about youngmi.
— basic information.
name: kim, youngmi 김영미.
english name: krystal kim.
nicknames: mimi, ice angel, aegi (baby)
birthday: eighteenth of july, 2002.
ethnicity: korean.
nationality: korean-american.
languages: korean, english, japanese (fluent)
education: hanlim multi-art school
department of practical dance
— career.
companies:
sm entertainment (january 2012—october 2018)
bighit/hybe/belift entertainment (december 2018—present)
trainee period: eight years.
pre-debut appearances:
mickey mouse clubhouse (SMROOKIES)
produce 48
i-land
debut date: thirtieth of november, 2020.
positions: mom of the group
— background.
youngmi was born in gwangju, south korea as the third and youngest child. she has an older brother and an older sister. when she was four, her family moved to los angeles, california for work purposes.
she showed interest in dancing at the young age of six, her parents signing her up for a few contemporary and modern dance classes as a way to help their child find a hobby. she started learning kpop choreographies when her sister introduced her to into the new world by girls generation.
fast forward to when she was ten—she went to her first audition when her brother and sister convinced her to try for sm entertainment’s weekly audition in LA. passing all three rounds, her parents reluctantly allowed her to travel back to korea to start her life as a trainee. she trained until the company decided to add her to the SMROOKIES lineup in 2013. in 2015, she, along with other Rookies, made herself known to the public through Mickey Mouse Club House. in 2018, she competed in Produce 48, shocking the public with her sudden reappearance after three years. her rank fell two spots away from debuting.
parting with SM on good terms that same year after PD48, she went back to her normal life for a month before being scouted by BigHit. taking her chances again at a shot for debut, she trained under BigHit as a hidden trainee for two years before shocking the public once again by appearing on I-LAND.
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KIM YEONG-MI (Hangul: 김영미), known professionally as Yuri, is a fictional Korean-American singer, dancer, rapper, song-writer, and producer under KQ Entertainment based in South Korea. She was formally in a girl group called IOI that was formed under the 2016 reality show, Produce 101. She was ranked number 5 on the survival show, and debuted as the main rapper, lead vocalist and dancer of the group. She also participated in Show Me The Money season 6, and the survival show Mixnine, where she ranked number one in the girl group. She is now debuted in the co-ed South Korean group ATEEZ, as a Vocailst, Performer, Procucer and Face of the Group
Korean Name: Kim Yeong-Mi (김영미)
Birth Name: Sofia Yeong-Mi Kim
Stage Name: Yuri (유리)
English Name: Sofia Kim
Birthdate: August 10, 1999
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rabbit
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Place Of Birth: San Francisco, California
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Korean
MBTI Type: ENFP-T
Languages: English (100%) , Korean (100%) , Spanish (80%) , Japanese (60%) , Chinese (50%) French (20%)
— CAREER
Group: ATEEZ (formerly I.O.I)
Label: KQ Entertainment (formerly YMC Entertainment/CJ E&M and JYP Entertainment)
Years Active: 2016-present
Postion: Rapper, Vocalist, Performer, Composer, Cheorgrapher
Training Period: 2014 — 2016 (JYP) , 2017 — 2018 (KQ)
Occupation: Idol, Actress, Composer, Song-Writer
Entered By: Audition (JYP), Survival Show (IOI), Signing/Audition (KQ)
— PHYSICAL
Height: 170cm (5’7)
Weight: 54kgs (120lbs)
Blood Type: A
Face Claim: Jennie (BLACKPINK)
Rap Claim: Soyeon (GIDLE)
Vocal Claim: Siyeon (DREAMCATCHER)
Dance Claim: Chaeryeong (ITZY)
Body Claim: Hwasa (MAMAMOO)
Eye Color: Brown
Natural Hair Color: Black
— PERSONALITY
Postivie: creative, hard-working, confident, energetic, helpful, caring, open-minded, energetic, strategic, encouraging, wise.
Negative: hesitant, private, forgetful, pessimistic (at times), overworker, obsessive/perfectionist, naïve, stubborn.
a/n: these traits arent necessarily bad, but at times they can be negative.
— SHOWS
Produce 101 (2016)
Music Core MC (April 2017 - October 2017)
High School Rapper (2017)
Show Me The Money 6 (2017)
Mixnine (2017-2018)
Code Name Is Ateez (2018)
Ateez Treasure Film (2019)
Salary Lupin (2021)
Kingdom: Legendary War (2021)
Nevertheless (2021)
Music Core MC (2021)
— FACTS
She was eliminated on SMTM6 at Round 4
She ranked number one on Mixnine for girl group and overall
She ranked number 5 on Produce 101
She ranked number 3 on High School Rapper
She used to MC from October 1, 2016 to April 15, 2017 with Cha Eunwoo and Xiyeon.
She is an MC on Music Core for August 2021 along side with NCT’s Jungwoo and Stray Kids Lee Know.
She took her acting debut in Nevertheless as Seo Jiwan.
She has her own youtube channel named “Sofia Kim” where she used to post dance covers monthly after IOI’s disbandment, but she hasn’t uploaded dance covers on it since October 26th, 2017. Although she uploaded a v-log from when Ateez trained in the U.S and she has been uploading weekly since July 1st, 2021
She has helped written and compose songs of both ATEEZ and IOI, and she has composed and written Purple Kiss’s pre-debut single, “Can We Talk Again.”
Yuri has written and composed over 80 songs.
She has her drivers liscenes. She passed the test in September 2017, and she bought her first and only car in January 2019. She had been saving for a car since she was 13 years old.
Yuri can speak many languages. Her native language is Korean and English, she was raised with Korean and Spanish, her parents raised her with Korean growing up, and she was often babysat by her Uncle Carlos, who is married to her mother’s sister, Miyeon. Uncle Carlos native language is Spanish, and he taught Yuri and her brother, Jae, as well as his own childern, Maia, Iseul, and Manteo Spanish as they grew up. She is very close to those cousins, having grown up with them. She took French for two years in school, and she is learning Japanese and Chinese.
Despite growing up with the language, she made friends with Chan from Stray Kids, Lia from Itzy and Somi, and they often translated what teachers/managers would say if she didn’t understand what they were saying. Due to this, Yuri’s korean skills weren’t the best when she arrived at KQ Entertainment, so she had to study so she would be fluent. Hongjoong had helped her the most with improving her Korean skills.
Other members had helped her as well, they taught her the best they could in between schedules. Sometimes, they still give her lessons and get suprised when she already knows what they try and teach her, even though she is completely fluent in korean now.
She was also close to Jisung from Stray Kids, they bonded over both of them enjoying song writing and composing, and they have many many pre debut songs that they made with each other. Both are too embarrassed to play the songs.
She also made quick friends with Mina from Twice while training due to them joining the company around the same time.
She joined JYP 2015
She shares a room with Seonghwa and Hongjoong, she has the top bunk while Hongjoong has the bottom, but she often sleeps in Hongjoong’s bed, since he sleeps in the living room. She lays in Seonghwa’s and Hongjoong’s bed more than her own.
She once fell down the latter of the bunk bed in the middle of the night, Hongjoong had offered for her to switch beds, but insisted that she stayed on top, because she didn’t want any brain cells to leave his head when he falls down the latter as well. (her exact words) Seonghwa had put a night light in their room after that night, so she wouldn’t miss a step again.
After IOI disbanded, Yuri had stayed with JYP. She was going to make her solo debut after Mixnine, but after hearing news that JYP planned on debuting a boy group and postponing her solo, she hurriedly left the company and signed with KQ Entertainment, where she was promised a spot in KQ Fellaz.
She is lesbian!
Yuri is closest to Seonghwa, Mingi, Hongjoong and Yeosang in the group. Mingi and her instantly bonded after hearing that they were born a day apart, and they called each other “destined best friends” ever since. Yuri naturally got closer to Seonghwa and Hongjoong since they were roommates, and Yuri and Yeosang got closer to each other due to the fact that they were more vulnerable with each other than the other members.
Yuri has a box full of journals that she has been keeping since 2014. They are filled with diary enteries, her schedules, poems, song lyrics, drawings, she basically put anything and everything into these journals. She always carries one around, and she runs through a journal at least once a month. None of the members read any of them, only seeing the contents of them when she had shown them lyrics for a song she had been working on.
Yuri’s favorite show used to be attack on titan, but now her favorite shows are girl from nowhere, wandavison, and dickenson.
She has been a fan of marvel ever since she was young, and her favorite characters are spiderman, black widow, shang-chi and falcon(captain america).
She is a night owl and a light sleeper. She often stays up very late, but despite her tiredness, she is normally easy to wake up.
She enjoys drawing and painting, she often posts pictures of her work on Twitter and she hangs her paintings up on the wall next to her bed.
She is disorganized yet neat, whenever she starts a project it is always messy and her ideas are all over the place, but once she has all the elements and everything planned, she organizes it and makes it very neat.
The members often say her brain is very confusing on how it works, they are amazed on how brilliant she is and they are always surprised by her amazing ideas, they say that she is very intelligent and she thinks hardly about things, which can be positive and negative at the same time.
Yuri is always seen helping the members with anything, whether that be speaking english, singing, rapping, dancing, or just beating a level in a game. She is a very helpful and expirenced person, so the members tend to go to her whenever they are stuck.
TRIGGER WARNING: BODY SHAMING, STRICT DIET MENTION.
She was a fan favorite during Produce 101 and in IOI, so she didn’t receive too much back lash in joining ATEEZ, but she did receive some hate due to her gaining weight after IOI. She tried her best not to let the comment affect her, since the weight she gained after IOI’s disbandment was healthy and muscle weight that she needed to have, the comments died down after people realized that she wasn’t going to change.
She was placed on a very strict diet during her time on Produce 101 and in IOI, she said that time was really scary for her because she thought that her body was going to give out at any given moment. She is no longer on any strict diets and is taking good care of her body now.
Before Yuri had joined JYP, she used to dance and sing in the school choir. She did many styles of dancing, including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and tap.
She appeared in Got7’s “Girls Girls Girls” music video.
She can eat spicy food very well, and is not picky at all. She will eat anything as long as it’s delicious.
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