Strawberry

### Associated Acts

Milkshake Media, Fancy Entertainment, Top3, Diamond in the Rough, After the Nightfall, BabyBees

## Members

### Active

Kim Soomin, Choi Younghee, Mei Hara, Kang Seoyun, Hong Taeyeon, Kang Minji, Suzuki Hiyori, Nakagawa Mio

## Fandom

### Official Color(s)

Pastel Pink, White, Red and Black

When Strawberry was in their pre-debut state, they were doing many activities to earn enough money to debut. A lot of members were scared about never being able to debut because of the financial issues, so they worked very hard. The original line-up was Kim Soomin (Leader, Main Vocal), Choi Younghee (Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer), Mei Hara (Lead Dancer, Lead Vocalist), Reina Saito (Sub Dancer, Main Rapper), Kang Minji (Center, Sub Vocalist), and Hong Taeyeon (Visual, Sub Rapper). They were overworked, if there was an activity available, the members all agreed on doing it to earn as much money as possible, and their work days were 18-20 hours long. The CEO would try giving them breaks but they denied them as they wanted to debut. After 6-7 months of working 18-20 hours everyday, they finally debuted. They had a single album titled Strawberry, and it sold 293 copies. After promotions, they immediately went back to work preparing for another comeback, but they had a very tight budget so they all agreed on doing a digital single. This was when the CEO added Kang Seoyun into Strawberry and she had the roles Maknae and Lead Vocalist. Soon after the new addition they cameback with Carnival. It had 9,025 digital sales and had gotten 94.7K views on Youtube. After promotions ended, Reina Saito, Kang Minji and Hong Taeyeon went silent on everything and this worried fans. After 3 months the CEO revealed that Reina, Minji and Taeyeon had decided to terminate their contracts and go on their separate ways stating that they no longer had the desire to continue as K-pop idols. Fans were enraged at the company on what took them so long to tell the fans, and being secretive on them leaving. After a few months, the company added 3 new members to the line up. Son Jimin was the first revealed, and she had the roles Visual, Sub Vocalist and Sub Rapper. Hiyori Suzuki was the second one revealed and she had the roles Main Vocalist, and Main Rapper. The last member to be revealed is Mio Nakagawa and she had the roles Lead Dancer and Lead Rapper. With the new members added to the group it was revealed that they were working on a mini album. The mini album was titled Game and it sold 1,180 copies in it's first week. This was also when they first performed on music shows. Because of getting new fans, Strawberry has gotten a very busy schedule, while doing a outdoor venue, Kim Soomin had gotten injured and this made fans angry for not taking care of her health. Luckily, she had a minor injury and only stopped promoting for a week. When all of the schedules stopped, Kang Seoyun went on vlive and got a hate raid during her live, and because of all of the hate comments she had gotten, she went on hiatus to avoid it at all costs. There's no details on when she will be back but fans have a theory that she'll come out of hiatus with her solo debut.

There was a turning point with the group Strawberry. After Jimins solo debut, the group has been preparing for their next comeback titled, Trendy. When they dropped the comeback, it became their best selling album and most viewed album. It almost gotten them their first win against many popular acts in the kpop scene. The fans had hope that the next comeback, the fandom will get even bigger, but that didn't happen because a month later, the group had disbanded. The fandom became angry as this was very unexpected and Strawberry had huge potential. After they had disbanded, all of the ex member began doing solo activities, and even redebuted. Kim Soomin, Choi Younghee and Mei Hara had become contestants on Top3, ranking #27, #23 and #8 but did not make it into the group. Saito Reina, Kang Minji and Hong Taeyeon went onto Diamond in the Rough. Kang Minji and Hong Taeyeon were eliminated in the first round, and Saito Reina ranked #6 first round. Son Jimin went onto After The Nightfall and ranked #11. Kang Seoyun stayed with the company and redebuted with the group BabyBees. Suzuki Hiyori and Nakagawa Mio had became actresses, and has been in many popular web dramas.

After they all had their solo activities, it has been revealed that Fancy Entertainment is going to redebut Strawberry, with all of the member who have been in the group. Due to Saito Reina and Son Jimin still continuing on their competition shows, the company has stated that the group will try their best to have them perform with the other members, but there is no promises as they do not want to hold back Strawberry.