Idols who officially left singing to act

1. Sohee

Sohee was a huge part of Wonder Girls, rising to success with her cute "Omona" and "dumpling" cheeks, but she eventually felt there was nothing left for her to do as an idol and left the group and JYP Entertainment to pursue acting. She's recently been in the hit success 'Train to Busan' and is signed under Key East Entertainment.

2. Sunhwa

Sunhwa is one of the most recent idols to have left her group. She was the face of SECRET and had chosen Lee Hyori as her role model, but she has since changed her mind because she is now on her path to being a full-time actress. She's left TS Entertainment and her career as an idol.

3. Hara

Hara has joined Key East Entertainment since leaving KARA to focus on being an actress rather than an idol. So far, she has not been that active in the world of acting, but she has some experience from before. Keep an eye out for future activities!

4. Son Dam Bi

Son Dam Bi is another artist who left the agency, Pledis Entertainment, to get signed under Key East Entertainment. She has said farewell to her "Crazy" days and is focusing on her acting career. So far, she's been in hits like 'What's With This Family' and 'Mrs. Cop 2.'

5. Lee Joon

Lee Joon was total idol material, what with his hot body and constant shirt-ripping to show off his amazing six-pack. He's been great at dancing since he learned ballet at a young age and all of that, but surprisingly, he found new love... in acting! So he eventually left MBLAQ to focus on an acting career, and has made quite the name for himself already. Unlike Thunder (Park Sang Hyun), he seems to have no intention to come back as a solo artist.

6. Seungyeon

Seungyeon is the other KARA member to leave so that she can pursue an acting career. She left DSP Media and her idol days behind to hold hands with J,WIDE-Company and focus on dramas and the like instead. She was recently in 'Youth Generation.'

7. Gyuri

Gyuri was originally a child actress, but still, she seemingly left that world to focus on being an idol. After many years under KARA as the leader, she has left to return to acting. She is now in Motion Media and even gave a lot of advice to current KARA member Youngji in her own acting ventures.

8. Han Groo

Han Groo revealed that she never intended to be a singer, but her debut was rushed by her agency and she found herself on stage. After only promoting a few songs, she turned to acting and has become a new princess of rom-coms with her sweet and funny acting. She said on broadcast that she had no intention to go back to singing - so there you go!

9. Kim Ki Bum

Kim Ki Bum originally took hiatus from Super Junior and pursued acting during that time, but he never really went back to Super Junior until finally his contract with SM Entertainment ended. So he left the group officially and continued on the path to acting.

10. Noh Si Hyun

The long-time Gavy NJ member finally left the group and was the last original member to leave. She revealed that she decided to make the big change because she had wanted to be an actress and will finally chase after her dream.

11. Seunghee

The leader of DIA left the group recently in order to pursue her original dream of acting. She had always wanted to act and decided to take the step! Watch out for her future dramas or movies!

12. Hwayoung

Hwayoung started a huge controversy with her attempt to leave the group, T-ara. Ever since she finally left the girl group (quite in shambles, by the way), she immediately pursued her acting career under Wellmade Entertainment and has been in a few dramas, including 'Youth Generation' alongside Seungyeon, where they actually shared a hot kiss.

13. Myungji

The Tiny-G member left, leaving the group as a trio rather than a quartet. The maknae left in order to pursue her acting career. Shortly after, Dohee became busy with her own acting career and the group disbanded, with Dohee tearfully insisting she did not want it to happen but the agency had not heeded her wishes.

14. Sulli

Sulli, like Gyuri, was originally a child actress but had long invested her time into training to become an artist under SM Entertainment. After spending a few years in f(x), she decided she wanted to continue being an actress and left the group. She hasn't done any acting since, but keep an eye out!

15. Nam Gyu Ri

Nam Gyu Ri was another singer who caused quite some calamity with her departure from her girl group. She, like Hwayoung, made some accusations against the group and company; she claimed she had not been paid fairly and was mistreated. The other two members of SeeYa called her a liar at a later time. She left the group to pursue acting, appearing in dramas like '49 Days' but to only average success.

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