
GFRIEND (여자친구, pronounced as yeojachingu) were formed and debuted under Source music, which later became a company under BigHit entertainment. They have 6 members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB and Umji.
Debut Date: 16th January 2015
Debut Album: Season Of Glass
Debut Song: Glass Bead
Fandom Name: Buddy
Instagram: @gfriendofficial
Indian Fan Accounts: @gfriendindia (please note this is the one we’re aware of, contact them to be part of groups and chats)
MEMBER PROFILES
SOWON (Kim Sojung)
Position: Leader, Main Rapper, Vocalist
Birthday: 7th December 1995
Instagram: @onedayxne
In addition to Korean, she can speak fluent Japanese
She is known for her long legs
She doesn’t really like ballads and prefers songs with a good beat
She’s friends with Nayeon from Twice and Lim Nayeong (ex member of Pristin)
YERIN (Jung Yerin)
Position: Lead Dancer, Vocalist
Birthday: 19th August 1999
Instagram: @every_nn
She enjoys excercises like dancing, working out and swimming
In her free time she likes reading manga and watching anime, her favourite is One Piece
She was a former Cube and Fantagio trainee
She is friends with Eunwoo from Astro
EUNHA (Jung Eunbi)
Position: Lead Vocalist
Birthday: 30th May 1997
Instagram: @rlo.ldl
The members gave her the nickname ‘circle’ because of her round face
She was a child actress and model
She likes to cook and watch cooking shows
She is in a group chat called Sunny Girls with Cheng Xiao from WJSN, Yooa from Oh My Girl, Nayoung from Gugudan and Nancy from Momoland
YUJU (Choi Yuna)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: 4th October 1997
Instagram: @yuuzth
She is good at writing lyrics and composing music
Her members call her the ‘hidden card’ of the group
She is great at running and is the sporty one of the group
In school, she was classmates with Seventeen’s DK
SINB (Hwang Eunbi)
Position: Main Dancer, Vocalist
Birthday: 3rd June 1998
Instagram: @bscenez
She was a part of Ulzzang Kids and a former child model for clothing
Her favourite type of food is anything spicy
She hates horror movies and doing aegyo
Astro’s Moonbin and SinB are childhood friends
UMJI (Kim Yewon)
Position: Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: 19th August 1998
Instagram: @ummmmm_j.i
She was scouted while walking on the street
Yuju and Umji are the English speakers of the group
She loves Disney movies and singing their OSTs
She is close to Jeon Somi
MILESTONES
• Their first album debuted at number 12 on Gaon’s weekly chart
• At the Melon Music awards on 7th November 2015, they won their first ever award for Best New Female Artist
• On 2nd February 2016 they had their first music show win on The Show with Rough, which then proceeded to get 14 more wins on various music shows
• Gfriend made headlines on 17th September 2015 as the only girl group to be nominated in the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Korean Act category
• While promoting for Navillera, they got a total of 14 music show wins
• Their numerous wins made them the girl group with the most wins gained within a year with 29 overall awards.
• Their very first fanmeet was held in April 2017 and called Dear Buddy
• In early 2018, they had their first solo concert titled Season Of GFriend
• They have been through 3 successful tours around Asia and 2 showcases since debut
• To date, they have had 8 reality shows which were filmed all over the world
Their debut song Glass Bead MV
Their multi-award winning song Rough
Their iconic collaboration with BTS- Family Song
Their latest comeback Crossroads
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