What is Kara (South Korean group)?
{{BLP sources|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist| | name = Kara | image = KARA WHEN I MOVE.jpg | alt = Image of Kara members dancing dressed in pink | caption = Kara in 2022<br />From left to right: Seungyeon, Jiyoung, Nicole, Youngji, Gyuri | origin = [[Seoul]], South Korea | genre = [[K-pop]] | years_active = {{hlist|2007–2016|2022–2023}} | label = DSP Media, RBW | website = {{Official website|http://kara.dspenter.com/}} | current_members = * [[Park Gyu-ri]] * [[Han Seung-yeon]] * [[Nicole Jung]] * [[Kang Jiyoung]] * [[Heo Young-ji]] | past_members = * [[Goo Hara]] * [[Kim Sung-hee]] }} '''Kara''' ({{lang-ko|카라}}; {{lang-ja|カラ}}; often stylized in [[all caps]]) was a South Korean [[girl group]]. Its members were 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''. == Members == {{col-begin}} '''Current members''' * [[Park Gyu-ri]] ({{lang|ko|박규리}}), leader, singer, visual * [[Han Seung-yeon]] ({{lang|ko|한승연}}), singer * [[Nicole Jung|Nicole]] ({{lang|ko|니콜}}, Korean name Jung Yongju, {{lang|ko|정용주}}), singer, rapper, dancer * [[Kang Jiyoung]] ({{lang|ko|강지영}}), singer, rapper * [[Heo Young-ji]] ({{lang|ko|허영지}}), singer, rapper, dancer {{col-2}} '''Former members''' * [[Kim Sung-hee]] ({{lang|ko|김성희}}), singer * [[Goo Hara]] ({{lang