200,000 fans flock to see SHINee on first Japan tour

Five-member boy band SHINee has completed its first arena tour of Japan.

The group performed 20 concerts, stopping off at Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo and Hiroshima, and attracting 200,000 people.

SHINee, which debuted in Japan in June 2011 with “Replay (Kimi-wa Boku-no Everything),” has a large fanbase in the country. The tour began on April 25, and additional dates were scheduled in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka after tickets sold out for the initial concerts. In Nagoya, three additional concerts were held.

SHINee waves to fans during its “SHINee World 2012” Japan tour. (S.M. Entertainment)

“SHINee became the first Korean group to gather 200,000 people at its first Japan arena tour,” said S.M. Entertainment, the group’s management company.

During the tour’s finale at Hiroshima Green Arena on June 30 and July 1, the group performed 29 songs including “Replay (Kimi-wa Boku-no Everything),” “Lucifer” and “Juliette.” The group also performed solo songs as well as new single “Sherlock,” which was released on May 16.

SHINee will hold “SHINee Concert-SHINee World II” on July 21 and July 22 at Seoul Olympic Park Gymnasium.

By Lee Hyun-jae, Intern reporter
(lhj137@heraldm.com)

Source & Image : The Korea Herald

CHI CHI’s Shine shows her love for ‘Infinity Challenge’

Girl group CHI CHI‘s member Shine displayed love for MBC‘s ‘Infinity Challenge‘ on her Twitter.

On July 19th, Shine tweeted a caricature of the ‘Infinity Challenge’ members that she had drawn herself, saying, “I’m so happy that ‘Infinity Challenge’ is finally starting again, so I drew a picture of the members. Does it look like them?”

Shine’s drawing drew more attention for her accurate portrayal of each member and their unique characteristics. She also included the official ‘Infinity Challenge’ emblem and the word “forever” in her drawing, a message to show her support of the TV show, returned after 24 weeks of re-runs.

Shine even gave the drawing to ‘Infinity Challenge’ member Park Myung Soo as a gift, a warm gesture that proves how much of a fan she is.

What do you think about Shine’s drawing?

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CHI-CHI to make a comeback with new member Shine

Girl group CHI-CHI is making their comeback to the KPop scene after a whole year! This time around, however, they will be promoting with a new member, the 20-year-old Shine (real name Lee Ji Ah).

In the picture above, Shine seems to be a girl who has a cute image as well as an underlying sexy, feminine beauty. She is said to have a ‘chameleon’-like charm in that her image can change according to different concepts.

Presently, Shine is attending Sungkyunkwan University as a performing arts student. She has received training from a well-known agency for a long time, and has made quick progress in terms of her excellent singing and dancing abilities.

Although CHI-CHI first debuted as a 7-membered group, they changed over to a 4 member group since the start of their Japanese activities back in April. The 4 members, Su-i, Se-mi, A-zi, and Boreum, along with Shine, make up a new 5 member CHI-CHI that, although has been promoting together in Japan, has yet to show their new image to Korea.

Shine commented, “Because I have become a CHI-CHI member, I am able to fulfill the lifetime dream I’ve envisioned to become a singer and I find that there is no room for things to get tiring or difficult. I’m delighted and happy.” She continued, “In the future, the other CHI-CHI members and I will do our best to display a charm that only CHI-CHI has.”

Source: Star News via Naver