Yura (South Korean singer)

Yura
Yura in June 2014
Native name	김아영
Born	Kim Ah-young November 6, 1992 Ulsan, South Korea
Occupation	singer actress
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Dream Tea Entertainment
Associated acts	Girl's Day

Yura
Hangul	김아영
Hanja	金亞瑩
Revised Romanization	Gim A-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim A-yŏng
Stage name
Hangul	유라
Hanja	宥拉
Revised Romanization	Yura
McCune–Reischauer	Yura

Kim Ah-young (Korean: 김아영; born November 6, 1992), better known by her stage name Yura (Korean: 유라), is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is currently a member of the girl group, Girl's Day, under Dream Tea Entertainment.

Early life and education

Kim Ah-young was born on November 6, 1992 in Ulsan, South Korea. She attended Ulsan Art High School as a dance major. Yura is currently attending Dongduk Women's University, alongside fellow group member Minah.^[1]

Career

In 2010, Yura became a member of the K-pop girl group Girl's Day, where she and Lee Hyeri replaced two of the former members, Jiin and Jisun, who left after having been with the group for two months.^[2] Dream Tea promoted Girl's Day before their debut with the creation of an official Fan Café, a YouTube channel, and Twitter accounts for the group and each of its members. The group also conducted a flash mob dance before the debut in the commercial and entertainment districts of Seoul, gaining much interest.

In 2012, Yura made her acting debut through Sohu TV's Chinese drama Secret Angel, where she played the role of Yubin.^[3] She then collaborated with her label-mate Jevice with their single "I Want to Love Now".^[4] Yura also participated as a cameo role of Lee Eun-yeong, who was the fan of Kang Tae-jun in SBS's drama To the Beautiful You. ^[5]

In 2014, Yura starred in the music video of Wheesung's "Night and Day" along with C.A.P of Teen Top.^[6] She then became one of the official couples for the variety show We Got Married, where she was paired with model turned actor Hong Jong-hyun.^[7][8] Additionally, Yura serves as the MC for joint Korean-Chinese audition program 'Super Idol'.

In 2016, Yura was cast as one of the new MCs of Olive Channel's Tasty Road with Kim Min-jung.

Lawsuit

On November 8, 2010, Yura's ex-management company Action Music Entertainment filed an injunction against Yura, stopping her from signing a second contract with Dream Tea Entertainment. They wanted the 4 member girl group's debut to be halt indefinitely until the problem was resolved. In response, representatives of Dream Tea stated Action Music had violated contractual terms; they did not pay for the contract deposit for three weeks, provided insufficient support, deceived Yura with false claims of broadcast activities, and forced her to cover all expenses. Dream Tea also clarified that Yura's parents had completed all of the proper procedures to terminate her contract with Action Music before signing with Dream Tea. The lawsuit was pursued when Action Music insisted that they had a video of Yura's unacceptable behavior. On January 20, 2011, the court ruled in Yura's favor.^[9]

Discography

Year	Title	Album
2010	"I Want to Love Now" (featuring Jevice)	Non-album release

Filmography

Drama

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2010	I Trusted Him		MBC	Cameo
2012	The Secret Angel	Yubin	Sohu	Supporting role
	To the Beautiful You	Lee Eun-young	SBS	Supporting role
2013	Reckless Family 3	Park Yoo-ra	MBC Every1	Main role[10]
	Family	Cameo	KBS2	Special appearances
	The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War 2	Yoo Jung	KBS2	Main role[11]
	The Dramatic	Yu-ra	MBC Every1	Main role[12]
2014	Be Arrogant	Hong Ha-ra	SBS Plus	Main role
2016	After the play ends	Jenny	tvN	Main role

TV show

Year	Title	TV network	Notes
2010	We Are Dating	MBC1	Main role [13]
2012	Family	KBS	Cameo as a character in Woo-bong's fan-fiction novel (Episode 11)[14]
2013	Running Man	SBS	Guest with Minah[15][16]
2014	Infinity Challenge	MBC	Guest for Lunar New Year's Special
	Fashion Killa	OnStyle	Guest
	Quiz to Change the World	MBC	Guest with Sojin[17]
	Eco Village	SBS	Guest[18]
2014-2015	Idol Star Athletics Championships	MBC	Cast
	We Got Married	MBC	Main cast with Hong Jong-hyun (Episodes 91-131)
2015	K-pop Star 4	SBS	MC with Jun Hyun-moo[19]
	Off to School	JTBC	Main cast
	I Live Alone	MBC	Guest
	Escape Crisis No. 1	KBS2	Guest (Episodes 422, 441, 485)[20][21]
	Hello Counselor	KBS2	Guest with Sojin[22]
	Super Idol!	MBC Music & TV Zone	MC[23]
	After School Club	Arirang	Guest
	Quiz to Change the World	MBC	Guest with Sojin[24]
	Weekly Idol	MBC Every1	Guest with Sojin and Minah in Episode 210
	One Fine Day	MBC Music	Main cast
	Running Man	SBS	Guest (Episode 263)[25]
	Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2	KBS2	Guest
2016	My Little Television	MBC	Guest
	Happy Together	KBS	Guest with Hyeri(Episode 444)[26]
	The Return of Superman	KBS2	Morning angel (Episode 125) [27]
	Tasty Road	Olive TV	MC with Kim Min-jung
	Running Man	SBS	Guest (Episode 322)

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Role
2014	"Night and Day"	Wheesung	Lead Female
2015	"On a Rainy Day"	Party Street	Lead Female [28]
	"I Am Korea"	Various Artist [29]	Herself

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Work	Result
2014	MBC Entertainment Awards	Rookie Female Award[30]	We Got Married	Won
2015	2015 Cable TV Broadcast Awards	Popularity Award[31]	Dodohara	Won

References

1. "http://www.allkpop.com/article/2011/02/girls-days-yura-accepted-into-dongduk-womens-university Girl's Day Yura accepted into Dongduk Women's University/". Allkpop. February 2, 2011. External link in |title= (help);
2. "Girl's Day reveals its two new members!". Allkpop. September 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
3. "Girl's Day Yura to join Jang Woo Hyuk in Chinese drama 'Secret Angel'". Allkpop. March 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
4. "Jevice to make their debut through 'Music Core' with "I Want to Love Now"". Allkpop. August 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
5. "Girl's Day Yura joins the cast of 'To the Beautiful You'". Allkpop. August 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
6. "Wheesung releases MV teaser for 'Night and Day' featuring TEEN TOP's C.A.P and Girl's Day's Yura". Allkpop. May 9, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
7. "Girl's Day's Yura and Hong Jong Hyun reported to be next couple to join We Got Married & DreamT confirmation!". Allkpop. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
8. "Hong Jong-hyun Meets Yura's Parents on We Got Married". Allkpop. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
9. "DreamTea Entertainment responds to Girl's Day Yura's lawsuit". Allkpop. November 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
10. Yoon, Ji-Baek (August 10, 2013). "'무작정 패밀리 시즌3' 빵빵 터지는 가족들이 몰려온다… 오늘 첫 방송". SportsWorldi. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
11. Kim, Seong-Hui (September 14, 2013). "아이돌 '사랑과 전쟁2', 유라·장수원 포옹재회". StarNews. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
12. Lee, Seung-Gil (August 22, 2013). "Girl's Day Appearance in The Drama "The Dramatic"... Taking on the Challenge of Horror Acting". StarNews. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
13. ""We Are Dating" - Episode 1: Girl's Day and U-KISS meet". Allkpop. December 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
14. Kwon, Hye-rim (July 17, 2013). "Girl's Day Yura Cast in 'Recklessly family 3'". Joynews. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
15. Jang, Ji-hye (October 7, 2013). "런닝맨' 김우빈 민아 의외 친분? '반갑다 친구야'". Newsen. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
16. Baek, Gwi-im (September 8, 2013). "Yoo Jaesuk, Minah, and Yura in Running man, 'No. 1 Record in Blob Jump... 7m40'". TVReport. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
17. Kim, Mun-Jeong (July 28, 2014). "'Girl's Day Yura, Reason Abandoned Art' Why?". TVReport. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
18. Kim, Yun-ji (December 4, 2014). "혜리·유라·소진, '즐거운가' 출연…민아 지원사격". OSEN. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
19. "Girl's Day's Yura to Co-Host "K-Pop Star 4" Alongside Jeon Hyun Moo". Soompi. March 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
20. Kim, Ye-na (January 27, 2014). "Escape The crisis Number One, 'Girl's Day Yura "I Though of Manager's Drowsiness."". TVReport. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
21. Baek, Jeong-hui (June 1, 2015). "'위기탈출 넘버원' 유라, 사장님 추천으로 5억 짜리 다리 보험든 사연은?'". AsiaToday. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
22. Jang, Hyeon-Ho (July 10, 2014). "'안녕하세요' 걸스데이 소진-유라 '링마벨' 댄스 첫 선". SisaFocus. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
23. Kim, Seung-Hyun (July 10, 2015). ""Girl's Day Yura becomes assistant MC for "Super Idol MC""". XportsNews. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
24. Kim, Ah-Rheum (August 1, 2015). ""Girl's Day Yura shows outrageous four-dimensional outrageous charm explosion, "Nagasaki Waterfall""". Newsway. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
25. "Park Seo Joon, Yura, and Lee Dong Wook film for 'Running Man' | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2015-08-18.
26. http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/happytogether3/behind/album/index.html?bbs_pr=/mode:2/seq:10657
27. http://www.soompi.com/2016/04/11/seo-eon-and-seo-jun-fall-head-over-heels-for-girls-days-yura-on-the-return-of-superman/
28. "Girl's Day Yura to Star in Music Video with Model Hong Yoon Jae". Soompi. February 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
29. "I am the Republic of Korea MV! EXO and Girl's Day under Lee Seung Chul, a whopping 40 different artists!". SportsWorldi. May 16, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
30. Kim, Ji-yeon (December 29, 2014). "Girl's Day Yura & Hyeri Won Rookie of The Year". TVDaily. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
31. Lee, Seon-hwa (March 13, 2015). "'케이블TV 시상식' 유라, "'도도하라' 찍으면서 정말 행복했다"". TVReport. Retrieved 2015-03-15.

External links

• Yura on Twitter
  
• Yura at the Internet Movie Database
• Yura at HanCinema