Seong Son-im (born March 10, 1983), known monomyously as , is a Japanese actress and singer associated with

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She debuted in 2000 as the lead singer of the pop duo EE Jump. In 2002, she debuted as a solo singer with "Curry Rice no Onna", which then led to the release of her debut album, ''Hana'', in 2004. In 2003, Sonim made her first acting appearance in the television drama ', where she won Best Newcomer at the 36th The Television Drama Academy Award. Eventually, she left her

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music career to pursue theater.

Career

2000-2002: Debut with EE Jump

Sonim was inspired by

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to become a singer and applied to several auditions, one of which happened to be for

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's 3rd generation in 1999. Despite not making the group, Kaoru Wada, Morning Musume's manager at the time, scouted her to be part of an upcoming group that later became EE Jump. In January 2000, Sonim moved to Tokyo for EE Jump's activities. After training in New York, EE Jump debuted in October 2000 with the song "Love is Energy!" On November 28, 2001, Sonim released her first solo song "Winter (Samui Kisetsu no Monogatari)" as EE Jump's fifth single.

2002-2005: Solo music career

After EE Jump disbanded in April 2002, Sonim debuted as a solo singer with the release of her first single, "Curry Rice no Onna." In September 2006, Sonim debuted in South Korea, releasing a Korean-language version of "Curry Rice no Onna" under the title "After Love" (. She is currently in a unit called

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with , which debuted in November 2007. In 2007-2009, she starred as Kim in Japanese production of the musical ''

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''. In 2007-2011, she played the role of

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in the Japanese production of

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Personal life

Sonim is a third-generation Korean. She is fluent in Japanese, Korean, and English. She has said on her personal blog that for years she has been on a diet free of animal products (vegan diet)

Discography

Singles

Albums

# 2003-05-14 華 ( Hana)

DVD

# 2004-03-17 Sonim Collection

Theatre

* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007-2011) - Johanna *

(2008-2009) - Kim * Henry VI (2009) - Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) *

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- Mimi (2010), Maureen (2012-2015) *

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a " play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with mu ...

(2014) - Polly Peachum *

Mozart! ''Mozart!'' is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famo ...

(2014) - Constanze *

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

(2015) - Isabella Linton * Dance of The Vampires (2015-2016) - Magda * Kinky Boots (2016) - Lauren * 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (2016-2018) - Solene Rigot * Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2017-2020) - Cynthia Weil *

The Rocky Horror Show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the Science fiction film, science fiction and Horror film, horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the ...

(2017) - Janet Weiss *

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(2018-2021) - Margrid Arnaud *

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age Musical theatre, stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre ...

(2021) - Nancy * The 39 Steps (2022) - Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret

Filmography

* 2003 ''Koukou Kyoushi 2003'' * 2003 ''Moto Kare'' * 2004 ''Tokyo Wankei'' * 2004 ''A! Ikkenya Puroresu'' (''

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'') * 2005 '' Hanging Garden'' * 2005 ''

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'' * 2006 ''Backdancers!'' * 2008 '' Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!'' * 2008 ''Hebi ni Piasu (

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Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sonim 1983 births Living people 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Amuse Inc. talents Japanese actresses of Korean descent Japanese idols Japanese K-pop singers Japanese television personalities Japanese women pop singers Musicians from Kōchi Prefecture People from Kōchi Prefecture Zainichi Korean people