Full name: Kwon Boa
D.O.B: 11.5.1986
Height: 160cm
Weight: 42kg
Blood Type: AB
Religion: Catholic
Education: Korean Kent Foreign School
Hobbies: Singing, Hip-Hop Dancing, Listening To Music, (DDR lol)
Debut Date: 8.25.200
Ideal Type: Has self-responsibility, Smart, Not too big, Not too tall, and 
is Generous, (oh yeah... I've got all those traits...)
Favorite Color: Beige, Grey, and Black
Stress Reliever: Listening to loud music, singing songs, sleeping, eating, 
shopping, and watching movies.
Dream: Have her first private concert.
Feet size: 23.5cm
Siblings: 2 Brothers
Childhood Dream: Singer
Favorite Genre of Music: Dance and R&B
Favorite Singer: Whitney Houston
As a Student: A normal Korean girl leading a straightforward life
Pros and Cons of Her Personality: She's every energetic and affirmative, but 
her thoughts are very complicated
Habits and Routines: She turns up music very loudly and always stretches 
before rehearsing.
Superstition: If her ssang kka pul (double eyelid) comes out, the things she 
has to do that day won't work out well
Person She Respects: Her Mother
What She Thinks Are Her Attractive Points: Eyes, nose, and lips
Snack She Likes: Bubble Tea
Most Important Possession: Her cat, Sara
Favorite Proverb: Work hard toward your goals
Besides her house and her schedules, The next place she
visits most is: Beauty Salons
Enjoyable dress style: Hip-Hop Style and Casual Style
Favorite Perfume: Samurai and NiNa Ricci
Computer Background and Screensaver: BoA Pictures (lol me too)
Most memorable song in her album: No.1
Before her debut, the most happiest time: Going into recording
Before debut, the most hardest time: Middle of recording
After debut, most happiest moment: When she reached number 1 in Oricon chart
After debut, most hardest time: The loneliness she felt when she was in 
Japan
What she thinks when she sees students around her with school uniforms: Ahh,
I want to go to school
Most happiest birthday party: Partied with Fans in 2000
Most phone calls received: Her Friends
Most phone calls made: Her Friends
Most important item in her room: Clothes
One thing you must have in your pocket: Cell Phone
One thing she can't memorize well: People's names
Place she wants to go for her honey moon: Hawaii
Promise she can't really keep: I'll call you back later
Something she always wants to do for a fan: Fan meeting
The time when she felt most thankful toward her fans: Always waiting for her
The time when she felt most sorry toward her fans: For making them wait so 
long



Taking down the veil of "ShinBi"

Last year during the training period for the debut of BoA, a fan club was 
created as a result of flying rumors for the supposed new girl group to be 
released by SM, called "ShinBi" or "Barbie". An unofficial fan club for this 
supposed group began to be created between the netizens. As the number of 
members in this "fan club" began to grow between the Chollian, Hitel, and 
Unitel sites, very specific profiles of the group members began to come out, 
too. This was how big it got between the netizens, proving how much 
curiosity there was. But the new album that the "ShinBi" fan club was 
eagerly looking forward to was neither that of "ShinBi" or "Barbie". In the 
end, when the veil of ShinBi was uncovered, the person we found was the 
13-year-old BoA.

The Story of BoA's Birth

SM's idea three years ago was to begin to make a huge star who would 
represent Asia. Their plan was to make a star who would use the Korean music 
industry as a stepping stone into Asia, and then into the world, in order to 
spread Korea's prestige abroad. At that time, the mainstream of the 
entertainment world was taken over by 13-16 year old female idol stars. The 
Japanese representative of an idol group, SPEED, was also composed of girls 
around 15 years of age. With that point given, it was obvious that it would 
be most favorable for Korea to put out a [young] girl who would go abroad. 
Also, [SM] figured that 'they needed at least 2-3 years in order to 
completely finish the casting and training of this future star', so they 
concentrated first on casting. They asked all of the candidates they met at 
national contests and talent shows, and even those who came to the studio to 
audition, if they had a younger sibling. And if they did, they went as far 
as to call those siblings in for auditioning. Through this never-ending 
effort to find their future star, the jewel that they found was BoA. At that 
time, BoA's older brother had come to the studio for an audition. The answer 
to the question "Do you have a younger sibling" was the one and only 5th 
grader named BoA. At the time, she was 11 years old. BoA has trained ever 
since that young age for this day. The fact that she sang at the audition 
that she had through her older brother was what guided her into becoming a 
future star. The dancing and singing that the young elementary student did 
at the audition showed plenty of potential to be a star. BoA's talent and 
passion, and her skills, although not yet fine tuned, were extraordinary in 
spite of her young age. The company did however worry about how well she 
could do at such a young age, but they couldn't just let this opportunity 
pass them by. As soon as SM found BoA, they quickly met with her parents to 
persuade them into permitting her training. BoA also showed her parents her 
strong interest in making her dream of becoming a singer come true. But in 
the beginning, her parents strongly opposed. Her brothers understood why 
their parents opposed this decision so strongly; BoA was bringing home very 
high grades, and they just wanted her to keep studying, not become a singer. 
But the company who had already found BoA's talents could not let go of her 
so easily. In the end, SM was able to persuade her parents with the 
certainty of her success, and BoA gained the opportunity of a lifetime to 
live out her dreams.

The road to making a world star...

As soon as the permission of the parents were received, the company 
immediately began a very focused training period to making a world star. The 
first thing that BoA needed to learn was neither dancing or singing, but 
foreign languages. She was given a private tutor who taught her both English 
and Japanese. This was something that BoA absolutely needed to learn in 
order to go abroad with her future music. BoA was even sent to Japan during 
her vacations in order to receive extra focused lessons. It may have been 
because of her young age, but her ability to learn these new languages was 
extraordinary. Also, after her graduation from elementary school, her start 
in the International middle school was delayed for six months in order to go 
to Tokyo, Japan once again. This time, not only did she learn Japanese, but 
she also received vocal and dance lessons. On top of that, she was only 
allowed to speak Japanese during her stay there. In order to pick up fine 
tuned pronunciations, she stayed with and was taught by NHK's GuMiKo. This 
intense training has given BoA the ability to speak Japanese almost 
perfectly, and also understand and converse in English.

When the manager of one of Japan's top entertainers, Yungsung Akanemi, saw 
BoA, they took upon themselves the responsibility of her dance and vocal 
training. As a result, they introduced one of the top instructors to BoA. 
Sakuma, who had been recognized as Japan's best dancer, gave BoA dance 
lessons, and Japan's top hip hop dancer Kazeu personally came to Korea to 
choreograph BoA's debut album. Sakuma even praised BoA saying "When compared 
to the Japanese dancers who do nothing but dance, her skills are right up at 
that level. And among the female singers who do both singing and dancing, 
there is no one who has the skills that BoA has. There has been no one this 
young who can dance so well."

" Ah sooo comfy at home...er... what are you looking?"