TWICE, a girl group formed by JYP from the reality show SIXTEEN, debuted last October 20, 2015. Composed of 9 members; Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Dahyun, Mina, Chaeyong and Tzuyu. The group rose to fame with their single “Cheer Up” which was released in 2016.

Let’s get to know more about the members and their humble beginnings.

1.Nayeon (Im Na Yeon), is the oldest in the group, she’s also the lead vocalist, the lead dancer and the visual of the group. She is the first member to be confirmed in Twice. Nayeon was chosen for girl group’s 6mix but they disbanded and never debuted.

2. Jihyo (Park Ji Soo), the leader and the main vocalist of the group. She is the Twice Member who trained the most having trained for 10 years. She trained with Wonder Girls, 2 PM, Miss A and GOT7. She also legalized her name to Park Jihyo before Sixteen.

3. Jeongyeon ( Yoo Jeong Yeon), lead vocalist of the group. Jeongyeon also auditioned with SM Entertainment and got accepted but she chose to joined JYP (which is not a bad choice at all). She became a trainee after passing JYP open audition in year 2010.

4. Momo ( Hirai Momo), main dancer and sub vocalist of the group. Momo is from Japan. She was scouted by JYP through a dance video of Momo and her sister. She passed the audition in year 2012.Momo’s name means peach in Japanese.

5. Sana (Minatozaki Sana), sub vocalist and in charge of Aegyo in the group. Sana is also from Japan just like Momo. She was casted by JYP while shopping with her friends and passed the audition in year 2012. She is known for her line “shy shy shy”.

6. Mina (Myoui Mina), is the main dancer and the sub vocalist of the group. Mina is also a Japanese. Her English name is Sharon Myoui. She was casted through an open audition of JYP in Japan and became a trainee in year 2014. She is also known for her “ballet skills”.

7. Dahyun ( Kim Da Hyun), the lead rapper of the group. Dahyun auditioned in the big three ( JYP, SM and YG) and was also accepted, but she chose JYP. In year 2012, he officially became a trainee. She was the most popular during Sixteen.

8. Chaeyoung (Son Chae Young), main rapper of the group. She became a trainee of JYP in year 2012.Her English name is Katarina. Aside from JYP, she also auditioned with Pledis Entertainment. She is also known as the charismatic Maknae.

9. Tzuyu ( Zhou Zi Yu), lead dancer, sub vocalist and face of the group. She was discovered by JYP at a workshop in Tainan year 2012.She was not meant to appear in JYP’s Sixteen, but had to replaced a formed JYP Trainee, Lena.

Success surely doesn’t happen overnight and for TWICE who is now one of the leading KPOP girl groups, selling out arena show is a proof that they are indeed taking over the world. See Twice live in Manila on June 29, 2019 at Mall of Asia Arena.

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