Lia

Lia Profile

• Birth Name: 최지수 (Choi Jisu)
• Stage Name: Lia
• Nationality: South Korean
• Date of Birth: 2000.07.21
• Zodiac Sign: Cancer
• Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
• Height: 162 cm (5’31”)
• Weight: N/A
• Blood Type: AB
• Personal Social Media: N/A

Lia Facts & TMI

• Lia is the main vocalist of ITZY.
• She was born in Bucheon and grew up in Incheon.
• She lived in Incheon until graduating middle school, she briefly lived on Jeju Island to continue her study at North London Collegiate School Jeju.
• She transferred to School of Performing Arts Seoul (Music Department) when she began her trainee life at JYP Entertainment.
• Her family consists of mother (born 1970), father, and a younger brother (born 2004).
• She has a puppy called Bella.
• Before her debut, she appeared in a promotional video for Disney Channel in 2016.
• She has experience of hosting several festival and awards shows including the 2019 Changwon K-POP World Festival and Gaon Chart Music Awards 2020 & 2021.
• Although her official position in the group is main vocalist, she often gets rap parts in ITZY’s songs.
• She impressed senior singer Yoo Hee Yeol through her cover performance of Jessie J’s ‘Price Tag’ on the singer’s music talk show ‘Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook’.
• She has a low tone voice.
• Her MBTI personality type is ENFJ.
• Despite being the second eldest member in the group, she is adored by the younger members.
• She has a big laughing voice.
• Lia is considered as the gag character in the team.
• She is known to have a beautiful shoulder line.
• Domestic fans think that she resembles sloth(?), singer Jane Jang, actresses Kim Gyuri, Lee Elijah, and Seorina.
• Lia was chosen by a plastic surgeon as an idol with a pretty face shape.
• She was involved in an alleged bullying scandal in February 2021.
• Unlike other members, Lia was the only member who had no exposure to broadcasting media before her debut.
• She is the only member in ITZY who uses a stage name.
• Lia’s stage name was taken from her English name Julia.
• When she was in elementary school, she studied in Canada and Korea. She is said to be going back and forth between Korea and Canada, and the combined period of her studying abroad is said to be three years.
• Thanks to the experience of studying abroad, Lia has excellent English skills.
• She enrolled in the North London Collegiate School Jeju, which is known to be a school for rich families.
• When she was an elementary school student, she passed the SM Entertainment Global Audition in Canada. However, due to the opposition of her parents, she didn’t join the agency.
• After passing the JYP audition in the third grade of middle school, she lived as a trainee for about four years.
• Lia joined JYP Entertainment after auditioning at the JYP Center in Seoul.
• Her mother is a music teacher.
• Receiving influence from her mother, she considered a career in music before becoming a trainee.
• All the members tend to sleep a lot, but among them, Lia is especially a heavy sleeper.
• She loves dipping everything in honey.
• Her role model is Ariana Grande.
• She has a dog named Bella that is raised in her parents’ house. But she is said to be allergic to dogs, so she has to take allergy medicine every time she comes to her parents’ house.
• Her hobbies are listening to music and shopping.
• She can’t eat raw fish.
• Her favorite foods are kimchi fried rice, beef radish soup, and pasta.
• She really likes fruits.
• Unlike most groups where leaders are in charge of hosting the group’s VLive, Lia is often in charge of hosting ITZY.
• She has a lot of celebrity friends including TWICE, IZ*ONE’s Kang Hyewon, and Minnie of (G)I-DLE.
• When she’s nervous, she has a habit of holding the hands of the members next to her without realizing it.
• Lia’s parents said that even before birth, they have prepared the name “Jisoo” for their child, whether it was a baby girl or a boy.
• If she didn’t become a member of ITZY, she would have become a fashion designer.
• Her favorite color is sky blue.
• If she were to be reborn as an animal, she said that she would like to be born as a puppy.
• She is an iPhone 12 black user.
• Among her nicknames are Lya, SlothLia, LoveLia, Choi Lia, Honey Lia, Cinnamon Lia, Our Lia, Liapaca (Lia + Alpaca), etc.
• Her shoe size is 240 mm.