♖♜ 〉 CHECKMATE : The Queen, Jalisa Ho

Birth Name: 호 나리 (Ho Nari)
Other Names: Japanese: 百合 (Yuri); English: Jalisa
Nickname(s): ▸ Nana - You could say it’s a combo of her Korean and Chinese name. It’s really just one of the nicknames her friends give her.
▸ Jali/Jolly - a nickname her family uses. She gets more agressive/violent when she’s laughing and has a really loud laugh. Jessi is the only one who calls her Jali all the time (using Nari only when she’s annoyed or mad). The rest of her family calls her by her birth name.
▸ Lili/Lily - derived from Jalisa but also the meaning of her Korean name. Most of her friends and bandmembers call her this.
▸ Aunt Lisa - a nickname her niece calls her by.
▸ Yuri - her Japanese name that she got when living there. Her Japanese friends call her that and it was her debut stage name.
Birthdate: January 6, 1995 (22)
Birthplace: New York, New York
Hometown: New York, New York

Ethnicity: Korean
Nationality: American
Languages: ▸ English - fluent; first language
▸ Korean - fluent; spoken at home and when visiting relatives
▸ Japanese - semi-fluent; lived in Japan for 3 years and continues to learn/speak to this day
▸ Mandarin - a little past converstional; she’s been learning for the last year from Amber

Appearance: Lily cares a lot about fashion and how she looks. Maybe even a little too much. She’s constantly putting her OOTD (Outfit Of The Day) on social media and has even done some fashion and makeup tutorials on YouTube. However, there are days when Lily really could care less about how she looks (though she’ll still look presentable)
▸ Piercings: Matching Navel piercing with Jessi. Has a double ear piercing on her left ear and five piercings on her right ear as well as nose piercing
▸ Tattoos: She has a lot of tattoos. A tattoo on her stomach and her right forearm. She also has a tattoo on her left wrist that she got as a dare (the tattoo was a dare but the design she made) when she was 14.  She has a cross on the outside and a matching bird tattoo on her right wrist. The matching tattoo is with her sister Jessi. She also has a tattoo on the inside of her left forearm  and her left middle finger.
- She covered up most of her tattoos at first but little by little she started to not care about covering them up. Now she only covers them up if she has to for like music shows or things like that. She usually covers it with her outfits or with makeup.
Style: Having an interest in fashion, Lily keeps up to date on the latest trends. You can even call her a fashionista. However she doesn’t always follow the trends, and she has no problem with wearing “out of season” or outdated trends, styles or clothes. Basically if she likes it, she feels comfortable and it fits her, she wears it. Her style fluctuates depending on her mood so she has no set style she uses although she prefers monochrome and darker colors while leaning towards a more urban style of outfits. She is big on accessories though and absolutely loves hats.
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Height: 166 cm
Weight: 48 kg
 
onstage
 

Plotline: Queen
Backup Plotline: Bishop
Stage Name: Lily
Vocal Twin: Hyolyn
Dance Twin: Chungha
Rap Twin: Hyolyn

Years Trained: 7+ (2 at the small company, 5 at JYP, and Galaxy since 2015)
Trainee Life: 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 when she went back to Japan she moved to Avex Trax where she debuted under the name of Yuri (2010-2014). She had loved her time at Avex but the company had no plans of making a girl group at the time and Lily wanted to try being in a group so she transferred to Galaxy Entertainment a year after her contract with Avex expired and has been training with them ever since. She heard of Galaxy Entertainment through her friend Jiyeon, best known as Gigi of LUNA, whom she had trained together with during her time at JYP.
Pre-Debut Activities: ▸ Avex Trax (2010-2014) 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 in Jessi's Ssenunni MV and worked as her backup dancer for live performances

Future Activities: release solo songs, acting in a few dramas maybe. Not that picky tbh
Possible Scandals: ▸ JB Caught Dating? | semi true | Lily and JB have the same birthday, and as Yuri she was a guest performer for the JYP Nation concert in Japan and a former JYP trainee they are good friends. They simply hung out together to celebrate but they did date briefly.
▸ 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.
▸ 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
▸ Lily has a kid? | false | Cara came to Korea to visit Lily and some of her other friends and Lily offered to babysit for her. Papparazzi took pictures of Lily babysitting Rose which sparked dating rumors and rumors the child was hers.
▸ 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.
▸ 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 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.

 

Personality & Background
 

Personality Traits: charismatic, smart, creative, athletic, self-concious, intuitive, playful/flirty, sassy, no-filter, stubborn, bossy, sarcastic

Elaboration: 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. She also can seem a bit distant and antisocial but that's onl;y to people she just met. The more formal she is with you the more awkward she feels around you for whatever reason. 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. And she tends to say it a lot, not really caring if she'll get in trouble for it later. 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. However as one of the oldest and co leader, she has a tendency of keeping things to herself even when she's having a hard time since she doesn't want them to think she's weak.
She has obessive tendencies, usually seen in her love of Harry Potter and anime. It can also be seen in her love of chocolate and musicals. She's also a perfectionist and as such tends to spend hours in the studio or recording studio for hours after everyone else has gone home to keep practicing, especially if she feels she's falling behind. This girl is nothing short of weird. All her life she has had moments where she'll become obsessed with something and it'll take over her life. It started with Harry Potter, then moved to anime and then when she was 10 years old, she was introduced to her very first kpop song. Ever since, she has loved kpop through and through and has made several close friends because of it. She loves to dance and party and joke around with her friends, family and band members. The only place she truly feels happy is on the stage. She is very protective of the people she cares about and won't let anyone hurt them without consequences. Growing up in the Bronx, she developed a lot of slang words and can appear to be ganster-ish or thug-ish. However this is just an outward facade because the truth is she can be very cute when he wants to be (and sometimes even when she doesn't want to be).

Background: Born on January 6, 1995 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 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.

relationships
 

Family: ▸ parents — Ho Jongjin & Sunhwa (65 & 64) / unemployed / 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 / 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 / She doesn't really see them that often but she is always sending them gifts.
▸ older sister / Jessi Ho (27) / Soloist/Lucky J/Unnies / 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.
▸ niece / Ho Eunha aka Emily (6) / elementary school student / She tries simply spoils the girl. Always sending her gifts and sees her when she can.

Friends: ▸ "niece" — Rose Honda (2) / baby / Being best friends with Cara, 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.
▸ best friend — Cara Honda(23) / waitress/mom/student / 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 — Im Jaebum (JB) / Leader of GOT7 / They met as trainees in JYP through their mutual friend Shownu. Having the same birthday, they clicked immediately and quickly became really good friends. They would also constantly flirt with each other to the point where people thought they were dating. Even when Lily got cut from the final lineup of Miss A and went back to Japan, they stayed in contact with each other. When JYP came to Japan for their JYP Nation concert, they decided to try out dating. Despite the long distance, they continued dating until halfway through filming Dream High 2 (which she had also been cast in). They mutually decided they were better off as friends and despite sometimes still flirting with each other, they view each other more as family now.
▸ friends — Eric Nam, Ailee, Shownu, LUNA’s Gigi and Lee Sungkyung (varies) / idols / She met Eric through being a guest MC on ASC, Shownu and Gigi 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. Ailee she met through her sister. She is probably the closest to JB, Shownu and Gigi because of their time together as JYP trainees.
▸ bandmates / idols / 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.

Rival: Jamie Park / 20 / 15& / Mostly frenemies. They don’t exactly hate each other but Jamie doesn’t necessarily like Lily because she’s used to being the “princess” in JYP. And despite not being princesslike, Lily is great at making friends. Basically she feels like Lily demands too much attention and takes it from her.

Likes & Dislikes
 

▸ 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 similar
-bright colors.

Hobbies & Habits
 

▸ Habits:
-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.

Trivia
 

- 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
-works 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)
- her personal fanclub is called Lilies and the color is Lilac #DCD0FF.

Love Interest
 

Name: YoungK
Nickname(s): Brian, BK, Hyunnie
Birthdate: December 19, 1993 (24)
Occupation: Member of DAY6

Personality: Confident, passionate, goal-oriented and energetic.
Interactions: YoungK is very loving towards Lily. He has been her friend for a long time now and was there for her during all of her relationship troubles.
Love Story: Lily has had her fair share of boyfriends over the years. She’s been lied to and cheated on and almost gave up on love completely. But YoungK always helped lift her up and eventually she found herself falling for him. However she didn’t want to ruin their friendship so it wasn’t until a year had passed and she comes to him after being stood up for a date that he confesses his love for her. They date for a while but after what happened with Junhyuk, the couple decided to break up until his dating ban is over as to not risk his career. Since then, Lily has dated a few others, her current boyfriend being Bang Yongguk.
Ending: However you see fit tbh.
Trivia: -Lily pretty much always calls him Brian.

Other
 

Dating History: -Dated JB briefly (like almost 2 years) back when he was still a trainee and first debuting. It was one of those we’re really good friends let’s see if we could be more kind of things.
-Dated Zico back in his early debut days but broke up with him when she found out he was cheating on her for months.
-Dated YoungK while he was still a trainee and still dating until recently. Future Relationships: Whatever fits in the story
ual Orientation: Demiual

Closing
 

Comments: I hope you like her! If it’s too much just let me know and I’ll take some off and the same if you need me to elaborate more on some things.
Scene Requests: Not really tbh
Anything Else?: I put YoungK to fill the spot but tbh Lily doesn’t have to end up in a relationship. And she also doesn’t have to end up with YoungK. She can go with any of her exes or Yongguk or even another member of the group. Whoever seems the most compatible with her.

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