Oh My Girl Yooa Complete Profile, Facts, and TMI

Yooa Profile

Birth Name: 유시아 (Yu Siah)
Stage Name: Yooa
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1995.09.17
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Height: 161 cm (5’2”)
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: A
Personal Social Media: Instagram

Yooa Facts & TMI

Yooa was born and grew up in Seoul.
Her family consists of mother, father, and an older brother.
Her older brother is a dance trainer and choreographer at the famous 1MILLION Dance Studio.
She is the vocalist of Oh My Girl.
Although it’s not stated in her official profile, Yooa is the main dancer of Oh My Girl alongside Mimi.
Her family is raising a cat named Laurent.
She is Christian.
Before becoming an idol, she wanted to be a choreographer.
She was scouted by WM Entertainment who was looking for the main dancer candidate for Oh My Girl.
With her outstanding dancing skill, she didn’t undergo a trainee period for a long time.
She is one of the visual members of the group alongside Jiho, Arin, and Binnie.
Yooa is one of the most popular members among the general public alongside the maknae Arin.
On June 13, 2015, she threw the first pitch at the Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions match.
She had a collaboration stage on Inkigayo (2016.07.10) with a team called Five Ws comprises of members Red Velvet’s Seulgi, Lovelyz Mijoo, Sonamu’s Euijin, TWICE’s Mina, and DIA’s Eunjin.
She also performed in a collaboration stage for SBS Gayo Daejun 2016 as a member of Sunny Girls alongside Gfriend’s Eunha, WJSN’s Cheng Xiao, Gugudan’s Nayoung, and Momoland’s Nancy.
She shot solo pictorials for Cosmopolitan July 2018, Arena Homme March 2020 edition, Big Issue 226th edition, Allure Korea October 2020 edition, Dazed Korea October 2020 edition, GQ Korea November 2020 edition, and Esquire March 2021 edition.
During a recording for a music broadcast on August 11, 2019, she injured her leg making her unable to attend Oh My Girl’s schedules.
In November 2019 she became a model for the beauty brand Clio.
She became the guest on the variety show ‘Running Man’ episode 480 on December 8, 2019.
She released her first mini-album ‘Bon Voyage’ as a soloist on September 7, 2020.
She became the first Oh My Girl member who got to release a solo album.
Yooa sang the OSTs for Netflix Movie ‘Over the Moon’ titled ‘Rocket to the Moon’ and drama ‘Tale of the Nine Tailed’ titled ‘Stay with Me’.
She also covered NCT U’s ‘Boss’ with SinB of Gfriend, Ryujin of ITZY, and Kwon Eunbi of IZ*ONE on the KBS Gayo Daechukje special stage.
She also modeled for several brands such as Mabinogi game, Kookmin Bank, and Dongwon F&B.
She won first place on SBS MTV ‘The Show’ for her solo song ‘Bon Voyage’.
Before joining WM Entertainment, she was a trainee at H.O.T’s Jang Woohyuk’s agency WH CREATIVE.
She is the only member whose hometown is Seoul.
She is a fan of the manga One Piece, her favorite character from One Piece is Zoro.
She is good at sports, especially athletics. She even received a scouting offer to be an athlete when she was in middle school.
She is attending Sejong University for Future Talents (Practical Dance Department).
She loves replying to fans’ postings on Oh My Girl’s official fan cafe.
She is a fan of Beyoncé.
She has a lot of aegyo.
She often makes appearances in singing program ‘King of Mask Singer’.
She is close with ‘King of Masked Singer’ MC Kim Gura.
The members’ first impression of Yooa is “She’s like an alien”.
A lot of idols shared that they are a fan of Yooa, among them are Lovelyz’ Jisoo, fromis_9’s Nagyung, LOONA’s Gowon, and Weeekly’s Soojin.
Although people might think that she’s been a genius since birth, she is actually very hard working.
She’s one of the late risers in the group.
Yooa (alongside Mimi, Arin, and Binnie) always maintains her bang but in 2020 she finally cut her bangs.
She is one of the pushovers in the group alongside Binnie, that’s why she gets teased a lot by the other members.
Yooa is close with Sonamoo members especially Euijin and D.ana, MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul, and Red Velvet’s Seulgi.
Her favorite dish is Suyuk-gukbab (boiled pork soup).
She sleeps without using pillows.
She has a really small head and face.
Her fans think that she resembles animation or manga characters such as Poliwag (Pokemon), Miwako Sakurada (Paradise Kiss), Koda Mikako (Gokinjo Monogatari), and Miss Min (Banzi’s Secret Diary).
Yooa and Seunghee sang Taeyeon’s ‘All About You’ in an episode of ‘MCountdown’, she got a compliment from Taeyeon herself, saying that their voice colors are pretty.
She has a favorite teddy bear that she named Worries.
She is using a Galaxy Z Flip mirror purple.
She likes garlic.
She doesn’t get scared easily.
She is good at applying makeup.
She can’t eat spicy foods.
She has the same birthday as her agency’s director.
Lately, she’s been into Americano.
Compared to the other members, she doesn’t do Vlive often.
Her mom is a fan of trot singer Lim Youngwoong.
She is a fan of the pro baseball team Doosan Bears.
Her shoe size is 230 mm.
Her hobbies are writing and watching movies.
Her favorite color is red.
Her favorite season is autumn.
Her nicknames are Sha, Yoosha, Shasha, Shashari, Peas, Ttottu, Ttottusha, Cherrymaru, Cherry, Goddess, Alien, Kitten, Barbie Doll, Tinkerbell, Garlic Princess, etc.