Kevin Woo Biography
Kevin Woo is an American singer, actor and television host currently based in South Korea. He was born and raised in California.
At the age of 15, he was discovered by South Korean entertainment agency XING Entertainment and subsequently moved to South Korea. After a few months of training, Woo debuted as a member of boy group XING in 2006 and left the group two years later. In August 2008, he re-debuted as a member of boy group U-KISS. He left U-KISS after his contract expired in March 2017.
Kevin Woo Age
Woo was born on November 25, 1991. He is aged 27 years as of 2018.
Kevin Woo Net Worth
He has a net worth of 2 million us dollars.
Kevin Woo Early Life
Woo was born and raised in Danville, California, where he lived with his parents and elder sister. His father is a CF director while his mother is a fashion model. His paternal uncle is Emmanuel Woo, who is an actor and classical singer in Germany. At the age of 15, Woo was initially discovered through a XING Entertainment audition when he was on a holiday in South Korea. After he was accepted as a trainee, Woo and his mother moved to South Korea.
Kevin Woo Career
After a few months of training, Woo debuted as a first member generation of boy group XING in December 2006. After releasing three singles with the group, Woo left the group in April 2008. Following his departure, Woo signed with NH Media and re-debuted as a member of boy group U-KISS in August 2008.
Woo joined Arirang TV’s radio show Pops in Seoul as a host of segment “All About You” in February 2009 alongside co-host Kim Isak. Woo with fellow U-KISS member Alexander in December 2009 released a single “Finally”, which was composed by Brave Brothers.
Woo with U-KISS members Soohyun, Kibum, Kiseop and Dongho in July 2010 became a part of the drama I Am Legend, acting as a rock band. Woo with fellow members Alexander in August 2010, were selected as the new MCs for Arirang TV’s music show The M-Wave.
Woo participated in the musical On Air Live as the lead actor on January 5, 2011. He acted in a total of 26 shows, his last stage appearance coming on February 14, 2011. Woo with U-KISS members Eli and Alexander on March 17 quit MCing for Arirang’s Radio School due to the loss of U-KISS members Alexander and Kibum from the group. Woo with U-KISS members Eli announced on October 12 that they would have a collaboration with Japanese singer JAMOSA from Avex label for her single “Together”.
The single was released on December 7 and the trio held release events at Lazone Kawasaki Plaza (December 9), Osaka Senri Selcy (December 10) and Asunal Kanayama (December 11). The song “Together” was then selected as the theme song for BeeTV’s “sweetTV”. Woo and bandmate Eli were selected as MCs for Mnet’s English-language version of M!Countdown, US MCountdown in November 2011.
Woo and Soohyun in 2012 remade UN’s Remember for the drama Syndrome.
2013–2017: U-KISS uBEAT and television roles
In April 2013, a U-KISS subgroup named uBEAT was formed with Woo and fellow members Eli and AJ. uBEAT debuted as the first U-KISS sub-unit. The sub-unit debuted with the release of an EP titled I Should Have Treated You Better with a title track of the same name, which was composed by hit-maker Brave Brothers. uBEAT made their debut stage at Mnet M!Countdown’s special global edition in Taiwan.
Woo alongside bandmates Soohyun, Eli and Kiseop participated in the drama KPOP The Ultimate Audition, having small cameo appearances in three episodes as a senior idol group to the main cast. Woo and Soohyun were selected to appear in the Korean adaptation of the musical Summer Snow alongside Super Junior’s Sungmin, Supernova’s Sungjae, SS501’s Heo Young-saeng and FT Island’s Seunghyun. Their appearances lasted from April 2013 to June 2013. This was Woo’s second musical.
Woo was a guest on popular music talk show After School Club on May 1, 2014 and from episode 43, he became a co-host alongside Eric Nam and Park Jimin. On April 4, 2018 Woo announced that he would graduate from the program as MC and his final episode was aired on April 10.
NH Media on March 1, 2017, announced that Woo would officially leave U-KISS following the expiration of his contract on March 31, 2017. He decided to continue his promotion with U-KISS until mid-April.
Kevin Woo After School Club
The former U-KISS member has been an MC of “After School Club” since February 2014. On April 4 2018, the show announced through Twitter that Kevin Woo will have his final episode on April 10 to focus on his music. This makes him the longest-running MC of the program. Currently, he hosts the show with 15&’s Park Jimin and DAY6’s Jae.
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