Tzuyu

Tzuyu Profile

• Birth Name: 周子瑜 (Chou Tzuyu)
• Stage Name: Tzuyu
• Nationality: Taiwanese
• Date of Birth: 1999.06.14
• Zodiac Sign: Gemini
• Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
• Height: 170 cm (5’5”)
• Weight: N/A
• Blood Type: A
• Personal Social Media: N/A

Tzuyu Facts & TMI

• Tzuyu was born and grew up in Tainan City, Taiwan.
• His family consists of mother, father, and an older brother (born 1992).
• She has some pets, a Chihuahua puppy named Gucci (sadly it passed away), another puppy named Uz, and cats named BiBi, Ppoppo, BanBan, Butter, and Kaya.
• She graduated from the Applied Music Department of Hanlim Art High School.
• Her position in the group is maknae, sub vocalist and lead dancer.
• She usually introduces herself as ‘Hello, I’m TWICE’s tall maknae!’.
• According to local Taiwanese reports, Tzuyu was born to parents working at night markets and grew up with her brother under the care of her nanny instead of her very busy parents.
• Her mother (Huang Yen-ling) is also an executive director of some plastic surgery clinics in Taiwan.
• Tzuyu came from a well-off family.
• She enrolled in a dance academy in Taiwan because she liked dancing since she was young, she was scouted by JYP staff at the dancing academy.
• She began her training period in Korea starting from November 2012.
• She is one of the maknae lines in TWICE (with Dahyun and Chaeyoung).
• Tzuyu is often mentioned as one of the prettiest K-Pop acts.
• She also becomes the ‘visual’ of the group.
• She appeared in several variety shows such as ‘My Little Television’, ‘Weekly Idol Christmas Special 2015’, ‘Sugarman’, ‘Gag Concert’, ‘Idol Star Athletics Championship’, ‘Same Bed Different Dreams’, ‘Kings of Masked Singer’, ‘Please Take care of My Refrigerator’, ‘Battle Trip’, ‘Dogs Are Incredible’, etc.
• She became a special MC for ‘MCountdown’ for several episodes alongside other TWICE members.
• She performed several collaboration stages such as ‘Tell Me’ stage in ‘2016 DMC Festival’ (with AOA’s Seolhyun and EXID’s Hani), ‘Dreams Come True’ stage in ‘2018 SBS Gayo Daejun’ (with TWICE’s Momo and Jeongyeon; Red Velvet’s Irene, Seulgi, Joy), ‘HUSH’ stage in ‘2018 KBS Gayo Daechukje’ (with Red Velvet’s Joy, Lovelyz’s Mijoo, GFRIEND’s Sowon, Momoland’s Yeonwoo, and TWICE’s Jihyo).
• Tzuyu won a newcomer award in Taiwan’s entertainment awards ceremony in 2016.
• She took the GED examination for her middle school diploma in Taiwan in 2016.
• She is the first Taiwanese to debut as a K-pop idol, as well as the first and only artist from Taiwan among JYP Entertainment artists.
• He is the tallest member in TWICE.
• She mentioned Hyolyn and Suzy as her role-models.
• Her personal phone is Galaxy Note 10+.
• She loves dogs. Tzuyu and fellow TWICE members often join voluntary works in animal shelters in Korea.
• Her family raised a puppy named Gucci in Taiwan (it passed away in September 2020).
• Tzuyu (and Nayeon) are afraid of water.
• She is quite a hard worker, as shown in the reality show ‘SIXTEEN’.
• She said that Nayeon and Jeongyeon are the members who often put pranks on her.
• At her early debut days, many people thought that she resembled Fan Bingbing.
• She ranked third in the 2016 Gallup Idol Preference survey, a high rank especially for a foreign idol.
• She always speaks slowly.
• Tzuyu is friends with Kang Hyewon of IZ*ONE who was also her schoolmate in Hanlim Arts High School.
• She is also close to GFRIEND’s Sowon.
• One of her favorite foods is bread.
• She is good at archery, proven by her performance at ‘2019 Idol Star Athletic Championship’ where she scored 10 points.
• She participated in writing lyrics for TWICE’s song ‘Feel Special’.
• Her special talents are dancing and archery.
• Her hobbies are going to concerts and eating.
• Her shoe size is 245~250 mm.
• Her MBTI personality type is ISFP.
• Among her nicknames are Yoda, Juhee, Sally, Greatest Proportion, Chocolate, Tall Maknae, Taiwan’s Miracle, TzuGolas (Tzuyu + Legolas).