Narsha

Narsha
Native name	박효진
Born	Park Hyo-jin December 28, 1981[1] Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	singer actress
Years active	2006–present
Spouse(s)	Hwang Tae-Kyung (m. 2016)
Musical career
Genres	R&B Pop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	APOP Entertainment
Associated acts	Brown Eyed Girls
Signature

Narsha
Hangul	박효진
Hanja	朴效真
Revised Romanization	Bak Hyo-jin
McCune–Reischauer	Park Hyo-jin
Stage name
Hangul	나르샤
Revised Romanization	Nareusya
McCune–Reischauer	Narŭsya

Park Hyo-jin (born December 28, 1981), better known by her stage name Narsha, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. Her stage name, Narsha, is derived from the term na-reu-sha, which means 'to fly up' in Middle Korean.^[2]

Career

Brown Eyed Girls

She became a member of Brown Eyed Girls after a suggestion by JeA, who had been her friend since their high-school years.^[2] The four members held several small size concerts, and was actually known as "Crescendo" before officially debuting as "Brown Eyed Girls".^[3] After more than 3 years of training in singing and holding several small size concerts, the Brown Eyed Girls released their debut album Your Story in South Korea in February 2006, with the ballad track, "Come Closer" as their single.

M&N

After Brown Eyed Girls' Kill Bill activities in 2013, the first BEG unit was announced. Miryo and Narsha formed M&N. The original name was '언니둘' (Two Unnies) and it was suggested that if JeA were to join them, they would switch their name to '언니들' (The Unnies).

M&N is introduced as a hip hop group as both Miryo and Narsha are avid fans of the Hip Hop genre, however their first digital single falls under the easy listening genre. The group has released a digital single named "Tonight" in both Korean and English without any promotions done.

Solo activities

Narsha at the press conference of musical The Memory

Entertainer

During 2009, her popularity began to increase after she started appearing on many entertainment programs, including Heroes and Invincible Youth, on which she gained the nickname "Adult-dol" . She became a DJ on Pump up the Volume on KBS Cool FM, from 8 PM until 10 PM but due to Brown Eyed Girls' overseas promotions Narsha decided to leave the show, with her last broadcast on Dec. 28, 2010.^[4] She made her debut as an MC through OnStyle‘s fashion program, Style Show Fiㄹ on June 16, 2011.^[5] Narsha made her acting debut through MBC's drama series Lights and Shadows playing the role of Hye Bin, a singer aspirant and followed by Ohlala Couple as Moosan the goddess of love.^[6] In 2012, she also provided the voice for the main antagonist 'The White Wolf' in the Korean version of Christmas movie "Niko: Santa Air Wing's Adventure". She has also made a name as a smartphone director as well as a musical actress.

Solo artist

Narsha announced her intention to make her solo debut in early 2010. Her first solo single, "I'm In Love", was released digitally on July 1, 2010, as a preview for her upcoming album. Her first solo studio album, the eponymous NARSHA, was released on July 8, 2010. The title song Bbi Ri Bba Bba charted on Gaon's Top 100 digital sales, most streamed and downloaded songs for 2010.^[7] The album contained a preview for "Mamma Mia", a collaboration with, at the time, fellow Nega Network group Sunny Hill, which was released fully on August 20. The album was also worked on by many composers who had contributed musically to Brown Eyed Girls' third album, Sound-G.

She was then featured on fellow member Miryo's track "Leggo", taken from her 2012 debut EP. The two later formed a duo called "M&N" and had already released a single, titled "Tonight" in 2013. Aside from this, she also lend her vocals for some drama's soundtrack. Narsha also appeared as a fixed member for the cast of Immortal Songs 2, however due to her musical schedules she had to leave the show at the end of 2013.

Variety shows

Narsha has established for herself a name in the variety industry and has earned praises from notable MCs. She has been guesting on many variety shows but only notable shows and ones where she's a fixed member is being listed.

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2009 - 2010	Invincible Youth	KBS2	Fixed cast
2010	Waving The Korean Flag	SBS	Fixed Cast. South Africa FIFA World Cup Show.
2009-2010	Star Golden Bell	KBS	Regular cast
2009-2010	Intimate Note	SBS	Fixed Cast for Season 3
2010 - 2011	Heroes	SBS	Fixed Cast
2010, 2014	Happy Together	KBS	Guest with Gain [Ep. 136], Guest with Jackie Chan Super Junior Siwon [Ep. 353]
2011	Idol Brain Competition Special (Lunar New Year Special)	KBS	Guest
2011	Style Show Fiㄹ	Onstyle	MC
2012	SNL Korea	tvN	Host of the December 15 episode, with JeA, Miryo and Gain
2013 - 2014	Immortal Songs 2	KBS	Known for a being a singer that have shown many different types of performances and have earned high praises.
2014	Celebrity Lives in Our House	MBC every1	Celebrity for the 1st and 2nd episode of the show. The show changes celebrity every now and then.
2013	Infinity Challenge	MBC	Guest for episode 361, 362 for the program's Christmas special 'Introducing Lonely Friends'.
2014–present	SNL Korea	tvN	Fixed crew for Season 5, 6
2014	Running Man	SBS	Guest [Ep. 198], [Ep. 221]
2015	Some Guy Some Girl	SBS	Cast
	Match Made In Heaven	MBC every1	Cast
	Hello Counselor	KBS	Guest, Ep. 249 (with Brown Eyed Girls)

Television drama

Year	Title	Network	Role
2012	Lights and Shadows	MBC	Lee Hye-bin/Lee Jung-ja
2012	Ohlala Couple	KBS2	Moosan Goddess
2013	Pure Love	KBS2	Ha Soo Bin zul (ep 7 cameo)
2014	There Is A Blue Bird: Cinderella Syndrome	TV Chosun	Shin-ae
2014	The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War	KBS2	Hyun-jin (20s Special "Wife Is the Boss")
2014	Emergency Couple	tvN	Female patient (cameo, episode 19)
2014	Witch's Romance	tvN	Shaman (guest, episodes 1-4)
2014	MBC Drama Festival: 4Teen	MBC	Sunglasses lady
2015	Save the Family	KBS1	Jung Hee-jin

Movies

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
2011	The Guest Who Did Not Receive the Invitation	Smartphone Movie	Director	Received the Special Award in the 1st International Olleh Smartphone Film Festival
2012	Nico 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure	Animation	White Wolf Dubbing
2013	Bug	Smartphone Movie	Director. Screenplay. Writer. (Movie plot is reality story based on the hardships Narsha faced when growing up)	Received the Special Award in the 3rd International Olleh Smartphone Film Festival

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
2013	When a Man Loves	Female Lead

Discography

Albums

• NARSHA (2010)

Single albums

Album information	Track listing
Mamma Mia (with Sunny Hill) (맘마미아) Release Date: August 19, 2010 Genre: K-pop, electronic, dance-pop	01. Mamma Mia (with Sunny Hill) (맘마미아) 02. Bbi Ri Bba Bba (East4A Club Vocal Mix) (삐리빠빠)

Released singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album
		KOR Gaon	KOR Billboard
2010	"I'm In Love" (with Sungha Jung)	6	—	NARSHA
	"Bbi Ri Bba Bba" (삐리빠빠)	6	—
	"Mamma Mia" (맘마미아) (with Sunny Hill)	6	—

OST and collaborations

Year	Album/drama	Song title	Artist
2006	Movie A Cruel Attendance	"If You Cannot Avoid"	With Garion
2007	Be My 1004	"Be My 1004"	Featuring for iM
2007	KBS Dae Jo Young	"Only You Don't Know"	Solo
2007	Somewhere Over The Rainbow Vol.6'	"In This Winter"	Duet with Miryo
2008	Gone To The Hospital	"Gone To The Hospital (Longing...)"	Featuring for MIRU
2008	"Fun'ch	"1+2"	Featuring for One Two
2009	Sudden Song	"Sudden Song"	Duet with Miryo
2009	KBS My Fair Lady	"I Love You"	Duet with Miryo
2009	KBS My Fair Lady	"I Love You"	Duet with Jang Geuni
2009	First Whisper	"The Snow Gift"	Featuring for Lee Jae Hoon
2010	'Untouchable 2nd Mini Album	"Living In My Heart"	Featuring For Untouchable
2010	Cho PD	"La La Land"	Collaboration with Cho PD and JeA
2010	2010 MAMA Theme Song	"Music"	Collaboration with JeA, Jun. K, Supreme Team, Boohwal, 8Eight
2011	KBS The Thorn Birds	"A Woman I Know"	Solo
2012	Miryo aka Johoney	"Leggo"	Featuring for Miryo
2014	REFORM (10th Anniversary Album)	"Bullshit 지랄"	Featuring for Humming Urban Stereo

References

1. Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
2. "Brown Eyed Girls' Narsha reveals her name is Korean". Retrieved 2012-10-10.
3. Brown Eyed Girls and ZE:A talk about the history of their group names
4. Narsha to leave "Narsha’s Raise the Volume" radio program
5. Narsha to emcee OnStyle’s new fashion show, "Style Show Fiㄹ"
6. "Brown Eyed Girls' Narsha makes her acting debut in 'Light and Shadow'". Retrieved January 2, 2012.
7. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/notice/view.gaon?idx=36

External links

• Narsha's Mini Homepage
• Official Website(Korean)