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Kweon BoA (born November 5, 1986 in in Gyeonggi province) is a Korean pop singer. She has released albums in both Japan and Korea, and her recording company, SM Entertainment, is positioning her as a cross-cultural star for all of Asia. She speaks native-level Korean and Japanese, plus conversational English, and is learning Chinese.

BoA broke records in both Korea and Japan with her smash hits, including "No. 1," "Valenti," and "Listen to My Heart". At the age of 18, she has made strides in music and acting with chartbreaking albums released in both Japanese and Korean as well as being a covermodel for huge companies such as Shiseido, Honda, KDDI: Au, and Calpis. BoA has also become a crosscultural icon, bridging historical tensions between the nations of Korea and Japan.

When BoA was 11 years old, BoA's brother entered a talent contest to find a new multicultural star hosted by Korean SM Entertainment. The company invited their participants to bring younger siblings, BoA's brother brought her along, and before long, SM had settled on her as their future star. After persuading her parents that their young girl should become a singer instead of continuing to study (BoA was a very bright student,) SM began her training, teaching her the languages a cross-cultural Asian icon would need.

In 2002, her album Listen to my Heart rocketed straight to #1 on the Japanese Oricon charts, during the time of the tension surrounding the 2002 World Cup, which was hosted by Korea and Japan. Her exceptional reception in Japan is believed to be a contributor to the improvement of relations between the two countries, Korea having not forgotten being colonized by Japan for the majority of the first half of the 20th century.