Super Junior-K.R.Y. is the first sub-unit of South Korean boy band Super Junior, composed of the three main vocalists of Super Junior: Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung. The trio were widely known as the "First Sub-unit of K-pop".

History During the year 2006, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook and Yesung under the name Super Junior-K.R.Y. (from the first letter of the members' stage names) released two original soundtrack titled "The Night Chicago Died" and "The One I Love" for the tvN drama Hyena. On November 5, 2006, they debuted on the music program Music Bank with performing "The One I Love". Since then, they have released several original soundtracks for Korean television dramas. They made their first overseas performance on March 17, 2007, at the 6th Pattaya International Music Festival in Thailand, where they performed to 10,000 people.

Super Junior-K.R.Y. held their first concert tour in Asia in 2010–2011. The tour commenced in Tokyo in August 2010 and continued onto Kobe, Taipei, Fukuoka, Seoul, and concluding in Nanjing, China.Hong, Lucia "Super Junior K.R.Y. to release theme song for Mnet show this week" 10Asia. April 14, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2012. Over 22,000 people attended the tour. Super Junior members Donghae, Sungmin and Heechul made special guest appearances at the Seoul concerts, as well as labelmates Shinee and TRAX.Park Kun-ouc "Super Junior-K.R.Y. woos 5,000 fans at first concert" 10Asia. February 14, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2012.

Super Junior K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert 2012 was held in Yokohama on November 19–21 with 15,000 fans in the audience."Super Junior-K.R.Y. to Release First Japanese Single ‘Promise You’" CJ E&M enewsWorld. November 22, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2015. Super Junior K.R.Y. released some tracks and a teaser video from their upcoming Japanese single "Promise You" for the first time at the concerts."슈퍼주니어 K.R.Y, 日 단독콘서트 1만 5천 관객 열광" TV Report. November 22, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2015. Tickets for the concerts in Yokohama went on sale on October 27 and were sold out in three seconds."Super Junior-K.R.Y forms in Front of a 15,000 Audience in Yokohama Concert" CJ E&M enewsWorld. November 22, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2015. There were performances in Kobe and Tokyo in December and January. The tour mobilised 36,000 people in Tokyo, with a total of 72,000 in all three cities and nine concerts. The application for the tickets was over 1,500,000, and proved their popularity in Japan."SUPER JUNIOR K.R.Y Gathers As Much Demand as Full Group? Explosive Success at Nippon Budokan" KpopStarz. January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

Super Junior-K.R.Y. released their first official single in Japan titled "Promise You" on January 23, 2013, and debuted at number two on Oricon's daily singles chart. In total, the single album sold 40,645 copies on its first day of sales on January 23. In the next day the single album ranked 1st place by selling 15,197 copies. In the first week of sales "Promise You" sold 69,067 copies, ranking 2nd place in Oricon Weekly Chart. On May 6, 2013, member Yesung was enlisted for his mandatory military service. It made the sub-group hiatus from their activities.

Yesung completed his mandatory military service on May 4, 2015. They continued their activities as a trio with held Japanese tour, starting in Yokohama on June 2–3 and had 11 total performances in arenas in Kobe, Fukuoka and Nagoya. In June 2015, the trio announced will be released their second Japanese single titled "Join Hands" on 5 August 2015. In July 2015, SM Entertainment announced Super Junior-K.R.Y. will be held their Asia tour started at the Seoul's Olympic Hall on August 22 and 23. Ryeowook enlisted for his military service on 11 October 2016 while Kyuhyun enlisted for his military service on May 25, 2017. As a result, the sub-group has temporarily halted their activities. Ryeowook and Kyuhyun were discharged on July 10, 2018, and May 7, 2019, respectively.

They made their comeback appearance at the Jeddah Season Festival on July 13, 2019. On December 31, 2019, they performed at Taoyuan New Year's Eve stage in Taiwan.

In May 2020, it was announced that Super Junior K.R.Y will have their first Korean release since their unit's debut in 2006, with an EP titled When We Were Us, which was released on June 8. The EP is part of a chain of activities to celebrate 15 years since formation for Super Junior, from 2005 till 2020. They subsequently released a Japanese single, "Traveler" on October 27, with the Japanese version of "When We Were Us" as its B-side. The single peaked at number one on Oricon Daily Singles Chart.

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR JPNWhen We Were Us Released: June 8, 2020 Format: CD, digital download streaming Label: SM Entertainment 1 8 KOR: 155,678 JPN: 5,003

Singles TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum KORJPN* "Promise You": "Join Hands": "Traveler": "Promise You" 2013 — 2 JPN: 76,457+ (DL) "Join Hands" 2015 — 3 JPN: 34,152+ (DL) "When We Were Us"(푸르게 빛나던 우리의 계절)2020143—When We Were Us"Traveler" — 2JPN: 16,394

Soundtrack appearances TitleYearPeak Chart PositionsAlbum KOR"Fly" "The Night Chicago Died" 2006 — Hyena "The One I Love" — "Stop Walking By" — Snow Flower "Just You" 2007 — Billie Jean, Look at Me "Dreaming Hero" 2009 — Partner "Fly" 2011 52 Superstar K3 Hong, Lucia "Super Junior K.R.Y. to release theme song for Mnet show this week" 10Asia. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-30 "Sky"2012 — To the Beautiful You "Loving You" — Miss Panda and Mr. Hedgehog "Shadow of You" () 2021 — The King's Affection OST Part 1

Other appearances Title Year Peak chartpositions Sales Album KOR "회상 (Reminiscence)" 2012 38 KOR (DL): 261,698 Yoon Il Sang 21st Anniversary 'I’m 21' Part 2

Videography YearTrackAlbum 2006 "The one I love" Hyena OST 2011 "Fly" Superstar K3 OST 2012 "Reminiscence" Yoon Il Sang's 21st Anniversary Album 2013 "Promise You" Promise You "Hana Mizuki" Hero 2015 "Join Hands" Join Hands2020"When We Were Us"When We Were Us"Traveler"

Concert tours

Asia Tour Super Junior-K.R.Y. The 1st Concert (2010–2011) Super Junior-K.R.Y. Asia Tour Phonograph (2015)

Japan Tour Super Junior-K.R.Y. Special Winter Concert (2012–2013) Super Junior-K.R.Y. Japan Tour Phonograph (2015)

Online concerts Super Junior-K.R.Y. - The Moment With Us (2020)

Awards and nominations

+The name of the award ceremony, year presented, nominee(s) of the award, award category, and the result of the nominationYearAward ceremonyCategoryNominee(s)Result2021Golden Disc AwardsCuraprox Popularity AwardSuper Junior-K.R.YQQ Music Popularity AwardDisc BonsangWhen We Were Us

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