Kim Kyoungjae (born March 13, 1991), popularly known as Eli Kim, is a Korean-American singer and one of the seven-member Korean boyband, U-KISS under NH Media Entertainment. Eli is very well known as a trainee for Taekwondo and Kung Fu. He is main rapper of the group and one of the three English-speaking members of
UKISS along with AJ and Kevin] (and ex-member Alexander).
Pre-debut
Eli (short for Ellison) was raised in Washington, D.C. by his Korean parents, but spent most of his years in Virginia. He has a younger sister and an older sister . He attended Ni River Middle School and Riverbend High School in Virginia. After dropping out of high school, he went alone to Beijing, China to pursue his studies where he also learned Mandarin. He studied the techniques for Taekwondoand Kung Fu for 12 years, opening an opportunity for him to cast as an extra-artist in a Chinese movie.
[edit]Debut
Eli is the fourth addition to a Korean boyband, U-KISS which was formed by NH Media Entertainment in 2008.They were launched in Power of Atamix in Japan alongside other Korean boybands such as Paran.They also debuted in South Korea days later. They released their first mini-album N-Generation and first music video, Not Young.
[edit]Other activities
On January 2010, Eli and ex-member Kibum starred in a Thai-Korean drama, Autumn Destiny with Thai actor, Mario Maurer. Eli and Kibum's voices were dubbed since they could not speak Thai.
Eli has not appeared on many variety shows. He was one of the hosts for a variety show, Raising Idol along with co-U-KISS member Shin Dongho, MBLAQ's Thunder and Shinee's Key.He appeared on MBC's We Are Dating on December 24, 2010 where he showed his Casanova type of being a man. He also appeared as an emcee at the segment All About You on the show "Pops In Seoul" on Arirang TV, along with fellow U-KISS members, Alexander and Kevin. He also act as an emcee in the new show Fusion with Park Myung-soo under MBC which premiered on April 1.
Eli is also known as The Pigeon because of his good imitation of a bird. This was featured on the groups reality show, UKiss Vampirewhen he tried to copy how a pigeon eats through its beak.
On April 18, 2011 Eli was injured during a rehearsal. He fractured his right hand, and underwent surgery. The hospital stated that it would not be difficult for Eli to perform, and he managed to performed with a cast on his right arm.
In April 27, 2011 Eli and Kevin went to Hong Kong for a special street date with their Hong Kong fans for their show “Star Date with U-KISS in Hong Kong” special. This was sponsored by Binggrae, which aims to connect the fans all over the world to Hallyu stars to encourage cultural exchanges. The special was aired through Arirang TV on May 3.
Eli, with co-members Dongho and Kiseop were cast in an MBC sitcom titled, Real School. The trio acted in a 40-episode series, transforming into high school students who reside at an ‘English Village’ in an attempt to face and crack their fear of speakingEnglish.
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