Hwang Yeji or usually called Yeji is a member of the famous group from South Korea, ITZY. Right on Friday, May 26, 2023 the girl who was chosen to be the leader of ITZY just had her 23rd birthday. Want to get closer to Yeji? Let's look at the following unique facts about ITZY's Yeji!

1. Initially not interested in dancing and singing


Who would have thought that this ITZY member didn't like dancing and singing at first. Since childhood, he also never learned to sing. However, since the girl born in Seoul joined JYP Entertainment, she began to discover her talent as a singer. Even though he had never studied vocals before, it seems that Yeji has amazing abilities. 

His talent then made him trusted to be the main vocal. He is also considered "all-rounder" because he has good dancing talent. It's no wonder that Yeji is always able to dominate the stage and grab the audience's attention with her appearance. 

2. Started his career through the SBS "The Fan" event


Yeji's career began in a survival event on the SBS channel titled "The Fan" which aired in 2015. Reporting from Soompi, at that time Yeji appeared as a contestant on the December 1 broadcast. 

One of his seniors at JYP Entertainment, 2PM's Junho, introduced Yeji as a "secret weapon" from his agency. When following "The Fan", Yeji performed Zara Larsson's song "Ain't My Fault". Unfortunately, through that spectacular performance, Yeji couldn't bring herself to the final.

3. Known to be similar to Hwang Hyunjin


The name Yeji was busy because it was considered that netizens had blood ties with one of the StrayKids members, Hyunjin. This discussion started with netizens who found similarities in monolid eyes between ITZY's Yeji and Stray Kids' Hyunjin.

After that, people started to compare other figures on the faces of the two K-pop idols. The fans were even more surprised when they learned that Yeji and Hyunjin had the same surname.

4. Being a responsible leader


Thanks to his high ability and responsibility, Yeji was lined up to become the leader for the other four ITZY members since the group debuted in 2019.  As a leader, Yeji's abilities were highlighted by the public at the 34th Golden Disc Awards in 2020. 

At that time, when ITZY won the Best New Artist-Female award, one of the ITZY members, namely Lia, slipped after stepping on the skirt of Jung Eun Chae, the winner of the award trophy. As the leader, Yeji immediately turned to Lia in reflex and helped her up. 

While still on stage, holding the award trophy, Yeji patted Lia's back and told her that it was all right.  So that was the row of facts from ITZY's Yeji, who just had a birthday. How? His personality is so inspiring, right?

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