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Im Na-yeon (born September 22, 1995) professionally known by the mononym name Nayeon, is a South Korean singer and member of the K-pop girl group Twice, under JYP Entertainment. She is the oldest member, Lead Vocalist and the Face of the group. According to a Gallup Korea survey, she was the sixth most popular idol among young South Koreans in 2017, behind Taeyang and above Jimin (BTS).

Im Na-yeon
임나연
Nayeon at Twice Sudden Attack Fan Meeting on March 25, 2017
Born	September 22, 1995 (age 22) Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2015 - present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop J-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2015–present
Labels	JYP Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	임나연
Revised Romanization	Im Nayeon
McCune–Reischauer	Im Nayŏn
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Early Life

Nayeon was born in Gangdong District, Seoul, in South Korea to Christian parents. In 2010, she secretly tried out an audition for JYP Entertainment to become a trainee on September 15, 2010 and made it through. Although her parents were opposed to her singing, dancing and becoming a trainee at first, she chose to become a trainee. Her parents gave in after a while.

After more than five years of training, she appeared on the South Korean reality show Sixteen in 2015, during which she was chosen as one of the nine members of the new girl band TWICE. The group made its debut in October 2015.When she was a trainee, she was the most popular member of TWICE among their fans. She practiced dancing, singing and performing to eventually achieving the status of number one. She finished the life of a trainee of more than five years, when she made her debut as a member of TWICE.

The other reason she is the most popular member among fans is her character. She laughs a lot, she is bright, and she thinks positive.On the other hand, she is often misunderstood because she says whatever is on her mind in a candid manner.

Career

Nayeon tried out the 7th Open Audition for JYP Entertainment, and became a trainee on September 15, 2010. Initially, she was chosen as a member of one of JYP girl groups called 6mix in 2013. However, 6mix never made their debut and was disbanded.

When she was a JYP trainee, she appeared in television advertisements and music videos, including Got7‘s “Girls Girls Girls,” “Stop Stop It,” and miss A‘s “Only You.”. She even appeared in one episode of a television drama called “Dream High” as herself in 2012.

She then participated in a competition survival program “Sixteen” in May 2015, and was picked as a member of girl group “TWICE” with eight other trainees in July. Then she made her debut as a member of TWICE on October 20th in 2015, after five years of training, with eight other members.

Discography

• “The Story Begins” (2015)
• -“Page 2” (2016)
• -“Twicecoaster: Lane 1” (2016)
• -“What’s Twice?” (Japanese, 2017)

Filmography

TV Shows

• Sixteen(2015)
• Weekly Idol(2015)
• Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man(2015)
• Golden Bell Challenge(2016)
• Gag Concert(2016)
• M! Countdown(2016)
• A Look at Myself(2016)
• Baek Jong-won’s Top 3 Chef Kings(2016)
• Same Bed, Different Dreams(2016)
• King of Mask Singer(2016)
• God’s Voice(2016)
• Gold Medal Duty(2016)
• Radio Star(2016)
• Inkigayo(2016)

TV Drama

• Oh My God! Tip(2016)

Music Videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors

Title	Year	Director(s)	Role
Please Dont Go	2011		Cameo
No Love	2014
Girls Girls Girls
Only You
"Like Ooh-Ahh" (Ooh-Ahh하게)	2015	Naive Creative Production
"Cheer Up"	2016
"TT"
"Knock Knock"	2017
"Signal"
"Signal (Japanese ver.)"
"TT (Japanese ver.)"		Jimmy (BS Pictures)
"One More Time"		Naive Creative Production
"Likey"
"Heart Shaker"
"Merry & Happy"		Mustache Films
"Candy Pop"	2018	Naive Creative Production Takahiko Kyōgoku (animation)
"Brand New Girl"		Jimmy (BS Pictures)
"What Is Love?"		Naive Creative Production
"Wake Me Up"		Jimmy (BS Pictures)

External links

Media related to Chou Tzu-yu at Wikimedia Commons