Mina (미나) is a Japanese singer under JYP Entertainment. She is a lead dancer and vocalist of the girl group TWICE.
Facts[]
- She was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States; her parents are both Japanese.
- She moved to Kobe, Japan, when she was a toddler.
- She has an older brother.
- Mina got cast while shopping with her mom.
- She auditioned for a JYP audition in Japan and joined the trainee program in South Korea on January 2, 2014.
- She is the member who had the shortest training period before debuting as a member of Twice.
- Her representative color is Mint.
- She got into K-Pop when she did a cover with her friend using a song by Girls Generation.
- She learned ballet for 11 years.
- She’s a really quiet person in public.
- Her hobbies are looking up restaurants online and shopping.
- Mina is the only member who can’t do aegyo.
- Mina chose 37 as her fav. no., because “37” in Japanese it’s pronounced as “Mi” or “San” (3) and “Nana” [often shortened to Na] (7).
- Mina’s favorite sentence in Japanese is “The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.“
- She appeared in Junho‘s “Feel” (Japanese) MV, GOT7‘s “Stop Stop It” MV, Wooyoung‘s “Rose” (Japanese) MV, and miss A‘s “Only You” MV.
- In the dorm, Jihyo, Nayeon, Sana, and Mina share the biggest room.