KARINA
Born April 11, 2000 · Suwon, South Korea
Yu Ji-min, known professionally as KARINA, is a South Korean singer, rapper and dancer under SM Entertainment. She is the leader of the girl group aespa and the supergroup GOT the beat. In 2024, Karina achieved her first top-ten song as a solo artist on the Circle Digital Chart, as well as her first-ever solo music show award from Show! Music Core, with Up from aespa's digital single album Synk: Parallel Line.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop
SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace in Kwangya
SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace in Jakarta
SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express in Suwon
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
SM Town Live 2024: SMCU Palace in Tokyo
SM Town Live 2025: The Culture, the Future in Fukuoka
aespa: Amazon Music Live
SMTOWN LIVE | Culture Humanity
aespa - 2026 Live Tour SYNK：aexis LINE in JAPAN - SPECIAL EDITION DOME TOUR
2026 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : COMPLaeXITY
2025 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : aeXIS LINE - in SEOUL
2024 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – in TOKYO DOME -SPECIAL EDITION
Aespa aepisode SYNK#1
aespa's Christmas Party Concert
2024 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK：PARALLEL LINE - in SEOUL
HELLO, RUDOLPH
AESPA - 'AKARAKA' Yonsei University 2023
aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 'SYNK: HYPER LINE'
My Synk. aespa
SMTOWN LIVE 2025: TOKYO DOME
2024-25 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – ENCORE
2026-27 aespa LIVE TOUR -SYNK : COMPLaeXITY-
aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 ‘SYNK：HYPER LINE’ in JAPAN -Special Edition-
2023 aespa Fan Meeting ‘MY DRAMA’
AESPA - WATERBOMB SEOUL 2023
aespa: MY First Page
AESPA @ Outside Lands Festival
SM Town Live 2025: The Culture, the Future in Seoul
aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas
Play on Play
MY ARTi FILM | KARINA: UP
The Christmas Song
AESPA @ Governors Ball Music Festival
TV Shows
The Jennifer Hudson Show
How Do You Play?
Weekly Idol
Lee Mujin Service
Just an Excuse
The Seasons
The Game Caterers
Salon Drip
Absolutely Nothing Prepared
Snacked
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
K-Pop ON! Spotify
Eunchae's Star Diary
Agents of Mystery
Music Universe K-909
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Good Day
let me Know K-POP!
K-Pop Generation
Synchro U
SSULPLY
K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30
aesParty
aespa Original Series
NPOP
We Flash
æpisode SYNK#1
SM Culture Universe: aespa
Korea On Stage - Namwon Gwanghallu
RICH BAND
Idol Complaint Manager HUR
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2021 MAMA 노미네이션
