Choerry/Facts

## Choerry

On 22.07.01

* 𣫙 (예/Ye): “beautiful”  Note: this character is missing from most browsers; it can be viewed in image form here.
* 冧 (림/Rim): “flower bud”

### Other names

* **Japanese:** Che Yerimu (チェ・イェリム)
* **Mandarin:** Cuī Yìlín (崔藝琳, 崔艺琳)

### Nicknames

* Jjeri (제리)
* Cherry (체리)
* Ri (리)
* Positivity Queen
* Choi-positivity
* “The Sun”-ny

### Body statistics

* 161cm (5’3”) (height)
* 230~235mm (US 6/6.5, EU 37/37.5) (shoe size)

## Other information

### Family

* Parents
* 2 younger sisters

### Education

Yeo-weol Elementary School, Yeo-weol Middle School, Dodang High School (transfer), Chungshin Girls’ High School (graduated)

### Langages

* Korean (fluent)
* Japanese (beginner)
* English (beginner)

### Likes

* Family
* Orbits
* Eating

### Dislikes

* Bugs
* Thunder
* Shots

### Hobbies

* Watching eating broadcasts
* Watching movies
* Decorating her diary
* Watching variety shows
* Coloring books

### Personality

* Positive
* Talkative
* Bubbly
* Optimistic
* Straighforward
* Obedient

## **Facts**

Positivity always finds a way
 - Choerry's motto

**Choerry** (Hangul: 최리, *Choeli*; Japanese: チェリ, *Cheri*; Chinese: 崔莉 *Cuīlì*) is the eighth member of **LOONA**

She is the third youngest in LOONA, the maknae of the sub-unit ODD EYE CIRCLE, and was revealed in July 12, 2017. Her solo single *Choerry* was released on July 12, 2017.

In the group, she's represented by a fruit bat and the color purple. Her secondary color is white. In ODD EYE CIRCLE, she has the superpower “Dimensional Travel”. She's the only member outside of yyxy's members,to have a representative fruit, which is the cherry for her. She's also assumed to be the only member outside LOONA 1/3's members to be related to a location, which is Jeju Island in her case.

## Names

* Choerry's stage name is a combination of her last name Choe (interchangeably spelled in English as "Choi") and the second syllable of her first name with the "y" and the "m" removed (from 최예림 to 최O리). "Choerry" (최리) is roughly pronounced like the fruit, not "Chorry". The stage name was used even as a child star.
* Her real name, Choi Ye-rim (최예림), is the same as the real name of Yeri (Kim Ye-rim) of Red Velvet and actress Lee Yerim, whose father is Lee Kyung-kyu, a star in *Fisherman and the City* when Choerry was a guest.
* She was credited as Choi Dae Ri in *[X X]*.
* One of her possible stage names was Charles. Jaden Jeong was trolling her.
* Choerry prefers people using her real name, Yerim, instead of her stage name.
* Orbits often use the 🐿️ chipmunk/squirrel emoji for her rather than the 🦇 bat emoji.

### Nicknames

* Her long nickname came from her first TV appearance as a child star: "My Eyes Are Shining, My Face Is Glowing, Have An S-Line, I'm Choerry."
* Nickname she wants Orbits to call her: "Yerimmie, Choerry I love you ♡"
* One of her nicknames is Choe-daero (roughly translates as "set to max"), which references her killing part in Butterfly.

## Charms

* Her positivity.
* Her own charming points (according to herself):
	+ Reactions are out of this world
	+ Ms. Sun, who's out of this world
	+ A word magician who's out of this world
	+ A troublemaker who's out of this world
	+ The gap between her persona onstage and offstage.
* According to ViVi, Choerry likes to say "mmm" when she's thinking before responding to anything.

## Personality

* In the group, she is known for her stunning positivity.
* LOONA's "sexy queens", according to herself: #1 Yves; #2 Kim Lip; #3 herself, Choerry; #12/last Chuu.
* Hashtags to describe herself:
	+ 2019: Ms. Sun, Boradori (The purple Teletubby, aka Tinky Winky)
	+ 2020: #SmileThatsLikeSunlight #BurnNegativity #ChoerryTeasing #PerfectHuman #dreamingOfMCing+ActingIdol
* Team Position: Assistant manager Choi (Choi-daeri), cheerleader captain, reaction queen
* Self written profile, 2020 Weekly Idol edition:
	+ Motto: Positivity always finds a way
	+ Personality: Optimistic, straightforward, positive
	+ Strengths: No concerns, doesn't get stressed easily
	+ Weaknesses: Talks without fear
	+ She can surpass Yves in: Jumprope, teasing, winking, being positive
	+ She wants JinSoul's: Neck length, height, jawline
	+ Lately she's interested in: "The Return of Superman", things that help with swelling, fortune-telling, nail art, Orbits
* She would burst into tears after calling her mother as they are far apart from each other.
* Despite members never seeing her get extremely angry, Choerry knows that she can be towards her sisters, to the point that it freaks herself out afterwards.
* She is very cunning and street-smart compared to Chuu, having fended off scammers off her mother.
* She is prone to get stress-related gastritis.
* According to HeeJin, she's the most optimistic member of LOONA.
* Choerry likes to handle unresolved arguments immediately rather than later after the fact.
	+ Furthermore, when she's done something wrong, she'll apologize immediately.

## Relationships

* Choerry's idol is Younha.
* Choerry's mother is a farmer; she grows sweet potatoes.
* Role model: Tae Yeon, Sunmi, Yoo Jae Suk
* She would love to do a collab with Ariana Grande.
* Choerry used to dorm with YeoJin and the rest of the members of ODD EYE CIRCLE (Kim Lip, JinSoul).
* Now she dorms with LOONA 1/3, YeoJin and the rest of ODD EYE CIRCLE (Kim Lip, JinSoul).
* Choerry is the first and only member to have a representative fruit and not be in LOONA/yyxy.
* Choerry calls Go Won "Kong Won".
* Choerry is into playing video games like Go Won and Olivia Hye but she's often the one losing and getting the loser punishment.
* She used to have the same MBTI as YeoJin: ENFP. After Chuu and YeoJin were retested, Chuu also got ENFP, while YeoJin switched to ESFP.
* Unbeknownst to Choerry at first, she was schoolmates with Olivia Hye.
* Choerry and HaSeul joined the company on the same day and lived close together, so they often take the same bus home.
* Her role model is Suzy.
	+ "Because I'm amazed whenever videos of her come out, and I've thought many times about wanting to be like her!"

### Family

* Her sisters are named Choi Ye-jin (최예진, born 2003) and Choi Ye-won (최예원, born 2008).
	+ There is a 7 year age difference between Choerry and her youngest sister.
* Choerry owns a dog called Haengwoon (Lucky). They share the same birthday.

### Members impression

**HeeJin**

* When first meeting as trainees, HeeJin frequently asked what Choerry's name was as she kept forgetting her name.

**YeoJin**

* They first met as trainees, and due to YeoJin's height, Choerry initially thought that YeoJin was an elementary student, despite YeoJin being in middle school at the time.

## Pre-debut life

* In 1st grade in elementary school, she performed Wonder Girls' "Nobody."
* In second grade, when she was 9, she went on a show called "Fantastic Mates". She had to do a self-introduction she was told to memorize: "With shining eyes, sparkling face, and an S-line body".
	+ In 2020, it was imitated by Go Won during LieV.
* She started as a trainee of BlockBerry Creative on the same day as HaSeul, and auditioned on the same day as YeoJin.
* The first time she sang in front of an audience was in 1st grade, during a school festival.

## Abilites

* She understands some English, but is not quite fluent.
* She has the best English speaking skills in ODD EYE CIRCLE.
* Strength: No concerns doesn't get stressed easily
* Weakness: Talks without fear, often has to have others repeat after themselves, which annoys Yves and Olivia Hye.
* She can surpass Yves in: jumprope, teasing, winking, being positive
* She wants Jinsoul's ability in: "Neck length!!, height, jawline"
* She can create choreographies and formations with paper cups.
* She can still recite the mnemonic rap song about different eras in history from 2000 BC (Bronze Age). It's a song that is well -known in schools in Bucheon City, her hometown.

## Goals

* She wanted to learn to play drums.
* Long-term Goals: "Billboard #1!!! World Tour~!!! Becoming a sexy queen!!!"
* Choerry would like to try dyeing her hair an ashy tone, similar to Kim Lip's hair during the Hi High era.

## Items

* She gifted Olivia Hye a T-shirt that reads "Choerry I love you". There is a part of it that glows in the dark. Olivia Hye wears it as sleepwear. (Choerry 2019 Birthday VLIVE)
* Airpod name: "Orybit" ("Orbit" with "ry" in the middle)

## Likes

* Choerry loves the Harry Potter series and says she's a Gryffindor.
* Unlike JinSoul, Kim Lip, Chuu and Yves, Choerry loves amusement rides.
* She enjoys sweet scents.
* Her favorite colors are yellow and purple.
* According to Kim Lip, Choerry's into fantasy movies.
* Unlike most members, she'd rather have the window down when riding in a car.

### Hobbies

* Watching variety shows, watching movies, coloring books
* Habits: touching hair

### Food

* She prefers tea over coffee, and loves red bean tea to reduce swelling.
	+ She finds that drinking coffee makes it difficult for her to sleep.
		- To combat this, she like decaffeinated coffee.
	+ Though she doesn't like mint, she likes peppermint tea.
	+ She also likes lemon tea
	+ She likes to make plum tea in the morning.
* One of Choerry's favorite foods is Kalguksu.
* Choerry loves eating jellies.
* She likes green tea.
* She has a really big sweet tooth, even more than Kim Lip and Olivia Hye.
* She also likes plain yoghurt
* She likes tteokbokki and grilled hagfish.
* Her favorite Baskin Robbins flavor is "Zzon Tteok"  while she has previously said her Baskin Robbins ice cream picks were "Mom is an alien" and "Cotton Candy Wonderland".
	+ "The Zzon Tteok ice cream is a mix of black sesame and injeolmi (traditional Korean rice cake), Baskin Robin's take on the traditional Korean food. The base is nutty and sweet, and there's bits of rice cake and pecans in the middle. A Korea-exclusive flavor"
	+ Mom is an alien is the name of the "Puss in boots" flavor in South Korea.
	+ Cotton Candy Wonderland: "A sweet blend of purple, pink and yellow cotton candy flavored ice creams sprinkled with crackling cotton candy flavored clusters."
* Jjajangmyun vs Jjampong: Jjajangmyun
* She likes rosé braised chicken.
* She likes matcha.

### Movies / TV shows

* She watched "Encanto".
* She likes the anime "Sugar Sugar Rune".

### Dislikes

* Choerry does not enjoy the taste of cherries, even though they are her representative fruit.*[citation needed]*
* Choerry doesn’t really like mint chocolate (flavor).
* Choerry doesn’t like broccoli, bell peppers and eggplants.
* She doesn't like pineapple pizza.
* She doesn't like cherry flavored drinks or desserts because that was a common flavor for medicine syrup.

### Songs

* Her favorite B-side on "X X" is Colors.
* She likes Indie songs.
* She likes to cover TWICE songs.
* When she's writing in her diary, she often likes to listen to Fall Again.

Recommendations
* acourve (now known as "Mind U") - The night of parting/The night we parted (헤어지던 밤)
* aespa - Savage
* A-FLOW (with Choerry) - YOU
* Apink - Remember
* Chen - Beautiful Goodbye
* Choi Sung Won - Blue Night of Jeju Island
	+ Covered by various artists : TAEYEON, Soyou
* Eloise - Trick of the Moon
* Girls' Generation - Way To Go (힘 내!)
* Huh Gak - Running in the Sky (하늘을 달리다)

* IVE - ELEVEN
* Jesse Barrera (feat. Jeff Bernat, Johnny Stimson) - Casual
* Ji Jin Seok - My Dear
* JO GON - 괜찮은 척
* Kwon Jin-ah - The End
* Lee Jin Ah (이진아) - Bye Bye Bye (밤, 바다, 여행 / Night, Sea, Travel)
* LOONA - Fall Again
* LOONA - Heat (열기)
* LOONA - PTT (Paint The Town)
* LOONA - U R
* Monogram - Dream Attic (꿈꾸는 다락방)
* ODD EYE CIRCLE - Chaotic
* OH MY GIRL - CLOSER
* Park Boram - Hyehwa-dong (혜화동) (Reply 1988 OST)

* SEVENTEEN - THANKS (고맙다)

* SLEEPY (슬리피) - Like A Dream (꿈만 같아)
* SOYA (소야) - Fade Away (늘어진 우리의 연애)
* SUNMI - Gashina
* Red Velvet - Bad Boy
* TAEYEON - CANDY CANE
* TAEYEON - GEMINI
* TAEYEON - STRESS

* TAEYEON - WHY
* TWICE - SCIENTIST
* TWICE - The Feels
* Younha - Waiting
	+ Choerry covered this song herself with a friend sometime before her debut  and she sang it shortly after LOONA's debut too.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 caskerbox
2. ↑ Wiktionary “崔” Retrieved 2020.03.30
3. ↑ Wiktionary “冧” Retrieved 2020.03.30
4. ↑ loonatheworld “LOONA TV #207” YouTube. 2017.11.06
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 Weekly Idol: self-written profile Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":14" defined multiple times with different content
6. ↑ orrery\_nim “…she and Heejin are the same height…” X. 2023.09.01
7. ↑ @ivytwts. Fan account of 190314 fansign. Twitter. 2019.03.17
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Frequency of the Moon Ep.13
9. ↑ *Official LOOΠΔ Instagram*, Choerry's singles announcement
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6  Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 - Translation by Team Subbits
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 GENIE MUSIC "[Answering Machine] 12 Questions and Answers with LOONA" YouTube. 2019.04.10
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 LOONA Profile Rewrite
13. ↑  211201 HyunJin VLIVE - Translation by Orrery/nim
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Weekly Idol: self-written profile (whole thread)
15. ↑  211228 HeeJin VLIVE - Translation by Orrery/nim
16. ↑ Orrery/nim "220703 LOONA Fansign" Twitter. 2022.07.03
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 TaeYeon Why + Sunmi Gashina
18. ↑ Role model: Yoo Jae Suk
19. ↑ Interview with Yesi Ortiz (March 22,2021)
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Frequency of the Moon Ep.4
21. ↑ LOONA TV #328
22. ↑ Frequency of the Moon ep.13 @ 50:01, 50:59. VLIVE. 2020.01.09
23. ↑ Age difference Choerry-youngest sister
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 LOONA Studio - OEC Hertz
25. ↑ LOONA X LieV @12:03
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 59" Manual
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Frequency of the Moon Ep.8
28. ↑ Airpod name
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Orbit 1st Anniversary Chat Event
30. ↑  211231 Kim Lip VLIVE - Translation by Orrery/nim
31. ↑ 31.00 31.01 31.02 31.03 31.04 31.05 31.06 31.07 31.08 31.09 31.10 31.11 31.12 31.13 31.14 31.15 31.16 31.17 31.18  220106 Choerry VLIVE - Translation by Orrery/nim
32. ↑ 191214 | Premier Greeting: Meet&Up
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Frequency of the Moon Ep.1
34. ↑ Baskin Robbins - Ice cream picks
35. ↑ Baskin Robbins flavor intro
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6  211207 Choerry VLIVE - Translation by Orrery/nim
37. ↑ Orrery/nim "Melon promotion: #LOONA's summer playlist" Twitter. 2022.06.20
38. ↑ Mu:fully questionnaire (Halloween 2019)
39. ↑ LOONA Studio - Odd Eye Circle Hertz
40. ↑ LOONA STUDIO English Subtitle Transcripts (@gointosubbit)
41. ↑ Blue Night of Jeju Island
42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Billboard: Song recs during the COVID-19 pandemic
43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 TV Daily: Song recs - Chuseok
44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 IDOL RADIO EP.502 (SPECIAL DJ LOONA HeeJin & Yves)
45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 IDOL RADIO EP.502 recs - explanation thread
46. ↑ TV Daily: Song recs - Chinese New Year
47. ↑ Fact iN Star - w/ YeoJin & Choerry Pt.1
48. ↑ Choerry dancing to “Bad Boy” by Red Velvet
49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Song rec: TaeYeon Gemini + Younha Waiting
50. ↑ TV Daily: Song recs - When You’re Being Nagged
51. ↑ Choerry - The Blue Night of Jeju Island (pre-debut cover)
52. ↑ Blue Night of Jeju Island - Choerry's cover during Hi High area