Yuna is a young and talented South Korean singer and actress. Yuna initially started her career in the music industry as a member of the girl group AOA. She later ventured into acting as well as a solo music career.
Early Life and Childhood
Yuna was born on December 30, 1992, and she is currently 28 years old. Her full name is Seo Yu-na but is more popular by the mononym Yuna. Her full name is written in Korean as 서유나 and in Hanja as 徐酉奈. Yuna is a native of Busan, South Korea.
Talking about her childhood, Yuna began playing piano when she was only 7 years old. As a result, Yuna took interest in becoming a singer as an adult. At the young age of 18 years, Yuna traveled to Seoul alone. This was following the consent from her parents.
The young girl transferred schools, stayed at her uncle’s house, and went to auditions and practice singing. Moreover, Yuna has a younger sibling sister named Yu-ri. Yuri debuted in the year 2014 as a part of the South Korean girl group Berry Good. Yuna’s younger sister is known by her stage name Seoyul and started off under Asia Bridge Entertainment.
Caption: Yuna posing for a photo with her biological sister Yuri aka Seoyul. Source: Instagram
Career and Professional Life
Professionally, Yuna is a prominent singer and actress. Internationally, Yuna is famous as a former member of the South Korean girl group AOA. Yuna was also a member of the group’s subgroups – AOA Black and AOA Cream. At the time of AOA’s debut in 2012, the original members of the girl group were Choa, Jimin, Youkyung, Hyejeong, Mina, Seolhyun, and Chanmi along with Yuna herself.
Initially, Yuna made her debut as a singer in the South Korean entertainment industry on 30 July 2012 as a member of AOA. The girls debuted through Mnet’s M! Countdown while their debut album is Angels’ Story and the title track is Elvis.
The young singer then released 3 EPs and 9 singles by 22 June 2015 with the girl group AOA. She was also a part of the subunit “AOA Black”. In the year 2015, Yuna traveled with AOA to Hainan. There, the girls filmed One Fine Day. It is a variety program in which the girls go on a healing vacation. AOA was the 7th idol group to appear on the program.
Furthermore, Yuna was also part of the sub-unit “AOA Cream”. The other members of this sub-unit are Shin Hye Jeong and Kim Chanmi. They released their 1st teaser on 1 February 2016. AOA Cream released the MV teaser for the title track I’m Jelly Baby on 4 February 2016. They finally released the original video and track for the title song on 12 February 2016. When Yuna’s contract expired with FNC Entertainment on 1st January 2021, the singer left the company.
Caption: Yuna posing for a photo as a part of the girl group AOA. Source: Pinterest
Other Endeavors
Besides singing, Yuna is also a successful but lesser-known actress. The singer turned actress has had a lead role in the Japanese Musical Summer Snow in the year 2013. Yuna also acted in another lead role in the Korean web drama Prince’s Prince in February 2015. Likewise, on 20 October 2013, Yuna sang the OST for the TV drama series Marry Him If You Dare. This OST song is I’m Ok.
Moreover, in October 2016, there was an announcement confirming that Yuna would appear in another web drama called Hot and Sweet. Her role in this web drama is the character Joon Young who is a part-time food worker. Likewise, Yuna also released 2 songs for this drama namely Hot and Sweet and Everything. The former is a duet with Choi Min-hwan whereas the latter is a solo song.
The same year, Yuna also appeared in another web drama, My Old Friend. The next year, Yuna appeared in the romantic comedy series Single Wife. In June the same year, Yuna sang the theme song for the TV drama series My Only Love Song. This song is Another You. For the TV drama series A Korean Odyssey, Yuna sang the OST song If You Were Me. She sang this song together with Shin Ji-min.
In the year 2019, Yuna along with Shin Hye Jeong and Kim Chanmi took part in the reality program AOA DaSaDanang Heart Attack Danang. The members travel to Danang, Vietnam, for an adventure for this program. In July the same year, the singer also appeared in the web drama Love Formula 11M playing the role of the character So-jin.
Yuna is also a songwriter, producer, and backing singer. The singer used her pseudonym E.NA becoming the backing singer for Shin Yuna’s parts for girl group ITZY’s song Dalla Dalla and Twice’s song Heart Shaker. Yuna’s former agency FNC Entertainment confirmed this in December 2019. Furthermore, Yuna was also the backing singer for WJSN’s Butterfly.
Caption: Yuna appearing in the ‘Hot and Sweet’ web series. Source: Twitter
Relationship Status
Yuna is currently single. The former AOA member has not shared any social media posts and announcements regarding this issue. Moreover, Yuna has a hectic schedule which prevents her from meeting her ideal lover or go on dates. Nevertheless, when the time is right, Yuna is sure to grab the attention of many young lovers through her charm, talent, and beauty.
Body Measurements
Yuna stands tall at an approximate height of 163 cm or 5 feet 4 inches and her weight is around 44 kg or 97 lbs. Likewise, Yuna’s blood type is “O”. Furthermore, the former AOA member has dark brown eyes and hair of the same color. Similarly, Yuna has a chest-waist-hip measurement of 34-26-39 inches respectively.
Social Media and Net Worth
Talking about her social media presence, Yuna is available on Instagram under the username @yn_s_1230. As of May 2021, this account has accumulated over 466k followers. She also has a Youtube channel in collaboration with the sister Yuri/Seoyul. Their joint Youtube channel is “유나리TV”.
The siblings created it on June 7, 2019, and so far has over 2.5 million views and 46.7K subscribers. They have shared over 80 videos so far. The oldest video dates back to June 9, 2019, and so far has over 67k views. The Seo siblings are also active on Tiktok under the username @yunari_tv.
Caption: Yuna and her sister Yuri in their Youtube video. Source: Instagram
Other than this, Yuna doesn’t have an official account on other platforms like Twitter, Facebook, etc. Moving on, Yuna has a net worth estimation of approximately $400,00 US dollars.
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