Park Gyu-ri

Gyuri is one of those performers who makes you realize how much staying power quiet charisma can have. As the eldest member and a central face of Kara, she helped carry one of the most beloved second-generation K-pop girl groups through its peak years in the late 2000s and early 2010s, when the group was genuinely huge in Japan and across Asia. What I find compelling about her is that she never felt like just a pop product — her poise always came across as genuine, and she transitioned into acting and radio work with an ease that a lot of idol-era peers never quite managed. Kara's 2022 comeback also showed she could step back into that world without missing a beat, which is rarer than it sounds.

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Name (English)

Park Gyu-ri

Name (Japanese)

パク・ギュリ

Reading

ぱく・ぎゅり

Born

May 21, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

singer / actor / film actor / radio personality / voice actor

University

Dongduk Women's University

• Official sitehttps://dainent.kr/html/artist_profile.php?idx=20&go=1#artist_detail
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gyuri_88/
• Xhttps://x.com/gyuri88
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Gyu-ri
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495000

Tags

• singer
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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