Giselle

Uchinaga Aeri (うちながえり; born Oct 30, 2000), better known as Giselle, is a Korean-Japanese singer and member of the girl group aespa under SM Entertainment. Giselle debuted with aespa on November 2020.



Profile

• Stage Name: Giselle
• Hangul: 에리
• Full Name: Uchinaga Aeri
• Japanese Name: うちながえり
• Country of Birth: Japan
• Birthday: Oct 30, 2000
• Height: 163.5 cm (5'4'')
• Weight:
• Blood Type: O
• Zodiac: Scorpio, Dragon
• Languages: Korean, Japanese, English
• Education: St Mary International School
• Instruments: Guitar

• 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.

Giselle’s first impressions of:

• Karina: woah, she’s tall. We were both very shy!
• Winter: I first thought she was quiet and calm… turns out she isn’t.
• Ningning: she is really kind. Pretty~

TMI / a or b

• Ice Americano vs hot Americano in winter: Ice Americano.
• Dipping sauce vs pouring sauce for ttangsuyuk: pouring sauce.
• Like or dislike mint choco: Like.
• Like or dislike pineapple pizza: Like.
• Teeth pain vs migraine forever: teeth pain.
• Heater in summer vs AC in winter: heater in summer.
• Chocolate bibimbap vs jelly kimchi stew: choco bibimbap.
• Carbonated drink without bubbles vs melted ice cream: no bubbles.

• Age trivia: Giselle (Aeri) was 20 years old when she debuted with aespa in 2020.
• Giselle is the second tallest member of aespa with a height of 163.5 cm (5'4'').
• Ethnicity: Giselle is half Japanese (from father) half Korean (from mother).
• Giselle grew up speaking Korean since her mother is Korean.
• Trainee period: Giselle has the shortest trainee time among the members, having trained only for 1 year.
• Prior to joining SM Entertainment, on October 2019, she joined AJS, an idol training academy.
• Giselle joined SM Entertainment on December 2019. She was a trainee for just 10 months, making her the female idol with the shortest training period out of all SM idols at the time of her debut.
• Giselle attended Sacred Heart School located in Japan. This is the same school that Rima from NiziU attended.
• She attended an international school in Japan so she can speak English fluently.
• Her nickname is Riri.
• She is the only (half) Japanese member of aespa.
• She quoted Paris Hilton’s “That’s hot” in her school yearbook.
• She was part of her school choir for four years as an alto (second highest vocal range).
• Giselle was born and raised in Japan.
• Giselle moved to South Korea to pursue her dream of becoming a kpop idol after graduating from the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo.
• She loves Blackpink and GOT7.
• Special skill: imitating people.
• She likes the preppy look.
• She admitted to being someone who whines a lot and make a lot of whining noises.
• Giselle is a great photographer and she loves taking pictures.
• She goes shopping to relieve stress.
• Life motto: Everything happens for a reason.
• Soul food: seaweed soup cooked by her mom.
• In a day, she feels the happiest after showering, lying down in a cool room with her body covered up in a blanket.
• She wants to learn to play the guitar.
• Most used emoji: the kissing cat.
• What she would tell to her 10 year old Giselle: don’t hold back, don’t start too late, just go for it.
• Giselle is the only member from aespa to enter SM Entertainment though an open audition. All the other members were casted by talent managers.
• Her aunt is the famous ABC News Seoul bureau chief, Joohee Cho.