Birth year, month, day: 1986, April 7th
Height, weight: 183 cm, 75kg
Blood type: B
Religion: Christian
Sibling: a younger sister, Choi Jiwon
Profession : Singer (SM Entertainment, Siwon is a member of Super Junior and it’s subgroup, Super Junior-M) , Actor, Model
Education : Hyun Dae High School (2006), Inha University (majoring : Physical)
Another ability : playing drum, piano, Taekwondo (Siwon is youngest in Korea holding fourth rank in the black belt), Mandarin Chinese language
Voice Type : Baritone
Choi Si Won is also one of the first four Korean artists to be on Chinese postage stamps.
n 2003 when Siwon was 16, he was scouted by a talent agent and was recommended to audition for the Starlight Casting System to be an entertainer. Interested in an entertainment career, Siwon auditioned despite his parents’ initial disapproval. After Siwon passed his audition, his father allowed him to sign under the talent agency SM Entertainment under the agreement that Siwon would remain as a full-time student. He also told Siwon that he would not offer him any help, wanting Siwon to learn life lessons by working independently.
Siwon began taking private singing, dancing, and acting lessons a few months after the SM audition. In late 2003, Siwon moved into dormitories with fellow trainees and began to attend training classes with them. That same year, he made his first media appearance in The Grace member, Dana’s “What Is Love” music video. In 2005, Siwon made a brief appearance in the KBS drama Eighteen, Twenty-Nine as the young Kang Bong-man.
Not long after Siwon’s first television appearance, SM Entertainment released an announcement that he would officially debut as one of the twelve members in a boy band. This band later became officially known as Super Junior 05, the first generation of the rotational music group Super Junior. A few months before the debut of Super Junior 05, Siwon made his first official media appearance with band mate Han Geng as a runway model in a fashion show by Bum Suk.
Super Junior 05 offically debuted on November 6, 2005 on SBS’s music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, “TWINS (Knock Out)”. Their debut performance attracted over 500 fans and also garnered oversea viewers from both China and Japan. A full studio album was released a month later, which debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.
n late 2007, Siwon was put into Super Junior-M, the Chinese subgroup version of Super Junior. Super Junior-M is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent, and brought an influence in the mainland music industry to produce multi-national music groups. Super Junior-M debuted in China on April 8, 2008 at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards with the release of their first single music video, “U”. The subgroup released their first Chinese-language studio album, Me on May 2, 2008 to critical success. The album debuted on Taiwan’s G-music combo charts as #2 and #1 on many of China’s and Thailand’s music charts
After Siwon’s appearance in Eighteen, Twenty-Nine, he was casted in a larger role for the mini-seriesSpring Waltz, playing the supporting role Park Sang-woo, the teenage cousin of a diligent and working young woman.
Not long after Siwon’s musical debut, he was casted in a large supporting role in the Hong Kong epic film A Battle of Wits starring opposite Andy Lau. The cast promoted the movie throughout China with a short tour of four cities in November 2006. While the film received mixed reviews, Siwon garnered positive notices for his performance. He also received praises from co-star Lau, stating that Siwon is a wonderful actor and that he sets a good example for young Hong Kong idols.
Half a year after the release of A Battle of Wits, Siwon starred in the high school mystery/comedy film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys with other Super Junior members. He played the lead role as a controlling and severe class president who was one of the popular possible subjects of being attacked by mysterious forces. Despite positive critical ratings, that film did not do well in the box-office, but all four versions of the film’s DVD were all sold out and broke chart records.
Few months later, Siwon was casted in the mini-drama Legend of Hyang Dan as the lead role, Lee Mong-ryong.
Siwon continued his education after his debut with Super Junior in 2005. He graduated from Hyun Dae High School in February 2006 and later went on to attend Inha University. For continuity of his role in A Battle of Wits, his company arranged him to travel to Beijing, China in 2004 to learn about the country’s language and history and studied there for three months before his return to Korea to prepare for his debut in Super Junior a year later.
Siwon is also a drummer, having performed with his senior label mates TRAX in September 2006 on SBS’s music show Popular Songs due to the fact that their drummer, Rose, had left the band.
He is skilled in Taekwondo and became the youngest in Korea holding the fourth rank in the black belt. Siwon is also a Christian.
Below his interview from Korea Men’s Health magazine :
Favorite fashion brand: No specific favorite.
Favorite car: No specific favorite
Favorite perfume: Many, because he likes perfume
Favorite number, color: 1 and 7, white and black
If you have a jinx? Lip balm must always be in left pocket when going up on stage. On the rare occassion that he doesn’t have it, he will mess up the choreography.
Favorite female star during childhood: Catherine Zeta-Jones
The role model in my life: Father (later wants to become a person like his father)
Most precious item: Bible ( Instructions/Guidelines for my life )
The item you want to buy most right now: Vitamins. ( I’m in Thailand right now, but my vitamins dropped )
Most memorable movie or music: Tony Bennett’s “The Way You Look Tonight” (Favorite song for 15 years)
I would be happiest if only I had this! At this time, personal time and space
Other people think of me as this. Old man (But I am just conservative)
The thing I worry about most is: My self-confidence. ( How can I become a good son, as well as a good father? )
The thing that makes me most sad is: Parting from people, Seperating for a long time, seperating for a short time ( It was difficult ever since I was young )
The thing that makes me most mad is: when I lose to my confidence.
When I start a new thing, I: Always start with a prayer.
Something I want to change a little in my personality is that whether it’s because I’m still young, I don’t know, but I feel that I lack a lot of patience and perserverence.
I do this when I fight with another person: I go first to apologize.
When I go shopping, I: Choose what I want quickly.
If I could have a new life I would want try this. I’m always thankful for everything I have at any moment.
When a problem occurs, I: Always pray first.
When I have someone as good as myself to compete against I double my effort to work hard.
I think women need to be understood and protected.
I think men should be strong, but weak.
This kind of man is a cool man: He’s cool even to a man. *
If I were to list money, love, and success in order: Love, Success, Money
Film :2007 Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건) as Choi Siwon. Korean language2006 A Battle of Wits as Prince Liang Shi. Mandarin Chinese language
Television series :2010 ATHENA : goddess of war (Kim Jun Ho) Korean Language
2010SBS Oh! My Lady as Sung Min Woo (Lead role). Korean Languange
2009 CCTV Stage Of Youth (青春舞台) as Shiyuan (Guest star). Mandarin Chinese language
2007 MBC Legend of Hyang Dan (향단전) as Lee Mongryong (Lead role). Korean language
2006 KBS Spring Waltz (봄의 왈츠) as Park Sang Woo. Korean language
2006 KBS Charnel Boy – Korean language2005 KBS 18 vs. 29 (열여덟 스물아홉) as young Kang Bongman. Korean language
2005 KBS Precious Family (부모님 전상서). cameo– Korean language
2004 KBS Parents’ Approval.cameo–Korean language
Music video appearances :
2003: “What is Love” – DANA
2006: “Timeless” – Zhang Liyin (Feat. Xiah of TVXQ)
2008: “Star Wish (I WILL)” – Zhang Liyin
2008: “The Left Shore of Happiness” – Zhang Liyin
2009: “Fireflies” – Ariel Lin
2010: “Hoot”- SNSD
credits: siwonlover.blogspot.com
