Super Junior-K.R.Y. is the first sub-unit of South Korean boy band

Super Junior Super Junior (; stylized in all caps), also known as SJ or SuJu, is a South Korean boy band formed by Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment in 2005. They are also dubbed by the media as the "King of Hallyu Wave" due to their prominent ...

, formed in 2006. it is composed the three main vocalists of Super Junior,

Yesung Kim Kang-hoon (born Kim Jong-woon; August 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Yesung is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, radio personality and television presenter. He debuted in 2005 as a member of Super Junior and its subgroups ...

Ryeowook Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M ...

, and Kyuhyun.

History

During the year 2006, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook and Yesung under the name Super Junior-K.R.Y. (from the first letter of the members' stage names) released two original soundtrack titled "The Night Chicago Died" and "The One I Love" for the

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''. On November 5, 2006, they debuted on the music program '' Music Bank'' with performing "The One I Love". Since then, they have released several original soundtracks for Korean television dramas. Super Junior-K.R.Y. held their first concert tour in Asia in 2010–2011. The tour commenced in Tokyo in August 2010 and continued onto

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, Seoul, and concluding in Nanjing, China. Over 22,000 people attended the tour. Super Junior members

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made special guest appearances at the Seoul concerts, as well as labelmates

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. Super Junior K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert 2012 was held in

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on November 19–21 with 15,000 fans in the audience."Super Junior-K.R.Y. to Release First Japanese Single ‘Promise You’"
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in December and January. The tour mobilised 36,000 people in Tokyo, with a total of 72,000 in all three cities and nine concerts. The application for the tickets was over 1,500,000, and proved their popularity in Japan. Super Junior-K.R.Y. released their first official single in Japan titled "Promise You" on January 23, 2013, and debuted at number two on Oricon's daily singles chart. In total, the single album sold 40,645 copies on its first day of sales on January 23. In the next day the single album ranked 1st place by selling 15,197 copies. In the first week of sales "Promise You" sold 69,067 copies, ranking 2nd place in Oricon Weekly Chart. On May 6, 2013, member Yesung was enlisted for his mandatory military service. It made the sub-group hiatus from their activities. Yesung completed his mandatory military service on May 4, 2015. They continued their activities as a trio with held Japanese tour, starting in

on June 2–3 and had 11 total performances in arenas in Kobe, Fukuoka and Nagoya. In June 2015, the trio announced will be released their second Japanese single titled "Join Hands" on 5 August 2015. In July 2015, SM Entertainment announced Super Junior-K.R.Y. will be held their Asia tour started at the Seoul's Olympic Hall on August 22 and 23. Ryeowook enlisted for his military service on 11 October 2016 while Kyuhyun enlisted for his military service on May 25, 2017. As a result, the sub-group has temporarily halted their activities. Ryeowook and Kyuhyun were discharged on July 10, 2018, and May 7, 2019, respectively. They made their comeback appearance at the Jeddah Season Festival on July 13, 2019. On December 31, 2019, they performed at Taoyuan New Year's Eve stage in Taiwan. In May 2020, it was announced that Super Junior K.R.Y will have their first Korean release since their unit's debut in 2006, with an EP titled ''When We Were Us'', which was released on June 8. The EP is part of a chain of activities to celebrate 15 years since formation for Super Junior, from 2005 till 2020. They subsequently released a Japanese single, "Traveler" on October 27, with the Japanese version of "When We Were Us" as its

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. The single peaked at number one on Oricon Daily Singles Chart.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Other appearances

Videography

Concert tours

Asia Tour *

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(2010–2011) * Super Junior-K.R.Y. Asia Tour Phonograph (2015) Japan Tour * Super Junior-K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert (2012–2013) * Super Junior-K.R.Y. Japan Tour Phonograph (2015) Online concerts * Super Junior-K.R.Y. - The Moment With Us (2020)

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Super Junior subgroups South Korean boy bands Musical groups established in 2006 2006 establishments in South Korea SM Entertainment artists K-pop music groups SM Town South Korean musical trios Japanese-language singers of South Korea Musical groups from Seoul