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21st Century's Venus : Hello Venus!

Hello Venus is a girlgroup put together by two companies: Pledis Entertainment and Fantagio. In early 2012, word that a collaboration between the two companies have been revealed, citing that the group would have members from both companies. In April, the group was revealed to make a debut on 9th May. Three members (Yooara, Yoonjo and Lime) are from Pledis while the other three (Alice, Nara and Yooyoung) are from Fantagio. Fantagio, being a company that houses actors and actresses, will be in-charge of Hello Venus's members' acting careers while Pledis will be in-charge of their variety and music promotional activities.

MEMBERS:

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Stage Name: Yooara
Birth Name: Yoo Ah Ra
Birthday: September 26, 1992
Position: Main Vocalist, Leader
Specialty: Vocals, Japanese, Acting

Fun Facts:
- she was best friend of After School’s E-Young
- she was popular among Pledis Trainees and Pre-School Girls
- auditioned to be After School’s 9th member, she made it to the final 2 but in the end, E-Young was picked
- also called “YoonA-Look Alike” and “YoonYul’s Lovechild” for she resembles SNSD’s Yoona and Yuri
- she went to Seoul Music High School (same alumni as SHINee’s Jonghyun, Block B’s Zico & Boyfriend’s Jeongmin) and graduated 2 years early
- featured in Happy Pledis "Love Letter" MV and song
- was initially a Pre-School Girl and set to debut in After School



Stage Name: Yoonjo
Birth Name: Shin Yoon Jo
Birthday: December 14, 1992
Position: Vocalist
Specialty: Vocals, Opera
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 45 kg

Fun Facts:
- she went to Seoul Arts High School
- she resembles Dal Shabet’s Serri, SNSD’s Jessica and Taeyeon
- majored in music and vocals (in particular classical singing, she is a soprano)
- featured in After School's 1st Album Virgin track, "Dream"
- was initially a Pre-School Girl and set to debut in After School



Stage Name: Lime
Birth Name: Kim Hye Lim
Nickname: Haley
Birthday: January 19, 1993
Position: Main rapper
Specialty: Dance, rap

Fun Facts:
- she went to Youngpa Girls High School
- she was former trainee at Medialine Entertainment (she was supposed to debut in Viva Girls)
- wrote the rap lyrics for Scotch V.I.P.’s “Finale”
- she was a back-up dancer for Lee Chaeyeon
- featured in Happy Pledis "Love Letter" song



Stage Name: Nara
Birth Name: Kwon Na Ra
Birthday: March 13, 1991
Position: Visual, Vocalist
Specialty: Acting
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 52 kg



Stage Name: Alice
Birth Name: Song Ju Hee
Birthday: March 21, 1990
Position: Lead Vocalist
Height: 166 cm
Weight: 47 kg

Fun Facts:
-Pre-debut stagename called Ora



Stage Name: Yooyoung
Birth Name: Lee Yoo Young
Birthday: January 23, 1995
Position: Maknae, Lead Rapper
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 49 kg

PRE-DEBUT PHOTOS:

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Yooara:




Yoonjo:




Lime:

DISCOGRAPHY:

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1st Mini Album : Venus


Release Date: 9th May 2012
Tracklist:
1. Hello
2. Venus
3. Excitement
4. Love Appeal


1st Mini Album (Digital Repackaged) : Like A Wave


Release Date: 4th July 2012
Tracklist:
1. Like A Wave


2nd Mini Album : What Are You Doing Today?


Release Date: 12th December 2012
Tracklist:
1. What Are You Doing Today?
2. Romantic Love
3. First Love
4. Same
5. Winter Fantasy

OTHER INFORMATION + TRIVIA:

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Official Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chHelloVenus
Official Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/chHelloVenus
Official Website: http://hellovenus.co.kr/

Hello Venus was meant to be a 7 member girlgroup, as represented by the 7 Vs in the logo however, one member pulled out. It was rumoured that Nicole, a Pledis trainee, who grew up in the US, decided to leave the group and leave Pledis.

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