ITZY Member Yeji (Hwang Yeji) Profile, Family, Facts, and TMI

Yeji Profile

Birth Name: 황예지 (Hwang Yeji)
Stage Name: Yeji
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 2000.05.26
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Height: 167 cm (5’47”)
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: A
Personal Social Media: N/A

Yeji Facts & TMI

Yeji was born in Seoul but grew up in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do.
Her family consists of mother (born 1977), father, and an older sister (born 1998).
She is raising two poodles called Hongsam and Insam.
Yeji graduated from Jeonju Commercial Information High School, majoring in finance.
Yeji is the leader, main dancer, lead vocalist, and sub rapper of ITZY.
She signed with JYP Entertainment on January 4th, 2016, after passing auditions at the agency.
She became a trainee at JYP for 3 years.
Before her official debut with ITZY, Yeji appeared in the survival program ‘Stray Kids’ as a member of the female trainees team.
She also appeared in SBS singing variety-competition ‘The Fan’ and successfully advanced to the third round.
Her signature heart color is black (🖤).
She also performed at JYP Trainee Showcase on February 21st, 2017.
Yeji used to dislike dancing, but she naturally learned dancing in elementary school since her sister learned dancing.
She was ranked 7th among the best dancing K-pop female idols evaluated by foreign professional dancers.
She did not learn singing before joining JYP. After joining JYP in 2016, she started learning vocals step by step from the beginning.
Although her official position is main dancer, her vocal skills were also praised as main vocalist material.
Yeji is considered as the all-rounder within the group, with balanced dancing and singing skills.
Despite being the eldest member of ITZY, she is often teased by the younger members.
She has a mature personality and high sense of responsibility.
She is known to have deep affection towards fans.
According to Ryujin, Yeji is the member with the biggest personality gap on and off stage.
Compared to the other members, she rarely spotted crying.
The members say Yeji is the most sociable member in the team.
She really takes good care of herself. When there are no schedules, she would go to the gym and practice pilates every day.
She hates delaying her tasks, so she would finish everything in advance.
She is said to have the strongest winning desire among the group members.
She is bad at lying.
Yeji is said to be very strict about time. Despite busy schedules, she puts in a lot of effort so that she won’t be late coming to school.
Once she is into a particular dish, she would only eat that dish for weeks straight.
According to the members, Yeji has natural aegyo.
Hwang Yeji’s MBTI personality type is ESFJ.
He belongs to Changwon Hwang’s clan.
Her motto is “Believe me”.
Her favorite foods are snacks, cold noodles, curry, pickled radish, ketchups, blood sausages, meats, sweet potato, cream cheese, seafood, fruits, etc.
Her favorite beverages are carbonated beverages, smoothie, milk tea,
She doesn’t eat mushroom, perilla soup, coriander, perilla leaf, bellflower, ginger, dark chocolate, coffee, and hot drinks.
She prefers casual and comfortable clothes.
She is often seen wearing hats.
Her favorite scents are the scent of soap and peach scent.
She loves watching fantasy movies. Among her favorite movies are ‘Twilight’, ‘Maze Runner’ Series, ‘Hunger Game’ Series, ‘About Time’, ‘La La Land’, and ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’.
She loves sunny days and hates rain.
Her favorite color is black.
Yeji recommended a lot of songs to fans, mostly ballads.
She is a fan of Ariana Grande.
She doesn’t really watch TV but she loves watching ‘New Journey to The West’.
She likes wearing orange lipstick.
Her favorite flower is rose.
Her favorite seasons are spring and autumn.
She loves teddy bears.
Yeji likes to ride amusement park rides.
She is afraid of mice and horror stories.
Her hobby is writing diary entries at night.
She started practicing pilates in 2020.
She released stress by taking a walk while listening to music.
Yeji is said to be good at PC games.
Fans think that she resembles a cat.
She always ranked high in JYP trainee evaluation.
Yeji is a light sleeper
She doesn’t have a lot of appetites, most times she only eats the side dishes.
She doesn’t drink a lot.
It is said that he looks at the mirror the most among the members.
At the age of 8, Yeji had a life-or-death experience due to a severe cold.
She has a similar voice tone with teammate Ryujin.
She has big palms.
She can play piano.
In August 2019, she topped the girl group member brand reputation ranking.
She appeared as a cameo in the 8th episode of tvN drama ‘Twenty Again’.
She said she had never been to Jeju Island and traveled abroad until her debut.
Hwang Yeji received a lot of attention for her beautiful appearance during ITZY’s early debut.
She claims to be good at cooking stir-fried spicy pork and tteokbokki.
She shared that her childhood dream was to be a soccer player.
She seems to be good at sports.
On September 8, 2019, she threw the first pitch in the LG Twins home game at Jamsil Stadium.
When she was in middle school, she appeared in an interview section on YTN News.
She said that she wants to learn piano.
She revealed a TMI that she grabbed money at her first birthday ceremony (doljabi ceremony).
Yeji loves to be nicknamed ‘performance master’.
She can’t swim.
She isn’t afraid of insects.
It is said that when she was young, she watched TV very closely so her eyesight got worse. Her vision is said to be 1.2 and 1.0.
She said that if she were to be reborn as an animal, she would like to be born as a bear.
She has attained a driving license.
Her English name is Lucy.
Yeji uses an iPhone 12 Pro graphite color.
She got a mole on her nose.

Yeji’s mother had a conception dream where her grandmother gave her two peaches when she was pregnant with Yeji.
Ishida Shui, the author of ‘Tokyo Ghoul’, once drew an artwork of Yeji.
Among Yeji’s nicknames are EomYeJi (Eomcheong Yeppeun Yeji written as 엄청 예쁜 예지, that means very beautiful Yeji), Grandma, Yeji Sunbae, Yesco, YejiSarang, Passionate Yeji, Yedori, etc.

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