aespa 에스파

She was born in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

She made an appearance in Taemin‘s MV “Want”.

In 2020, she appeared with Kai from EXO in the collaboration of the virtual showcase between Hyundai Motor Company and SM Entertainment.

She trained for 4 years.

Nickname: Karomi.

She is a former ulzzang.

Education: Seongnam Shingi Elementary School, Jeongja Middle School, Hansol High School.

She loves “Red Light” by f(x).

Her favorite female artists are f(x), Taeyeon, IU and Park Soojin.

Her favorite songs by Beenzino are “How do I look”, “Boogie On & On”, “Nike Shoes” and “If I Die Tomorrow”.

Her foot size is 235-240mm.

She wants to visit Croatia.

She likes green tea and barley tea.

She attended a piano academy and even won a prize.

She covered BLACKPINK‘s “Boombayah” and HyunA‘s “Bubble Pop” at hansol festival in 2016. She covered Jennie’s parts in the “Boombayah” cover.

Her special talent is catching stuff with her feet.

Her favorite words are cute, bbuing, uing.

Her favorite color is blue.

Her favorite season is spring.

Her favorite animals are cats, dogs, tigers, crocodiles and sharks.

Her favorite foods are tonkatsu, carbonated drinks and jelly

Her favorite movies are Rapunzel and Frozen.

Her first impression about Ningning: she thought Ningning was older so for about 3 week, she used formal language with her.

Her first impression about Winter: woah~ she’s very small~

Her first impression about Giselle: we both were very shy and greeted each other.

She chose “Ice Americano” over hot Americano in winter.

She chose dipping sauce over puring sauce for ttangsuyuk.

She likes mint choco.

She like pineapple pizza.

She choose migraine over teeth pain forever.

She chose AC in winter over heater in summer.

She chose jelly kimchi stew over chocolate bibimbap.

She chose melted ice cream over carbonated drink without bubbles.

Her favorite snacks are jellies and Pink Pringles.

She also enjoys eating Pink Pringles with Blue Pringles.

Karina cracks her knuckles a lot.

Karina likes playing mobile games a lot.

She is into PUBG, but Winter and Ningning both think she is bad at it.

When she is home she tends to watch reruns of variety shows.

On important days she always makes sure to wear her rosary ring.

The last things she does before sleeping is to wear a sleeping pack and then put vaseline on her lips.

The emoji she uses the most often is the crying face. (🥺)

She relieves stress by eating good food and shopping.

She likes to read in a quiet place.

She thinks her strength is caring for those around her and being quick witted.

Karina thinks that her weakness is that she tends to be very shy and she has a bad memory.

Her favorite item is lipsticks.

Karina has a lot of pink and red lipsticks.

Giselle says that when you open her drawer, it has all lipsticks.

She also likes giving lipsticks as birthday gifts as well.

She wants to learn to cook, makeup, how to be a producer, and how to compose songs.

She wants MY to create nicknames for her because currently she doesn’t have any.

Winter says that she can’t ride roller coasters.

Both she and Giselle think that carousels are the best ride at amusement parks.

Ideal type: a nice guy who only likes her, that has a pretty nose and is taller than 180cm (5’11).

She was born in Garosugil, Gangnam, Seoul

She trained for 11 months.

Nickname: Riri

Education: Tokyo International School, Sacred Heart School in Japan (the same school Rima from NiziU attended).

The Japanese version of her name is Eri.

The yearbook quote she used was “That’s hot”.

She speaks English, Korean and Japanese.

She was in choir for 4 years as an alto.

She was part of St. Mary’s Choir.

She can play the guitar.

People think she looks like Krystal from f(x).

She’s a fan of music theatre.

She likes listening to BLACKPINK and GOT7.

Specialities: imitating people.

Her favorite words are clear, smart, tumyamkung, bbabbiko, webfoot octopus.

Her favorite color is black.

Her favorite season is autumn.

Her favorite animal is dog.

Her ravorite foods are sweet and salty foods.

Her favorite movie is Deadpool.

Her first impression about Karina: woah, she’s tall. They were both very shy!

Her first impression about Winter: She first thought she was quiet and calm… turns out Winter isn’t.

Her first impression about Ningning: she is really kind. Pretty~

She chose Ice Americano over hot Americano in winter.

She chose pouring sauce over dipping sauce for ttangsuyuk.

She likes mint choco.

She likes pineapple pizza.

She choose teeth pain over migraine forever.

She chose heater in summer over AC in winter.

She chose chocolate bibimbap over jelly kimchi stew.

She chose carbonated drink without bubbles over melted ice cream.

Winter says that she can’t ride roller coasters.

Both she and Karina think carousels are the best ride.

She likes to look preppy.

Her favorite weather is when it is cloudy but not raining.

She says she whines a lot(making whiny noises).

She likes taking pictures, preferably of other people.

When she is trying to relieve stress, she likes to shop and/or eat something sweet.

Her favorite drink is caramel latte.

Her motto is “Everything happens for a reason”.

Her soul food is seaweed soup cooked by her mother.

The time when she feels happiest is after she showers, lying down in a cool room with her body covered up.

She wants to learn to play the guitar.(She already plays it, but wants to get better at it.)

The emoji she uses the most is a cat emoji. (😽)

If she could meet her 10 year old self, she would tell her to not hold it back.(Don’t start too late, just go for it.)

She was born in Busan.

Education: Yangsan Samsung Elementary School, Yangsan Samsung Middle School.

Winter and NingNing are the shortest members.

She has an older brother.

She trained for 4 years.

Many fans think that she looks like Girls’ Generation (SNSD)‘s Taeyeon.

She drinks a lot of milk.

Her favorite film genre is action.

She likes eating chocolate and sweets.

She has a dimple on her left cheek.

She was the vice president of the school.

According to her old friends, she doesn’t really take selfies because she’s bad at them.

She intended to become an actress, but she liked to sing and dance so she decided to become an idol.

She had good grades at math and got transfered to an advanced class.

Nickname: baby rabbit, gyeoulie, mindungie.

Specialities: tongue-twisters.

Her favorite words are milk and love.

Her favorite color is ivory.

Her favorite season is autumn.

Her favorite animals are polar foxes, desert foxes, huskies, dogs and cats.

Her favorite foods are chocolate, snacks, jelly, taro smoothie, bean noodle, lasagna, cake, bread and cookies.

Her favorite movies are “Tenet” and “American Sniper”.

Her first opinion about Ningning: is she older than me?

Her first opinion about Karina: she looks unique.

Her first opinion about Giselle: her arms and legs are long.

She chose Ice Americano over hot Americano in winter.

She chose dipping sauce over pouring sauce for ttangsuyuk.

She likes mint choco.

She likes pineapple pizza.

She chose nothing over teeth pain or migraine forever.

She chose heater in summer over AC in winter.

She chose jelly kimchi stew over chocolate bibimbap.

She chose melted ice cream over carbonated drink without bubbles.

Her favorite thing to do is to watch movies.

She especially likes to watch action movies, war movies, and movies that are hard to understand. (Ones that are hard to understand being those that you need to watch multiple times to understand.)

She believes in aliens.

Her childhood dream was to be a singer or someone in the military because many people in her family serve in the military. (Karina can’t imagine her being in individual combat.)

Her favorite ride at an amusement park is the roller coaster.

She says Ningning is her roller coaster partner.

Her morning routine is EWU (eating as soon as waking up).

She eats before she is even fully awake.

Once she realizes it is morning, she goes to the kitchen and eats food.

She sometimes cooks for her members.

Karina thinks that she is a very good cook.

Her soul food is lasagna.

She also likes LA galbi and Kong guksu.

If she had to choose between a meal and chocolates, she would choose chocolates.

She really likes snacks.

She prefers snacks to meals. (Instead of a meal, she would rather eat jellies, chips, and chocolates.)

The emoji she uses most is the face with sunglasses (😎)

If she could meet her 10 year old self, she would tell her to do her best to play.

She was born in Harbin, China.

Winter and NingNing are the shortest members.

Her specialty is singing.

Her hobby is cooking.

She can speak Chinese and Korean.

Her favorite subject is art.

Her favorite colors are red, purple, yellow and pink.

She likes dolls.

Her favorite fruits are watermelon and strawberries.

Her favorite Band is NCT.

She can play the piano.

When she was young, she dreamt of becoming a painter.

She was a member of “Let’s Sing Kids” in China.

She had braces.

She prefers black hair.

Her favorite drinks are Coca-Cola and Orange juice.

Her favorite Disney princess is Mulan.

She wants to own a dog.

Her favorite SM songs are Cherry Bomb, Peek-A-Boo, Black Suit and Holiday

Aside from SM her favorite song is Blackpink’s “As if it’s Your Last”

Her favorite member in BLACKPINK is Jennie.

She likes horror movies.

Her name means “Powerful”.

She trained for 4 years.

Her favorite genres are pop, hip-hop, and R&B.

She wants to collaborate with Taeyeon from Girls’ Generation (SNSD).

She has a husky voice.

She appeared on a Chinese contest program “Music Honors Student (音乐优等生)”.

She participated in MBC “Shining Star”, which aired from October 16, 2017

She became a SM trainee in 2016 and became a member of SM Rookies in the same year.

She was introduced as a SM Rookies on September 19, 2016.

Specialities: she can be really loud.

Nickname: Ningningie

She loves twisted Korean doughnuts.

Her favorite season is spring.

Her favorite animals are tigers and cats.

Her favorite foods are prok back-bone stew, sundae soup and hot pot.

Her favorite movie is Titanic.

Her first opinion about Winter: she looks like a small hamster.

Her first opinion about Karina: she has a long neck.

Her first opinion about Giselle: she has long legs.

She chose Ice Americano over hot Americano in winter.

She chose dipping sauce over pouring sauce for ttangsuyuk.

She likes mint choco.

She likes pineapple pizza.

She chose migraine over teeth pain forever.

She chose AC in winter over heater in summer.

She chose jelly kimchi stew over chocolate bibimbap.

She chose melted ice cream over carbonated drink without bubbles.

Her favorite character is Patrick Star because he is nice to Spongebob.

She likes buying vintage clothing.

She listens to hiphop a lot.

When asked to describe herself in one word she said sexy.

Her childhood dream was to be a prince because you see princes in movies. They ride on horses, people need to respect them, and they are cool to her.

Her morning routine: “As soon as I get up, I turn off the alarm and say oops. Wash up and go out.”

Her favorite snack is Pink Pringles.

Her favorite movie is “Titanic” because the movie made her believe in love.

Her favorite emoji is a smiling face. (😀)

She thinks “Why am I still awake?” before she sleeps.