Park Cho-rong[]
Park Cho-rong (:박초롱) was born in , South Korea on March 3, 1991. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. She attended Chungbuk High School. Her father owns a center, and she studied hapkido for eight years, earning a third degree black belt. Park auditioned for in 2009 and was a finalist. She was introduced to the public through the Japanese version of Beast's "" music video. She wrote the lyrics for Apink's songs "April 19th", "Love Story", "So Long" and "Wanna Be".
Park made her acting debut in 2011 on 's , a South Korean sitcom. She then had a cameo in the (2012) as the 18-year-old form of Seong Si-won's mother. In 2014, she had her first leading role as Han Soo-ah, a popular, but mysterious high school student, in 's drama, .
Yoon Bo-mi[]Kim Namjoo (left) and Yoon Bomi (right) form Apink BnN
Yoon Bo-mi (: 윤보미, : 尹普美) was born in , South Korea on August 13, 1993. She has one older sister, Yoon Sun-mi, and a younger brother, Yoon Jong-jin. She attended Youngshin Girls High School and later Korea Arts High School, from which she graduated in February 2012. She put off college to concentrate on music.
In 2012, Yoon had a cameo role in , where she portrayed the teenage version of Moon Jeong-mi, Yoon Yoon-jae's mother. She has been an MC on the variety show from 17 July 2013 to 8 July 2015. In late 2013, she appeared in K-Hunter's "Marry Me" music video and featured in hip-hop group 's song "Let's Talk About You". She was in the cast of the variety show The Human Condition in 2014 and appeared in MBC's female special in early 2015. In 2015, she was featured in 's debut song "I Know, I Know", released on May 11, and, on June 16, released a duet with titled "Lovely" for variety show Some Guys, Some Girls.
Jung Eun-ji[]Main article:
Jung Eun-ji (: 정은지, : 鄭恩地) was born in , on August 18, 1993 as Jung Hye-rim. She attended Hyehwa Girls' High School. In 2004, Jung won first prize in the program Excited Day Enjoyable Day (신나는 날 즐거운 날) hosted by the network. Jung has released many songs in collaboration with other singers such as , and Huh Gak. In 2014, Jung sang "It's You" for the soundtrack of the TV series .
Jung made her acting debut in the in 2012, playing the female protagonist. She then had a supporting role in the melodrama (2013) and a leading role in the drama (2014). She made her musical theatre debut in November 2012, playing the lead role of in the Korean production of . In 2014, she played the leading role of Han Ji-eun in the stage adaptation of the television drama (2004).
Son Na-eun[]Oh Hayoung (left), Jung Eunji (centre) and Son Naeun (right)
Son Na-eun (: 손나은) was born in Seoul on February 10, 1994. She has a younger sister, Son Se-eun, who is a professional golfer. Na-eun attended Chungdam High School and later transferred to Seoul Performing Arts High School, from which she graduated on February 7, 2013. She was accepted into in 2013, and she was chosen as a Dongguk University ambassador in 2014.
Son was the first trainee to be announced as a member of Apink in 2011. She was featured in Beast's "Breath", "Beautiful" and "I Like You The Best" music videos in late 2010. She then appeared in Huh Gak's "The Person Who Once Loved Me" and "It Hurts" music videos in 2012 as well as in Speed's "Sad Promise" and "It's Over" music videos in 2013. Son models for cosmetic brand and sportswear brand M-Limited.
Son debuted as a TV actress in the historical drama after a small role in , both in 2012. She acted with Beast member in her first movie role in Marrying the Mafia 5: Return of The Family (2012) and then got her first major role in JTBC's drama (2012), for which she was nominated for the Best Actress award at the 6th and the Popular TV Actress award at the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2013, she played the leading role in SBS' short film .
In 2013–2014, Son starred in 's with Shinee's as a virtual married couple. They were nominated for the Best Couple award at the MBC Entertainment Awards in 2013, and Son also received nominations for the New Female Variety Star award and the Star of the Year award, winning the latter.
In August 2015, she will make her acting comeback in the tvN drama 20 Years Old Again, portraying Oh Hye-mi, a classmate of the female protagonist ().
Kim Nam-joo[]
Kim Nam-joo (: 김남주, : 金南珠) was born in Seoul on April 15, 1995. In 2007, at age 13, she starred in a TV commercial for a healthy food brand. She joined Cube Entertainment through the 2010 Cube Party auditions and was one of the last members of Apink to be introduced before the group's debut. Kim attended Seoul Performing Arts High School and graduated in February 2014. In 2014, she performed "Seoul Lonely" with the hip-hop trio on several music programs. In 2015, Kim was accepted as a student in 's Department of Performance Arts.
Oh Ha-young[]
Oh Ha-young (: 오하영, : 吳夏榮) was born on July 19, 1996 in Seoul. She auditioned for Cube Entertainment when she was in 7th Grade and then became the youngest member of the group. She attends Seoul Performing Arts High School.
In 2013, Oh played the female lead in music video for Huh Gak's "1440". She also acted as the female lead with 's in 's debut single "Frozen". On July 30, 2014, Oh was featured in the song "The Best Thing I Did", the title track for Jiggy Dog's third mini-album. She also appeared in a few episodes of the variety show as an MC together with bandmate Yoon Bo-mi. For the group second full-length album , she wrote the lyrics for the song "What a Boy Wants".
Former member[]Hong Yoo-kyung[]
Hong Yoo-kyung (: 홍유경, : 洪瑜暻) was born on September 22, 1994 in Seoul. She is the daughter of Hong Ha-jong, a CEO of a manufacturing company,, founded by her grandfather. She attended Hyundai High School and the School of Performing Arts Seoul. At age 11, Hong released a children's CD and a song called "Hae Tae Story". Hong joined Apink in 2011, and in April 2013, she left the group to focus on her studies. Earlier in the year, she was accepted by 's Performance Film Creation department.
