Yuqi/Facts

Yuqi

* Yuqi was born in Beijing, China.
* She attended Beijing 101 High School.
* She is a Rising Star Cosmetics Model.
* She speaks English, Korean and Chinese.
* Her hobbies are dancing and rapping.
* Out of all the members, Yuqi was the first one to have solo variety show appearances.
	+ She has also hosted variety shows - Learn Way in Korea, and Keep Running (Running Man) in China.
* She is a massive fan of SUPER JUNIOR, and her bias is Ryeowook.
* She auditioned for SM four times and during the fourth time, she also tried out for Cube's audition because it was around the same time. She got a response back from both companies.
	+ She was contacted by both SM and Cube, but in the end chose to sign with Cube because she thought her voice would fit better with Cube and because she was told that she could debut within the next year if she signed with them.
* Yuqi auditioned for CUBE Entertainment in October 2014.
* She became a regular member of Keep Running in 2019, but was only a correspondent member in 2020 as there was a travel ban between China and South Korea due to COVID-19.
* Unlike Minnie, she has short arms relative to her height.
* Unlike every member in the group, she really dislikes being alone, to the point that she'd listen to music while showering just to hear someone talk.
* Yuqi appeared in Rising Legends CUBE x Soompi Promotional Video.
* Her Chinese zodiac is rabbit, hence her nickname as a tarot card reader is "Rabbit."
* When asked about their hard times as a trainee, she said: “I didn’t have friends at first so it was really hard for me.” (RISING STAR COSMETICS MODEL)
* When asked what she wants to be in the future, she answered: “I’m Chinese and I came to Korea alone and train hard… I wish to be as good as Victoria sunbaenim [member of K-pop group f(x)].” (RISING STAR COSMETICS MODEL)
* She watched a lot of "Running Man" before coming to South Korea, and has since become a regular member of Keep Running, which is essentially the Chinese version of Running Man.
	+ She is the most agile and strongest (relative to her weight) member.
		- She once carried 139kg of grit on her shoulders in the Chinese version of Running Man, but she has a very weak punch, never topping over 650 on the one-punch machine.
* Her audition song was "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem feat. Rihanna.
* Yuqi used to be president of the street dance club in her high school.
* She was Introduced in CUBE TREE on August 23, 2017.
* Of all things she claimed she has mastered since she was three years old in Learn Way, she actually cannot whistle or do the splits.
* She loves meat, especially jokbal (pigs feet).
* She likes pickled radish and white vinegar as she has a very high tolerance to sour foods.
	+ She also likes unripe fruits that are bitter.
* She dislikes cheese and espresso coffee.
* She dislikes buttons on shirts, and is not used to using Windows computers.
* She prefers iced Americano and latte.
* Her MBTI type is ENFJ (Protagonist).
* She had LASIK surgery performed to correct her vision in 2018.
* She has a Welsh Corgi tattoo on the back of her left shoulder.
* According to Miyeon, she's strong, a mood maker and concentrates when she eats.
* According to Soojin, her deep voice is her charm.
* According to Shuhua, she's acts "like a fake maknae".
* According to Minnie, she loves chocolate and likes hotpot.
* Miyeon, Minnie and Yuqi are roommates.
* She introduced herself during the group's debut showcase as "(G)I-DLE’s cutie".
* In their debut song "LATATA", Minnie's part was originally Yuqi's, and Yuqi's part belonged to Minnie.
* She can do a sit-up every second, or sixty in a minute.
* She gained TOPIK Level 5 of 6 for Korean Proficiency, which meant she could enter Korean universities. She was 8 points short of the highest grade.
	+ Despite this, she would seamlessly slip-up in Chinese vocabulary before moving back to Korean words.
* As a Northern Chinese from Beijing, she only eats sweet zongzi, and dislikes savory ones.
* Yuqi was shy most of all about Miyeon, to be more precise, her image of her mother was beautiful and sweet, but at the same time scary because of the unknown.
* Yuqi really doesn’t post photos about the New Year very often.
* The company at a certain period wanted to paint Yuqi green, but she staged such a riot with her friends that the company was forced to refuse.

## References

1. ↑ YouTube: (여자)아이들 우기 연애운❤ 大공개! 타로카드 때문에 미연 언니랑 싸울 뻔한 사연은?! | (G)I-DLE YUQI | 런웨이 (LEARN WAY) EP.20