JYONGRI

Stage Name:Jyongri
Born: August 30, 1988
Origin: Osaka, Japan
Genre(s): Japanese pop, R&B
Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s) :Vocals, piano
Years active :2006 – present
Label(s) : EMI Music Japan
Website http://www.emimusic.jp/jyongri/

Jyongri (born August 30, 1988 in Osaka) is a J-Pop singer of Korean ancestry[citation needed] currently signed with EMI. Her debut single, "Possession / My All For You", was released December 13, 2006.

Jyongri attended Osaka International School, and is fluent in both English and Japanese. She began learning to play the piano at the age of eight. In 2004, when she was 15 years old, she attended a 5 week long summer program at the Berklee College of Music.

She released her second single, "Hop, Step, Jump!", on February 21, 2007. Her first album, Close to Fantasy, was released on March 21, 2007.

On 6 April 2007, Square-Enix announced that Jyongri sung the theme song, "Lullaby For You", for the Nintendo DS game "The World Ends with You". The single was released on July 25, 2007 and charted #12 on Oricon Weekly charts.

Jyongri is currently a student in Waseda University, School Of International Liberal Studies, along with many famous celebrities around the world.

First track of Jyongri's 4th single, "Kissing Me", is a tie-up song for seven different TV shows (six of which are ending themes), which are broadcasted on 4 different television broadcasts (Iwate Menkoi TV, TV Kanagawa, NTV, and TV Asahi).Jyongri is currently working on a new song called Ai No Uta with Sharnya Yoshihara.Ai No uta is just a different version to Kissing Me(Has Been Postponed) by Jyongri. While the c/w of that single, "You're The One", is also a tie-up song for a show broadcasted by TBS. Another single, titled "Unchanging Love: Kimi Ga Ireba", was released in June 4, the single peaked #2 on Japanese iTunes. Her second album called Love Forever was released on July 2.

Her next single, "Maybe Someday" will be released in April 29, 2009.