#starcluster :: profiles

[starcwrld]

STARCLUSTER is a five-member girl group under Starseed Labels. They debuted on January 25th, 2020 with the members HANA, MINJI, SOYI, KIYOKO, and ICHIKA. They debuted with the mini-album “INTO THE STARVERSE” with the title track of “ETA” The song found instant success and they became immensely popular for their changing sound and their fearlessness in trying new concepts.

KIM HANA (1996) || main vocal 

JUNG MINJI (1996) || lead vocal , lead dancer

KWON SOYI (1998) || main dancer, main rapper

HINATA KIYOKO (1997) || lead vocal, main dancer

OWARI ICHIKA (2000) || lead dancer, lead rapper

DISCOGRAPHY ::

into the starverse

coming soon . . .

GROUP HISTORY ::

pre-starcluster: Soyi moves to South Korea and meets Chaeyeon. Due to Soyi's unstable mental state, Chaeyeon easily manipulates her, and this is where the beginning of the group's rocky ride originates.

2018: debut year of starcluster. They found instant success and gained many music show wins, Rookie of the Year awards, and Song of the Year awards.

coming soon . . .

[jzholloway-sncastro]

Rosette Nebula - Caldwell 49 / NGC 2244 This was my largest and most complex project to date. I took the knowledge that I got from doing my 6 - 8 hour integration on the Heart Nebula, coupled it with two spectacular night plus five not so spectacular ones and ended up with this, 11.5 hours worth of total integration. There is definitely a full story to tell here but I will do that on my website (link on profile). Needless to say I has two wonderfully clear and transparent nights with no issues, three supposedly clear nights but everything ran great, and one night from hell (the last one) that was clear long enough for me to get the data I needed to break 10+ hours without having to use the L-Pro data (did anyways) . 159 x 240s (L-eNhanced filter) - 40 / 40 / 19 / 37 / 23 55 x 60s (L-Pro filter) Darks, flats, dark flats and biases used for all sessions 800 ISO used on all sessions Bortle 8 skies . Meade Series 6000 80mm Triplet APO Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro Canon EOS Ra Astro-Tech 0.8 Reducer Optolong L-eNhanced & L-Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO ASI224mc (guide) PHD2, APT, DSS, PS, Starnet++, Topaz Denoise . @meadeinstruments @optolongfilter @canonusa . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto #highpointscientific #earliestlight #ShotOnCanon #photography #apod #igworldclub_astrophotography #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #cosmos #space #science #milkyway #rosettenebula #rosette #nebula #starcluster #stars #nightskyphotography #naturephotography #astronomyphotography #meadeinstruments #canonphotography #IAmSkyWatcher #2021 #photooftheday #nightsky (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKbg190J2Xf/?igshid=1u7f5jgsn1nbl

[starcwrld]

ICHIKA was born on November 30th, 2000 and she is the youngest member of starcluster. Her parents had her when she was young and therefore was raised by her grandparents since her parents left to pursue a higher education. She lived on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan in a small house. Her grandfather was an office worker and her grandmother couldn’t work due to her severe back problems. For this reason, Ichika began working young to help her grandfather support the family. 

Ichika was scouted when she was at the mall with some friends and a Starseed employee came up to her and followed her around asking for her to sign. Ichika took the business card but thought it was a scam. She went home that day and researched the company on her father’s computer and it was relatively new and unknown. However, she saw how much an idol could potentially make and she decided to sign anyway. 

She was the most inexperienced member at the time and had to go through heavy training sessions to get on par with the other members. She was known for her tenacity and her strength in trying every day to get better and she soon became one of the best dancers among the trainees. She was added to starcluster after replacing another trainee in the lineup and she would debut with the group.

STAGE NAME :: ICHIKA FULL NAME :: Owari Ichika

ETHNICITY :: Japanese

NATIONALITY :: Japanese

BIRTHDATE :: November 30, 2000

BIRTHPLACE :: Tokyo, Japan

STAR SIGN :: Sagittarius 

[starcwrld]

MINJI was born on October 23, 1996, and was raised by her aunt in a small apartment in Seoul. She does not know her birth parents or any information about them and her aunt has not disclosed any information about either of them to her. Her aunt was a well-known hairdresser and has worked in hair in makeup for some idols as well as on some tv sets. On the side, her aunt was a dance instructor but oddly enough, Minji did not enjoy dancing and would often find excuses to not go to her aunt’s dance instruction. 

Instead, she found herself enjoying musical instruments more and she taught herself how to play the guitar and later the piano that was in her school’s music room. For her 15th birthday, her aunt bought her a guitar which she still uses and takes care of to this day. This sparked her passion for music and she originally wanted to break into the Western market after being inspired by various Western artists. She was also not into the lifestyle of an idol and she would have preferred to go solo. 

This changed when she met Hana and she found out about Hana’s skills in lyricism. Hana would write the lyrics and Minji would produce the song while both of them would take turns singing. This started Minji’s original dream to convince Hana to form a duo and they would release their own music, independent of a label. 

Again, there was another shift in Minji’s life when she strangely had a dream where both Hana and Minji were in a famous K-pop band, and after that, Minji was set on making this happen. Even though Hana initially laughed at the fact that Minji was acting so seriously because of a dream, she followed through and both of them auditioned for Starseed entertainment because Minji liked their "mystery due to being a newer company" and because she thought that they looked cool for being under a "mysterious company." 

Now, Minji is a member of starcluster and she has the opportunity to produce music for the group but it is not the band she envisioned. Regardless, she enjoys the group and the opportunities it has presented her. She sometimes releases music under the name Allura. 

STAGE NAME :: MINJI

FULL NAME :: Jung Minji

ENGLISH NAME :: Addison Jung

ETHNICITY :: Korean

NATIONALITY :: Korean

BIRTHDATE :: October 23rd, 1995

BIRTHPLACE :: Seoul, South Korea

STAR SIGN :: Scorpio

[starcwrld]

KIYOKO was born on January 6th, 1997 to two parents in a small rural town in Japan. Her mother is a 1st-grade teacher and her father is an animator at an animation studio. She is the middle sibling and has one older sister and a younger brother. 

She lived on a small farm with her grandparents as well as with her immediate family. She would often help her grandparents harvest and plant crops and would tend to the animals as well. For this reason, she dreamed of being a vet. Though, she had a passion for dance and was a ballerina. During a ballet recital, she was scouted by SM Entertainment and Starseed Entertainment but chose to go with Starseed after some contract conflicts with SM Entertainment. 

She left her small town at the age of 17 and moved into the trainee dorms. She was known for being the most quiet trainee and she wouldn’t talk to many others or even go out with them. She became close to her group members though and if she was caught talking with anyone or going with anyone, it would be them. She was known for her mysterious allure and to this day, she is still not a talkative member in the company. 

STAGE NAME :: KIYOKO

FULL NAME :: Hinata Kiyoko

ETHNICITY :: Japanese

NATIONALITY :: Japanese

BIRTHDATE :: January 6th, 1997

BIRTHPLACE :: Takayama, Japan

STAR SIGN :: Capricorn 

[starcwrld]

SOYI was born on July 3rd, 1998 in Los Angeles, California to a mother who was a current PhD student and an engineer father. She lived a comfortable life in Los Angeles due to her parent's wealth but she did feel lonely since she was an only child and her parents focused on work full time. 

Due to this, Soyi began to lash out pretty early in her childhood and had a history of causing problems in school in an attempt to gain her parent’s attention. However, this proved futile since her parents chose to look the other way. The lack of consequences in her youth have an effect on her to this day. 

She also had to raise herself in many ways. Since her parents had her young, they often left her alone to live out their youths and again, they did not provide a parental figure for her. As time went on, Soyi’s behavior worsened at school and her grades weren’t doing so well either. As an escape, she began to learn dance. She often tagged along to her friend’s dance classes and she was soon beginning to learn through watching other people.

Due to her infamous reputation, the owner of the dance studio allowed her to dance, free of charge in hopes of quelling Soyi’s behavior and providing a safe space for her to express herself. She became the only authority figure in Soyi’s life so she often went out of her way to seek her approval and began to calm down once her dance instructor stepped into her life. 

She would be scouted by Pledis and JYP Entertainment and she actually accepted JYP’s offer but due to the sudden move to South Korea, Soyi’s mental health slowly began to spiral and so did her behavior so she was quickly let go. Her parents would send her money for a hotel in the meantime while she made arrangements to fly home but before she could, she was scouted by Starseed Entertainment, and due to her pettiness, she joined as a way to get back at JYP and to become successful. 

At the time, her behavior was still an issue but it began to quell after meeting the two other members Hana and Minji. She quickly took a liking to Hana as she reminded her of her dance instructor and once again her behavior began to soften. She quickly became known for her dancing skills and her social and bubbly personality as well. But she was still problematic in the company although the CEO overlooked it because of the dancing skills of Soyi and that he wanted to debut a group as soon as possible. She would then debut in starcluster and become known as the group’s main dancer. 

STAGE NAME :: SOYI

FULL NAME :: Kwon Soyi

ENGLISH NAME :: Eve Kwon

ETHNICITY :: Korean

NATIONALITY :: Korean-American

BIRTHDATE :: July 3rd, 1998

BIRTHPLACE ::Los Angeles, California

STAR SIGN :: Cancer

[starcwrld]

HANA was born on March 15th, 1996 to a nurse mother and a lawyer father. She came from a wealthy background since her father was the owner of a successful family-owned law firm. Because of this, Hana went to a private school in Gangnam where she did not make many friends. Hana was quiet and would often keep to herself which allowed her to have a lot of time for hobbies and school work. She would graduate at the top of her class and would even go on to enroll in university as a writing major. 

In her youth, her hobbies included writing, singing and songwriting. She enjoyed all forms of poetry and this inspired her to create her own poems which eventually brought her to songwriting. She also enjoyed learning and prioritized her studies in both high school and college. She had aspirations to become a teacher or a professor but would be a producer/songwriter on the side as a hobby.

However, these dreams would change when she met Jung Minji at a park near her school. Hana was there reading and writing poems when Minji came up to her and asked her to play with her and though at first Hana declined, Minji convinced her and they played with each other which would then lead to this being a daily routine. Hana would share her poems and songs with Minji since she shared the same hobby. As children, Minji would produce the music in GarageBand while Hana wrote the lyrics and they would spend their free time expressing themselves creatively. 

Hana would be scouted by companies like SM, Starship, Hybe, and JYP Entertainment but would ultimately decline their offers since she was not interested in this career path at the time. Although, on a whim, Minji would convince Hana to try out for Starseed Entertainment for fun since neither of them believed they would get in. When they did, Hana and Minji would sign and make a pact to debut as a duo or at least release some music together. 

She still remains a shy and introverted person and is known for being a homebody. She doesn’t get close to many people but she is friendly to those around her. She’s a perfectionist and often spends hours in the studio or in the dance room trying to perfect her abilities which leads her to become an all-rounded member in starcluster. She is now the most popular member in starcluster. 

STAGE NAME :: HANA

FULL NAME :: Hana Kim

ENGLISH NAME :: Mila Kim

ETHNICITY :: Korean

NATIONALITY :: Korean

BIRTHDATE :: March 15, 1996

BIRTHPLACE :: Gangnam, South Korea

STAR SIGN :: Pisces