I. Introduction
NS Yoon-G (Kim Yoon-ji AKA Christine Kim) is a Korean-American singer and actress in South Korea. Born in Seoul, South Korea on September 6, 1988, she moved to the San Fernando Valley in California in the 4th grade & entered UCLA, majoring in Dance and Communication, then took a leave of absence after a year to pursue her career in entertainment in South Korea, initially joining DSP Media as a trainee. She later debuted with JTM Entertainment, & now currently under VAST Entertainment.
II. Career
NS Yoon-G debuted in 2009 with the digital single Head Hurts & recorded the English version of You Make Me Happy for Fresh Pretty Cure!, a Japanese anime around 2009. A year later, 2 of her single albums Ambitious &, Time To Fly High were released. After releasing 2 EPs Neo Spirit &, Skinship in 2012, on November 1, she released a digital single, If You Love Me featuring Jay Park who was occasionally replaced by Dalmatian's Simon. Also in November 01 of the same year, she became the host of K-pop Tasty Road with U-KISS's Eli Kim. NS Yoon-G released 2 more digital singles in 2014, My Romance & A Snowy Day. She was also featured Scarnite's Blast &, Humming Urban Stereo's Insomnia. Honey Summer & Sincerely, were released one year later. In 2021, NS Yoon-G announced she was re-releasing her 2012 single If You Love Me, which would feature Joohoney, replacing Jay Park's original feature on the song.
III. Discography
IIII. EPs
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Neo Spirit |
EP |
January 5, 2012 |
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Skinship |
EP |
July 18, 2012 |
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The Way 2.. |
EP |
April 1, 2014 |
IIIII. Singles
|
Ambitious |
Single |
May 14, 2010 |
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Time To Fly High |
Single |
October 21, 2010
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|
Sincerely, |
Single |
March 20, 2015
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IIIIII. Digital Singles
|
My Romance |
Digital Single |
2014 |
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A Snowy Day |
Digital Single |
2014 |
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Honey Summer |
Digital Single |
2015 |
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If You Love Me |
Digital Single |
2021 |
IIIIV. Featuring
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Blast |
Digital Single |
2014 |
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Insomnia |
EP |
2014 |
IV. Videography
IVI. Television Series
IVII. Variety Show
Date |
Year |
Network |
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Star King |
2010–2011 |
SBS |
100 Points Out of 100 |
2010 |
KBS2 |
Pops in Seoul |
2011 |
Arirang TV |
2011 Idol Star Athletics Championships |
2011 |
MBC |
K-pop Tasty Road |
2012 |
Mnet |
Saturday Night Live Korea |
2012 |
tvN |
Singles 2 |
2013 |
MBC Every 1 |
Date with SHINee |
2013 |
KBS World |
Crime Scene |
2014 |
JTBC |
Safety First! |
2014 |
KBS2 |
V. Trivia
- The NS in her name initially stood for New Spirit, but was later changed to New Star.
- Kim used her Korean name as a part of her stage name as she found Christine too difficult for Korean people to pronounce.
- Her cousin is former Kara member, Kang Ji-young.
- She's married to her non-celebrity boyfriend in September, 2021.