PERSONALITY

INFP-T / Aquarius / Hufflepuff-Gryffindor / Chaotic Good
(+) creative, cheerful, zealous, kind, loyal (-) sensitive, needy, validation-seeking, cowardly, impulsive (0) timid, shy, modest, selfless, protective

Cheerful : Erika is someone who seemingly does not let anything get her down and is always laughing and smiling. When interacting with others, she'll try her best to remain enthusiastic.

Loyal : Erika does not drop her loved ones just because someone else can give her something better or what she wants. She knows who are the ones who were there with her and stands by them, protecting them with her life.

Creative : Erika can seemingly come up with any ideas or lyrics on the spot, and she loves making up lyrics and ideas. She loves thinking of imaginary worlds and "what if this happened" situations which spur her to create things.

Zealous : Erika believes that if you truly love something, you should put as much effort as you can into it, and going with this, she puts all her effort into performing, making sure she gets everything perfect and has memorised it by heart before she goes for videoshoots or performances.

Sensitive : Erika is easily hurt by harsh words or others' suffering. She doesn't understand why people would want to hurt others, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and feels that even if you wish to criticise someone in order to correct them, you should tell them so patiently rather than lashing out and using harsh words.

Needy and validation-seeking : Growing up as a loner, Erika often felt there are few people who love her, and it didn't stop when she became an idol. If people don't praise her, she feels that she had not done well or is unloved. She often says things like "oh dear, I didn't do so well this time" hoping others will assure her she did her best. She tries her best to help others or stay on their good side, because she wants people to like her.

Cowardly and timid : Erika does not like making her loved ones angry or getting into conflicts, so she often keeps her true opinions and feelings to herself. If she accidentally expressed an opinion others do not agree with, she will just agree to disagree for fear of ruining her relationship with the person / people. She is easily scared by people who are angry and fierce.

Kind and selfless : Erika tries to avoid hurting others, instead uplifting them wherever possible. She never fails to give her loved ones or people she finds cool words of encouragement when needed, even if she can't say much. She tries her best to show genuine love to everyone around her, even sacrificing herself to make them happy.

Shy and modest : Erika finds it intimidating to interact with people she does not know and tries to avoid drawing attention to herself, only speaking up when she needs something or when she has a strong opinion, or if she is spoken to first. Despite having a rather good figure, she tends to avoid wearing overly revealing clothes when she is not performing. She likes compliments, but doesn't let them get to her head. Her usual response to compliments is "do you really think so?" rather than readily thanking the person who offered her a compliment.

Protective : As she has few friends due to her shy personality, Erika greatly cherishes those who were nice enough to make the effort to befriend her, and would do anything to not lose them. Mess with them? Prepare for Erika to come for you with no mercy.

Impulsive : Going along with her spirit of wanting to protect her friends and being easily hurt, Erika has a tendency to act before thinking in "heat of the moment" situations. Thankfully, her more level-headed groupmates are usually around to descelate the situation and prevent anyone from getting into trouble.

BACKGROUND

Erika was born in 2000 to a couple who settled down in Singapore in the 1990's. Her mother was a home-based piano teacher and her father enjoyed writing poems in his spare time, and Erika quickly developed a love of poetry and music. Erika begged her mother to teach her how to play the piano many times as a child, and she finally got her wish when she was six years old. Erika was intrigued by how words and melodies came together to form songs, and started writing poems and coming up with piano melodies to accompany them.

When Erika started primary school, she decided to take up ballet as her extracurricular activity after watching the Barbie Nutcracker movie. It was also when Erika was in Primary Three that the H1N1 crisis struck, and her friend sent her a link to a Youtube parody of Wonder Girls' nobody with lyrics relevant to the crisis. Erika went to search for the original song and ended up liking it, and she later started listening to and following other Kpop groups that were popular at the time like SNSD, 2NE1, Secret, After School and T-ara. She didn't have many friends in school and if she ever made a friend, they would quickly leave her for someone they found more interesting or able to make them more popular. It hurt, but at least she had her idols.

Erika continued taking dance as an extracurricular activity as well as playing the piano and writing songs until she graduated from secondary school, and after taking her O levels in 2016, she went on vacation to South Korea where she was spotted by a scouter of Beau Entertainment for an audition. Erika passed the audition and became a Beau Entertainment trainee, and debuted on August 1, 2018 as a soloist before debuting as a member of the girl group Eunoia 20 days later.

LIKES

Bread
Boba tea
Caramel popcorn
Chocolate, candy, desserts, basically sweet food
Sushi
Army Stew
Korean Fried Chicken
Korean BBQ
Heart motifs
Disney
Polaroid photos
Handwritten letters
Strawberry and peach
Sanrio
Rilakkuma
Girl groups
Animals
Plants, flowers, Solarpunk
Etude House makeup
Cute things
Bows and ribbons
Love Live
Bang Dream
Sailor Moon

DISLIKES

Homophobia
Racism
Bullies
Cruelty
Rude people, especially if they are being rude for no reason
Coffee
Alcohol
Matte lipstick, she feels it makes her look weird and too old
People who hurt her loved ones

HOBBIES

Writing poems and songs in her diary
Learning other groups' dances
Playing the piano
Cosplaying

HABITS

Donating to charity
Surprising her members with gifts
Coaching her members when they are having difficulty with something
Writing in a diary about her day
Taking polaroids with her members during a special day
Attending Pride parades

FEARS

Bugs
Death
Heights
Bad things happening to her loved ones

TALENTS

Ballet
Piano
Composing
Writing lyrics

TRIVIA

As of debut, her favourite girl group is Twice and her favourite song from them is What Is Love.
Her best subjects when she was in school were English and music.
As of 2019, she has a Rilakkuma tote bag, a Rilakkuma macaron cushion, Rilakkuma socks, a Rilakkuma pinafore dress, a Rilakkuma onesie and a Rilakkuma charging cable attachment.
She is a fan of Bang Dream and Love Live. Her favourite Bang Dream girls are Shirokane Rinko, Maruyama Aya and Ushigome Rimi, her favourite Love Live girls are Sakurauchi Riko, Nishikino Maki, Kurosawa Ruby and Koizumi Hanayo.
She auditioned for Beau Entertainment singing Baby Baby - SNSD.
She prefers cute concepts than y / girl crush concepts.
Other than Rilakkuma, she loves My Melody.
Her favourite animals are pandas, penguins and rabbits.
She said that if she could choose a colour to represent herself, it would be light pink.
Although she dislikes coffee, she likes coffee flavoured things. (she doesn't drink coffee because it keeps her away at night but coffee flavoured things seemingly do not according to her)
She is panual.
Her favourite colours are pink and yellow.
Her instagram username is @withlove.erika. She also has a twitter account, @971402_.

ERIKA SAYS

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RELATIONSHIPS

Groupmates / Eunoia / 02-92 liners / Idols / varies / closeness varies
They're Erika's best friends, and she wouldn't trade anything in the world for them. Due to her not having many friends in the past, she greatly cherishes them. (mostly up to you to decide depending on chosen members)


Groupmate / Im Jinsol / 02 liner / Eunoia Member / stated in her app / closeness 4 to 5 out of 10
Erika sees Jinsol as a younger sister. (mostly up to you to decide)


Best Friend / Grace Lin / 00 liner / University student / cheerful, friendly, playful, crazy, kind, caring, selfless, sensitive, talkative / closeness 10out of 10
Erika and Grace have been best friends since Primary One and it was because of Grace that Erika wanted to take up dance, as she watched the Barbie Nutcracker movie during one of Grace’s birthday parties. Now that both are busy with their own stuff, they keep in touch through social media and messaging, but Grace tries to come to Korea during her school breaks to visit Erika. (fc : GBB's Cheris)

How she gets along with Beau Entertainment staff and other groups is up to you!

STAGE NAME

Erika (에리카) - most Japanese kpop idols just use their given name as their stage name so Beau Ent stuck with it for Erika

PERSONA

Heart Shaker - her sweet, cheerful personality makes people fall in love with her

PLOTLINE  forelsket

POSITION  lead vocalist, lead dancer

FANCLUB Sweethearts (연인) - to show that her fans are the ones she loves the most and she loves the most. Colour : #f6cee3

TALENT TWINS

Vocal : Oh My Girl's Yooa
Dance : Izone's Hitomi
Talking / Variety : Rocket Punch's Juri

TRAINING YEARS  2007-2016 (independent dance training) November 2016 - August 2018 (Beau Ent)

TRAINING BACKGROUND

Erika was already familiar with dancing and singing when she became a trainee, and it was a bonus that she knew how to compose and play the piano. However, the hard thing for her was learning Korean. The alphabet and the pronounciation was different from the languages she knew, and like when she first started primary school, she did not know how to make friends with the other trainees. Luckily, there were a few trainees who spoke to her in English and helped to coach her in Korean. As her Korean improved, Erika ended up coaching newer trainees in dance. After about two years of training, Erika's hard work earned her a debut and a spot in Eunoia.

SOLO SONG

Like Paradise - when you are first falling in love, you dream of being in paradise with the one you love. Erika wrote the song herself and she chose to have a female as her love interest in the video to promote positivity towards same- relationships.

PREDEBUT EXPERIENCE

2016-2018 / Backup dancer for Nite N Day

NEWS ARTICLES/HEADLINES

2019 / (mostly) a few years after debut / "Eunoia's Erika is a lesbian / biual?" / "Eunoia's Erika and ___ dating?" After announcing her relationship with another member of Eunoia, fans began to wonder about Erika's uality and it was widely discussed on social media as well as forums. To put a stop to the controversy and answer the fans' questions, Erika did an Instagram live coming out as panual and said that to her, love goes beyond gender.

FUTURE ACTIVITIES

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LOVE INTEREST  Eunoia Member

BIRTHDATE  tba

NICKNAMES

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PERSONALITY

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LOVE STORY

When Erika was a trainee, this girl was one of those who approached her first. She is charismatic and confident, so Erika admired her. As they grew closer, Erika grew to love this girl's sweet personality. However, this girl was close to another trainee and Erika did not want to be the third wheel, so she kept her feelings to herself, not knowing that this girl liked her too. Also, Eunoia was going to debut, and Erika could not afford to let herself get into a dating scandal as to fans, dating is the greatest sin an idol can commit. Furthermore, homouality is still highly taboo in South Korea. Besides, Erika did not dare to confess for fear this girl did not feel the same way and would reject her, and they could not be friends again.

At a party a few years later, this girl handed out handwritten letters and small gifts to the other members and staff, and to Erika's disappointment, she was not handed a letter at the party. However, to her surprise, this girl called her aside and passed Erika a special letter and gift, and asked Erika if she would be her girlfriend, and Erika was touched and accepted. To her surprise, when they rejoined the group, the staff and the other members were cheering for the new couple, and it turned out that this girl had been secretly seeking advice from the staff and the other members on how to confess and used the party as a set-up.

STATUS  Friends but Erika is shy around this girl

ENDING  Married (a few years later, they got married in Taiwan and ate fried chicken and bubble tea until they fainted LOL)

RELATIONSHIP TRIVIA

This girl said that if she could choose one of Erika's favourite animals to represent her, it would be the rabbit.

As Erika likes My Melody, fans said that if she were to be Melody, this girl would be her Kuromi.

ordinarylove_  /  akira /  very active, on aff 24/7

COMMENTS

Thank you for giving me a chance to submit Erika to one of your stories and I'm so glad I found a plotline that suits her so well.

SCENE REQUESTS

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PASSWORD  Ordinary Love - Aida Rikako