Yujin/Trivia

* Yujin is from Daejeon but currently lives in Seoul.
* She has an older sister who was born in 1999.
* She did attend SOPA (theater & film department), alongside fromis\_9's Jiheon, but dropped out
* Yujin is close to Jiheon from fromis\_9 because they are from the same agency and are the same age.
* She was a member of jump rope club and is good at it. She also becomes extremely passionate and competitive about it.
* She is good at speaking Japanese and English.
* She trained for 1 year and 4 months.
* Yujin dropped quickly in rank, and she expected herself to be eliminated.
* Her specialties are girl’s hip hop and piano.
* She is a fan of BTS, and is the only member (as of 2021) to use a Samsung phone. She also uses an iPhone that was gifted to her by fans. In 2021, however, she did not upgrade to S21 series.
* Although she can do the splits, her body is a bit stiff.
* She is also a fan of BlackPink and Girl's Generation (SNSD). The first song she ever danced was SNSD - Gee.
* She has one of the worst eyesight amongst KPop idols. At -9 on both eyes, making her being so short-sighted, and close to being legally blind. However: Due to her young age, she won't be eligible to get LASIK surgery until she's 18-21 when her vision settles.
* She has the largest feet in the group at 250mm.
* Her Bubble Tea preference in Gong Cha is milk tea with mostly tea, with pearls and 70% sugar.
* When she wears glasses, she did look like a female version of Yoo Jaeseok. She also aspires to be like him, therefore she is the group's main MC, this was confirmed in Eat-Ing Trip season 2. She was in many speech competitions and debates in school.
* She tends to close here eyes while saying "Yes" (as in Yes, Sir/Ma'am).
* She holds her chopsticks in an unusual way.
* She eats cut kimbap with a lengthwise cut, so perpendicular to the normal cut.
* Her favorite colors are black and white.
* She enjoys shopping around in Gangnam.
* Yujin is the “vitamin” of IZ\*ONE. (Fansign Nov 3, 2018)
* Despite this, Eunbi noted that she is more introverted and shy in private, and gets hurt easily by blunt criticisms. She later admits that she is a shy extrovert. Her MBTI is re-tested to be ISTP in 2021, but it could also be because she became a leader of IVE.
* Yujin is good at sports. (Idol Room)
* Yujin’s favorite ice cream flavor is green tea.
* Hitomi’s dad is Yujin’s fan. (Iz\*one Chu Ep2)
* She appears in MVs: Soyou X Baekyun‘s “Rain” MV, Jeong Sewoon‘s “Just U” MV, Ailee X Mad Clown’s “Thirst” MV and Yoo Seungwoo X Sandeul’s “Oppa” MV. Therefore: Produce 48 wasn't the first time she met Souyou (vocal trainer). She only trained for a month when she appearaed on the MV for Rain. She trained for 1year and 4 months before making her appearance in Produce 48, when Soyou was the vocal trainer.
* Before appearing on Produce 48, Yujin was already a well known face from her appearance in a CF.
* Between KwonChaeng, HyeYul and her, only she prefers texting over calling on the phone.
* Yujin was a participant on ‘king of The Masked Singer’ as ‘Icycle’
* She is the youngest participant on “King of Mask Singer” at 15 years and 104 days old to date. She also had amongst the least experience amongst idols. She made her appearance within a month after IZ\*One's debut.
* Yujin never gets picked off in rock-paper-scissors, but she tends to put out rocks the most often.
* Yujin appeared in “Idol Room” as Special MC in ep. 31.
* Yujin cannot tie shoelaces, and often needed help from Yuri, who can tie them very quickly.
* She is the only member who prefers sauces to be poured into sweet and sour pork. She was made to dip the pork as all other members are dippers.
* According to Chaeyeon, she cries surprisingly easily, sometimes with her eyes welling up while performing as an MC, especially during concerts, or when Eunbi had her birthday.
* According to IZ\*One FM, she is often mistaken to love coffee because only she uses a coffee capsule machine. She actually only drinks one cup of iced coffee a day, and it has to be with sweet chocolate cakes or macaroons.
* She dislikes tomatoes and vegetables. Like Soyeon of G(I)-dle, she drinks lactobacillus probiotics.
* According to Fantastic IZ, she is confident in the following type of commercials:
	+ Cellphone (Esp. Samsung phones as she was the only IZ\*One member who uses it)
	+ Denim jeans
	+ Mobile apps
	+ Cereal
	+ Sportswear
	+ Sports drinks
	+ Fried chicken
	+ Pizza
	+ Cookies and biscuits
	+ Ice cream
	+ Cosmetics
	+ Charity causes
	+ Airlines
	+ Dog related goods
	+ Supermarket and convenience stores
	+ Online language lessons
* Endorsements that she is not as confident in
	+ Massage chairs
	+ Toothpaste
	+ Coffee of any kind
	+ Shampoo
	+ Bakery
	+ Trainers/sneakers
	+ Refrigerator
	+ Mouthwash
* If members envision Yujin as an object/animal:
	+ Sakura - Edible Cow
	+ Hyewon - Golden Retriever
	+ Yuri - Coffee Pot
	+ Minju - Ginseng
	+ Hitomi - LED Light
	+ Nako - Morning Glory flower
	+ Chaeyeon - Crayon
	+ Eunbi - Korean rose/Eternal Flower (*Hibiscus syriacus*, the National Flower of South Korea)
	+ Chaewon - Fanta
	+ Wonyoung - Highlighter
* In 2021, she extended her leave as an MC for Inkigayo after recovering from COVID because she had corrective surgery for her poor eyesight. It wasn't LASIK as she was still underage (under 21 real age) and her eyesight was too bad (-9 or 900-degrees short-sightedness). Instead, GLAZE lens insertion surgery was done to correct her poor eyesight.