Yoon Son-ha (; born November 17, 1975,
Jeonju
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,
Jeollabuk-do
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,
South Korea
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) is a South Korean actress, singer and television personality (''
gaijin tarento
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "ta ...
''). She is signed onto
Sony Music Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...
's SME Records division. Since making her debut in the
MBC dramas, she has acted in Korea and Japan, probably due to her fluency in Japanese as well as in her native
Korean
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People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
, where she has gained popularity from starring in the
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...
drama, ''
Fighting Girl'' with co-star
Kyoko Fukada
is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Possible writings
The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan.
The first sy ...
. In Japan, however, she is known as ''Yun Sona'' (ユンソナ).
Marriage and controversy
On July 4, 2006, Yoon announced that she got engaged to a Korean entrepreneur who lives in
Seoul
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. and she moved her base of operation to South Korea.
Filmography
TV series
* 1994: KBS
Salut D'Amour
''Salut d'Amour'' (''Liebesgruß''), Op. 12, is a musical work composed by Edward Elgar in 1888, originally written for violin and piano.
History
Elgar finished the piece in July 1888, when he was romantically involved with Caroline Alice Elg ...
(Love Greeting)
* MBC Ready Go!
* MBC
New Nonstop
* 1996: KBS
Papa
* 1998: King of the Wind (Path of the Great Dynasty)
* 1999: MBC
Did We Really Love?
''Did We Really Love?'' () is a South Korean drama series broadcast by MBC in 1999. Starring Bae Yong-joon, the series portrays the struggles between love, happiness, and the pursuit of material success.
Plot
Jae-ho and his sister Jae-young ...
* 2000: NHK Mouichido Kisu
* 2001:
Snowflakes
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(KBS)
* 2001: Fuji TV
Fighting Girl
* 2002: NTV Byoki Wa Nemuranai (Night Hospital / Illness Doesn't Sleep)
* 2003: TBS
Good Luck!!
is a 2003 Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura. The story revolves around an up-and-coming pilot, Hajime Shinkai, and portrays his interactions with others as he progresses along the road to becoming a captain. As is common in many J ...
* 2003: NTV Ashita Tenki Ni Naare
* 2007: SBS Dear Lover
* 2010: KBS
The Fugitive: Plan B
* 2013: SBS ''
The Heirs
''The Heirs'' (Korean: ), also known as ''The Inheritors'', is a South Korean television series starring Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye, and Kim Woo-bin. Written by Kim Eun-sook, the drama is set in a high school populated by the privileged and ube ...
''
* 2015: SBS
Enchanting Neighbor
''Enchanting Neighbor'' () is a 2015 South Korean morning daily drama series starring Yoon Son-ha, Seo Do-young, Park Tam-hee and Yoon Hee-seok. The morning soap opera aired on SBS from January 5 to June 19, 2015, airing every Monday to Friday ...
* 2016: SBS
Six Flying Dragons
''Six Flying Dragons'' () is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Myung-min, Shin Se-kyung, Byun Yo-han, Yoon Kyun-sang and Chun Ho-jin. It aired on SBS on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 for 50 episodes beginning on Octobe ...
*2017: KBS ''
Hit the Top
''Hit the Top'' () is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Shi-yoon, Lee Se-young, Kim Min-jae and Cha Tae-hyun. The drama aired on KBS2, from June 2 to July 22, 2017, on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 ( KST) for 32 episodes.
''Hit t ...
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Films
* 2006 Kisarazu Cats Eye: World series (TBS)
* '
Last Love' (2007)
Discography
Studio album
* 2005 ''비인 (悲忍) ''
Singles
* "會いたい"
* "Song Bird"
* "Reach for the Sky"
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References
* http://joynews.inews24.com/home/view/joynews_view.php?g_menu=700100&g_serial=253525
* http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200903271545081001
* http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200903290105571001
* http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200907090958541001
* http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009072908531742530
* http://nownews.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20090729603084
External links
Official Website
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1975 births
Expatriate television personalities in Japan
Living people
Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists
South Korean film actresses
South Korean television actresses
21st-century South Korean singers
21st-century South Korean women singers