Let's be grateful for every moment.
— Chuu's motto[13]
Chuu (Hangul: 츄, Chyu; Japanese: チュウ, Chuu) is the tenth member of the girl group LOONA.
She is the sixth oldest in LOONA, a member of the sub-unit yyxy, and was revealed in December 14, 2017. Her solo single Chuu was released on December 28, 2017.
In the group, she's represented by a penguin, the color coral and the fruit strawberry. In yyxy, she's represented by the emotion “Love”.
In 2021, after Chuu Can Do It reached 100k subscribers, Chuu named her solo fandom name to be Chuukkumi, a play on Jjukkumi (webfoot octopus).
On her birthday in 2021, she wasn't able to do solo VLive as she was filming Hauteur with HeeJin, so she hosted a short VLive on November 3, 2021, the day when that episode aired.
On her birthday in 2022, she was ostracized by the company, she only had a small gathering for her birthday, but it was later revealed that she was locked out of the Blockberry Creative building and forked out her own money to host the gathering.
Names[]
- Chuu's stage name is derived from her real name Ji-woo (지우), which is roughly pronounced "JEE-OO", especially when pronounced quickly.
- One of Chuu's other possible stage names was Adam. Chuu thought it was derived from the Korean word for "adorable" but it actually referred to the idea of Adam and Eve.[14]
- Go Won and HyeJu (before: Olivia Hye) were later teased about possibly receiving the same stage name.[15][16]
- By the time she was looking for a unit name for Yves, Chuu, Gowon and HyeJu, she suggested AiIChuuWon (It's cold)[16] before the official formation of yyxy, which later sounded similar to IZ*ONE, which made their debut 6 months later in October, 2018.
Nicknames[]
- Jiwooming (지우밍) which is a longer form of her name
- Vitaming (비타밍) meaning vitamin in Korean
- Chuuming Girl, Chuuming (츄밍)
- Potatowoo (감자우, gomjawoo) which is a portmanteau of her name combining the word potato (감자) and her name Jiwoo
- Ming Princess, Ming (밍)
- Chomp
- Chuuriah Carey
- Retired Sango, because she made an exact impersonation of her voice[17]. It was so close, she had to raise her pitch or speed up her speech so there won't be speculations of her lip-syncing.
- She managed to pass the skill onto Park Misun, who is an actress and a more veteran YouTuber.
- On EP.17 (Off-season EP.2) of Chuu Can Do It, she got to learn to become a voice actress from the original voice actress: Jung Miseok.
- Raichu (from Kim Lip)
- Nickname she wants Orbits to call her: "Chuuriana Grande"[18]
Charms[]
- You always know Chuu for her bright smile. This is possibly the reason as to her MBTI often being displayed as ENFP (Spark/Campaigner) with Choerry and YeoJin, despite being tested as ENTP (Debater) before November 2020. She was retested as ENFP. YeoJin, however, was retested as ESFP.[19]
- She often covers her front teeth when focused or embarrassed because she wore braces in 11th grade.
- Whenever she makes a peace sign, she often raises her pinky finger (instead of under her thumb).
- Her charms according to herself:[18][20]
- Her personal color season is Light Spring. [21]
Personality[]
- According to YeoJin during a V LIVE, Chuu is cute and often speaks in the third person (e.g. "Ji-woo is going to take a shower", "Ji-woo night" instead of "Good night", "Chuu is cold", etc.).
- According to Sunmi and Hani, she is overly innocent.
- According to JooE of Momoland, they are both bright, loud, overly talkative and positive. The sentiments were echoed by Kim Lip on a different occasion.
- In the group, she is known for her bubbly personality. Despite this, she is very inquisitive, often having small debates.
- According to Kim Lip: Chuu had a jealous streak when Kim Lip hung out with another classmate in the same cram school.
- She also had a jealous streak towards Yves when they were split apart in different parts of a dancing academy.
- She tends to start rock-paper-scissors with scissors.
- She would slide under tables to sneak into center stage.[22]
- She is extremely affectionate, even towards people they first met. She hugged Choerry and a YouTuber in a sewing shop on their first meeting.[23] All three are ENFP's.
- She is also the keenest kisser, but only Heejin, JinSoul and Choerry are receptive.
- She, like many ENFP's, is often easily distracted.
- Like many ENFP's she needs to be praised, so she often asked to be petted on her head.
- Like many ENTP's, however, she also considers both sides of arguments, but once she has taken sides, she would argue her point of view based on flawed logics or flawed optics. It is very obvious when she often wins debates against Kim Lip.
- Even long before filming Chuu Can Do It, she is known to be a frugal member by turning off the lights while Yves is showering because she takes long showers, so she can save power and the planet that way. According to Go Won, she would also eat in the dark.
- She is a good salesperson and merchandiser, but has no concept of money, often selling items at losses.
- According to HyeJu, she often has to take care of her because she is clumsy and forgetful.
- She would put her right hand on her left shoulder when she's embarassed.
- Hashtags to describe herself:[24][20]
- "#IveGottenABitStronger, #IwannaEatChocolate, #StopEatingChips, #SleepyAfterSleepingAndSleeping, #maltese"
- "#ILikeSelfies, #StopShopping"
- Self-written profile, 2020 Weekly Idol edition:[24]
- Motto: Let's be be grateful for every moment.
- Personality: Intellectual
- Hobbies: Buying chips in bulk :)
- Strengths: If you ask Chuu to do something, she can do it well.
- Weakness: Energy depletes more easily (as a result of getting older)
- She can surpass Go Won in: Beating her "half-air-half-sound" voice with her strong voice
- She wants Yves': body, which never gains weight despite what she might eat
- Team Position: "Roundie...High-tone :)"[20]
- According to Yves, Chuu is versatile and can pull off any concept while maintaining her unique color, despite her cute exterior. [25]
- However, Chuu is often hard on herself.
- Chuu likes dealing with unresolved conflict immediately rather than after the fact.[26]
- According to Yves, Chuu is a megaphone (a loud person). When a member is asleep, she'll sometimes be loud as a way of waking them up.[27]
- According to HyeJu, Chuu has a large appetite.[27]
Relationships[]
Chuu and Kim Lip have been close since middle school and attended the same high school.
- The other members of yyxy (Yves, Go Won and HyeJu) are also her roommates.
- With Yves, she imagined what could be the other members' representative fruits (or food): avocado or banana for HeeJin, shine muscat (an expensive variety of grape) for HyunJin, pistachio for Haseul, sweet potato for ViVi, sweet pumpkin for Kim Lip, asparagus for JinSoul.[28]
- Heejin likes Chuu's name (츄) because the Hangeul is symmetrical, so it can still be read clearly when reflected off mirrors during practices and dress rehearsals.
- Her role models are Ariana Grande and IU.[18]
- Her oldest younger brother is 14 (Korean Age) as of 2021.
- Chuu starred in a commercial with dancer and Street Woman Fighter contestant Aiki.
- If she could live as another member, she'd like to live as HyeJu due to her cool image and expressions onstage.[27]
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Members impression[]
HyunJin
- Chuu first met HeeJin and HyunJin while in the company car.[32]
- Because HyunJin (along with HeeJin) was worn out from MIXNINE filming, she couldn't introduce herself at the time when Chuu said first hi to them.
- Regardless, Chuu was still admiring them for already debuting.
- Because HyunJin (along with HeeJin) was worn out from MIXNINE filming, she couldn't introduce herself at the time when Chuu said first hi to them.
Yves
- They first met at the academy they both attended, as their principal called them down to announce that they were the aces of the academy's auditions.[32]
- Yves thought that Chuu would eventually debut, as she had a small face, as well as an idol aura. Furthermore, the rest of the students in the academy considered Chuu to be an idol trainee.[32]
- After this interaction, they exchanged numbers with each other.[32]
| Members |
First impression |
Current impression |
|---|---|---|
| HeeJin | cold city girl | super-jeolmi my-friend |
| HyunJin | girl who's like 4-D (T/N: 4-D means random) | more of a pure lamb than i thought |
| YeoJin | minion-tiny | small.and.spicy |
| ViVi | deer-like eyes | mom |
| Kim Lip | prince who's walking toward me at the traffic light | flight of the Bumblebees! |
| JinSoul | blonde tough unnie | unnie from neighborhood VIBE |
| Choerry | Jingu | Jingu with the essence of Doraemon |
| Yves | unnie who's like a baby | giant humorous baby |
| Go Won | kindergartener | kindergartener who never listens |
| Olivia Hye
(Now: HyeJu) |
unknowable secret | very much a cutie |
| Members |
Her first impression of Chuu |
Current impression |
|---|---|---|
| HeeJin | "what is this person" | baby nose |
| HyunJin | bright | vitamin |
| YeoJin | cute and lovely person | tenderhearted person |
| ViVi | fascinating | mukbang |
| Kim Lip | kid who eats well | friend of 6 years already |
| JinSoul | the brightest and most high-tension i've ever met | still the same |
| Choerry | born with hyperactivity that's out of this world | cute darling unnie |
| Yves | cold city girl | reliable counseling for concerns |
| Go Won | the unnie who gave me a sweet potato | the Chuu heart itself |
| Olivia Hye
(Now: HyeJu) |
Chuu | Chuu |
Pre-debut life[]
- Chuu's mother was a vocalist, and majored in vocal music in university. She has perfect pitch, Chuu has high-level relative pitch.
- She was quite young when Chuu was born. In 2021, she was around 38-39 real age.
- Chuu's father was from Yeongdong County, still within North Chungcheong Province.
- Chuu did Taekwondo for 7~8 years and has a 3rd degree black belt.
- She sang My Mother one Christmas when she was school-age.
- She used to be a The Music Works trainee. She trained there for about a year. She trained with Kim Sohye, who competed in Produce 101. She went on to start her own acting agency with her father.
- Before her debut, she was very well known because she had a upbuilding Instagram account. It had 13,000 followers. She even had a fan community when she was a trainee at Music Works.
- She was suspected to be the 10th girl because her Instagram account was deleted shortly after her "Who's Next Girl?" teaser was released.
- She had auditioned for both The Black Label (YG) and JYP Entertainment. She passed her audition at Blockberry Creative a day after her college entrance exam, meaning she entered the company after Kim Lip.
- As a trainee, Chuu only trained for 1 month before she joined LOONA.
- She revealed on the first episode of Chuu Can Do It that she used to work at Subway as a sandwich artist, but struggled to serve foreign customers as she isn't fluent in English.
- She also worked at Paris Baguette for one day. She had to quit because she couldn't memorize the names of the large item list. This was the same place that IZ*ONE's Kwon Eunbi worked in.
- JooE of Momoland and Chuu were classmates in the first year, but they were both loud, noisy and outgoing. They even exaggerated that they still talk to each other through the walls in 2nd and 3rd years. Both are the most active in variety shows in their respective groups.
- She sang Beyoncé - Halo since kindergarten because it was her mother's ringtone then, but it also was her audition song for Hanlim Multi Arts High.
- She wrote the lyrics for "Jiwoo's Song" before her debut, which is a ballad.
- She used to be scared of larger dogs.
Abilities[]
- She has a large mouth relative to her size, so her "one-bite portion" is considered quite large.
- Her go-to song in karaoke was So Chan Wee - Tears, which is known for a very high vocal range.
- She can also shriek in whistle register, by far the best at "Hello Cleopatra"
- Not many people around her age knows this, but she knows her birthday in Lunar Calendar: September 12, which would be 3 days before Full Moon, and nearly a month after Chuseok (Mid-Autumn Festival). She even tried to use it to her advantage in Season 3 of Chuu Can Do It. But it also backfired when she thought it was peach harvest season, but it was actually sowing time.
- She can accurately recall The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight in D Major.
- Given her name meaning "Intelligent Rain", she has gone to work trips in the rain a few times.
- She was in the relay team and dodgeball team in high school. She also knows how to play volleyball given that she is a fan of the sport.
- Although she cannot do vertical splits, she can make a spilt on the floor with her legs being longer than her height.
- She can perform a box jump right up to 1.5m, but she couldn't stand up, she sat on the box instead.
- Despite being a 3rd degree black belt, because she's been out of practice, when she was re-tested again in season 4 of Chuu Can Do It, she almost forgot most weaponry tests.
- Despite being the loudest member of LOONA, she has never been able to shout at over 130 dB.
- She was unable to gain driver's license until 2023.
Physical condition[]
- Her ability to tolerate spiciness has diminished over time.
- Her eyesight is quite poor (-6 on both eyes, or 600-degress short-sightedness), often needing contact lenses or prescription glasses.
- She tends to scratch her nose, so her nose is easily irritated.
- She implied that she took the Moderna vaccines on Ep. 67 of Chuu Can Do It, when Chungha revealed that she took Pfizer vaccines.
Achievements[]
- Chuu is the creator of the Chuu heart, also known as Apple heart and Bite heart. It was created on September 1, 2018. 788 days later, Loona's episode of Idol House was recorded.
- Out of all of the members' debut songs, her debut song "Heart Attack" has the most views on Youtube.
- She has composed a song while on the piano.[33]
- Chuu Can Do It reached 100k subscribers in only a week after Ep.1 was aired. She also received the Silver Button.
- She recorded a demos for the theme song for Chuu Can Do It in different styles: Trot, Lullaby ballad, Jingle.
Heading[]
- Long-term Goals: "Space Big star! 😍!"[20]
- She wants to try performing Choerry's Love Cherry Motion.[34]
Items[]
- She has a guitar that she's owned since school, which happens to be the same kind as HeeJin's.[35]
Likes[]
- She prefers loose-fitting clothings that stretch well.
- She prefers dresses over pants because during high school days, she used to wear high-waisted pants.
- It's also a popular fashion/dress code for Vocal Music Major students in case if they have to perform.[36]
- MBTI, but in the Epilogue of Chuu Can Do It, it turns out that her understanding is actually quite rudimentary.
- Fellow ENFP friends, but two people with same MBTI types can be functionally incompatible as friends.
- Yves
- Jeon HeeJin
- Choerry
- Olivia Hye (Now: HyeJu)
- Twice, she is a Once
- Women's Volleyball, especially Kim HeeJin
- Winter and cold weather
- Fans
- Conservation and recycling
- Cooking, even if she is bad at it
- Little Prince
- Straws made with rice[37]
- Money and credit cards, it's a running gag that she'd take off once she receives them from the production crew.
- Bumper Cars
- Korean History, especially being deeply moved by the Independence Activists and Patriotic Martyrs that sacrificed their lives for future generations.
- The color blue, especially sky blue
- Taking pictures, but only using her iPhone, but is comfortable using a professional camera
- The smell of tulips[18]
- Spoonerism wordplays[38]
- Favorite perfume scents: flowery scents[18][39]
Food[]
- She enjoys macarons and sweets in general.
- Mint Chocolate ice cream, but she is actually neutral to it.
- She also likes shrimp and sushi
- She likes iced americanos[37]
- Grapefruit mixed with lemonade
- She likes pearl milk tea.[37]
- She likes pizza.
- She likes pasta
- She likes croffles (croissant waffles).
- She likes pork intestines of any kind
- Lactobacillus for gut health, which she mistakenly called them "pooping pills"
- Tuna
- Tuna made from beans
- Sweet Cocktails
Dislikes[]
- Yaja Time
- This was reinforced in Episode 9 of Chuu Can Do It when she replied to a YouTube comment written in half-speech whose age is actually a year younger than her: "Thank you! But I'm still the Unnie! Period!!!"
- The opposite end is also true in Episode 14 of the show. She felt quite embarrassed to speak in plain speech to Hani and Chungha, even when she is friends with both of them.
- Banmal Time
- Unlike Yaja Time, this is when she has to speak in plain speech to everybody, including ones that are older or more senior to her. This was reinforced in Episode 10 of Hauteur: MissionChuu when her heart rate kept increasing the more she speaks.
- Rain
- Pants
- Heights
- Thrill Rides, especially roller coasters and Viking boats.
- Scuba Diving, as she isn't a confident swimmer.
- Horror Houses
- Diets
- Painful things
- Smokers[37]
- Pine bud drink[37]
- Fireworks. While she isn't scared of them, she dislikes the fact that it's basically disposed as trash after the small fireworks burn out.
- Red Beans and Red Bean Paste
- People telling her that she's sexy
- Sexy dances, especially twerking.
- Brain teasers, especially wordplay games.
- ASMR, since she has a loud voice, and can never talk or do things quietly.
- The color orange
- She doesn't like eggplants, broccoli or avocado.
- She doesn't like coconut water.[37]
- She dislikes mushrooms, yet she had to eat them in Law of The Jungle
- She dislikes mushy foods
- She doesn't like hot drinks
- Beans in general
- Hard liquor and spirits
- Beer
- Dry wine
- Summer
Songs[]
- Chuu likes listening to Dean, MeloMance, Ariana Grande, Indomie and Paul Kim.
- On IDOL Family in 2020, and on the 3rd episode of Chuu Can Do It in 2021, her mother is revealed to be a BTS fan, as her ringtone is Dynamite. Before that song was released, it was Adele - Someone Like You. Her parents know other members' birthdays.
- Home - 꽃잠프로젝트 (Ggotjam Project)[40]
- BTS - Butterfly was supposed to be her song for the 3rd round of King of Masked Singer, but she was eliminated after the 2nd round. [41]
- CHUNG HA - Chica[42]
- Girl's Generation - Mr.Mr.
- Self-written profile rewrite (2019):[20]
Recommendations
| “ | It's a song that makes me look around my surroundings every time, and made me happy whenever I listened to it while feeling down. I picked it because I'm happy right this moment, just as I used to be when I listened to this song, and I want all of us to be together and happy like this in the future. | ” |
| — Chuu's Chinese New Year song rec: Tangled OST - I See the Light in February 2019 | ||
References[]
- ↑ caskerbox
- ↑ 金 - Wiktionary
- ↑ 智 - Wiktionary
- ↑ 雨 - Wiktionary
- ↑ Fan account: 190314 fansign (@ivytwts)
- ↑ loonatheworld 211126 VLIVE. “I recently measured my height. I am 161.3!” @23:31. VLIVE. 2021.11.26
- ↑ ChuuCanDoIt (ENG) 링피트 도전해봤는데요... 건강 안 지켜도 될 것 같아요.... YouTube. @1:15
- ↑ Fan account: 190314 fansign (@ivytwts)
- ↑ MBTI
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 According to her birthtime (12:09PM) and birthplace (Chungju, Chungcheong Province)
- ↑
211204 Fansign - Translation by Orrery/nim
- ↑ LOONA TV #248
- ↑ Weekly Idol: self-written profile (Translation by Team Subbits)
- ↑ NCT Night Night 09/13/18
- ↑ LOONA TV #272
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 LOONA TV #319
- ↑ Fact in Star - Chuu resignation.gif
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 - Translation by Team Subbits
- ↑ Orbit Ring
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 u/0rrery "(ENG) LOONA's Profile Rewrite" Reddit. 2019.07.11
- ↑ 오떼르 Hauteur the day “What is Personal Color of Chuu & Heejin?🎭”, Hauteur: ChuuJin-dan the Diagnosis Duo EP 3. YouTube. 2021.10.13
- ↑ Shinding Gayo with LOONA
- ↑ Chuu Can Do It, EP.8
- ↑ 24.0 24.1
Weekly Idol: self-written profile (Translation by Team Subbits)
- ↑ Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 (2SHOT TALK) - Translation by Team Subbits
- ↑ Orrery/nim "220703 LOONA Fansign" Twitter. 2022.07.03
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 GENIE MUSIC "[Answering Machine] 12 Questions and Answers with LOONA" YouTube. 2019.04.10
- ↑ Frequency of the Moon Ep.14
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Chuu Can Do It, EP.7
- ↑ Allkpop, Interview
- ↑ Orrery/nim "220428 Mubeat Chuu & Dayoung Livestream - First impressions of each other" Twitter. 2022.04.28
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Rolling Stone Korea "/RSK/THE FIRST TIME/ 이달의 소녀 (LOONA)" YouTube. 2021.07.28
- ↑ Chuu Singing (written by 죠소울)
- ↑ Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 (Group Interview) - Translation by Team Subbits
- ↑ 211204 Fansign - Translation by Orrery/nim
- ↑ Hauteur: MissionChuu EP.7
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 37.5 Chuu Can Do It
- ↑ Frequency of the Moon 9 & 38
- ↑ Perfume scents
- ↑ Chuu's tweet
- ↑ Frequency of the Moon Ep.18
- ↑ Orrery/nim "Melon promotion: #LOONA's summer playlist" Twitter. 2022.06.20
- ↑ u/Litell_Johnn "TV Daily: Song recs - Chinese New Year" Reddit. 2019.02.04