Choi Ye-na
South Korean singer · South Korea · On the map · Musicians · Born 1999 · age 27
She placed fourth on a televised survival show, joined a bi-national girl group for its fixed run, then stepped out alone with an EP called Smiley - a trajectory that maps the Korean idol system's high-stakes audition-to-solo pipeline.
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Choi Ye-na was born September 29, 1999. She competed on Mnet's Produce 48, a reality series that pitted trainees against each other for spots in a new act, and finished fourth - high enough to join Iz*One, a South Korean-Japanese girl group formed from the show's results. The group ran its course, and on January 17, 2022, she released Smiley, her first EP as a soloist under YH Entertainment. She now splits time between music and acting, carrying the momentum of a televised launch into a solo career built on her own terms.
