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Yuna at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cheer Concert, in September 2016
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Native name | 서유나 |
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Seo Yuna 30 December 1992 Busan, South Korea |
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Years active | 2012–present |
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Revised Romanization | Seo Yu Na |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Yu Na |
Seo Yuna (born 30 December 1992), better known as simply Yuna, is a South Korean idol singer and actress. She is best known as being the lead vocalist of the South Korean girl group AOA, the keyboardist of AOA's sub-unit AOA Black and the leader of AOA's other sub-unit, AOA Cream, all under FNC Entertainment.
Yuna was born in Busan, South Korea. She began playing piano when she was 7 years old, leading to her having interest in becoming a singer as an adult. At the age of 18, she traveled to Seoul from Busan alone after getting consent from her parents. She transferred schools and stayed at her uncle’s house while she went to auditions and practiced singing. Her younger sister Yuri made her debut in 2014 with girl group Berry Good under Asia Bridge Entertainment, adopting the stage name "Seoyul".
On 30 July 2012, Yuna made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M! Countdown with their debut single album, Angels' Story and the title track "Elvis". AOA has released three EPs and nine singles as of 22 June 2015. She is part of AOA's subunit "AOA Black". In 2015, AOA traveled to Hainan (China's largest island) where they filmed One Fine Day, a variety program in which idols/idol groups go on a "healing" vacation. They were the seventh idol group to appear on the program(followed by Girl's Day)
Yuna is also part of sub-unit AOA Cream together with Shin Hye-jeong and Kim Chan-mi. The sub-unit released their first teaser on 1 February 2016. The music video teaser for title track "I'm Jealous, Baby" was released on 4 February 2016. AOA Cream released their title track together with the MV on 12 February 2016.