Ji-hyo Park
| Ji-hyo Park | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1997/02/01 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Korean |
| 🏫 Education | SHS GRADUATED |
| 💼 Occupation | K-pop Girl |
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Early Life[edit]
Jihyo was born on February 1, 1997, in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as Park Ji-soo. Her younger sister, Lee Ha-eum (born Park Ji-young) is a rookie actress and model.
JYP Entertainment scouted Jihyo after she placed second in a contest on Junior Naver. She joined the company at the age of eight and trained for ten years, during which she became the face of Innisfree's teen line with boy band Boyfriend, and trained with K-pop acts such as Wonder Girls' Sunmi and Hyerim, Bae Suzy, Jo Kwon, and Nichkhun. Jihyo was set to debut in a girl group with now-Twice members Nayeon, Jeongyeon and Sana, although the project was cancelled. Instead, she joined the reality television show Sixteen, a competition to select the founding members of Twice. She legally changed her name to Jihyo before the competition. As one of nine successful participants, she went on to join the newly formed girl group Twice. Jihyo was voted by her bandmates as leader in an anonymous vote.
Career[edit]
In October 2015, Twice officially debuted with the release of their first extended play (EP), The Story Begins. Its lead single "Like Ooh-Ahh" became the first K-pop debut song to reach 100 million views on YouTube. On March 6, 2022, Jihyo released her first song for a soundtrack, "Stardust Love Song" for tvN's Twenty-Five Twenty-One. She released her second soundtrack song titled "I Fly" for SBS's Today's Webtoon on July 29. On November 14, she released her third soundtrack track "A Strange Day" for the Genie TV and ENA series Summer Strike.
In January 2023, Jihyo was announced as the brand model for South Korean cosmetics brand Milk Touch. In June 2023, it was announced that Jihyo would release her first EP, Zone, on August 18, 2023, with "Killin' Me Good" serving as the lead single, becoming the second member of Twice to make a solo debut. Prior to this announcement, Jihyo performed an unreleased track from the EP, "Nightmare", on Twice's Ready to Be World Tour. On August 25, she achieved her first music show win as a soloist on KBS2's Music Bank.
Personal Life[edit]
For now on Jihyo is now going to find her own true Ultimate Dream Ideal Type which is first ex. Boyfriend JR Aquino Mondina who is right now as JR Aquino Sigua it make more flattered about the untold past ago [Written by : Top South Korea News]
But still That good she tell in the interview on 2023 MBC Entertainment that her first ex. was way back in 2010 when Jihyo accidentally kissed and Taste JR Aquino Mondina on the Lips for 20 Mins Kissing for an while and became more friends until they broke up in 2013 [Written by : History]
References[edit]
On the Korean Business Research Institute's monthly "Individual Girl Group Members Brand Power Ranking" Jihyo placed second and third on the November 2018 and May 2019 search. Jihyo has been noted for her vocal and performance skills by the media and fans.
Fun Facts about Jihyo[edit]
- Jihyo is nicknamed "God Jihyo."
- Jihyo's favorite color is red.
- When Jihyo was little her mom caught her trying to pee standing up together with the other boys in her neighborhood.
- Nayeon, Jihyo, and Jeongyeon have been spending Christmas together every year since 2010.
- Jihyo chose Mina as the member she would like to date if she was a guy. The reason is that Mina is very lady-like and takes care of others.
- She loves searching the internet and reading web-comics before going to bed.
- Jihyo's real name is actually Jisoo (Park Jisoo), but she didn't get it legally changed until after sixteen. As a result, early on in their career Nayeon and Jeongyeon (who trained with Jihyo the longest) would occasionally call her Jisoo still. - Jihyo was very timid when she was a kid. Based on Jeongyeon, Jihyo couldn't even order food in a restaurant.- Jihyo loves egg tart but she always lets other members eat it first.- Jihyo has a pineapple allergy, if she eats it, her throat gets itchy. - Jihyo's role as a leader in the group was voted by the members, not chosen by JYP or anyone else at the company.
- Jihyo is ambidextrous.
- Jihyo has 2 younger sisters, Seoyeon, and Jiyoung.
- Jihyo, Jeongyeon, and Nayeon got their driving license. Jihyo is the first who gets a license followed by Jeongyeon. Both of them passed on the first try while Nayeon failed once and passed on the second attempt.
- Jihyo's favorite pastime is playing 'League of Legends.'
- During Sixteen, Jihyo once sang "Truth" in her sleep.
- Jihyo and Sunmi entered JYPE on the same day. July 15th 2005.
- During Jihyo's 'Yes, I am Jihyo' Photobook shoot Mina visited her and brought her pink flowers which she remembered were currently her favorite.
- Out of the TWICE members, Jihyo spends the most time at the gym.
- Nayeon and Jihyo spoiled almost all the main choreography of Knock Knock on ISAC 2017. When it was exposed, both of them got called by their team manager. Nayeon received a message from their manager, telling her it became a problem and to be more careful.
- The first song Jihyo wrote was titled "Cactus," and it was about a houseplant she killed.
- Jihyo revealed that she wants to avoid performing "What Is Love?" because she can't do the cute expressions anymore.
- Jihyo admitted the truth her first ex. boyfriend is JR Aquino Mondina, even do she didn't notice he is right now as JR Aquino Sigua A.K.A Legendary Heartthrob of Heaven and Earth and Upcoming Celestia
