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Harisu
Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yeop, February 17, 1975), better known by her stage name Harisu (Hangul: 하리수; Hanja: 河莉秀), is a South Korean pop singer, model, and actress. Assigned male at birth, Harisu identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is South Korea's first transgender entertainer, and in 2002 became only the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase "hot issue".
Harisu first gained public attention in 2001, after appearing in a television commercial for DoDo cosmetics. The commercial was a success and ended up launching her career, allowing her to branch out into other fields such as music and acting. So far she has recorded five Korean musical albums, switching genres between techno and R&B, and her overseas releases have featured songs recorded in Mandarin. Her first major acting role was in the 2001 film ''Yellow Hair 2'', and since then her credits have included ''Hi! Honey'', a Taiwanese drama series, and ''Colour Blossoms'', an erotic drama by Hong Kong filmmaker Yonfan. On May 19, 2007, Harisu married Micky Jung, whom she had been dating for two years.
== Early life and transition ==
Harisu was born Lee Kyung-yeop in Seongnam, South Korea, and is one of five children.〔Li Ee Kee, "Eve from Adam", ''The Star Online'', September 19, 2005. A copy of this article can be read at (TNUKdigest ). Retrieved on April 27, 2007.〕 Although assigned male at birth, she identified as female from an early age,〔 recalling, "I was always a girl who loved playing with dolls."〔Kang Kyong-hee, ("Makeup Ad Features First Transsexual on TV" ), ''The Digital Chosun'', March 29, 2001. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.〕 This did not go unnoticed by her family or school friends, who often remarked that she looked and acted like a girl.〔〔Gina Choon, ("Adam to Eve" ), ''Asiaweek.com'', September 14, 2001. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.〕 A failed relationship with a boy during her teenage years convinced Harisu of the need to change her sex,〔〔 and by the time she graduated from the all-boys Naksaeng High School,〔Cindy Friedman et al., (transcript for "NewsWrap" on This Way Out program #706 ), October 10, 2001. Retrieved on May 5, 2007.〕 she was already undergoing hormone replacement therapy.〔Christopher Torchia, ("Transsexual entertainer testing the boundaries of South Koreans' Confucian ideals" ), ''The Korea Times'', September 20, 2001. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.〕 It was for this reason that she was exempted from the military service usually required of males in South Korea, being rejected on the grounds of "mental illness".〔〔Markus Augustus, "Harisu Superstar", ''Giant Robot'', issue #28 p.56-59.〕 By the end of the 1990s, Harisu had undergone breast augmentation, sex reassignment surgery, rhinoplasty, and increase of hips, having had surgery performed in South Korea and Japan.〔
Harisu lived in Japan for several years, where she studied to be a hair stylist.〔〔 It was while working as a nightclub singer that she was discovered by a talent agency,〔〔 and soon after she began her career as a model.〔〔 After returning to South Korea in 2000,〔 she signed with management company TTM Entertainment, and first began using the stage name "Harisu", derived from the English phrase "hot issue".〔〔("Who is the Real 'Hot Issue'?" ), ''Korea Now'', November 29, 2003. Retrieved on May 5, 2007.〕
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