who slipped them money to buy her stuff.
53. Sunny makes other members do the Abracadabra dance with her.
54. Sunny's has been nicknamed "Dolphin" among the SNSD members because of her high vocal range.
55. On Invincible Youth Sunny chose Taecyeon (2PM) as her favorite member. BUT on the episode of MBC's Idol Show, Taecyeon chose Sunny as his partner (where he serenaded her with a sappy song and greasy eyes!!! )
56. Sunny refers to herself in the third person when she's is executing her aegyo.
57. Since she makes a lot of puppy noises, Taeyeon often tries to raise her as a puppy!
58. Sunny has a nephew.
59. She wear size 230mm shoes, along with Jessica and HyoYeon.
60. She likes comic books.
61. She really likes to swim.
62. She carries a small notebook with her to write down quotes or meaningful phrases that she likes. On the first page she copied something from a fan letter.
63. When she was little she lived in Inchon.
64. She can't cook very well. She is scared of fire and she can't use a knife well. BUT she can make spicy rice cakes with noodles very well.
65. When SNSD is practicing, Sunny is the member that makes them stay longer.

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