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WinterEssence00 | April 8th, 2014
Now, we bring you to our last group in EQSOL - Crystal! They're another trio but have that chilled, graceful charisma and swagger. Promoting primarily in Japan, Korea, and, for the first time in YG history, China, these girls are set to be the Perfume 2.0 and dominate the synthpop and EDM genre. With GDragon as their mentor and manager, they just might! Our first Crystal is Zhao Yuna, the EQSOL's currently reigning anison princess and Choi Seunghyun protigee!
Birth Name: Lauryn Alana Zhao-Lozada
Chinese Name: Zhao Yuna
Stage Name: Yuna
Birthdate: December 6th, 1994
Height: 171cm
Weight: 54kg
Position: Emotional Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Rapper, Visual #1
Born: Madrid, Spain
From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Ethnicity: 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Spanish
Nationality: Spanish and American (dual nationality)
Specialies: Instruments (Can play the piano, guitar, drums, guzheng, shamisen, shakuhachi, a little erhu and a little viola), Spanish (conversational), Korean (conversational), Japanese (semi-fluent), Mandarin (Native), English (Native), art (painting, photography, calligraphy, etc.), martial arts, ballet, composing, being 4D, food, making new friends
❀ Her family has Tibetan heritage and is the reason she has such a great interest in folk music
❀ She has 2 older twin brothers and 2 younger sisters
❀ Currently a junior at the University of Tokyo, majoring in Biochemistry (wow~)
❀ She wants to do some acting in the future like her favorite oppa Choi Seunghyun
❀ She has appeared in Vixx's "Voodoo Doll" as the leading female, Lee Hi's "It's Over" MV as the leading bear, Sandaime J Soul Brother's "R,Y,U,S,E,I" as a back up club dancer, sang the OST for Kdramas such as "In My Eyes" from I Can Hear Your Voice, "Trembling Heart" from Big Man and "The One" from That Winter, The Wind Blows and sang the anime opening themes for Ao Haru Ride "Sekai Wa Koi Ni Ochite Iru", Kill la Kill's "Ambiguous", and Irregular Magic in High School's "Rising Hope", and featured in Back-On's "wimp" for the Gundam Build Fighters second opening
❀ Is a former SM trainee, often called "female Tao" because of their similar martial arts background
❀ Has done modelling mostly in Japan and China with a few in South Korea
Having a strong theatre background, Yuna is said to be the most versatile main vocal who can adapt to most genres of music and connect with them on an emotional level, hence why she is the Emotional Main Vocal and a damn good one at that. As the second revealed triple threat, she can dance beautifully like a ballerina but also very fiercely when in her hip hop, krump zone. Check out some of her predebut exclusives, which include a feature with Sony labelmate, Cliff Edge, a Oricon charting mflo cover, and a cover of her favorite Japanese song, "Sakura" by J-rock group Ikimono Gakari, where she drops the mic and goes acapella before the crowd (okay not literally but still super cool)!
Next up is Kang Seyoung, the chic rocker and quiet leader of EQSOL and Crystal!
Birth Name: Kang Seyoung
Stage Name: Sey
Birthdate:April 24th, 1992
Height: 168cm
Weight: 52kg
Position: Elegant Lead Vocal, Lead Dancer, Rapper, Visual #2, Crystal Leader and EQSOL Co-leader
Birthplace: Busan, South Korea
Hometown: Busan, South Korea
Ethnicity: Korean
Nationality: South Korean
Specialties: Guitar, piano, Korean (native), English (basic), Japanese (semi-fluent), competitiveness, watching sports, lyricizing, observation
❀ She was featured as a model for Allure Magazine
❀ Was on the cover of Vogue Korea alongside her co-leader Lyn and GDragon
❀ Has a little brother, Kang Seungyoon of WINNER
❀ Huge fan of Big Bang, FT. Island, and CNBLUE
❀ Was in a rock band in high school
❀ Likes watching intense sports
The chic rock angel Sey is not only cool because she's Seungyoon's noona but also because of her talent. Her voice is very soft textured but can get gritty if need be and she's a pretty great dancer, not backing down from a style thrown at her. Check out some of her predebut experiences!
The last Crystal is Xie Yueqin, Crystal's super pink dancing queen and Melodic maknae!
Birth Name: Xie Suzume
Chinese Name: Xie Yueqin
Stage Name: Tori
Birthdate: December 13th, 1995
Height: 167kg
Weight: 56kg
Position: Melodic Lead Vocal, Main Dancer, Rapper, Crystal Maknae, Visual #4
Birthplace: Sapporo, Haikkodo, Japan
Hometown: Changsha, Hunan Province, China
Ethnicity: 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Japanese
Nationality: Japanese-Chinese (dual nationality)
Specialties: Pink hair, Mandarin (native), Japanese (fluent) Korean (semi-fluent), ballet, jazz, gymnastics, dancing, a little guitar, teasing people
❀ Appeared as a host on the Chinese variety show "Happy Camp" as a host multiple times
❀ Performed on Star King as a dancer 3 different times
❀ Performed an OST for "To the Beautiful You" alongside Yuna
❀ Went to the same high school as Exo's Lay
❀ Boa and Dara are her biggest role models
❀ Won many dance competitions in China and was in the running to be the Sweet Main Vocal
As the final triple threat, this pink headed princess has all the pizazz that comes with being the Melodic Lead Vocal, from her lovely vocal tone to her fiery dance moves and choreography. Check out her predebut activities, including a co-choreographed Osaka street dance with Sey, super charasmatic, self-choreographed dance routine to "Anaconda" and song cover to "Yell" by Ikimono Gakari, both featuring Yuna. Enjoy!
And there you have it peeps, the winter beauties - Crystal! For promotion in the Japanese and Chinese market, the girls will be signed to Sony Music Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, respectively. Also, their official fanclub name is Diamonds! The vibrant gem that's exceptionally beautiful, hardened to precision, and also a girl's best friend (and let's be real, it's a boy's, too)! So, Diamonds spread the love to these young ladies as I now leave you with a song cover the trio did to the Japanese version of "Let It Go" from the animated picture Frozen (nothing else would seem appropriate haha!).
And that is the final group in EQSOL...sike! We have one more group to get through, the trainee group, Butterfly. Stay tuned!
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diamonds-are-forever 15 seconds ago
Can we talk about how awesome Yuna is? She is beautiful, can sing and dance beautifully, can play ancient and modern instruments, is the female Tao, is totally twinning with Eunkyung, and Choi Seunghyun's protigee. How much cooler can one person be? I can't wait to see the Butterflies!
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Pinkeupinku 50 seconds ago
My favortie color is pink so of course my new bias is Tori, it brings back memories of when Sehun had his pink hair! Tori is really good at choreographing, that Anaconda choreo was fire even if I'm not a big fan of the song. And that voice is like silk, flawless, I can see why she was considered to be a Main Vocal. Crystal fighting~!
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Bingu-my-chingu 2 minutes ago
Yuna sang the first opening of Irregular Magic and Cassie sang the second one?! Well, I'll be damned lololz! And Kill la Kill's opening, oh she's gonna have a lot of shounen fans, yo~! Also we figured the mystery behind Lee Hi's bear boyfriend, it wasn't GD after all XD! Tori is so cute, I love the pink hair on her, it like brightens up her face and ugh! And Sey is just, just gorgeous and her voice is so pretty! My ice beauty trifecta, ahh! Crystal is pure love!
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Snowflake--- 3 minutes ago
Can we just talk about how Sey is queen, okay? Aside from her amazing predebut videos, just look at that banner. She has on a ing crown, right in the middle with a "bow down, es" expression. Sey-unni....I am not worthy! Another thing I noticed, aside from Lyn and Roza, Japan-line has all modelesque people....again, I am not worthy! T_T
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