Red Velvet Member Joy Complete Profile, Facts, and TMI

Joy Profile

Birth Name: 박수영 (Park Soo Young)
Stage Name: 조이 (Joy)
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1996.09.03
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Height: 167 cm (5’47”)
Weight: N/A
Blood Type: A
Personal Social Media: Instagram

Joy Facts & TMI

Joy was born and grew up in Seoul.
Her family consists of mother, father, and two younger sisters (Park Ji Young, born 1998 & Park Min Ji, born 2000).
She has a puppy called Haetnim.
She belongs to Miryang Park clan.
Joy is Christian.
She graduated from the School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA), majoring in Music.
She is the sub-vocalist and lead rapper of Red Velvet.
Unlike other members of Red Velvet, who debuted through SM Entertainment’s pre-debut team SM Rookies, Joy made her debut after two and a half years of training in a “traditional way”.
According to the members, Joy is mature, bold, and easy-going.
She is good at sports.
Joy participated in the ‘King of Masked Singer’ in 2017 as a contestant.
She is famous for having great body proportions.
She is one of the members with the best “variety skill” in the team, Joy even got selected as a fixed MC for JTBC’s ‘Sugar Man Season 2’ alongside Yoo Jae Suk.
She became a model for various brands including TOD’s and Calvin Klein in 2021.
In 2012, she joined SM Entertainment through SM Global Audition and became a trainee in the agency.
After she became a trainee at SM, she transferred from Yeomgwang High School to the School of Performing Arts Seoul and graduated from the school.
Her representative color is green.
Joy revealed in a radio show in 2015 that she really likes babies and wants to get married and start a family before turning 30.
When she was a child, Joy wanted to be a teacher.
She was a bright student at school.
Her grandmother had the conception dream of picking up a large chestnut from the mountain.
The members nicknamed her DoongDoong.
She graduated from the same high school as Apink’s Oh Ha Young and GFRIEND’s Yerin, and is still close to each other.
Joy is also close with Tiffany of Girls’ Generation.
She became close to BLACKPINK’s Rosé.
Her symbolic animal was Canary, but she changed it to a chick.
Joy was the group’s maknae before Yeri joined Red Velvet.
On May 27, 2019, Joy became the first member of Red Velvet to open a personal Instagram account.
According to her roommate Yeri, sometimes Joy talks or laughs in her sleep.
Joys is considered one of the timidest members in the group.
It is said that she has weak physical strength, as a result, she is often injured.
She revealed that she can drink up to a bottle of soju.
She is an animal lover, especially puppies.
Joy often goes to abandoned dog shelters to do volunteer works.
She has a trauma to the sound of firecrackers.
She used to play basketball a lot when she was in middle school.
Her father is from Gangwon-do while her mother is from Jeju Island.
Joy is also famous for her fashion.
As of September 2020, her biggest wish is to make a song based on her own experience.
Joy was among the first member of Red Velvet who gained 10 million followers on Instagram.
On August 23, 2021, Joy and singer Crush were revealed to be dating. She is the first Red Velvet member to have a public relationship.
Her MBTI is INTP.
Her shoe size is 240 mm.
Among her nicknames are DoongDoong-ie, Hot Joy, Syoung-ie, Genius Girl, Dduyoung-ie, Park Joy, Sexy Dynamite, etc.