Lee Su-ji

Lee Su-ji (born March 20, 1998), better known by her stage name Halla or mononymously as Suji, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group The Ark and formally, member of project girl group Uni.T, and is currently active as a member of project girl group Real Girls Project.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Suji
이수지
Born	Lee Su-ji (1998-03-20) March 20, 1998 Busan, South Korea
Other names	Halla
Education	Hanlim Multi Art School
Occupation	Singer actress
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Music K Apple Of The Eye
Associated acts	The Ark Real Girls Project Uni.T
Korean name
Hangul	이수지
Hanja	李繡至
Revised Romanization	I Su-ji
McCune–Reischauer	I Suji
Stage name
Hangul	한라
Revised Romanization	Han-la
McCune–Reischauer	Hanla

Early life and education

Lee Su-ji was born on March 20, 1998 in Busan, South Korea. She grew up in Daegu, South Korea.[1] She attended Hanlim Multi Art School learning Broadcasting & Entertainment Department in Seoul[2] and graduated on 10 February 2017. She joined Music K Entertainment in 2013 and trained for two years.

Career

In 2014, Lee appeared in the music video of labelmate Hong Jin-young's song "Cheer Up".[3] On April 12, 2015, she debuted as a member of Music K Entertainment's new girl group The Ark under the stage name "Halla".[4][5] The group released one single, "The Light", before going on hiatus. In March 2016, it was unofficially announced that the group had disbanded a month before. On April 26, 2016, Lee joined the auditions for The Idolmaster KR, a Korean drama loosely based on the Japanese raising simulation and rhythm video game series The Idolmaster,[6] where she played the main lead and her twin sister.[7] On August 25, she debuted as a member of girl group Real Girls Project, which was formed for the drama.[8][9] On November 4, 2017, Lee joined The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project.[10][11][12] She won a final spot on Top 9 and became a part of the group called UNI.T.[13][14]

Discography

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
		KOR
Soundtrack appearances
"Memories" (메모리즈) (with Jeewon)	2017	—	—	The Idolmaster KR OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Television drama

Year	Title	Network	Role	Note
2017	The Idolmaster KR	SBS Plus SBS funE SBS MTV	Lee Su-ji/Lee Su-ah

Television shows

Year	Title	Network	Note
2016	Pops in Seoul	Arirang	Panelist with Real Girls Project
2017	Stargram	SBS Plus
2017–2018	The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project	KBS2	Contestant

Hosting

Year	Title	Network	Note
2017	Music Bank	KBS2	Special MC, August 4, 2017

References

1. "- My name, 디아크 (1)텐아시아". 29 April 2015.
2. "디아크, 새 멤버 '한라' 공개…17세의 풋풋한 소녀 비주얼 '시선 집중'". 중앙일보 (in Korean). 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
3. 1theK (원더케이) (5 November 2014). "[MV] HONG JIN YOUNG(홍진영) _ Cheer Up(산다는 건)" – via YouTube.
4. "New Girl Group The Ark Reveals Third Member Halla - Soompi". www.soompi.com.
5. "- 디아크, 10일 데뷔곡 '빛(The Light)' 공개..걸그룹 지각 변동?텐아시아". 10 April 2015.
6. "Watch the first audition clip from 'Idolmaster.KR,' the live drama adaptation of 'The Idolmaster'! - allkpop.com".
7. ""THE [e-mail] - Dream" (2017 Drama): Cast & Summary • Kpopmap". www.kpopmap.com.
8. "The Idolmaster KR Will Be Amazon Prime's First Korean Drama - Siliconera". 25 August 2016.
9. Kil, Sonia (25 August 2016). "Amazon Revamps 'Idolm@ster' for First Original Production in Korea".
10. "Euna Kim And Lee Suji Open Up About The Ark's Disbandment And Perform On "The Unit"". Soompi. 2017-11-04.
11. 문수연 (2017-11-04). "'더유닛' 유나킴, "디아크 해체? 너무 말 안 돼…그럴 일 없었다"" (in Korean). 스포츠투데이.
12. 이정범 (2017-11-04). "'더유닛' 디아크 한라 이수지, 눈부신 비주얼로 남심 저격…'유나킴과 우정은 기본'" (in Korean). 톱스타뉴스.
13. 디지털콘텐츠팀 (2018-02-11). "'더유닛' 최종 1위는 준·의진… 찬·이수지, 9위로 데뷔行 열차 탑승" (in Korean). Busan.com.
14. 이소담 (2018-02-10). "종영 '더유닛' 부동 1위 준X의진, 이변 9위 찬X이수지" (in Korean). OSEN.

External links

• Lee Su-ji on Instagram
• Lee Su-ji on Twitter