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Cho Soo-jin

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In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.
Cho Soo-jin
조수진
Born (1974-01-06) January 6, 1974 (age 50)[1]
Incheon, South Korea
Alma materBeijing Language and Culture University
OccupationDancer
Korean name
Hangul
조수진
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Su-jin
McCune–ReischauerCho Sujin

Cho Soo-jin[2] (Korean: 조수진; born January 6, 1974[1]) is a South Korean choreographer. After working as an aerobics instructor in China, she is famous for introducing and popularizing the cheerleading culture for the first time and served as general manager of China's official cheering squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3][4][5]

Life

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Cho Soo-jin was born on 6 January 1974 in Incheon, Gyeonggi-do (currently Incheon Metropolitan City)[6] and graduated from Incheon Gajwa Girls' Middle School and Munil Girls' High School.[7] Cho Soo-jin has been interested in dance since childhood, and in 1981, when she was in the second grade of elementary school, she participated as a representative of all students at the school's autumn sports day and made choreography.[8]

Cho Soo-jin won first place at the Incheon Middle School Dance Competition held in 1986 when she was in the first grade of middle school, and at the recommendation of teachers, she first encountered aerobics at the academy.[5][9] She has been an aerobics instructor since 1988 when she was in his third year of middle school, and in 1992, she spent six months training at the University of Sydney, Australia, to learn aerobics.[10][11]

Cho Soo-jin wanted to become a ballerina when she was young, but she gave up because of the difficult family situation that she witnessed her parents' divorce when she was six years old.[7][12] In particular, the furniture at home was seized due to the father's wrong debt guarantee process. Meanwhile, Cho Soo-jin left for China with only 4 million won while watching a documentary related to China on television in 1994, and started studying abroad.[12]

Cho Soo-jin entered the University of International Business and Economics in 1994, and pretended to be a Chinese people to save money while illegally living in a shabby apartment with low housing prices.[9] Then, in 1995, she worked as an aerobics instructor at the Kangmeida (康美達) Sports Center in Beijing, witnessing a three-fold increase in salary in just a month.[13] Cho Soo-jin majored in Chinese when she transferred to Beijing Language University in 1996 and became a local-level Chinese speaker.[11][14][15] Cho Soo-jin graduated in 1999 with a bachelor's degree from Beijing Eohen University.[14] At the graduation ceremony, she boldly cut Cheongsam, Chinese traditional clothes, into miniskirts.[12]

Cho Soo-jin appeared on Beijing Television's aerobics program from 1999 to 2003, causing an aerobic craze in various parts of China,[16][17] drawing attention for his "Dancing Aerobics", which combines dance music with aerobic movements. In 1999, Cho Soo-jin formed an aerobics demonstration team and was in charge of directing and organizing[13] and played a role in spreading dancing aerobics to various parts of China. In 2000, she became the general manager of Nirvana, a fitness center located in Beijing, and in 2002, she also served as Nike's exclusive model for Chinese advertising.[18]

Cho Soo-jin served as the head of the China national football team, Qiumi (球迷), who participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosted in South Korea and Japan, and in 2002, she was in charge of cheerleading performances for his basketball teams through a contract with the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).[14][19] In April 2005, she founded a dance team named after herself, Soojin Dance (simplified Chinese: 守镇之舞; traditional Chinese: 守鎮之舞; pinyin: Shǒuzhènzhīwǔ). On 30 October 2005, she married Michael Young, a Chinese diplomat in the United States.[20]

Cho Soo-jin served as general manager of China's official cheering squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and as many as 380 cheerleaders successfully performed more than 300 times in various events.[17][21] Cho Soo-jin was the host of the talk show program Her Village (天下女人), which aired on Hunan Satellite Television from 2009 to 2013 along with Yang Ran and Li Ai.[11][22][23] In 2018, she had an interview with China's China Pictorial and introduced herself as CEO of Soojin Dance and CEO of Our Bakery.[24]

Books

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  • A woman who wakes up Chinese morning (Korean: 중국의 아침을 깨우는 여자; Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc.: 2002)

References

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  1. ^ a b "赵守镇的微博_微博". 新浪微博 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "'Soojin Dance' squad practise a dance". China Daily. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "中 올림픽 비치발리볼 치어리더 응원 지도 조수진씨". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 12 September 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ Multiple sources:
  5. ^ a b "중국에 응원문화를 개척한 치어리더계의 대모, 조수진". Daum Life (in Korean). 24 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Give me a Cho!". China Daily. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "화끈한 응원으로 한류에 한몫". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 29 January 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  8. ^ "[인간탐구] 중국 최고의 스타 에어로빅 강사 조수진". Weekly Hankook (in Korean). 28 June 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b Multiple sources:
  10. ^ "중국의 아침을 깨우는 여자". Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc. (in Korean). 28 May 2002. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b c ""韩国大美女"赵守镇". China Radio International (中国国际广播电台) (in Chinese). 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "[Zoom up] '중국의 아침을 깨우는 여자' 조수진". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ^ a b "赵守镇老师资料". Sina Blog (新浪博客) (in Chinese). 27 February 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "赵守镇:篮球宝贝一定要健康向上 一定要学东西". Sohu Sports (搜狐体育) (in Chinese). 5 September 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Bring It On: Meet the woman behind one of China's cheerleading squads". The Beijinger. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Dancing Queen". The Korea Times. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  17. ^ a b "조수진, 장쯔이에 돌직구 "학창시절, 친구 없었지?"(마이퀸)". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 23 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  18. ^ "월드컵때 中응원단장 조수진, 농산물 中수출 홍보대사 위촉". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 4 August 2003. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  19. ^ Multiple sources:
  20. ^ "韓-中 농구올스타전 中치어리더 이끈 조수진씨". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 24 January 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  21. ^ Multiple sources:
  22. ^ "장쯔이에 "내숭 놀랍다"… 담대한 입심 中매료". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 25 January 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  23. ^ "专访《天下女人》主持人赵守镇：我什么都敢说". Tencent Entertainment (腾讯娱乐) (in Chinese). 21 March 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  24. ^ "[노컷V] 치어리더→중견사업가, '차이나드림' 이룬 그녀". No Cut News (in Korean). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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