Biography

Tzuyu was born in Tainan, Taiwan, on June 14, 1999. She is a Taiwanese singer based in South Korea and member of the K-pop girl group Twice under JYP Entertainment. Tzuyu is a sub-vocalist, a lead dancer, the visual and the maknae of the group. Tzuyu was born to parents of self-made entrepreneurs. In 2012, she was seen by talent scouts at the MUSE Performing Arts Workshop in Tainan and traveled to South Korea in November that year to become a K-pop trainee. After more than two 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 on October 20th, 2015. According to a Gallup Korea survey, she was the third most popular idol among young South Koreans in 2016, behind Taeyeon and IU. She was attending Hanlim Multi Art School in Seoul as a freshman after passing her exam at Tainan Municipal Fusing Junior High School to certify her middle school education in 2016, along with fellow group members Chaeyoung and Dahyun.
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