Super Junior's Ryeo-wook is getting married!

Wedding bells for Super Junior’s Ryeo-wook
Who is Ryeo-wook?
What is Super Junior?
Hits in Super Junior
As a solo artist
Appearing on Chinese postage stamps
Meeting his soon-to-be wife
Who is Ari?
Member of Tahiti
Tahiti’s hits
Ari now
Meeting in theater?
Initial negative response to dating news
Apoloigized to fans
Wedding announcement
Careful consideration
Apologising again
Wedding bells for Super Junior’s Ryeo-wook

The K-pop world has a new wedding to look forward to as Soompi reports that Ryeo-wook, one of the members of Super Junior, is getting married to Ari, a member of the now-defunct K-pop group Tahiti.

Who is Ryeo-wook?

Ryeo-wook is a member of one of K-pop’s most iconic and biggest boy bands, ‘Super Junior’. He is also part of the sub-groups ‘Super Junior-M’, and ‘Super Junior-K.R.Y’.

Image: ryeo9ook / Instagram

What is Super Junior?

Super Junior is a K-pop boy band managed by SM Entertainment. The band is considered one of the biggest contributors to the global phenomenon of the ‘Hallyu Wave’, reports Naver.

Hits in Super Junior

As part of Super Junior, Ryeo-wook has contributed to hits such as ‘Sorry, Sorry’, ‘Mr. Simple’, and ‘Show Me Your Love’.

Image: SM Entertainment

As a solo artist

As of 2016, Soompi reported that Ryeo-wook had embarked on a solo career. As a solo artist, he has released three solo albums to date: ‘The Little Prince’, ‘Drunk on Love’, and ‘A Wild Rose’.

Image: SM Entertainment

Appearing on Chinese postage stamps

Did you know?: Ryeo-wook once made history as one of the first K-pop stars to have the honor of appearing on Chinese postage stamps back in 2008, reports Newsen.

Meeting his soon-to-be wife

According to The Straits Times, Ryeo-wook had met his now fiance, Ari from the now-defunct girl band Tahiti, through a mutual acquaintance in 2020 and confirmed their relationship in the same year.

Who is Ari?

Ari is a K-pop star who was once a member of the girl group ‘Tahiti’. The group was formed in 2012 but disbanded in 2018.

Image: ari_sun0 / Instagram

Member of Tahiti

Ari was a member of Tahiti and joined in 2013. She was known as the youngest member in the group. She remained in the group up until it’s disbandment in 2018.

Image: Dream Star Entertainment

Tahiti’s hits

As part of Tahiti, Ari has contributed to hits such as ‘Oppa, You’re Mine’, ‘Hasta Luego’, and ‘Tonight’.

Image: Dream Star Entertainment

Ari now

Since the dissolution of Tahiti’, Ari has switched careers and moved to acting, reports The Korea Times.

Image: ari_sun0 / Instagram

Meeting in theater?

SBS reports that Ari mostly performs in theatrical works. Coincidentally, this might be where she met Ryeo-wook, as since going solo, he too has delved into acting in theatre!

Initial negative response to dating news

When news that Ryeo-wook and Ari were dating went official, The Straits Times reported that the news was not very well received by their respective fans back in 2020.

Image: ryeo9ook, ari_sun0 / Instagram

Apoloigized to fans

The Straits Times report mentions too that the lukewarm response to Ryeo-wook and Ari’s dating news even led to the two stars apologizing individually on their social media to their fans for the announcement.

Image: ryeo9ook, ari_sun0 / Instagram

Wedding announcement

Fast forward to 2024, and Ryeo-wook made an announcement on his Instagram, with a handwritten note announcing that he and Ari are to be married this May, reports Soompi.

Image: ryeo9ook / Instagram

Careful consideration

In his handwritten note, The Korea Times reports that Ryeo-wook mentioned he had sought the approval of his Super Junior bandmates and management for the wedding with Ari and the decision was made with careful consideration.

Image: ryeo9ook, ari_sun0 / Instagram

Apologising again

The same report from The Korea Times notes that Ryeo-wook had once again apologised to fans for the announcement, for it being sudden news that may have shocked them. Regardless, the news this time around was much more warmly celebrated by his fans!

Image: ryeo9ook, ari_sun0 / Instagram

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