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Born in South Korea to music-loving parents, Younha began to play the piano at the age of 4. She developed an interest in Japanese Drama and began to teach herself Japanese. Before long, she was skilled enough to interpret to her school friends what would happen on Japanese television. What began as an interest in Japanese dramas developed into an interest in Japanese music. At the recommendation of an older student in her school's broadcasting club, she listened to such artists as Misia, Utada Hikaru, and Shiina Ringo and soon began to like Japanese music. Younha began to dream about debuting as singer alongside her favorite artists.

In order to realize her dream, she began to seek out auditions within Korea. After as many as 20 auditions, where she was turned away for not being suitably pretty, her mother encouraged her to give up. Eventually, however, she made a good impression at an audition in Korea and found herself signing a contract with release in Japan. Due to her deep desire to debut in Japan, she traveled back and forth between Japan and Korea to record. During this time Younha's Japanese skills improved rapidly, even surprising her staff.

After a TV drama producer heard her demo tape, her single, Yubikiri, was chosen as the insert song for the Fuji TV Monday drama Tokyo Wankei ~Destiny of Love~. In October of that same year, she debuted with her official first single, the Yubikiri -Japanese version-.

Younha's second single, Houkiboshi, was used as an ending song for the popular TV anime Bleach. It became a hit, debuting on the Oricon chart at 15th, and propelled Younha into the limelight. Her later single, Touch/Yume no Tsuzuki, first charted at the 14th spot. Her first album Go! Younha reached the number 12 spot on the weekly charts. Younha is only the second Korean after BoA to reach the top 20 on the Oricon album charts.

Currently, Younha still goes back and forth between Korea and Japan and has recently made her Korean debut. Younha has done a number of theme songs for anime series including Jyu Oh Sei (獣王星), the Japanese version of the Korean anime Shoujo Jang Geum no Yume (Jang Geumi ei Kkoom), and Kiba, however, since her second single she has not seen the same success on the Oricon charts.

(from http://wiki.theppn.org/Younha)