Yuri

Full Name: Kwon Yuri 유리

Nicknames: Yul, Kkab-Yul (hyper, playful), Umma Yul (Mother), Kwon Seobang (Husband Yul), Kwon Banjang (Class President Yul), BK Yuri

Date of Birth: December 5, 1989 (age 24)

From: Goyang, South Korea

Blood Type: AB

Height: 1.65 m

Zodiac Sign: Snake

Horoscope Sign: Sagittarius

Language: Korean (Fluent), English, Chinese (Fluent), Japanese

Position: Supporting Vocal and 2nd Main Dancer

Siblings: Kwon Hyuk Jin

Genre: K-Pop, Trot

Occupations: Singer, Dancer, MC, Promotional Model, Actress, SongWriter

Instruments: vocals, piano, guitar, cello, violin

Years Active: 2007-present

Labels: SM Entertainment

Facts

When Yuri is focused on something, she doesn’t pay attention to other things. (Win Win Ep. 11)

 Yuri cried most of the time, if she’s talking about the members.

Yuri hope Sooyoung would play with her on rest days (Win Win Ep. 11)

 Yuri got slapping habit

Yuri acts feminine when a handsome guy is near her

Yuri can’t play badminton well

 Yuri has a mischievous childhood (Shin Dongyup & Shin Bongsun – SNSD)

 Yuri can’t do Math well

Yuri is now SooYoung’s university hoobae

Yuri has an ahjussi fan who used to manage and deliver them chinese food. He always came with free dishes for the girls because he likes Yuri very much (Sweet Night EP 04 – SNSD)

 Yuri can make an imitation of Oh Duri

 Yuri takes care of her health so much

 Yuri is one of the shikshins in SNSD

 Yuri used to be very skinny before being casted in Unstoppable Marriage but after appearing in the sitcom with Sooyoung, her weight increased by
5kg. Interestingly, Sooyoung didn’t gain any weight at all over the same time period

Yuri once had an oppa friend that she liked, but he only saw her as a little brother figure! According to Yuri, he regrets it a LOT now

Yuri can’t cook. But she holds cooking contests with Taeyeon. And as expected, Taeyeon is always the winner.

HyoYeon used to be angry at Yuri and treated her like an enemy before because she was jealous at how many people thought Yuri was the best dancer in SNSD

Yuri had a boyfriend when she was in grade 10

 Yuri appeared in a Super Junior’s movie “Attacks of the pin up boys” and she play as a ballerina who in the end get in a dance group with Heechul, Donghae

Yuri has 3 stages when she’s mad!

 Yuri has a healthy habit of grinding ma and drinking it every morning

Yuri’s nickname “Black Pearl”, was given by an unni back in her training days

When she’s tired, she sleeps with her tongue slightly sticking out

 Yuri likes to talk to herself (Win Win Ep. 11)

 Yuri’s specialty is swimming

 Yuri forgets the lyrics very frequently (she ever forget several songs’ lyrics. One of them is Honey)

 Yuri’s hobby is Yoga

 Yuri is a prankster. She has teased Fany with fake bugs

 Yuri once tied other members shoelaces together and ran away

 Yuri is also a bug catcher

She has impressive Engrish skills. Some of her quotes,”Don’t touch me”, “Made in USA”,and “Today is Monday”

 Yuri has a mole right above her bellybutton

Yuri’s favorite dishes are jjajjangmyun and omurice

Yuri loves Mickey Mouse so much and she has the same birthdate as Walt Disney

 Aside from Black Pearl, Yuri was also called “black beans” and “cola” as her nickname (from MTV)

Yuri has a clean personality. Sports Korea looked through their bags and they said that Yuri likes to make things clean/organize by only bringing things which are absolutely necessary

Yuri said that she was a “happy virus”

Yuri was the last person to graduate from high school out of the SNSD members graduating in year 2008

 Yuri didn’t have much girl friends to play with until she’s joined SNSD since she doesn’t have any sisters but brother, so she was friend with most of her brother’s friends

Yuri’s first crush was one of her brother’s friends. She even bought chocolate and put it in his mail box

 Yuri once scared the girls with her fake rat. She put it in their garbage can, covered it but let the tail out

 Yuri once put the fart-pillow on a chair and covered it, Maknae was her victim when she innocently sit on it and then embarrassingly tried to explain that it wasn’t her who farted

She hate to lose. and She’s very competitive

Yuri’s very close to her brother. Her brother is quite popular in army thanks to being Yuri’s brother

Another nickname for Yuri is BK Yuri given by baseball players after they saw her pitch sidearm in 2007 at a Doosan Bears game. The initial “BK” comes from a famous baseball pitcher named Kim Byung Hyun

Yuri can be successful in a solo career according to Lee Hyori

Yuri does Yoga positions in her sleep

 Yuri’s look is more refined since debut

 Yuri is majoring in Theater Arts at Chung Ang University

Yuri is very proud with her S-line

 Yuri is HyoYeon’s biggest rival when comes to dancing (Girls Go To School)

Yuri’s most closest friend in SNSD is Jessica

Yuri’s hair grows fast

Yuri said that she was a huge fan of G.O.D back then, and she held a blue balloon or something. She also said that Kim Tae Woo was her favourite G.O.D member. But she said he wasn’t her ideal type in IY