Supernova (South Korean group)

Supernova (Hangul: 슈퍼노바; stylized as SUPERNOVA) is a six-member Korean Pop boy band. Its members are Yunhak, Sungje, Sungmo, Kwangsu, Jihyuk and Geonil. They debuted through the M.net M! PICK season 6 in 2007 and belong to Korean record company Core Contents Media. From 2007 to 2018 they were known in Korean as Choshinsung and in Japanese as Choshinsei.

Supernova
Also known as	Choshinsung Choshinsei
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop J-pop
Years active	2007 (2007)–present
Labels	SV Records Maroo Entertainment Universal J Mnet Media
Members	Jung Yunhak Kim Sungje Kim Kwangsu Song Jihyuk Park Geonil
Past member(s)	Yoon Sungmo
Website	Official website

Supernova
Chinese name
Chinese	超新星
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chāoxīnxīng
Korean name
Hangul	초신성
Hanja	超新星
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Chosinseong McCune–Reischauer Ch'osinsŏng
Japanese name
Kanji	超新星
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Chōshinsei

At first, Choshinsung was a five-member boy band but it was turned to a six-member through many times of changing their members. For this reason, they had to put their debut on after 1 year and recorded their album again. Before the debut all of members participated in commercial movies and other singer’s music videos. Then, they debuted through M.net M! PICK which is a TV program of picking up new faces for making Korean entertainers in August 2nd, 2007.

Members

Name			Stage Name	Date of birth	Height	Position
Romanized	Birth Name	Katakana
Yoonhak	정윤학	ユナク	Spica Yoonhak	(1984-12-02) December 2, 1984	181 cm	Leader, vocalist
Sungje	김성제	ソンジェ	Sirius Sungje	(1986-11-17) November 17, 1986	184 cm	Main vocalist, main dancer
Kwangsoo	김광수	グァンス	Becrux Kwangsoo	(1987-04-02) April 2, 1987	182 cm	Lead rapper
Sungmo	윤성모	ソンモ	Vega Sungmo	(1987-06-15) June 15, 1987	180 cm	Lead vocalist
Jihyuk	송헌용	ジヒョク	Acrux Jihyuk	(1987-07-13) July 13, 1987	185 cm	Rapper, vocalist, dancer
Geonil	박건일	ゴニル	Canopus Geonil	(1987-11-05) November 5, 1987	187 cm	Main rapper

Drama

Japan

• Choshinsung – 2010 君にラヴソングを (Kimi ni Love Song wo)
• Choshinsung – 2011 僕たちのアフタースクール (Bokutachi After☆School)
• Yoonhak – 2010 恋するキムチ (Love Kimchi)

Korea

• Choshinsung – 2011 SBS 싸인 (SIGN)
• Geonil – 2003 상두야,학교가자! (Sang Doo, Let's Go To School)
• Geonil – 2004 사랑을 할꺼야 (Love is All Around)
• Geonil – 2009 혼 （魂） (Soul)
• Geonil – 2011 근초고왕 (King Geunchogo)
• Geonil – 2012 아모레미오 (Amore Mio)
• Kwangsoo – 2011 레알스쿨 (Real School) Sitcom
• Jihyuk – 2011 총각네 야채가게 (Bachelor's Vegetable Store)
• Sungje, Kwangsoo – 2012 일년에 열두 남자 (Twelve Men in a Year)

Music videos

Starring	Music videos
Yoonhak	2007 행복합니다 (I'm Happy) – FT Island 2007 결혼할까요 (Let's Get Married) – Seeya
Sungje	2006 The Day – Seeya & Brown Eyed Girls 2006 정 （情） (Sentiment) – Seeya & Brown Eyed Girls 2007 사랑앓이 (Lovesick) – FT Island 2009 사랑의 배터리 (Love Battery) – Hong Ji Young 2011 아파 아이야 (It Hurts) – Yangpa
Kwangsoo	2001 Sweet Love – Sugar 2006 The Day – Seeya & Brown Eyed Girls 2006 정 （情） (Sentiment) – Seeya & Brown Eyed Girls 2007 사랑앓이 (Lovesick) – FT Island 2009 My Man – Davichi 2010 Don't Worry – G20 (Thailand Girl Group)
Sungmo	2010 Don't Worry – G20 (Thailand Girl Group)
Jihyuk	2006 그저 바라볼 수만 있어도 (Even If I Could See You) – SG Wannabe 2007 사랑앓이 (Lovesick) – FT Island 2007 결혼할까요 (Let's Get Married) – Seeya
Geonil	2006 미친 사랑의 노래 (Crazy Love Song) – Seeya 2007 사랑앓이 (Lovesick) – FT Island 2009 여성시대 (Women Generation) / 영원한 사랑 (Forever Love) – Seeya, Davichi & Jiyeon T-ara 2009 TTL (Time To Love) – T-ara 2010 Don't Worry – G20 (Thailand Girl Group)

Albums

Korea

• 1집 The Beautiful Stardust (2007)
• 미니앨범 Time To Shine (2010)

Japan

• 1st hana (2009)
• 2nd ★★★★★★ (2010)
• 3rd Hop Step Jumping！(2010)
• 4th 4U (2011)

Awards

• Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Ting's Choice Artist award <TTL> (2009)

Other websites

• Mnet Media Official Site Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Choshinsung Korea Official Site Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• Choshinsung Japan Official Site Archived 2018-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• Cho Shin Sung Indonesia Supporter Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Supernova Indonesia Fanbase Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (in English and Indonesian)