Profile of ITZY Members, Rookie Girlband with a Bunch of Achievements - Achieving Debut Records

Kapanlagi.com - ITZY which is a new girl group under JYP Entertainment consists of 5 members namely Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna. ITZY is also a girl group that just debuted in 2019 with their first album titled IT'z Different and their debut MV with the song DALLA DALLA.

This group made one of the biggest debuts on the Billboard chart for New K-pop Act in Years. Then continued with the single DALLA DALLA which entered at number 3 and rose to number 2 on the World Digital Song Sales chart. Billboard confirmed that the music video DALLA DALLA has exceeded 17.1 million views in just 24 hours after its release.

This is a record for the most viewed debut K-pop music video in 24 hours. On February 21, eight days after their debut, ITZY received their first music show win on M Countdown and became the fastest girl group to achieve their first music show win. The song DALLA DALLA also holds the record for the fastest debut K-pop music video to reach 100 million views.

And there are still many awards they have received, curious about who are the members of ITZY? Let's directly see their profiles.

1. Yeji

Yeji (credit: instagram.com/itzy.all.in.us)

Starting with the first member named Yeji, who is the leader, main dancer, main rapper, and main vocalist, her real name is Hwang Yeji. She was born on May 26, 2000, in Jeonju, South Korea.

Before debuting as a member of ITZY, Yeji made a cameo appearance in the drama TWENTY AGAIN in 2015. She also appeared on the show SURVIVAL STRAY KIDS in 2017. Yeji is also close friends with Lee Daehwi from AB6IX.

In the show SURVIVAL THE FAN in 2018, Junho from 2PM said that Yeji is JYP Entertainment's secret weapon because of her talent as a dancer, rapper, and singer.

2. Lia

Lia (credit: instagram.com/itzy.all.in.us)

Next, the second oldest member of ITZY is Lia, whose real name is Choi Jisu. Lia is the main vocalist and rapper in the group ITZY. Lia was born on July 21, 2000, in Bucheon, South Korea.

Lia used to live in Canada for a while and then returned to South Korea. Lia is a graduate of Seoul of Performing Art (SOPA) in South Korea and she also received vocal training at Dream Vocal Academy.

Lia was a former trainee of SM Entertainment before she moved to JYP Entertainment and debuted with ITZY.

3. Ryujin

Ryujin (credit: instagram.com/itzy.all.in.us)

The third member is Ryujin. Her real name is Shin Ryujin, born on April 17, 2001, in Chuncheon, South Korea. Ryujin is the Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist, and Center of the group ITZY.

In 2017, Ryujin appeared as a model in BTS's Highlight Reel music video as the partner of J-Hope and Jimin. She also played a role in the movie THE KING in 2017 as Jimin, a student who experiences violence and sexual harassment by her P.E. teacher at school.

Ryujin was also offered to join YG Entertainment by Yang Hyun Suk, but she decided to join JYP Entertainment. Ryujin is also good friends with fellow celebrities such as Bella from ELRIS, Jiu from Dreamcatcher, and Heejin and Hyunjin from LOONA.

4. Chaeryeong

Chaeryeong (credit: instagram.com/itzy.all.in.us)

Having the real name Lee Chaeryeong, born on June 5, 2001 in Nonsan, South Korea. Chaeryeong is the main dancer, vocalist, and rapper of the girl group ITZY.

It is known that Chaeryeong is the sister of Chaeyeon from IZONE. She is also close friends with the members of TWICE, Jeon Somi, Lee Daehwi from AB6IX, and Jiwon from fromis_9.

Chaeryeong was a contestant on JYP's SIXTEEN when she was 14 and a contestant on Kpop Star 3 when she was 11.

5. Yuna

Yuna (credit: instagram.com/itzy.all.in.us)

Next, the last member of ITZY is Yuna. Her real name is Shin Yuna, born on December 9, 2003 in Wonju, South Korea. Like Ryujin, Yuna also appeared in the Highlight Reel BTS music video as Jungkook's partner.

Yuna, who is the youngest member of ITZY, is a lead rapper, lead dancer, vocalist, and visual of ITZY. It is also known that Yuna is skilled in floorball, and she has received an award as the best player in the high school club championship in Kyeonggido.

Those are the profiles of the five ITZY members. Not only beautiful, they all have many talents that can make ITZY become famous very quickly in the entertainment industry of South Korea.

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