Aligator Mouth

Y O O N A (윤아)

 

Career:

• 2004 Elite Student uniforms advertising model
• 2004 MV DBSK – ‘Magic Castle
• 2006 CF Teun Teun English
• 2006 CF Sanyo batteries Eneloop
• 2006 CF Elite Student uniforms (with SS501)
• 2006 MV Super Junior – ‘U‘
• 2006 MV CSJH The Grace – ‘My Everything‘ (with Super Junior Kibum)
• 2007 CF Yejimin Pad
• 2007 CF Clean & Clear
• 2007 CF Sunkist Grapefruit/Lemonade (with Super Junior Kangin & Heechul)
• 2007 Drama MBC ‘9 Ends 2 Outs‘ (as Shin Joo-young)
• 2007 MV Super Junior – ‘Marry U‘
• 2008 MV Lee Seung Chul – ‘Propose‘
• 2008 Drama MBC ‘Park Jung Geum‘ (as Mi-ae)
• 2008 Daily drama KBS ‘You Are My Destiny‘ (as Jang Sae-byuk)
• 2009 MV 24/7 – ‘That Man’s Woman‘
• 2009 CF ‘Clean & Clear’ (with Kim So-eun)
• 2009 Drama MBC ‘Cinderella Man‘ (as Seo Yoo-jin)
• 2009 CF ‘Innisfree‘
• 2010 Variety Show SBS ‘Family Outing season 2′
• 2010 CF ‘S-Oil‘
• 2011 MV SHINee – ‘Replay (Japanese ver.)’

TRIVIA

• Widely known as the “center” image of SNSD thanks to her immense popularity among Korean public. Age-wise, she’s also placed in the “center” of SNSD; Seohyun (born in 1991) is a year younger than Yoona (born in 1990) and the other 7 members are one year older and considered as same-age friends (born in 1989 and Sooyoung in early 199o)
• The physically strongest member of SNSD, gained her a nickname Him Yoona (strong Yoona).
• Despite her sweet girlish image, Yoona is actually boyish. One of her well-known nickname is Im-choding (elementary-school boy Im).
• Being the the second youngest of SNSD doesn’t stop her to be one of their biggest prankster.
• SNSD’s second biggest eater after Sooyoung.
• Her claim-to-fame was the hit daily drama ‘You’re My Destiny’ which ratings peaked at 41% viewership. The drama was also her first time as a lead in drama.
• The said drama also gained her popularity among ahjumma (middle-aged women) in Korea
• Yoona is a fan of Takuya Kimura.
• Yoona claimed that she has more confidence in dancing and acting rather than singing.
• Yoona likes to play bowling in her spare time.
• Nicknamed as ‘Alligator Yoong’ because she laughs with her mouth wide open, resembling an alligator.
• Often picked as the ideal girl by numerous Korean male and female celebrities.