Kara (South Korean group)

Kara
Kara
	Left to right:Youngji, Gyuri, Seungyeon, Hara
Background information
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Years active	2007 – 2016, 2022 – present
Labels	DSP Media, RBW
Members	Park Gyu-ri; Han Seung-Yeon; Nicole Jung; Kang Ji-Young; Heo Youngji
Past member(s)	Goo Hara; Kim Sung-hee
Website	Official Website

Kara was a South Korean pop girl group. Its members are Gyuri, Seungyeon, Hara and Youngji. They debuted through the M.net M! Countdown in 2007 and belong to DSP Media. Kara means sweet melody and adds 'CHARA' in Greek, a feeling to want to give joy through music is put. From 2010, they began activity in Japan. They appeared on NHK Red and White Singing Contest in 2011 (第62回NHK紅白歌合戦). They had a big concert at TOKYO DOME on January 6, 2013. In 2014, Jiyoung and Nicole left and were replaced by Heo Youngji, who was selected via a reality show made to give Kara a new member. The contracts with Gyuri, Seungyeon and Hara expired and they decided not to renew their contracts, resulting in Kara's breakup.

In 2022, 5 members of Kara reunited to release a new album called Move Again.