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Name : Lee Jinki

Stage Name : Onew, or Leader Onew

Nickname : Dubu (Tofu), Leader-shii, Leader, Ondubu, Appa, etc.

Birthday : 12/14/89 (19 years old, 20 years old by Korean standards)

Position : Leader, Main Vocalist

Discovery : 2006 SM Academy Casting

Solo Activities : Collaboration with Lee Hyun Ji in one of her songs, Vanilla Love; Recorded duet with Jessica of SNSD (One Year Later) for SNSD’s third mini-album, ‘Genie’.

Commonly Known For: ‘Onew Sangtae’ or ‘Onew Condition’ which refers to his knack for making random comments, being random and clumsy, etc.; soft and sweet personality and vocals (thus the nickname ‘Dubu’); known as ‘Husband’ (read below for explanation in Key’s description)

Name : Kim Jonghyun

Stage Name : Jonghyun, or Bling Bling Jonghyun

Nickname : Bling Bling, Bling, Ma Bling, JJong, Puppy JJong, etc.

Birthday : 4/8/90 (19 years old, 20 years old by Korean standards)

Position : Lead Vocalist

Discovery : 2005 SM Casting System

Solo Activities : Predebut, Sang duet with Zhang Liyin in Wrongly Given Love

Commonly Known For: Cheerful, sensitive personality; ‘gangsta’ style; impressive vocals and vocal range

Name : Kim Kibum

Stage Name : Key, or Almighty Key

Nickname : Key, KimKey, Almighty Key, Key Umma, etc.

Birthday : 9/23/91 (17 years old, 18 years old by Korean standards)

Position : Rapper, Vocalist

Discovery : 2005 SM National Tour Audition Casting

Solo Activities: Predebut, appearance as extra in Super Junior’s movie The Pin-up Boys; Rapped for Xiah Junsu’s XIAHTIn and also of the Wonder Boys version 2 (refer to Taemin’s solo activities for more details).

Commonly Known For: Umma-like (literally, mom-like) personality (Onew is known as the ‘husband (thus, dad or appa)’ and Taemin is regarded as the ‘adeul (son)’); good, unaccented English; ‘sexy’ stage presence; interest in fashion; powerful dancing

Name: Choi Minho

Stage Name : Minho, or Flaming Charisma Minho

Nickname: Flaming Charisma, Bulkot Charisma, etc.

Birthday : 12/9/91 (17 years old, 18 years old by Korean standards)

Position: Rapper, Sub-vocalist

Discovery : 2006 SM Casting System

Solo Activities: Appearance in SNSD’s music video, Gee; modeled in Andre Kim’s fashion show; predebut, modeled in Ha Sang Baek’s fashion show (Ha Sang Baek is also SHINee’s designer and the creator of their style)

Commonly Known For : Modeling and acting; quiet, deep, thoughtful, caring personality; large ‘doe eyes’; tallest among SHINee members; most athletic

Name: Lee Taemin

Stage Name: Taemin, or Youngest Taemin

Nickname: Maknae (literally means youngest), Taem, Adeul (Son; read above for explanation in Key’s description) etc.

Birthday: 7/18/93 (16 years old, 17 years old by Korean standards)

Position: Lead Dancer, Sub-vocalist, Sub-rapper

Discovery: 2005 SM Open Weekend Audition Casting

Solo Activities: Participated in SMTOWN (’08) LIVE’s Dance Battle, SBS Gayo Daejun’s Dance Battle; member of the Wonder Boys (parody of —->Wonder Girls), (a group including Super Junior’s Shindong and Sungmin, Big Bang’s Seungri, and 2AM’s Jo Kwon) which is an idol boy group that parodies popular girl group songs. Wonder Boys have performed twice so far, once in a special performance for Mnet in the summer of ’08 (performing Wonder Girls’ So Hot and SNSD’s Girls Generation) and the second time for a special performance at ’08 SBS Gayo Daejun (performing Wonder Girls’ Nobody and SNSD’s Kissing You). Another project boy group was formed, consisting of members from SuJu, 2PM, 2AM and SHINee, and they performed SNSD’s Gee on 6/26/09. Again, Wonder Boys version 2, consisting of 2PM’s Taecyeon and Wooyoung, MC Mong, Key, and Taemin, performed SNSD’s Tell Me Your Wish on 8/9/09; acting debut as Junsu in the sitcom TaeHee, HyeGyo, JiHyun.

Commonly Known For: Cuteness (aegyo); being the youngest; clean, innocent, friendly, polite personality; impressive dancing skills; known as the ‘adeul’ or son