Jeongyeon

Jeongyeon Profile

• Birth Name: 유정연 (Yoo Jeongyeon)
• Stage Name: Jeongyeon
• Nationality: South Korean
• Date of Birth: 1996.11.01
• Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
• Chinese Zodiac: Rat
• Height: 167 cm (5’4”)
• Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs)
• Blood Type: O
• Personal Social Media: N/A

Jeongyeon Facts & TMI

• Jeongyeon was born and grew up in Gangdong-gu, Seoul.
• Her family consists of father (Yoo Changjun, a chef), mother, and an older sister (Gong Seungyeon, an actress).
• She has a Poodle named Nanan, a Korean Jindo named Yeontan, and a Scottish Fold kitten named Bam.
• She graduated from the same high school as Nayeon, Apgujeong High School.
• She is the lead vocalist of the group.
• Jeongyeon is often ‘in-charge’ of girl crush character within the team.
• Although people perceive her as a ‘strong woman’, she is actually a jokester, easily scared, and easily cries.
• Although she had failed a JYP audition when she was younger, she later re-applied and passed the 6th JYP Entertainment Open Audition in 2010.
• Interestingly, on the same day, she also received acceptance notice from SM Entertainment, but she was more attracted to JYP so she became a trainee at JYP Entertainment.
• Before her official debut with TWICE, she was rumored to debut in a JYP girl group called 6MIX.
• Jeongyeon is in charge of cleaning in TWICE’s dorm, she would scold the other members if they don’t keep the dorm clean.
• She’s considerate towards the other members.
• Jeongyeon and Chaeyoung are often called ‘the no-fun sisters’.
• She is roommates with Sana.
• According to Nayeon, she and Jeongyeon are TWICE’s mom and dad.
• She appeared in many variety shows such as ‘Idol Star Athletic Championship’, ‘We’re Siblings’, ‘The Boss is Watching’, ‘Muscle Queen Project’, ‘The Law of The Jungle in New Caledonia’, ‘Running Man’, ‘Please take Care of Refrigerator’, ‘Weekly Idol’, ‘Hidden Singer’, etc.
• Besides variety shows guesting, Jeongyeon also became a special MC for many shows such as ‘Inkigayo’ and MCountdown. 
• Jeongyeon appeared in GOT7’s ‘Girls Girls Girls’ music video with Nayeon.
• In 2020, she suffered from a herniated intervertebral disc making her absent from TWICE’s group activities throughout the second half of 2020.
• Her mom had a conception dream of three golden eggs when she was pregnant with Jeongyeon.
• She’s the second tallest member after Tzuyu.
• She is really good at aegyo.
• Min Kyunghoon of BUZZ shared that he is a fan of Jeongyeon.
• She is friends with Seulgi and Yeri of Red Velvet.
• Jeongyeon is left-handed.
• When Jeongyeon cut her hair short, many fans think that she looked like Teno Haruka (a character in Sailor Moon).
• She likes wearing all-black fashion.
• Jeongyeon shared that she started dreaming as a singer after watching Rain.
• Before using his current name Yoo Jeongyeon, her name was Yoo Kyeongwan. She got stressed because the name sounds too boyish, so she decided to change her name to Yoo Jeongyeon when she was in the third grade of elementary school.
• She often shows off the chemistry with her sister, Gong Seungyeon in variety shows. 
• She cries easily.
• She hates eating lotus root.
• She is using Creed’s Virgin Island Water perfume.
• Jeongyeon is routinely exercising at the gym.
• Unlike many girls, she isn’t afraid of bugs.
• According to Jihyo and Momo, Jeongyeon is a tsundere.
• Her favorite food is tteokbokki, sundae, and detoxifying juice that her mom made for her.
• She thinks ‘SIGNAL’ has the most difficult choreography among TWICE songs.
• She chose her teeth as her charming point.
• She has dry skin.
• She shared that she wants to try skydiving.
• She once learned to play guitar back in 2017.
• She has a cat allergy.
• She enjoys drinking wine.
• She is friends with GFRIENDS’s Sowon, Oh My Girl’s Hyojung and Seunghee, and Momoland’s Daisy.
• She mentioned winter as her favorite season.
• Her favorite movie is ‘Notebook’.
• Her favorite fruit is strawberry.
• She is scared of horses.
• Her hobby is watching mukbang or fun videos on Youtube.
• She really likes eating melon flavored bread.
• Her motto is ‘Life is about choices’.
• She’s really good at playing mobile games.
• Jeongyeon is part of Gigye Yoo’s clan.
• Her MBTI personality type is ISFJ.
• Her shoe size is 230 mm.
• Her official color is olive green (#a3cc54).