Even though her fame majority comes from TWICE, Chaeyoung already had a strong passion for the performing arts field at a very young age. In her childhood, she modeled for a children’s magazine.
She then decided to become a singer one day. Because of her dream, she finally took some dance lessons to prepare for her future career.
After doing some lessons, she finally did an audition for JYP Entertainment at her 14 years old. Chaeyoung successfully passed her audition on June 6, 2012, and became their trainee.
During her trainee days, she doing a lot of practice and also made some appearances, such as in GOT7’s Stop Stop It MV and miss A’s Only You MV.
Chaeyeong then became a participant in Sixteen, a survival show in 2015. For her success consequence, she successfully joined the formed girl group, namely TWICE.
TWICE made its first debut on October 20, 2015, by releasing the first EP called The Story Begins. Shortly, she became the first member to be trusted to write in their song.
Profile
- Real Name: Son Chae Young (손채영)
- Stage Name: Chaeyoung (채영)
- Nickname: Chaeyoung, Baby Lion, Chaeng, Strawberry Princess, Baby Beast, Chaengcasso
- Birthday: April 23, 1999
- Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea.
- Zodiac Sign: Taurus
- Nationality: South Korean
- Position: Sub Vocalist, Main Rapper (TWICE)
- Height: 163 cm (5’4″)
- Weight: 48 kg (106 lbs)
- Blood Type: B
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Profession: Singer, Rapper
- Education: Hanlim Multi Arts School
- Hobbies: Drawing, Listening to music
- Parents: –
- Sibling: Jeong Hun (younger brother)
- Boyfriend: –
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Facts
- Chaeyeong’s MBTI type is INFP-T.
- She has a brother that younger than her, namely Jeong Hun. Her brother worked as a model.
- She once appeared in JY Park’s MV, namely Fire alongside TWICE members.
- Red is Chaeyoung’s representative color.
- Chaeyeong really loves drawing.
- She said that 29 is her favorite number because 2 represents TWICE and 9 represents the number of TWICE members.
- Chayeong hates beans.
- Nayeon often teases her about her dislike towards beans.
- Chaeyoung likes healthy foods, such as veggies.
- She doesn’t like sweets.
- She spends her childhood with her grandmother.
- She can impersonate some sounds, such as window-wiping sound or duck sound.
- Rose from BLACKPINK is her close friend.
- She often sings Pen-Pineapple-Apple Pen alongside Tzuyu.
- This idol once made an appearance in Stop Stop It music video by GOT 7.
- She also made an appearance in the music video Only You by miss A.
- In The Most Beautiful Faces of 2020 by TC Candler, Chaeyoung got the 66th position.
- She has a responsibility to wash the dishes at their dorm alongside Dahyun.
- Katarina is her English name.
- Among the members, she sleeps a lot.
- She really loves basketball.
- Disney cartoons are her favorite movies.
- Whenever she can’t fall asleep, she will listen to music, play her phone, use a dictionary, and thinking.
- She is a close friend of Yeorum from Cosmic Girls because they were a schoolmate when they were in middle school.
- She is also close to April’s Jinsol because they were classmates in high school.
- Chaeyoung and I.O.I’s Somi are soulmates.
- She learned ballet when she was still young.
- Chaeyoung is good when impersonating Togeworl by Kim Yerin.
- She often gets shy if she has to sing in front of the members.
- She loves If by Taeyeon.
- She’s able to write songs.
- Chaeyoung wrote Eye Eye Eyes alongside Jihyo and some raps in TWICE songs.
- When she becomes an adult, she will get the driver’s license ASAP.
- She stayed in the same room with Dahyun and Tzuyu.
- She said that someone who can take care of her well, loves her a lot, and dresses well is her ideal type.
Pics of Chaeyoung
1. Look how hot Chaeyoung is in this picture

2. Our ‘Strawberry Princes’ is so irresistible

3. Chaeyoung’s pose is always magnetic

4. Her double bun hair-do really inspires us

5. Chic and classy Chaeyoung in one picture

Chaeyoung is one of the most attractive and charming female K-pop idols.
Not just charming, she’s also very talented in so many fields, such as rapping, singing, dancing, and songwriting. We love you, Chaeyoung!