aespa

aespa (에스파; also stylized æspa; debut November 17, 2020) is a four-member South Korean girl group under SM Entertainment. aespa debuted on November 17, 2020 with the single Black Mamba. The 4 members of aespa are: Karina, Winter, Giselle, and Ningning.



The meaning of the name aespa comes from the words æ (which means Avatar X Experience) and the word Aspect (which represents two sides). Aespa wants to show their innovative and diverse activities through their avatar self.



AESPA’s official fandom name is MY, which means ‘The Most precious friend’ in KWANGYA where aespa’s avatar ae lives



Members

Aespa is composed of 4 members born between 2000 and 2002. Their names are: Karina, Winter, Giselle, and Ningning. The oldest member is Karina (born Apr 11, 2000) and the youngest member is Ningning (born Oct 23, 2002). Karina and Winter are Korean. Ninging is Chinese. Giselle is Korean-Japanese.



Position(s)

Karina

• 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.

Giselle

• Favorite word: clear / smart, tumyamkung, bbabbiko, webfoot octopus.
• Favorite color: black.
• Favorite season: autumn.
• Favorite animal: dog.
• Favorite food: sweet, salty, sweet, salty.
• Favorite movie: Deadpool.
• Favorite weather: cloudy but not raining and a bit chilly.
• Favorite drink: caramel latte.

Winter

• Favorite word: milk, love.
• Favorite color: ivory.
• Favorite season: autumn.
• Favorite animal: polar fox, desert fox, husky, dog, cat.
• Favorite food: chocolate, snacks, jelly, taro smoothie, bean noodle, lasagna, cake, bread, cookies, milk
• Favorite soul food. Lasagna.
• Favorite movie: Tenet and American Sniper.
• Favorite thing to do: watching movies (especially action and war movies and movies that are hard to understand).
• Favorite amusement park ride: roller coaster.

Ningning

• Favorite word: twisted Korean doughnuts.
• Favorite color: purple, red, yellow, pink.
• Favorite season: spring.
• Favorite animal: tiger and cat.
• Favorite food: pork back-bone stew, sundae soup, hot pot.
• Favorite movie: Titanic.
• Favorite character: Patrick Star from Sponge Bob Square Pants.
• Favorite snack: pink Pringles (sweet and salty).
• Favorite fruit: watermelon, strawberries.
• Favorite group of all times: NCT.

• The youngest member (maknae) of aespa is Ningning (born Oct 23, 2002).
• The leader and oldest member of aespa is Yoo Jimin, also known by her stage name Karina (born Apr 11, 2000).
• The most popular member of aespa is Karina. She has a large social media following and appeared in some of Taemin’s performances prior to aespa’s debut.
• The group is the first girl group to debut in six years from SM Entertainment since the debut of Red Velvet in 2014.
• Ningning is the only member from SM rookies that remained in the group.
• Karina is the tallest member of aespa with a height of 167 cm (5'6'').
• Languages: Ningning can speak Chinese. Giselle can speak Japanese and English. Winter, Giselle, and Karina can speak Japanese. All members speak Korean.
• Ethnicity: Giselle is Japanese-Korean. Ningning is Chinese. Winter and Karina are Korean.
• Siblings: Karina as an older sister. Ningning has a brother. Winter has an older brother.