Sonim

Sonim (ソニン, Sonin, born March 10, 1983 in Shikoku, Japan) is a J-pop singer and actress.

This article is about the singer. For the municipality in Portugal with a parish of the same name, see Valpaços.
Sonim
ソニン
Birth nameSeong Son-im (ソン ソニン)
Born (1983-03-10) March 10, 1983
OriginKōchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
GenresJpop
Occupation(s)musician, songwriter
Instrumentssinging, guitar
Years active2000–present
LabelsToy's Factory, Harmony Records
Associated actsEE Jump
Websiteameblo.jp/sonim310/
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSung Sun-im
McCune–ReischauerSŏng Sŏnim

Career and biography

A Zainichi Korean, she was a former member of the Tsunku-produced duo EE Jump along with Yuki Goto, (Maki Goto's younger brother). Yuki was caught underage in a bar, which got him suspended from EE Jump. When the band released its next single, calling the artist EE Jump Featuring Sonim, and it proved to be more popular than other EE Jump singles, the band released one more single, and then disbanded.

Sonim began her own solo career under the Toy's Factory label, but then switched to Harmony Records. She is currently in a unit called tomboy with Akane Osawa, which debuted in November 2007.[1] In 2007-2009, she starred as Kim in Japanese production of the musical Miss Saigon.[2] In 2007-2011, she played the role of Johanna in the Japanese production of Sweeney Todd.[3]

Sonim can play the guitar and speak Japanese, English, and Korean. Her ancestors came from Gyeongsangnam-do to Japan. Her Korean name is Sung Sun-Im (Hangul:성선임 Hanja:成膳任). She is represented by the talent agency Amuse, Inc.[4]

Discography

Singles
  1. 2002-08-21 カレーライスの女 (Curry Rice no Onna)
  2. 2002-11-20 津軽海峡の女 (Tsugaru Kaikyo no Onna)
  3. 2003-04-16 東京ミッドナイト　ロンリネス (Tokyo Midnight Loneliness)
  4. 2003-10-08 合コン後のファミレスにて (Goukon Ato No Famiresu Nite)
  5. 2004-02-11 ほんとはね。 (Honto wa ne)
  6. 2004-09-15 ジグソーパズル (Jigsaw Puzzle)
  7. 2005-01-13 あすなろ銀河 (Asunaro Ginga)

Albums
  1. 2003-05-14 華 (Hana)

DVD
  1. 2004-03-17 Sonim Collection

Theatre

Filmography
Behind the scenes image from the film A! Ikkenya Puroresu

References
  1. Tomboy official site Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  2. "Sonim to star in "Miss Saigon"". Tokyograph. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  3. Zacher, Scotty (2010-01-31). "Sweeney Todd in Japan". Sunday Night Sondheim. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  4. Official Profile on Amuse (in Japanese)


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