Kim Hee-chul

Kim Hee-chul
Heechul in June 2019
Born (1983-07-10) July 10, 1983 (age 41)
Alma materSangji University
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, presenter, model, actor, radio host, director
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Drums
Years active2005–present
Labels
Member of
Formerly ofKim Heechul & Kim Jungmo
WebsiteOfficial website
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers524 thousand[1]
Total views18.0 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2019[2]

Last updated: January 21, 2022
Korean name
Hangul
김희철
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Hui-cheol
McCune–ReischauerKim Hŭich'ŏl
Signature

Kim Hee-chul (Korean김희철; born July 10, 1983), better known mononymously as Heechul, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, and actor.[3][4] He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and has further participated in its subgroup Super Junior-T as well as project group Universe Cowards with Min Kyung-hoon and Woojoo jjokkomi with Lee Soo-geun. He was also a member of the disbanded pop rock duo Kim Heechul & Kim Jungmo.[5]

Prior to his debut in Super Junior, Heechul began his acting career in 2005, starring in the second season of teen drama Sharp 2. This led him to host radio shows, his first music show Show! Music Core and appear on advertisements. However, in 2006, just a year after his Super Junior debut, Heechul was involved in a car accident which fractured his left leg.[6] The accident left him unable to perform Super Junior's strenuous dances and he has since contributed to the group mostly as a singer.[7] Heechul ventured into the soundtrack singing career in 2009 by releasing his first single "First Star", as part of the soundtrack for the drama Loving You a Thousand Times.[8] He has participated in writing lyrics for not only Super Junior but also for his project groups and other artists.[9] Heechul debuted as a solo singer in 2019 with the digital single "Old Movie".[10]

Heechul became a regular cast member on Radio Star in 2010, for which he won "Best Newcomer Award" at the 11th MBC Entertainment Awards.[11] Following that, he made a breakthrough in his television host career after appearing on the variety shows Knowing Bros and Weekly Idol in 2015 and 2016.[12] He has been a regular cast member on the reality shows My Little Old Boy and Delicious Rendezvous since 2019, for both of which he received the Excellence Award at the 13th SBS Entertainment Awards and Top Excellence Award at the 14th SBS Entertainment Awards.[13][14][15]

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  3. ^ 이, 아름 (April 12, 2023). "Kim Hee-chul". Marie Claire Korea (in Korean). Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kim Hee-chul". Daum (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Lee, Ho-yeon (April 30, 2019). SM 측 "트랙스와 최근 전속계약 만료, 아름다운 이별" [공식] [SM Confirmed TraxX's Contracts Expired and Bid Farewell]. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  6. ^ Kim, Tae-eun (August 10, 2006). 슈퍼주니어 김희철, 동해 문상 상경중 교통사고 [Super Junior's Kim Heechul and Donghae suffer traffic accident while visiting Seoul]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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  9. ^ "KIM HEE CHEL(W1054900)". Korean Music Copyright Association. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  10. ^ "김희철, 24일 첫 솔로 싱글 '옛날사람' 발표➝5월 토크쇼 개최[공식]" (in Korean). April 17, 2019. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  11. ^ "함은정-김희철-정명옥-고영욱, MBC 방송연예대상 신인상". Sports Chosun. December 29, 2011. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  12. ^ "[연예의 법칙] 김희철, 현재 가장 폼 좋은 예능인…'미쳐 날뛰는 중'". Sports Donga. June 15, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  13. ^ Choi Ji-yoon (December 28, 2019). [2019 SBS 연예대상]이상윤·양세찬·김희철·윤상현 우수상 [[2019 SBS Entertainment Awards] Lee Sang-yoon, Yang Se-chan, Kim Hee-chul and Yoon Sang-hyun Excellence Awards]. Newsis (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  14. ^ Heo Seol-hee (December 19, 2020). "김희철·이상민·하하·장윤정, 최우수상 수상 [2020 SBS 연예대상]". mydaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 27, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  15. ^ Kim Bo-young (December 19, 2020). "[2020 SBS 연예대상] 최우수상 김희철 "이수만 선생님 감사, 내년도 우주대스타 될 것"". E-Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2020.