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Cha Hyun-ok ((朝鮮語:차현옥); born December 24, 1976), known by her stage name Yuri ((朝鮮語:유리)), is a South Korean pop singer. Debuting as a singer with Cool (쿨), she formed Girl Friends with best friend Chae Rina after the group's breakup in 2005. Yuri has since regrouped with Cool. ==Career== Yuri was not an original member of Cool, but was brought in to replace Yoo Chae-yeong for the group's second album.〔 (유채영 “쿨 탈퇴 이유는 노래 때문” (''Yu Chae-young: "My Reason for Leaving Cool was Because of the Songs"'') ). ''Newsen''. August 21, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 The band's lineup stayed the same from the second album onwards.〔 Han, Hyeon-wu. (댄스그룹 쿨, 올 여름도 변함없는 인기 (''Dance Group Cool, Popular as Always this Summer'') ). ''The Chosun Ilbo''. July 30, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 In 2004, though, Cool was reportedly in danger of breaking up due to tensions within the band.〔 (댄스그룹 쿨 해체 위기 (''Dance Group Cool Close to Breakup'') ). ''Kuki News''. August 9, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 The group eventually broke up after the release of their tenth album in 2005.〔 . ''Newsen''. August 2, 2005. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 A year after the breakup, Yuri announced that she would be joining with close friend Chae Ri-na to become a musical duo, named Girl Friends.〔 (유리ㆍ채리나 "걸프렌즈라 불러주세요" (''Yuri & Chae Rina: "Call Us Girl Friends"'') ). ''The Chosun Ilbo''. June 27, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 Becoming friends in the 1990s while performing with their respective groups, the two had been discussing a possible joint project for 10 years.〔(엔짱: 쿨+디바 '매력덩어리' 뭉쳤다 (''Cool and Diva's Charismatic Members Joined Together'') ). Sports Hankook. July 8, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2008.〕 Girl Friends released their first album, ''Another Myself'', in 2006, with the lead single "Maybe I Love You".〔(Star News: 유리-채리나, '걸프렌즈' 결성 후 타이틀곡 첫 공개! (''Yuri-Chae Rina, "Girl Friends" Debut Their First Single!'') ). ''EPG''. July 19, 2006. Retrieved September 23, 2008.〕 Their second album, ''Addict 2 Times'', was released in late 2007.〔 (유리&채리나 “이번엔 춤보다 노래로 승부” (''Yuri & Chae Rina "Now, instead of dances, we will succeed with our songs"'') ) ''Asia Economy''. October 10, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2008.〕 In 2008, Cool announced that they would be regrouping.〔 (쿨, 3년 만에 컴백...'사랑을 원해'로 인기몰이 (''Cool Comeback After 3 Years...Try to Earn Popularity with "I Want Love"'') ). ''The Chosun Ilbo''. July 28, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 Yuri stated that she missed performing their trademark dance songs in the summer, even while still performing as part of Girl Friends.〔 Yang, Ji-won. (쿨, `"잘 뭉쳤다"는 말 가장 듣고 싶어` (''Cool: "We Want to Hear 'Regrouping was a Good Thing' the Most"'') ). ''Korea Economic Daily''. August 10, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 The group then released their 11th album in the summer of 2009.〔 (쿨 컴백, 11집으로 올 여름 강타 준비 끝! (''Cool Comeback with 11th Album, Preparations Finished for Summer's Heavy Punch'') ). ''International Business Times''. June 16, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 Yuri has set up an online shopping mall with friend Baek Ji-young.〔 Park, Jun-Hyeong. . ''Joins.com''/''Newsen''. July 12, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2010.〕 On October 17, 2012, it was reported that Yuri had been accidentally killed in a fight in Gangnam, Seoul, but this was revealed to be a case of mistaken identity. The real victim was "Ms. Kang", the ex-wife of Yuri's Cool bandmate Kim Sung Soo, who was stabbed to death in a fight in a restaurant where she had been meeting with Roo'ra and Girl Friends singer Chae Ri-na. "Ms. Kang" and Yuri were supposedly very physically similar, causing a misunderstanding as to the identity of the victim.〔http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/cool-kim-sung-soo-s-ex-wife-not-013016482.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yuri (Korean singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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