Karina

Stage Name	Karina
Full Name	Yoo Jimin
Country of Birth	Korea
Date of Birth	Apr 11, 2000
Age	24 years old
Height	1.68 m (5’6″)
Weight	45 kg (99 lbs)
Blood Type	B

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About

Yoo Jimin (유지 민; born Apr 11, 2000), better known by her stage name Karina, is a South Korean singer, main dancer, and leader of the Kpop girl group aespa under SM Entertainment. Karina debuted with aespa on November 17, 2020.

Profile

Stage Name: Karina
Full Name: Yoo Jimin
Korean Name: 유지 민
Country of Birth: Korea
Date of Birth: Apr 11, 2000
Height: 167.8cm (5’6”)
Weight:
Blood Type: B
Zodiac: aries, dragon
Instruments: piano
Education: Jeongja Middle School and Hansol High School

Members

aespa

Favorites

Favorite artists: Taeyeon from SNSD, IU, Park Soojin, and f(x).
Favorite word: cute, bbuing, uing.
Favorite color: blue.
Favorite season: spring.
Favorite animal: cat, dog, tiger, crocodile, shark.
Favorite food: tonkatsu, carbonated drinks.
Favorite snacks: jellies and pink pringles (especially combining pink and blue pringles).
Favorite movie: Rapunzel and Frozen.
Favorite item: lipsticks.

Interviews

Karina’s first impressions of:

Ningning: She kept using formal language for almost 3 weeks when she found out the other three members were unnies (older than her).
Winter: woah~ she’s very small~
Giselle: we both were very shy and greeted each other.

TMI / a or b

Ice Americano vs hot Americano in winter: Ice Americano.
Dipping sauce vs pouring sauce for ttangsuyuk: dipping sauce.
Like or dislike mint choco: Like.
Like or dislike pineapple pizza: Like.
Teeth pain vs migraine forever: migraine.
Heater in summer vs AC in winter: AC in winter.
Chocolate bibimbap vs jelly kimchi stew: jelly kimchi stew.
Carbonated drink without bubbles vs melted ice cream: melted ice cream.

Fun Facts and Trivia

Age trivia: Karina was 20 years old (international age) when she debuted with aespa in 2020.
Hometown: Karina was born in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Karina is the tallest member of aespa with a height of 167.8 cm (5’6”).
Karina is the oldest member of aespa (born Apr 11, 2000).
Karina made an appearance in Taemin’s MV for Want. She also performed in several of his live performances. Her dancing and visuals gained popularity and caught the audience’s interest.
Karina was an ulzzang (means best face or good looking in Korean).
She was a trainee for four years.
Ideal type: a nice guy who likes her, that has a pretty nose, and is quite tall (over 180 cm or 5’10”).
Drinks she enjoys: green tea and barley tea.
She was the second member of aespa to be revealed after Winter.
Karina starred in a commercial with Kai from EXO for a TUCSON car commercial.
Special talent: catching stuff with her feet.
Languages: Korean, Japanese.
Habits: cracking her knuckles.
She loves playing mobile games (especially PUBG).
She enjoys web-toons, games, and watching re-runs of variety shows when she is at home.
She always wears her rosary ring on very important days.
Nighttime routine: wearing a sleeping pack, put on Vaseline on her lips.
Most used emoji: the crying face.
She relieves her stress by eating good food and shipping.
She enjoys reading in a quiet place.
Something strange: she is very caring towards those around her.
Personality: quick-witted.
Weakness: she is very shy, having a bad memory.
She loves collecting lipsticks and has a drawer full of them. She also enjoys giving them as birthday present.
She wants to learn cooking, makeup, producing, song writing and composing.
Karina was casted by a talent manager who sent her a direct message via social media.