RYEO WOOK ( kim ryeo wook )

Kim Ryeo-wook (Hangul: 김려욱; Hanja: 金厲旭; born June 21, 1987), more commonly credited as simply Ryeowook (Hangul: 려욱; Hanja: 厲旭), is the third youngest member of Super Junior. Although he is not the youngest member of Super Junior, he is recognized by his fellow members as the "eternal magnae". Even before Kyuhyun's addition to the group, Ryeowook commonly called himself the youngest despite being a few months older than Kibum. Kim is currently studying in Inha University under the Department of Drama and Cinema.

Kim Ryeo-wook was discovered through the CMB Youth ChinChin Festival Popular Reward 2004 and was signed under SM Entertainment soon afterwards. Trained in areas of singing, dancing, and acting, Kim Ryeo-wook placed particular efforts on his vocal training and music composition. Kim Ryeo-wook was the last to join Super Junior before Kyuhyun, and did not join the group until a few weeks before the group's official debut on November 2005. His late addition was rumored to be a replacement for a previous SM trainee that was said to debut in Super Junior.

On November 6, 2005, Ryeowook officially debuted on SBS's Inkigayo performing Super Junior's first single "TWINS (Knock Out)."

Ryeowook made his acting debut in the film, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, a high-school comedy/mystery film, where he plays the vice president of the student council. He was always getting shot by lightning by "president" Choi Siwon. Ryeowook's acting gained positive feedback from critics and was nominated Best Supporting Actor and Best Comedic Performance at the Korean Movie Awards.

Super Junior-K.R.Y is the first sub-unit from Super Junior formed in late 2006. The initials "K.R.Y" is from the formation of the first letter of the members' names: Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung. Being amongst the most vocally powerful members of Super Junior, K.R.Y are credit to singing mournful ballads, a style that has proven very popular in recent years although stagnation in the style's development is causing it to lose its once fresh evocative power.

K.R.Y's first official performance was on November 4, 2007 on KBS's Music Bank[1] and have been showing live performances only ever since[citation needed]. Unlike Super Junior's second sub-unit, Super Junior-T, K.R.Y has not released a single or album, and has only participated in collaboration albums and original soundtracks. It is not sure whether or not the trio will continue to do activities away from the mother group.