Karina

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

• 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.

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.

• 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.