Hyewon/Trivia

* She is known as the Innocent Rapper. While on Produce 48, despite being a vocalist, she had to do rap for the first evaluation and ended up liking it so she did it in future evaluations.
* She was born in Busan, but was raised in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea.
* She has a younger brother who is three years younger than her.
* She’s a former Music K Entertainment trainee. (Hong Jinyoung and IZ’s company) She was forced to quit as the company quit producing idols.
* She’s a former HYWY Entertainment trainee. She was eliminated from the debut lineup of DayDay, and had to leave the company.
* During Prodcue 48, she gained the nickname of "Kim Sejeong-like Sohye" because when she was in F class, she took care of many Japanese classmates, while lacking the time to to improve herself.
* She attended Bokwang High School in Yangsan, but then she transferred to Hanlim Multi Arts School.
* At Hanlim Multi Arts School she studied in the Broadcasting & Entertainment Department.
* Her hobby is watching animations and dramas.
* Her favorite League of Legends character is Teemo.
* She is very close with AKB48’s Kenkyuusei Sato Minami and wants to visit her in Japan.
* She can play the piano, guitar, recorder and flute.
* She likes anime and takoyaki.
* She dislikes mint chocolate (not as severely as Yena was initially) and any raw seafood, pollacks and roes
* Hyewon has a dog.
* Despite being a tsunadere, she is very clingy, and can memorize all members' meal orders
* She can eat a small cup of noodles in three bites.
* She admits to never answer questions directly.
* Between KwonChaeng, DaengDaengz and her, only she'd rather not sleep than starve for a whole day.
* She is known for her pure and innocent looks.
* Yena and Hyewon went to school together but didn’t meet until Produce 48.
* She was supposed to debut with DAYDAY but she left and the debut got cancelled.
* Her manager is TWICE’s former manager Kim Na Yeon, also known as Sadness Unnie/Sadness Manager.
* She trained under 8D Creative for 9 months.
* Her favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.
* According to Fantastic IZ, she reaffirmed that she dislikes raw seafood and pollacks, but she also dislikes fermented soybean sauce, pig's trotters, coffee of any kind and wasabi.
* In 2021, she became a co-star of "WE Became A Family", a variety show, with Lim Nayoung and Lee Daewhi.
* She is very comfortable with thrill rides.
* She is also a decisive buyer.
* When she feels down, she prefers to go out and do other things to decompress rather than dwelling on the issue.
* Since she has moved to the acting department of 8D Creative, she effectively became her own leader, at she is the sole artist in the agency.
* Normally, she tends not to look at people's eyes when she speaks. However, when she acts in most of her characters, they talk while looking directly into their eyes.
* She is good at solving puzzles and likes doing Escape Rooms, but on Cheat-Ing Trip 2, she was the one trapped on the first obstacle, hence she was unable to offer help until Eunbi used up a hint.
* She was the secret project manager from Cheat-ing Trip 3, after participating in the first 2 tours, she couldn't participate in season 3 because she was filming a drama. She picked Sokcho, the same place that filmed Eat-ing Trip 1 with all IZ\*One members.

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