Choa
| Park Cho-a | |
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Choa in June 2016.
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| Native name | 박초아 |
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Park Cho-a March 6, 1990 Incheon, South Korea |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | FNC Entertainment |
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| Hangul | 박초아 |
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| Revised Romanization | Bak Cho-a |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Ch'oa |
Park Cho-a (born March 6, 1990), better known by the mononym Choa, is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She is best known as the former main vocalist of the girl group AOA, which debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment. She was an MC in the variety show We Got Married.
Choa was born on March 6, 1990, in Incheon, South Korea. She wanted to major in music at university but her conservative father wanted her to get a normal job, so she enrolled in Aviation Business Administration in Inha Technical College. She also worked as an IPTV salesperson, where she secretly auditioned to be an idol, failing the audition at S.M. Entertainment 15 times.
Her first step in becoming an idol was when she met Juniel and was told by her about FNC's auditions for their girl group, AOA.
On July 30, 2012, Choa made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story.
On June 22, 2017, Choa announced that she would be leaving AOA due to depression and insomnia. She stated that she had tried using medication to help, however, there was no improvement in her mental health. This followed after Choa had a hiatus from the group following their activities from January 2017 when they released their first studio album Angel's Knock. Her departure from AOA was officially confirmed by FNC Entertainment on June 30, 2017.
On June 12, 2013, it was announced that Choa would play the female lead, Gabriella, in the musical High School Musical. Her agency, FNC Entertainment, revealed photos of Choa practising the duet song, "Start of Something New". Choa said that she wanted to portray Gabriella as sincerely as she could. The musical ran from July 2 to September 1 at Seoul's Blue Square Samsung Card Hall.
On March 16, 2014, Choa released a solo OST for TV Chosun's TV series Bride of the Century.
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