Kim Hyun-Joong
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| Birth name | 김현중 (金賢重) |
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June 6, 1986 Seoul, South Korea |
| Origin | South Korea |
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| Years active | 2005–2015 (on hiatus due to military service) |
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| Associated acts | SS501 |
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Official Website  Kim Hyun-Joong's signature |
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| Revised Romanization | Gim Hyeon-jung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hyŏn-chung |
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Kim Hyun-Joong (Hangul: 김현중; Hanja: 金賢重; born June 6, 1986) is a South Korean entertainer, actor, singer, dancer, and the leader and main rapper of boyband SS501.
Kim is well known for his role as Yoon Ji-hoo in the 2009 Korean drama Boys Over Flowers, and as Baek Seung-jo in Playful Kiss, for which he received the Popularity Awards at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards for the former and at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2009 for the latter.
With the expiration of the contract, Kim left DSP Media, who managed him as part of SS501 and joined KeyEast in 2010. He debuted as a solo artist with his Korean mini albums Break Down and Lucky in 2011. He is a member of the charity football team FC MEN as well as a style icon in Korea, having won several icon awards. He is also dubbed one of South Korea's Hallyu stars, representative of South Korea's top entertainers.
He enlisted in the army for South Korea's mandatory military service on May 12, 2015 as a border patrol. He will be officially discharged on February 11, 2017.
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