ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Full Profile
Full Name: Choi Yeo-ri (최여리) Stage Name: Yeori (여리) Birthday: September 8th, 1999 Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea Zodiac: Virgo Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit Height: 162 cm Weight: – Blood Type: AB Nationality: Korean Years Active: 2017–present Agency: Rising Star Entertainment (2019–present) Group: ARIAZ (October 2019–present) Position: Vocalist, Main Dancer, Main Rapper
ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Fun Facts
Before Yeori became a Rising Star Entertainment artist, she joined Star Empire Entertainment as a trainee from 2017 until 2019. Yeori has another name, that is Choi Ji-yeon (최지연). She used her stage name Jiyeon (Choi Ji-yeon) during her training days. But then, in October 2018, she decided to change it again into her birthname Choi Yeori. Yeori has one older sister and one older brother. She was born in Mok-dong, Yangcheon, Seoul, South Korea. She auditioned for MIXNINE, but she failed to pass the audition. Yeori was the last member that joined Star Empire Entertainment. Choi Yeori was a trainee for two years: from 2017 to 2019. Because she is the main dancer of the group, she got the nickname Dancing Queen. Yeori’s favorite color is red. She really likes Sundubu-jjigae (순두부찌개) which mean Korean spicy tofu soup. She has a unique habit when she sleeps: when she is delirious she is throwing stuff that are nearby and she is also snoring.
ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Personality
It seems that there are some who still don’t know much about the main dancer’s personality from this group, Yeori. She has a soft personality, even her personality influences her when she speaks. All the members admit that she speaks very softly and slowly, and it makes people around her think that she’s too cute. Her real personality isn’t shown when she’s dancing or performing, even people feel surprised when they see how shy she is.
ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Focus Fancams
Usually, when we admire someone, and especially if that person is a public figure or an idol, surely we often try to go or have attended their concerts to see their performances. From that meeting, or when we see their appearance at some events, of course, we also want to take a picture or capture the moment by recording their performance so we can watch it over and over again. In this case, this phenomenon is known as a fancam, which represents the footage from the fans that they took with their own camera. And this also happened to ARIAZ’s Yeori, her fans recorded her performance when she was performing with the group or just by herself. Here are some of Yeori’s focus fancams that fans have uploaded. Check this out!
ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Dancing IZ*ONE’s Song “Fiesta”
On ARIAZ’s YouTube channel with the name ARIAZ, this main dancer often does dance covers of various K-Pop groups’ songs. She often does dance covers to show her talent and also practices her dancing skills. As in the video below, she did a dance cover of the song “FIESTA” originally sung by IZ*ONE. This video was uploaded on March 24th, 2020.
In the video above, Yeori wears a plaid miniskirt with a white blouse which makes her look so cute, plus her black long hair is tied in a ponytail. Yeori is displaying her dancing skills full of expressions and with a sweet bright smile. Unfortunately, the duration of this video is only 1 minute and 43 seconds; even her fans think that this video is too short and they are not satisfied because they still miss Yeori. And, there are also fans who have left comments that they want ARIAZ to make a comeback as soon as possible, because they are impatient and can’t wait for too long.
ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Pre-debut Story As a Mixnine Contestant
Before debuting with ARIAZ, Yeori took part in the survival show MIXNINE which was a collaboration program between YG Entertainment and Golden Age Media. This program was aired on JTBC and showed YG Entertainment founder as a member of the judges. The winners of the show would get the opportunity to debut as new idols. The initial participants’ number was up to 400 from 70 various agencies, and then after the audition, only 170 trainees would be selected to compete against each other. In 2017, Choi Yeori used the stage name Choi Jiyeon and did the audition for this survival show. She introduced herself as a Star Empire Entertainment trainee along with several other ARIAZ members and other trainees. Choi Yeori appeared in MIXNINE Episode 7. She and some other Star Empire Entertainment trainees auditioned and showed their singing and dancing skills in front of YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk. Here is a cut video of Yeori auditioning to join MIXNINE!
If we see from the video above, Yeori is standing in the 2nd place from the left side and she wears a white long-sleeved t-shirt with a plaid white-black shirt tied around her waist. She and the other trainees introduced themselves cheerfully and very passionately, then they showed their talents by singing “Back It Up” from their senior group Jewelry. She sang it with a cute face and a sweet voice. Unfortunately, she failed to pass the audition, and only two trainees from her agency passed the audition.
ARIAZ’s Yeori’s Latest News
After debuting with ARIAZ in 2019 with the release of their 1st mini-album Grand Opera, with two singles “Moonlight Aria” and “Where U R”, it seems that in 2020, there haven’t been any signs of the group making their next comeback. Even though there’s no schedule for a comeback, Yeori and the group often upload videos on their YouTube channel regarding their latest activities such as cover songs, dance covers, vlogs, and others. As did Yeori and the members on August 3rd, 2020: they did a dance cover guided by one of their seniors. You can see it by watching the video below! https://youtu.be/u_uvdzWBNAs Not only that, you can see all her activities on the social media accounts that they have, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Not long ago, around August 18th, 2020, ARIAZ held a celebration to celebrate 300 days of their debut. And they celebrated it with their fans by doing a live on V-Live Channel. After that, Yeori and the other members posted their photos with gratitude on their Twitter with the caption: “Thank You so much and I love you guys for celebrating the 300 days. You know I like it a lot, right? Everyone have a good night >_<”
— ARIAZ 아리아즈 (@official_ARIAZ) August 18, 2020 That’s all about ARIAZ’s Yeori that you should know. So, what do you think about Yeori? Don’t forget to kindly share your thoughts about her in the comment section below!
