Super Junior : The Last Man Standing

3~Super Junior M

Also known as: SJ-M
Genres: Kpop, Mandapop, Dance, R&B, Electronic
Years active: 2008 - present
Labels: SM Entertainment, Avex, Media Asia
Website: superjunior-m.smtown.com
Members: Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, Zhoumi, Henry, Sungmin, Eunhyuk
Past members: Hangeng

Super Junior-M, often referred to as SJ-M, is the third official subgroup branched off from the Korean band Super Junior.
This subunit was formed in 2008 with Han Geng, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, and two additional members appearing exclusively to the subgroup, Zhou Mi and Henry.
This Chinese-South Korean band is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent.

Although the creation of the subgroup initially created a strife between the group's fans and their management, Super Junior-M went on to become Super Junior's most successful subgroup, and was the idol group with the most endorsement contracts in China.

In the tenth month of 2007, SM Entertainment announced that a new Super Junior subgroup would debut in China in 2008.

Before the official name of the subgroup was released, they were known by the title "Super Junior China".

On April 3, 2008, SM Entertainment announced their official name to be Super Junior-M, with "M" representing the word " Mandarin ".

The "M" can also represent a list of other aspects, such as the first letter of their debut album Me , and also "mi" (Chinese: 迷), the pinyin for "charismatic" and "fan", the latter meaning referring to their desire to connect closer with fans.

On April 4, 2008, the first member of the subgroup, Han Geng, was announced to be the subgroup leader.
On April 5, 2008, Siwon and Donghae were revealed to be the second and third members.
On April 6, 2008, Kyuhyun was announced to be the fourth member, following the new member, Henry, as the fifth.
On April 7, 2008, Ryeowook and another new member, Zhou Mi, were announced to be the final two members.

On the following day after all the members have been officially introduced, Super Junior-M debuted in Beijing at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards.

Simultaneously their first music video, "U" was released on Sohu.com and a trailer of all seven members was released on the same day.
SJ-M's trailer clips exceeded 1.4 million views in less than four days.

The "Me" debut album started to be released in selected provinces of China, starting on April 23, 2008.
The "Me" Korean version was released in South Korea with three bonus Korean-language tracks, on April 30, 2008.
A modified version of the album was released in Hong Kong, Singapore , and Taiwan, on May 2, 2008.

Though a majority of the tracks in the album were Mandarin remakes of Super Junior's previous Korean hits, reviews were generally positive. Hong Kong Cantopop singer, Hins Cheung, critiqued the album favorably, saying that the album contains "international-level music" and that the group is "vocally-talented".

Within 2008 December 27-28, "Super Junior-M Show", SJ-M's first concert was held in Hong Kong.

On September 23, 2009, "Super Girl" mini album, the EP, was released.

The EP's title single " Super Girl " is SJ-M's most critically successful song to date, winning numerous accolades for its composition and performances.

In 2009 December, Hangeng filed for contract termination from SM Entertainment, claiming that the provisions of his contract were unlawful, harsh, and against his rights.

Super Junior-M immediately canceled all of their future activities and performances in China and Taiwan. They returned to Korea to begin preparing for Super Junior's fourth studio album. Han, however, stayed in China and signed under a new management, releasing his debut solo album "Geng Xin" in July 2010.

Although Super Junior-M remained largely inactive for most of 2010, they won several accolades for their super hit, "Super Girl".

In the last month of 2010, after a year of trials, the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Han.
However, SM Entertainment announced that they will file an immediate appeal to reverse the decision.

To fill the now vacant position of the subunit and to start afresh, On February 25, 2011, Eunhyuk and Sungmin joined SJ-M as new members.

"Perfection", second EP was also released together with the new members' arrival.
The album sold 60 000 units in Taiwan alone.
It debuted at #2 on Taiwan's G-music chart, and stayed on the chart for four weeks.

On 29th April 2011, "Perfection", repackaged version was released.

The single debuted at Taiwan's G-music chart at #2, and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks.

In the first weeks of 2011 September, Han and SM Entertainment officially came to a mutual agreement regarding Han's contract, closing the case.

Although Han will not continue his exclusive contract with SM Entertainment, the agency has yet to release an official statement regarding his status in Super Junior and Super Junior-M.

On 27th September 2011, SM Entertainment officially made an announcement about the departure of Hangeng from Super Junior.

On 2012 October 2, the group performed along with Kim Jang-hoon and EXO-M in a special concert to mark the 20th anniversary of South Korea and China's diplomatic ties hosted by Shanghai Media Group, hence resuming their activities in China.

This was followed by official from SM Entertainment confirming that the group are in the planning stages of their comeback with a new album.

The "Break Down", second album was released afterwards, on the 7th of January, 2013.

A press conference took place in Beijing to promote the album in China. They promoted the album in South Korean mutizens for a week as well different Fan Meetings in Asia. The song debuted #1 on the Billboard charts.

On 18th March 2014, the teaser image for the upcoming EP was unveiled.
And on March 21, 2014, "SWING", the third EP was released in China, after one year and three months since their second album 'Break Down'.

2014 March 22, A press conference was held in Beijing, which was broadcast live online and viewed by over a million people.

In the next day, the music video for Swing debuted on Chinese video sites Youku, Weibo, and iQIYI, before being released on YouTube.
In the last day of the same month, the album was released on Korean music sites, such as MelOn, genie, Naver music and more.
They held their first comeback stage on China's CCTV's 'Global Chinese Music List' and continued in Korea, performing on music programs for 2 weeks.

The title song, Swing, is a pop dance song that mixes in both R&B and electro sounds. The album contains six Chinese songs, produced by hit makers Yoo Han Jin, hitchhiker and Henry’s team of composers, NoizeBank, as well as the Korean version of Swing.

Since 2015 the subunit has been on hiatus due to members leaving for mandatory military services.

2015 March 31~
Sungmin left for mandatory military service.

2015 October 13~
Hyukjae left for mandatory military service.

2015 October 15~
Donghae left for mandatory military service.

2015 November 19~
Siwon left for mandatory military service.

2016 October 11~
Ryeowook left for mandatory military service.