♕Queen Leader : Lily

Who are you inside?

PERSONALITY TRAITS : charismatic, smart, creative, athletic, non-self-concious, intuitive, playful/flirty, sassy, no-filter, stubborn, bossy, sarcastic

PERSONALITY :　
At first glance, people tend to think she's a and either approach her with an attitude or ignore her. It didn't help that everyone knew who Jessi was and her reputation with her temper. The truth is, Lily has moments when she can be a but she honestly doesn't care. Much like her sister, she says what she's gonna say, how she's gonna say it and when she's gonna say it. Underneath all of that though is a very caring and understanding otaku Potterhead who loves chocolate, bubble tea and coffee. She is very attentive to her friends and her members. She's always quick to lend a hand, offer a shoulder or just listen if someone has a problem they want to She doesn't want them to think she's weak.

BACKGROUND :　
Born on January 6, 1991 at 22:16 in a hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother had gone to visit a friend when she went into labor prematurely. After a week, they were transferred to a hospital in the Bronx, where Lily's family had been visiting with her relatives. Being the youngest, Lily as automatically spoiled. Her father had her working and reading from a young age and by the time she was three years old, Lily was starting school. Her parents sent her to a private school where she skipped second grade and tested into a gifted and talented program. This was also when her interest in dance first surfaced and she became a part of her school's dance and step team as well as it's theater group until she graduated in fifth grade. She spent her middle school days living with her paternal grandparents in Busan, South Korea and as such she originally spoke Korean in the Busan dialect. She also spent every summer in Japan with some friends. She ended up spending the first 3 years of high school in Japan, and ended up gaining popularity after a friend uploaded a video of her singing and dancing. All three years she spent in Japan was spent being a Jpop idol and attending high school. It was here that she used her Japanese name Yuri. She came back to NY for her senior year and her first three years of college. She applied to many different performing arts colleges, her top two being Julliard and the University of the Arts. It was her closest friend in high school, Cara who was also accepted into Julliard and they decided to go there together. As luck would have it, they ended up as roommates as well. They were both majoring in Theater but Lily was also majoring in Dance. It was here that she met Kioshi for the first time. She knows all about Rose, in fact she was there with Cara throughout the pregnancy and even gave her the name Rose.

TRIVIA :

▸ Likes: 
- Monochrome & dark colors; favorites are purple, red, black, emerald green, silver and gold
-Chocoholic and caffiene addict; literally cannot function for the day if she doesn't have coffee in her system. She always keeps chocolate on her.
-Chewing Gum; a nervous habit that developed after she tried to stop smoking the first time
-Otaku and loves korean dramas
-Horror movies and psychological thrillers
-Spicy food
-Harry Potter; total Potterhead
-Loves to eat; you can catch her eating at pretty much any time
-Smoking; it started from smoking weed in high school but since it's still illegal in South Korea she opted for cigs, but has been going clean for almost 8 months now since she doesn't want it messing up her voice
-Drinking; she's been drinking since she was 14 so her tolerance is pretty high. She drinks a little more and more often since quitting smoking.
-Fashion and Photography
-SKINSHIP
▸ Dislikes:
-Being woken up by something (or someone) other than her own alarm
-Rushing to either get ready or to leave
-being interrupted when she's reading or watching something
-having to repeat herself more than twice
-haters gon hate
-when people compare her to Jessi; but she likes it at the same time since they're very simlar
-bright colors
▸ Habbits:
-Biting her lip and/or sticking her tongue out; she does it subconciously whenever she's thinking,  concentrating or worried
-shaking/bouncing her right leg; it's like a nervous tick. She deals with anxiety (you can tell how bad it is by how fast and how often she's shaking)
-sleeping whenever she has the chance
-if she's not sleeping she's either reading or watching something
-not controling her facial expressions
-swearing; the only time she's aware enough to not curse is when she's around her nieces
-hitting someone when she's laughing and in general
-cuddling with her Tuxedo Mask body pillow
-randomly hugging one of the members
-randomly initiating skinship with her members or her friends
▸ Hobbies:
-Dancing/Choreography
-Designing clothes
-songwriting; she writes her own rap lyrics
-Yoga and meditation; it's one of the ways she deals with her anxiety
▸ Other:
- hates doing aegyo
-dances mostly hiphop and modern dance (she's been dancing for 20 years; starting with ballet when she was 4 and ventured out).
-works with the main dancers and company choreographer's to make choreography
-used to work part time with 1million dance studio and as a backup dancer for many kpop artists including her sister.
-has a russian blue male cat named Artemis
-is a huge Sailor Moon fan
-used to have a crush on Tom Felton
-has an Alaskan Klee Kai named Mark
-played the guitar and piano from middle school (7th grade)
-speaks korean in both the busan dialect and the seoul dialect
-can fake many different accents (the ones used mostly are her british and indian accent)
-was slightly active in the underground scene (both rap and dance)
- her personal fanclub is called Lilies and the color is Lilac #DCD0FF

Who matters to you?

RELATIONSHIPS :　

▸ parents — Ho Jongjin & Sunhwa (65 & 64) / uneployed / hard working, strict and serious but loving / 6
Her relationship with her parents are pretty much the same. Being the youngest, her parents spoiled her. But she was also pretty independent from them.

▸ older brothers — Brian & Eric Ho (38 & 32) / Photographer & Real Estate Agent / super overprotective but caring (and maybe a little crazy) / 8
Lily isn't as close to them as she is with Jessi but they have a good relationship. Since they didn't get to see her often, they would often send her money or gifts to make up for it. Most of that money, Lily has saved up in a bank account so that she could eventually live on her own.

▸ sister in laws — Elizabeth and Hana Ho (36 & 32)  / Model & Stay at home mom / loving / 7.5
She doesn't really see them that often but she is always sending them gifts.

▸ older sister — Jessi Ho (27) / Soloist/Lucky J/Unnies / personality traits / OVER 9000! jk but seriously though they might as well be twins tbh
Out of everyone in her family, Jalisa and Jessi are the closest. They do practically everything together and always try to spend as much time together as possible. Even if they can't see each other because of their schedules they are always texting or FaceTiming. Jalisa also recently moved in with Jessi so make things easier for both of them, she's been leaving there for a year and 4 months from the start of the story.

▸ niece — Ho Eunha aka Emily (6) / elemtary school student / hyper, loving / 100
She tries simply spoils the girl. Always sending her gifts and sees her when she can.

▸ "niece" — Rose Honda (2) / occupation / spunky smart kind energetic / 100
Being best friends with Cara and in turn friends with Kioshi, she's been a part of Rose's life since conception. Since her and Cara call each other sisters, Rose calls Lily Aunt Lisa along with her actual niece. Lily tends to pop in to say hi when Kioshi is skyping her.  

▸ best friend — Cara (23) / waitress/mom/student / kind, fiesty, protective / 1000!
Cara and Lily call each other their sista from another mista. That's how close they are and have been since they met. They both thought they mer for the first time in high school, but after learning more about each other, it turns out they had been friends in elementary school. They used to sepnd every summer together until Lily moved to Busan and they lost contact. So basically they're childhood friends. That's why Rose calls her Aunt Lisa.
 
▸ best friend — Kioshi "Rose" (23) / student / hardworking, charsmatic / 20
I don't really know if you'd call them best friends per say. But they definitely spent a lot of time together because of Cara and eventually Rose. She stays in contact with Cara better and more often so she's constantly able to keep him updated on Rose. They even go to visit sometimes together, with lily leaving to visit her family after a while. Finding each other at the same company was definitely a shock but a relief at the same time since they had someone they knew here already.

▸ friends — Eric Nam, Amber, Ailee, Shownu, Lee Sungkyung & JB (varies) / idols / varies / 20
She met Eric through being a guest MC on ASC. Amber through being a choreographer for SM a few times. Shownu and JB from when she trained at JYP, and Sungkyung when they happened to attend the same fashion show. Because they all have different schedules they don't get to hang out as often as they would like to but they do hang out every once in a while and keep in contact often. Aille she met through her sister and probably hangs out with her the most, besides Amber and Eric.

▸ bandmates — ♕QUEEN (varies) / idols / varies / 9
Being the oldest and also having experience in the industry, they look up to her. They felt indimated by her at first because of her facial expressions and the reputation of her sister (and her own reputation). But after getting to know her they saw she was much nicer and alsways does what she can to help them, from offering advice to even personal training to help. She has a bit of a short tember so being girls they argue but not too much where they all hate each other. In fact when they fight it always ends up bringing them closer. She is probably the closest to the Natsu and Gahee

▸ projectmates — CHECKMATE (varies) / idols / varies / 9
At first they avoided her because they said she gave off a scary aura and thought she would be hard to approach. It took them some time but eventuall they all opened up to her and aren't afraid of her anymore. There are some she's closer to, like the dancers and rappers but since she has experience in different fields, and being the oldest, all the members tend to go to her for advice. She's probably closest to Nyx

Why do you matter?

SUB-UNIT & POSITION:　♕Queen / Leader & Main Rapper

TALENT TWINS : 

▸ Singing Twin: Hyolyn 1 | Jessi 2 |  CL 3
▸ Dancing Twin: HyunA 1 2 3 4  | Chungha 1 2 3  | Jia 1
▸ Rapping Twin: Yezi 1 | Jessi 2 |  HyunA 3

TRAINGING :

▸ Lily trained for 2 years at a small company before it went bankrupt when she was in middle school (2000-2002). She was scouted by JYP while in Japan one summer and subsequently trained with them (even moving to their New York headquarters when she went back to the States) (2005-2010) . She was originally set to debut in Miss A but JYP felt she didn't fit the groups image and cut her so she when she went back to Japan for high school she moved to Avex Trax where she debuted under the name of Yuri (2010-2013). Then she spent her senior year of high school, the summer following and her first three years of college training at Julliard which she was also attending. She was casted by KS Entertainment during a school fesitval and has been training with them ever since.

PRE-DEBUT :

▸ Avex Trax (2010-2013) the company she was under while in Japan. Released one japanese album and two singles, Cherish and First Love. She released an English album under them before ending her contract and going back to the States.
▸ Was and still is a freelance choreographer for many artists
▸ Released "My Romeo" for Cinderella & Four Knights OST (was compared to Jessi since many claimed they sounded alike)
▸ Released three english singles, Come Back to Me, Simple & Clean and Apple & Cinnamon (she released them for free on Soundcloud with "dedicated to you" which stirred back up her past dating rumors)
▸ Released OST's for anime's and a two korean dramas
▸ featured on Jay Park's Solo and it's MV/Dance video as well as in his Mommae and You Know MV's
▸ featured in Jessi's Ssenunni MV and worked as her backup dancer for live performances

SCANDALS :

▸ January 2012 - JB Caught Dating? | false | Lily and JB have the same birthday, and as Yuri she was a guest performer for the JYP Nation concert in Japan. They simply hung out together to celebrate. Their relationship is strictly platonic. She sees him as a younger brother she never had
▸ March 2014 - Jooyoung and Yuri dating? | true | They released the song "Erase" and insantly clicked. They dated for 7 months before breaking up since he was going to enlist but ended up getting back together.
▸ June 2014  - Jessi's sister caught smoking and drinking underage? | true | she partied a lot when she was in school in New York and tended to drink and/or smoke when she did party.
▸ October 2015 - Lily caught smoking and drinking illegally? | true AND false | She was smoking but instead of weed it was cigs and hookah and she was drinking. However none of it was illegally since she was of age.
▸ December 2015 - Lily and Rose have a kid? | false | It was around Christmas time and Rose had come to spend the holiday's with her father. Cara couldn't afford to come herself so Lily went to get Rose and come back with her. Papparazzi took pictures of lily and Kioshi hanging out with Rose (Lily was taking lots of pictures of the other two to send to Cara. This scandal also sparked dating rumors between her and Rose and some even thinking the kid was hers.
▸ March 2016 - Lily caught visiting military base! | true | She went to visit Jooyoung for his birthday. Thecnically it was after his birthday but he requested to have a visitor and since Lily and Jooyoung were dating at the time they allowed it. However, they broke up a few months later since it was harder to keep in touch and she was getting busier with training.
▸ July 2016 - Lily sighted at Music Bank | true | This is more of a regular article than a scandal I'd say but I wasn't sure where to put it tbh orz. | Lily went to support her sister and some of her friends that were performing that night and she was mistaken as a backup dancer (as many of the staff had recognized her from when she was performingas a backup dancer before.
▸ July 2016 - Lily surprise collab with Eric and Amber | true | This one is also more of a random article than an actual scandal | She was flew to LA to support Amber and Eric during KCON LA 2016 and was helping Amber film Ranting Monkey, and they both asked if she could perform with them. She performed Shake That Brass with Amber and Into You with Eric.
 

 Questions from the CEO

WHY DID YOU PICK KS ENT.-OR TO BE AN IDOL AT ALL? : 

▸ "Performing has always made me happy. Whether I'm dancing, rapping or singing. Every moment I spend on a stage is the happiest moment of my life. As for KS Entertainment, my former CEO recommended I move to this company. He believed I'd find what I was looking for here and I trust him."

IF YOU COULD PICK ANOTHER SUB-UNIT, WHICH WOULD IT BE AND WHY? : 

▸ "Hmm, I think I'm gonna have to say Knight. I'd be great to have an opportunity to show off my dance skills. Or maybe Rook? I used to play the piano and guitar, but I think I prefer dancing so i'll just say Knight instead."

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CEO HAND SELECTING KNIGHT'S MEMBERS? : 

▸ "I think it's a good idea. I mean he picked the member's of Chekmate, why not it's subunits. Besides I know and trust that he'll pick whoever fits the image the best so I'm not worried."

CHECKMATE WILL BE KS' FIRST GROUP, YOUR THOUGHTS AND/OR FEELINGS? : 

▸ "Honestly? It's been hard but it's also been a lot of fun. My dongsaengs are crazy talented and I can't wait to show them off to the world. I've always wanted to debut in a group so I'm excited to finally get to debut in one."

ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES YOU'D LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE (ACTING, VARIETY, MUSICALS, ETC.)? : 

▸ "Well I've already promoted solo prior to Checkmate so it would be nice to do that again. But I think what I want to do more than that is try a Musical or Variety show. I haven't done a musical since I was in the States and I've never done a variety show so either of those would be a lot of fun."

HOW WOULD YOU TREAT YOUR HOOBAE/KOHAI? : 

▸ "I try to treat them all like my younger brother's and sister's and also as friends. But honestly I end up treating all of them like my children."

ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? : 

▸ "Thank you for this opportunity and I can't wait to show you all the things Checkmate has to offer."

Changjosgurl4eva : Domo

LAST WORDS :　OTL I have no idea why it took me so long to finish this but yeah, here ya go~ tbh I've been really sick so there might be some stuff out of chronological order orz. if there's any questions or anything you want me to eleborate on let me know. I linked two videos in the intro sentence.
PASSWORD : "Hello everyone I'm Checkmate's ssenunni Lily imnida." Being the oldest and her reputation as well as paying homage to her sister solo collab Kim Hyorin

SCENE REQUESTS : tbh I don't really have any but I guess Checkmate on Running Man and/or Weekly Idol

▸ Maybe they can do a daily vlog  thing like MTV diary or RealGOT7

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