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nina hong

face claim: jo yuri (iz*one)

birth name: nina hong
korean name: hong sooyoung
stage name: nina
nicknames: disney princess, butterfly, annoying kid (reserved to use by changbin), hamster

birthplace: brooklyn, new york
ethnicity: korean
nationality: american
trainee years: 6 years and 1 month (without counting skz survival show)

birthday: january 8, 2002
zodiac: capricorn
debut age (international): 16
debut age (korean): 17
position: main vocal, lead dancer, sub-rapper, maknae (it's come to my attention that skz don't have official positions anymore but like this is the position she debuted in when skz debuted k)

height: 5'1 (156 cm)
weight: 99 pounds (44.91 kg)
blood Type: o

strengths: singing, making fun of changbin, playing the guitar, ridiculously high tolerance for spicy food
weaknesses: cries easily, when jeongin goes 🥺
likes: making fun of changbin, eating, playing minecraft (an intellectual)
dislikes: uneducated people, onions
hobbies: songwriting, playing guitar and piano, calligraphy, hand lettering

fears: being left behind
languages: english, korean, japanese, chinese, learning thai
habits: bouncing her knee when nervous, switching between korean and english, speaking english in a lowkey brooklyn accent and korean in a busan dialect that she tries to hide but fails
family: mother, father, two older brothers

things you need to know:
•she competed on sixteen , where she was eliminated in the last episode (placed 10th)

•she also competed on produce 101, where she was again eliminated, in the last episode (placed 12th)

•she was going to be on 2team (watch skz survival show) by the company's request, but chan chose her for his team in the end because he thought she fit really well with the boys

•she hosts a weekly vlive called "nina's disney covers", where she sings disney songs. it was meant to be just that but she now also gives life advice on it

•she's one of the members that posts covers most frequently, her most popular ones are diamond by rihanna (she rearranged it to be more like a power ballad), pov by ariana grande, and fine by taeyeon

•she shares a room with jisung and jeongin

•her motto is "things will turn out good in the end if you just have faith"

•she got her nicknames "disney princess" because she likes to sing disney songs, "butterfly" because she has a lot of friends, changbin calls her "annoying kid" because she makes fun of him all the time, and "hamster" because many fans say she looks like one (it's also her skzoo animal)

•she has experience in ballroom and latin dance, as well as contemporary and ballet

•she's allergic to bees, although she thinks that they're cute and says that "the universe tried to make me hate bees, so i'm gonna love them."

•her hair grows really fast

•she has a post series posted every sunday on instagram called "butterfly's weekly journey" where she posts about the places she goes in the week

•she's actually a pretty good cook according to chan, but her attention span is too short, causing things like almost burning the food (or the dorm) or letting it over cook

•her entire family is from busan (aside from her, her brothers, and her cousins that were born in the US), which caused her to learn korean with the busan dialect, she usually tries to hide it, and sort of succeeds, and once tried to get rid of it, but no such luck

•her favorite color is orange, favorite flower is a rose (any color), favorite animal is a sheep, and favorite season is winter

•she skipped a grade, but then because of promotions she got held back to her original grade, so now she's somehow in the same class as jeongin

•she's a produces a lot, not just for skz but also for other jyp groups and groups outside of jyp, she's helped with songs like "blueprint" and "ex"

•she's one of the most copyrighted female idols, and also the youngest, many artists and producers call her the "ballad royalty" since she produces/composes/writes ballads more than anything

•by many kpop fans, nina has been nicknamed "the punching bag of kpop." the poor girl gets a ridiculous amount of hate for no reason, and while it didn't affect how she acts on and off camera (not even that much anyway), she is lowkey now scared of the camera

personality: nina is very kind, positive, and friendly. she pretty much always tries to look on the bright side, and find a solution to any problem. but if you mess with someone she cares about, you might as well dig your own grave. she is very loyal to her close friends and family, and would do anything for them. when she feels down or upset, she just kinda sits there, or does something else to distract herself. she used to talk to someone for advice and comfort, but sadly due to all the hate she has received, nina is kind of scared to talk or say anything to anyone, even those she is closest to. she's LOUD, almost as loud as jisung. nina is probably one of the most crackheaded members, and she loves making other people laugh.

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i'm not sure if i'm contradicting myself when i write about her personality by saying "she's a bright happy loud person" and then saying "she also is scared to talk about her feelings and is also scared of the camera." i don't think so, but i'm not sure what y'all would think.