Biography
Lee Kyung-eun, popularly known as Ha Ri-su, was born February 17th, 1975. She is a singer, TV star and actress from South Korea. Her stage name is a Korean adaptation of the phrase "hot issue".
Lee was born in Seongnam, near Seoul. In 1997-98, she moved to Japan. While there, she had sex reassignment surgery and began studying to become a hairdresser. She also began singing in Japanese clubs. It was while singing in Japan that she got her first break, being recruited by an agent in 1999. In 2001, she formally changed her name to Ha Ri-su, just before featuring in an advertisement for Korean cosmetics company DoDo. It turned out to be a huge success and ended up launching her career.
Since then, Ha Ri-su has branched out into music and acting, among other fields. She has recorded four solo musical albums, switching between techno music and rhythm and blues. In 2001, she starred in the film Yellow Hair 2, for which she also recorded the soundtrack. Ha Ri-su has also had brief forays into other areas - having danced in a video clip for the group 'Turbo', as well as having written a book/photoessay about herself in 2004.
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