Sonim

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sonim

| image =

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| background = solo_singer

| native_name = ソニン

| birth_name = Seong Son-im

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|10}}

| death_date =

| origin = Kōchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan

| instrument = {{flatlist|

Vocals}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

J-pop
K-pop}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actress
singer}}

| years_active = 2000–present

| label = {{flatlist|

Toy's Factory
Harmony Records
Amuse}}

| past_member_of = {{flatlist|

EE Jump
Tomboy}}

| website = {{URL|http://artist.amuse.co.jp/artist/sonim/}}

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes

| hangul = %성선임

| hanja = 成膳任

}}

Seong Son-im{{cite news | url=https://japanese.joins.com/JArticle/79641?sectcode=720&servcode=700 | title=在日韓国人３世の歌手ソニン、韓国デビューへ | trans-title=3rd generation Korean singer Sonim will debut in Korea | language=ja | work=JoongAng Ilbo | date=2006-09-07 | accessdate=2022-06-14}} (born March 10, 1983), known mononymously as {{nihongo|Sonim|ソニン|Sonin}}, is a Japanese-born Korean{{cite web |date=2006-10-01 |language=ko |publisher=레이디경향 |url=https://lady.khan.co.kr/entertainment/article/8585 |author=박연정 |title=고국서 본격 활동 나선 재일교포 3세 가수 소닌 }}{{cite news |accessdate=2017-10-26 |date=2006-02-07 |language=ja |newspaper=中央日報 |title=在日韓国人3世ソニン、SBS『天国の木』に出演 |url=http://japanese.joins.com/article/j_article.php?aid=72481|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111603/http://japanese.joins.com/article/j_article.php?aid=72481 |archive-date=2017-10-26 }} actress and singer associated with Amuse Inc. She debuted in 2000 as the lead singer of the pop duo EE Jump. In 2002, she debuted as a solo singer with "Curry Rice no Onna", which then led to the release of her debut album, Hana, in 2004.

In 2003, Sonim made her first acting appearance in the television drama {{ill|High School Teacher (TV series)|lt=High School Teacher|ja|高校教師 (2003年のテレビドラマ)}}, where she won Best Newcomer at the 36th The Television Drama Academy Award. Eventually, she left her idol music career to pursue theater.

Career

=2000–2002: Debut with EE Jump=

Sonim was inspired by Speed to become a singer and applied to several auditions,{{cite news | first=Mamoru | last=Onoda | url=https://nikkan-spa.jp/1701374 | title=円熟期のソニン、アイドル時代を語る「あとがないって気持ちは常にあった」 | trans-title=Sonim all grown up, speaks about her idol period: "I've constantly felt that there's no future" | language=ja | work={{ill|Nikkan Spa!|ja|SPA!}} | date=2020-09-26 | access-date=2022-06-07}}{{rp|1}} one of which happened to be for Morning Musume's 3rd generation in 1999. Despite not making the group, Kaoru Wada, Morning Musume's manager at the time, scouted her to be part of an upcoming group that later became EE Jump.{{rp|1}} In January 2000, Sonim moved to Tokyo for EE Jump's activities.{{rp|2}} After training in New York, EE Jump debuted in October 2000 with the song "Love is Energy!"{{rp|2}} On November 28, 2001, Sonim released her first solo song "Winter (Samui Kisetsu no Monogatari)" as EE Jump's fifth single.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/7407/products/466359/1/|title=WINTER～寒い季節の物語～|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|accessdate=2018-09-03}}

=2002–2005: Solo music career=

After EE Jump disbanded in April 2002,{{cite news | first=Steve | last=McClure | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2002/04/24/music/two-men-and-a-poor-baby/#.W6NBbflRfIU | title=Two men and a poor baby | work=The Japan Times | date=2002-04-24 | accessdate=2018-09-19}} Sonim debuted as a solo singer with the release of her first single, "Curry Rice no Onna."

In September 2006, Sonim debuted in South Korea, releasing a Korean-language version of "Curry Rice no Onna" under the title "After Love" ({{lang|ko|후애 (後愛) }}.

She is currently in a unit called tomboy with {{interlanguage link|Akane Osawa|ja|大沢あかね}}, which debuted in November 2007.[http://avexnet.or.jp/tomboy/index.html Tomboy official site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202114314/http://avexnet.or.jp/tomboy/index.html |date=2009-12-02 }} (in Japanese) In 2007-2009, she starred as Kim in Japanese production of the musical Miss Saigon.{{cite news |title=Sonim to star in "Miss Saigon" |url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/sonim-to-star-in-miss-saigon |accessdate=2011-05-19 |newspaper=Tokyograph| date=2007-08-29}} In 2007-2011, she played the role of Johanna in the Japanese production of Sweeney Todd.{{cite web |last=Zacher |first=Scotty |title=Sweeney Todd in Japan |url=http://chicagotheaterblog.com/2010/01/31/sunday-night-sondheim-sweeney-todd-japan/ |work=Sunday Night Sondheim |accessdate=2011-05-19 |date=2010-01-31}}

Personal life

Sonim is a third-generation Korean. She is fluent in Japanese, Korean, and English.

She has said on her personal blog that for years she has been on a vegan diet.{{Cite web |title=ソニン『私のベジらいふ』 |url=https://ameblo.jp/sonim310/entry-10904251002.html |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=ソニンオフィシャルブログ「Sonim blog」Powered by Ameba |language=ja}}In 2009, while preparing for her role in the stage production of Shakespeare's "Henry VI", she began following a macrobiotic diet, which inspired her to become vegetarian. In 2012, she became vegan for respect for all living beings.{{Cite book|title=ソニンの美ヴィーガン|author=ソニン|publisher=東京ニュース通信社}}

Discography

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" border="1" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"\| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"\| Peak position ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"\| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\|JPN
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Curry Rice no Onna"\|カレーライスの女}} \| rowspan="2" \| 2002 \| 8 \| JPN: 70,678 copies \| rowspan="3" \| Hana
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Tsugaru Kaikyō no Onna"\|津軽海峡の女}} \| 9 \| JPN: 39,209 copies
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Tokyo Midnight Loneliness"\|東京ミッドナイトロンリネス}} \| rowspan="2" \| 2003 \| 7 \| JPN: 34,222 copies
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Gōkon Ato no FamiRes Nite"\|合コン後のファミレスにて}} \| 9 \| JPN: 22,732 copies \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Honto wa ne"\|ほんとはね。}} \| rowspan="2" \| 2004 \| 12 \| JPN: 36,954 copies \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Jigsaw Puzzle"\|ジグソーパズル}} \| 9 \| JPN: 13,772 copies \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Asunaro Ginga"\|あすなろ銀河}} \| 2005 \| 18 \| JPN: 6,943 copies \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
scope="row" \|{{nihongo\|"Zutto Soba ni Ite ne"\|ずっとそばにいてね。}} / {{nihongo\|"Curry Rice no Onna"\|カレーライスの女}} {{small\|(2020 Remix)}} \| 2020 \| 96 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
colspan="5" style="font-size:90%;"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" border="1"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak position

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Sales

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|JPN

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Curry Rice no Onna"|カレーライスの女}}

| rowspan="2" | 2002

| 8

JPN: 70,678 copies

| rowspan="3" | Hana

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Tsugaru Kaikyō no Onna"|津軽海峡の女}}

| 9

JPN: 39,209 copies

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Tokyo Midnight Loneliness"|東京ミッドナイトロンリネス}}

| rowspan="2" | 2003

| 7

JPN: 34,222 copies

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Gōkon Ato no FamiRes Nite"|合コン後のファミレスにて}}

| 9

JPN: 22,732 copies

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Honto wa ne"|ほんとはね。}}

| rowspan="2" | 2004

| 12

JPN: 36,954 copies

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Jigsaw Puzzle"|ジグソーパズル}}

| 9

JPN: 13,772 copies

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Asunaro Ginga"|あすなろ銀河}}

| 2005

| 18

JPN: 6,943 copies

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |{{nihongo|"Zutto Soba ni Ite ne"|ずっとそばにいてね。}} / {{nihongo|"Curry Rice no Onna"|カレーライスの女}} {{small|(2020 Remix)}}

| 2020

| 96

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

colspan="5" style="font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

=Albums=

2003-05-14 {{ill|Hana (Sonim album)|lt=Hana|ja|華 (ソニンのアルバム)}}

=DVD=

2004-03-17 Sonim Collection

=Theatre=

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007-2011) - Johanna Barker
Miss Saigon (2008-2009) - Kim
Henry VI (2009) - Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc)
Rent - Mimi Márquez (2010), Maureen Johnson (2012-2015)
The Threepenny Opera (2014) - Polly Peachum
Mozart! (2014) - Constanze
Wuthering Heights (2015) - Isabella Linton
Dance of The Vampires (2015-2016) - Magda
Kinky Boots (2016-2022) - Lauren
1789: Les Amants de la Bastille (2016-2018) - Solene Rigot
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2017-2020) - Cynthia Weil
The Rocky Horror Show (2017) - Janet Weiss
Marie Antoinette (2018-2021) - Margrid Arnaud
Oliver! (2021) - Nancy
The 39 Steps (2022) - Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret
The Factory Girls (2023) - Harriet Farley
Measure for Measure (2023) - Isabella
All's Well That Ends Well (2023) - Diana
L'art Reste (2024) - Kim Hyang-An
Six (2025) - Catherine of Aragon
Waitress (2025) - Dawn Pinkett

Filmography

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=Film=

Oh! My Zombie Mermaid (2004), Nami Ishizuka{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/41198/|title= あゝ!一軒家プロレス|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
Snakes and Earrings (2008), Yuri{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/53357/|title= 蛇にピアス|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}

=Television=

Koukou Kyoushi 2003 (2003), Beniko Kudo{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000000269/cast/|title= 高校教師（2003年版）の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 19 November 2024|website= The Television|language=ja}}
Anpan (2025), Mimi Yamashita{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/599829|title= 「あんぱん」追加キャストに高橋文哉、志田彩良、ソニン、瀧内公美、山寺宏一|access-date= 18 November 2024|website= Natalie|language=ja}}

=Japanese dubbing=

;Animation

Moana 2 (2024) – Matangi{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0145969|title=『モアナと伝説の海2』吹き替え声優が一挙発表！新キャラは小関裕太、鈴木梨央、山路和弘、ソニン|publisher=シネマトゥデイ|date=15 November 2024|accessdate=15 November 2024}}

Awards

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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated Work !! Result

!Ref.

2002

| 40th Golden Arrow Award

| Best New Artist

| Herself

| {{won}}

| {{cite web | url=https://www.jbpa.or.jp/nenshi/pdf/0307.pdf | title=ゴールデン・アロー賞歴代受賞一覧 | trans-title=History of Golden Arrow Award recipients | language=ja | work=Japan Magazine Publishers Association | accessdate=2022-06-07 | page=12}}

2003

| 36th {{ill|The Television Drama Academy Award|ja|ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞}}

| Best Newcomer

| High School Teacher

| {{won}}

| {{cite web | url=http://www.television.co.jp/drama/drama_academy/happyo36.html | title=第36回ドラマアカデミー賞発表 | trans-title=36th The Television Drama Academy Award announcement | language=ja | work={{ill|The TV|ja|ザテレビジョン}} | date=2003 | archive-date=2006-12-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230094452/http://www.television.co.jp/drama/drama_academy/happyo36.html | url-status=dead}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://no9-act.com/actor/prof_sonim.html}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{IMDb name|1675946|Sonim}}

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:Amuse Inc. talents

Category:South Korean female idols

Category:South Korean women pop singers

Category:Singers from Kōchi Prefecture

Category:Actors from Kōchi Prefecture

Category:Zainichi Korean musicians

Category:Musicians from Kōchi Prefecture

Category:Zainichi Korean people