Harisu

Biography

Lee Kyung-eun (born Lee Kyung-yeop), better known by her stage name Harisu (Hangul: 하리수; Hanja: 河莉秀), is a Korean pop singer, model, and actress. Assigned male at birth, Harisu identified as female from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is the Republic of Korea’s first transgenderentertainer, and in 2002 became only the second person in Korea to legally change their gender. Her stage name is an adaptation of the English phrase “hot issue”.