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Birth Name: Kim Hae Jin

Stage Name: Jin

Nicknames:

Hae Jin is called “Sun” by her family members because Hae means sun in Korean and because as a child, she was always very bright, cheerful, and smiling, and made people next to her feel very warm.

Hae Jin is called “Hello Kitty” by her family members because when she was young, she constantly copied Hello Kitty and had a bow on her head because she thought she looked adorable.

Hae Jin is called “Rebel” by her fellow labelmates and by fans because of her rocker-like vocals, which contrasts to the normal soft and soothing female voice. She is also called this because Hae Jin is famous in the modeling world for rocking the heavy-eyeliner and messy hair rocker look.

Known For: Catwalk Modeling, Rocker Vocals

D.O.B: December 12, 1987

Age: 24

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: Korean

Height & Weight: 172 cm, 50 kg (Healthy model ^^)

Appearance: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Celebrity/Model/Ulzzang's Name: Grace

Personality:

Rational and responsible. Her judgments are rather objective and based more on her perception and logic rather than emotions. She’s been that way since she was born. She’s doesn’t let her feelings or beliefs get in the way of doing what she believes is right. The good side about this is that Hae Jin is always organized and learns things extremely quickly. It also makes her an incredibly dependable person who is able to help others by pointing them in the right direction. She is a wonderful listener and great at giving advice. The down side of always being so organized, rational, and responsible is that often times; she gets her priorities mixed up. She sometimes disrespects or disregards the feelings of those close to her because she is so busy fulfilling her “duties”. Because of this, Hae Jin has a hard time maintaining close personal relationships with people she truly cares about. This personality trait allows her to succeed in terms of a career, but it gives her a lot of regrets when it comes to friends, family, and relationships because she never follows her feelings and confesses or allows herself to have fun.

Totally different when practicing/on stage or when off stage. When practicing or on stage, Hae Jin is extremely strict and can be honest to the point where it may hurt someone’s feelings.  She’s hard-working and ambitious and although she will willingly stay up all night to help someone improve, she will also be the first one to harshly point out one’s mistakes and scold someone during practice. The positive side of this is that this allows her to be extremely charismatic on stage and always allows her and those around her to learn and grow quickly. She’s also very open to receiving criticism herself since she understands that the point is to help her improve. The negative side to this is, as you might imagine, group fights. Off stage or when she doesn’t have to be in leader-mode, Hae Jin is always bright and cheerful, as well as slightly childish. That’s why her nickname as a child is “Sun”. She naturally loves to smile and laugh (doesn’t everyone? :D) and enjoys being around people. She loves to watch and listen to people as much as she loves to perform and although she isn’t very talkative, she’s just very bright. She isn’t a mood-setter, isn’t the center of attention, doesn’t attract a crowd to her, but she warms the people right next to her and allows them to open up and talk to her freely and smile, carefree. Contrary to what you might think, she is also attracted to things like stuffed animals and fuzzy socks.      

Confident. Maybe it’s because she is so hard-working, but Hae Jin is always confident. Confident when she is challenged, and confident when she is introducing herself. First meetings for her are never awkward and she is very easy to get along with even if you have just met her. Her goal as a leader would be to give others this same confidence anytime, anywhere.

 

 

Trainee History:

When Hae Jin was 17, just graduated from high school, Hae Jin was scouted by SM Entertainment for her looks while she posed as an extra while visiting Song Joong Ki during one of his movies. One of the actresses in that movie was an SM actress, and the SM agent asked Hae Jin to audition. Hae Jin, who had never dreamed of being an idol or model, but had always wanted to be a singer and composer, was a choir and music composition student at her school. She auditioned in freestyle modeling and sung “Someone Like You” by Adele. Hae Jin trained for one year total to debut as a magazine and catwalk model. Hae Jin trained for five more years after she expressed her desire to debut as a musician/idol. Hae Jin had to learn everything, including the basics, of dance and rap. Hae Jin also further developed her vocals and composition skill, studying instruments and lyrics as well. She gained the skills of writing lyrics and playing the guitar and piano during those five years. She also continued to model during these years.

Hae Jin had an easy first three years because her modeling has brought her to the top of the agency. But during her fourth year of training, Hae Jin began to struggle with the stress of balancing her modeling and her musical raining. She had to fight hard to convince SM to allow her to pursue both, instead of just pushing forward in modeling. SM really had no faith in her musical talents until the end of her fifth year, when she showed them her new dance and rap self. After one more year of training to develop herself, SM was convinced by her hard work and ambition and she was put into this girl group. :]

Group Position: 1, 6, 7, 4, 3
Singing Voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVQO5bC-BGw (You’ll see what I mean by rocker ^^)

Likes:

1. Stuffed Animals [what girl doesn’t?]

2. Scarves [they make her feel warm and fuzzy]

3. Wearing boys’ shirts [during dorm and practice because they’re so comfy]

4. Traveling [Loves to visit new places]

5. Cold Weather [Favorite weather is misty mornings]

6. Fruits [She’ll secretly steal dorm member’s fruits in the refrigerator if she runs out on her own. She eats a ton of fruits.]

7. Fashion/ Dressing Up [Loves doing other people’s makeup or helping them dress up]

8. Big Fat Headphones [They block out other sound and help her to focus]

9. Classical music/ Acoustic versions of pop songs

Dislikes:

1.People who do things half-heartedly

2. Messiness and Sickness

3. Junk Food (Makes her feel sick if she eats even a little)

4.Crowded Places (Slight claustrophobic)

5. Hot Weather or Sunny Days (Sunshine annoys her)

6.False/Overuse of Aegyo

7.People who stereotype others constantly

8.People who are overtly or obnoxiously competitive and arrogant about their skills

9.Korean dramas (Plot lines are always the same)

Hobbies:

1. Composing and performing acoustic versions of pop songs

2. Modeling (Catwalk & Photoshoot)

3. Sports [Volleyball & Swimming]

4. Trying to learn break dance and jazz dance

5. Internet Shopping X)

Habits:

1. Has to hug something when sleeping

2. If it’s really hot, she’ll sleep outside

3. She’s a really light sleeper and it takes her a long time to fall asleep

4. Sometimes sleep-talks, and it’s usually saturi XD

5. When nervous, she prays to herself

Family:

Mother: Kim Hae Sun: 54: Extremely perceptive of people’s emotions. Caring, forgiving, and understanding. An extremely wise woman who is Hae Jin’s emotional support. She is the one who often reminds Hae Jin that her career is not everything and that Hae Jin’s ultimate goal should just be to be happy. Her profession is being an artist.

Father: Kim Tae Hyun: 56: Stern, strict, hot-tempered, and believes only in being the best and everyday practice. Loving and supportive, but unforgiving. Hae Jin learned her organized and orderly habits from her father. His job is an international lawyer.

Brother: Kim Jae Shin: 27: Although good-looking, charismatic, and often cold to the majority of his acquaintances, to his younger sister, Shin is extremely playful and teases her about everything all the time. He is proud of his sister and often sends her aegyo-filled texts before her concerts. Protective of his sister and calls her whenever he sees her on television wearing too short of shorts. Kim Jae Shin is a professional soccer player for South Korea.

Cousin: Song Joong Ki: 26: Jae Shin, Hae Jin, and Joong Ki grew up playing together. Cousins who are extremely supportive and affection of each other. Very kind to each other and can talk about anything with each other.  A lot of natural skinship- hugs and holding hands. They are incredibly close friends, and always spoil each other as much as they can.  

Friend(s):

Best Friends:

1. Jay Park [Hae Jin and Jay Park were close friends ever since they were on the same variety show together. Hae Jin was also one of Jay’s main supporters when Jay had to go through the 2pm break-up. They remained close friends and Hae Jin visits him whenever he is in Korea for music or whenever she is in America for fashion. Very much like a brother-sister relationship.]

2. Park Bom of 2NE1 [They truly admire each other’s voices and always support each other, although they also view each other as rivals, in a sense. When they’re together, they love to talk about boys, fashion, or just Internet Shop together. XD]               

3.  Bi Rain [Are extremely playful with each other , always pulling pranks and saying embarrassing things about each other in public. Rain knew Hae Jin when she first started out as a trainee.]

Friends:

1. BoA [Was Hae Jin’s first dance mentor.]

2. Kim Sunggyu of Infinite [Both have the same leader-attitude when it comes to their groups, so they bond easily.]

3. Tablo of Epik High [Hae Jin admires Tablo and Tablo is the first one who really made her feel rap. Tablo admires her love of music as well and both help each other with composition and lyrics.]

4. Yesung of Super Junior [Both have the same weird sense of humor. Yesung is attracted to how bright she is and she is attracted to how dark he seems, but how much natural aegyo he has.]

Partner: Yunho of DBSK (age 26)

Previous Relationship(s):

1. Se7en | Met each other at a photoshoot. | Broke up after a year because they just weren’t feeling the spark anymore, but they are still wonderful friends. | This was never released to the public. | This was when Hae Jin was 17-18.

2. Yunho of DBSK | Hae Jin was hired as a back-up dancer for DBSK and then became the main girl in the MV they were shooting. Although Yunho was extremely cold the first few times, as Hae Jin kept running into him, they naturally just began to talk more and more. This developed into a strong friendship that eventually blossomed into feelings. They began dating and were extremely steady until the whole DBSK break-up. Throughout the break-up, Hae Jin was with Yunho, but Yunho decided to break up with her to focus on his group and career even though he still liked her. Furthermore, the SM President found out about their relationship around this time and banned them from contacting each other. Hae Jin was extremely hurt by the whole affair and avoids Yunho as much as she possibly can. Hae Jin is extremely hesitant to date after this. This was Hae Jin’s most serious and heartfelt relationship and it ended extremely badly. | This was when Hae Jin was 18-21. 

3. Heechul of Super Junior | Met each other when Hae Jin first became a trainee and it was Heechul’s last year of training. Started dating after a few years and continued seeing each other until Heechul debuted as Super Junior and had a contract that banned them from dating. | Heechul did break up with her but apologized several times on public broadcasts to Hae Jin (without actually saying her name) and promised to work hard. | Although Hae Jin requested that Heechul stay away from her, they both often hang out now that Heechul has to leave for the army in a bit. This was when Hae Jin was 23-24.

Scandals:

1. Hae Jin, Modeling Queen, Got Into SM because of her cousin, Song Joong Ki? It has recently been reported that Hae Jin, a Korean supermodel under SM Entertainment, got into SM not because of her own merit, but because her cousin is Song Joong Ki. Rumor is that Hae Jin got in through family connections and did plastic surgery to attain such a beautiful face. Hae Jin released a statement through her company in response, stating that, “Saying that someone’s hard-earned skill is just pure luck is disrespectful and ignorant. Although family connections are advantageous in the entertainment industry, they are only one percent of what is needed to survive and succeed in this industry. I wish people would respect my hard work and dedication throughout the years, instead of degrading it to a family cousin and plastic surgery. I have never undergone plastic surgery, and signed with SM Entertainment because SM Entertainment recruited me. I did not smuggle into my cousin’s Entertainment or beg him for help to have me recruited. If I had, I would have been at a different agency since my cousin isn’t under SM Entertainment. Please stop making false accusations before they seriously hurt someone, unless you plan on taking responsibility for your words and showing up in court with a defense attorney. (June 2007)

2. Is Hae Jin responsible for DBSK’s break-up? Hae Jin has often been seen going in and out of the DBSK’s dorms. While this has been occuring for quite a while, both DBSK members and Hae Jin all say that they are strictly a “friendship” only. However, on a recent talk show where Hae Jin was being interviewed about her catwalk, a fan suddenly screamed from the crowd, “You broke up DBSK, huh, you bi*%^!?” Startled, Hae Jin looked on the verge of tears, which only seemed to confirm the truth. She never released a statement. (December 2009)

3. Hae Jin and Heechul dating? Hae Jin and Heechul were spotted at a movie theater together. Although the two never held hands or hugged, it was suspicious that the two of them were out alone. Are the two dating? Neither side released a statement to this claim. (March 2011)

Past Experience(s):

1. Walked the Catwalks/ Posed in Magazines for: Polo Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Chanel, Prada, Alexander McQueen, Benetton, Korean Vogue, Korean Elle, Seoul Fashion.

2. Helped to Compose and Write SHINee’s “Hello” and “Lucifer”

3. Back-Up Dancer/Vocalist for BoA’s Japanese tour

4. Featured in SHINee’s “Noona’s So Pretty” MV

5. Back-Up Dancer/Vocalist for Bi Rain’s Seoul Concert

6. Played the role of an extra in Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Boys Over Flowers, and Flower Boy Band: Shut Up!

Trivia:

1. Hae Jin has never been sick since the age of eleven.

2. Hae Jin has synesthesia, which is where she sees color with music. Whenever she reads or composes music notes or lyrics, she often sees them in a color. Usually, the color depends on the pitch of the music. For example, the higher notes may be red while the lower notes are a more neutral gray. This is a part of why she loves composing. For her, it’s like arranging colors to make pretty patterns.

3. Hae Jin has a photographic memory. It takes her twenty seconds to memorize a full page or a view or frame.

4. Hae Jin’s favorite colors are: Glitter Black, Glitter White, and Baby Blue.

5. In high school, Hae Jin was a four-time varsity volleyball player, and Captain for two years. She played the spiker and was called “Ace”.

6. She always signs in silver or gold Sharpie.

7. She won a National Lyrics and Composition Contest in eleventh grade.