Red Velvet Members Profile, Red Velvet Ideal Type and 10 Facts You Should Know About Them
Red Velvet (레드벨벳) is a 5-members girl group that consists of: Irene, Wendy, Seulgi, Joy and Yeri. The group debuted on August 1, 2014, under S.M. Entertainment.
Red Velvet Fandom Name: ReVeluv
Official Fan Color: Pastel Coral
Red Velvet Members Profile:
Irene
Stage Name: Irene (아이린)
Birth Name: Bae Ju Hyun (배주현)
Position: Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Sub Vocalist, Visual, Center
Birthday: March 29, 1991
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Height: 160 cm (5’3″) (Official) / 157 cm (5’2″) (Approx. real height)*
Weight: 44 kg (99 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Daegu, South Korea
Family: Parents, younger sibling
Representative animal: Cat
Her representative fruit: Red-flesh Watermelon
Representative weapon: Axe
Representative drink: Pink Island Ice Tea
Hobbies: dancing, cooking seaweed soup for the members’ birthdays.
Favorite artist: BoA.
Irene’s ideal type is someone warm.
10 Facts to know about Irene
- Education: Haknam High School
- She was a part of the predebut team SM Rookies.
- She was close with f(x)’s Amber when they were trainees.
- Irene doesn’t eat chicken, because when she was young, I felt sick after eating chicken so, Ishe don’t eat it.
- Irene is ranked 41th on TC Candler “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2018”.
- When she was a trainee, she never dyed her hair and only kept it a pitch black.
- Irene is friends with Sehun of EXO.
- She admits being insecure of herself and will often ask people around her if she has done well or not.
- She usually doesn’t rely on people, she works to become an unnie that the kids can rely on instead.
- Since she was young, she was never good at telling other people her stories or problems.
Seulgi
Stage Name: Seulgi (슬기)
Birth Name: Kang Seul Gi (강슬기)
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist
Birthday: February 10, 1994
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Height: 164 cm (5’5″) (Official) / 162 cm (5’3″) (Real height)*
Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Family: Dad, mom, oppa (t/n: older brother), grandmother
Hobbies: drawing and playing the guitar.
Representative animal: Unicorn
Her representative fruit: Pineapple
Representative weapon: Knife
Seulgi’s ideal type: Someone comfortable, laughs a lot and looks pretty when they laugh.
10 Facts to know about Seulgi
- Education: Byungmal Middle School; Seoul School of Performing Arts
- She is friends with f(x)’s Krystal and Sulli also Super Junior’s Kyuhyun.
- f(x)’s Amber gave Seulgi her nickname “Bear” “BearSeulgi”.
- Seulgi is ranked 20th on TC Candler “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2018”.
- She is part of SM Station X girl group project: Seulgi x SinB x Chungha x Soyeon.
- Seulgi collects stickers, pens and notes.
- She starred in a musical arranged by the company entitled School Oz, playing the lead role of Dorothy.
- Seulgi is close with Mamammo’s Moonbyul and Blackpink’s Jisoo.
- Seulgi, Wendy and other SM artists released a digital single titled “Sound of Your Heart” for SM Station on December 30, 2016.
- she was mentioned by labelmate Kyuhyun from Super Junior, gaining some attention before debut.
Wendy
Stage Name: Wendy (웬디)
English Name: Wendy Son (웬디손)
Korean Name: Son Seung Wan (손승완)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: February 21, 1994
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 160 cm (5’3″)(Official) / 157 cm (5’2″) (Approx. real height)*
Weight: 47 kg (104 lbs)
Blood Type: O
Birth Place: Seongbuk-dong, Seoul, South Korea
Family: Parents, an older sister
Representative animal: Deer
Her representative fruit: Blue-flesh Orange
Representative weapon: Scissors
Representative drink: Blue Crush
Hobbies: finding rare songs, cooking, walking by cafes, singing.
Wendy’s ideal type: Someone respectful, caring and who is pretty when they laugh, also someone who eats well; Someone who is like her dad.
10 Facts to know about Wendy
- Education: Shattuck-Saint Mary’s School; Richmond Hill High School
- She used to make YouTube videos, but she deleted her account
- She tried out for Cube Entertainment before SM Entertainment
- Wendy is close to SF9‘s Zuho.
- On December 25, 2019 Wendy fell off stage during rehearsals for 2019 SBS Gayo Daejeon.
- She is currently recovering, as she suffered fractures in her pelvis and wrist, as well as facial injuries.
- She lived until her fifth year of elementary school in Korea, then she moved to Canada with her older sister, to study abroad.
- Wendy has also collaborated with rapper Yuk Ji-dam for the song “Return”, one of the OSTs of KBS2’s drama Who Are You: School 2015.
- She says she loves music because both of her parents were music lovers.
- She does other members’ nails.
Joy
Stage Name: Joy (조이)
Birth Name: Park Soo Young (박수영)
Position: Lead Rapper, Sub Vocalist
Birthday: September 3, 1996
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Height: 168 cm (5’6″) (Official) / 167 cm (5’6″) (Approx. real height)*
Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Jeju Island, South Korea
Family: Parents, two younger sisters
Representative animal: Canary
Her representative fruit: Green Kiwi
Representative weapon: Submachine Gun
Representative drink: Green Sunrise
Hobbies: watching movies and singing good songs.
Joy’s ideal type: Someone who lives by the rules, works hard on their stuff, has a clear thought of their own.
10 Facts to know about Joy
- Education: School of Performing Arts Seoul
- She appeared in “We Got Married”, where her virtual husband was Sungjae (BTOB).
- She’s acting in the dramas “The Liar and His Lover” (2017) and “The Great Seducer” (2018).
- Joy was not a part of SM Rookies.
- She takes the most selfies out of all the members.
- Her ways of relieving stress are going around on her own and meeting up and talking with her sisters.
- Super Junior’s Eunhyun helped Joy learn how to dance.
- Her bestfriends are Apink’s Hayoung and GFriend’s Yerin.
- Joy was chosen as the member who gets jealous easily.
- When she was young, she was told by adults to join Miss Korea since she was pretty and thus inspired her to practice for it.
Yeri
Stage Name: Yeri (예리)
Birth Name: Kim Ye Rim (김예림)
English Name: Katy
Position: Sub Vocalist, Sub Rapper, Maknae
Birthday: March 5, 1999
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 160 cm (5’3″) (Official) / 158 cm (5’3″) (Approx. real height) *
Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs)
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Family: Parents, three younger sisters
Representative animal: Turtle.
Her representative fruit: Violet Grape
Representative weapon: Beast
Representative drink: Violet Punch
Favorite singer: Ariana Grande and Malgeumi (bright).
Yeri’s ideal type: A man who is mannerly and can be caring to her.
10 Facts to know about Yeri
- Education: Hanlim Multi Art School.
- She got the first rank in her class with amazing grades.
- She never walked in high heels until she had to film for Red Velvet’s ” Automatic ” MV
- Red velvet says she’s the messiest member.
- She’s the most sociable in the group.
- Yeri is friends with actress Kim Sae Ron and they would often post pictures of each other on instagram.
- She took part in composing and writing the lyrics for singer Ragoon’s title track “Story” from his newest album “Talking”.
- Yeri debuted as a songwriter in 2018, she has written the most recent title track for Ragoon, a JYP artist.
- She got the first rank in her class with amazing grades.
- From May 9 to November 14, 2015, with label mate Minho from SHINee and N from VIXX, she hosted MBC’s music program, Show! Music Core.
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