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Sooyoung shares her debut story in Japan before Girls' Generation

Posted by yckim124769 pts Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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Girls' Generation's Sooyoung shared her debut story on 'Taxi'.


On the May 18 episode, Sooyoung revealed, "I actually debuted in Japan first. Not a lot of people know but there was a popular Japanese audition program titled Asayan's�'Korea Japan Ultra Idol Duo Audition' similar to 'K-Pop Star' and 'Superstar K'."�


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She continued, "During the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, they were holding an audition for a South Korea/Japan idol group and I was selected. Out of the 15,000 contestants, I was the one to debut. I promoted for more than 3 years (as a member of Route ?)."


Check out Sooyoung as a member of�Route ? below.




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