BlackPink is a 4
member girl group under the company YG entertainment. Their members
include; Jennie Kim, Park Chaeyoung, Kim Jisoo, and Pranpriya Manoban,
also known as Lalisa. Jisoo is the only Korean that has been in Korea
the whole time before entering the company. Jennie stayed in Netherlands,
Rose stayed in Australia, and Lalisa or also known as Lisa, is from
Thai and was the only person the pass the audition held in Thailand,
which means Lisa was the only person to have met, or exceeded their
expectations for a trainee. All the members have trained for at least
5 years before debuting as a group together, the only exception is
Chaeyoung. Only Lalisa and Chaeyoung use stage names; Lalisa's stage
name is Lisa, while Chaeyoung's
stage name is Rose.
Jennie Kim
Jennie Kim is the main
rapper and vocalist of the group. She was born in South Korea on January
16, 1996. Though she was born in South Korea, she attended school in the
Netherlands, and then she studied abroad in New Zealand at ACG Parnell
College. She trained as a trainee for 5 years and 11 months as of August
2010. Jennie speaks fluent Korean, Japanese, and English. She was the
first member to be revealed to the public. She is known as 'the YG
princess' by her members, and 'YG secret weapon' by BIGBANG's Seungri
back in 2013. She is close friends with Gfriend's Yerin and Twice's
Nayeon, similar to Jennie. According to Jennie, Jisoo is the mood
setter of the group.
Park Chaeyoung
Park Chaeyoung is the
main vocalist of Blackpink. Her nationality is Korean but she was born
in Auckland, New Zealand, and raised in Melbourne, Box Hill in Australia
, where she attended Canterbury Girls Secondary School. She was the last
member revealed and was placed first place in the YG auditions held
in Australia, her voice is YG's favorite. Rose is the only member to
been a trainee for under 5 years, her training time is 4 years and
2 months starting from May 2012. She can play the piano and the guitar.
She's close friends with Twice's Chaeyoung and Tzuyu.
Kim Jisoo
Kim Jisoo is the
lead vocalist and visual of the group and is the oldest. She was
born on January 3, 1995, in Seoul, South Korea. Shes the shortest
member at 163cm (5'3"). She trained for 5 years staring from the
July of 2011, and was the third member revealed. She is able to
speak Korean and Chinese, though Jisoo can't speak English well,
she can understand it very well. She can play the guitar and drums
and likes making nicknames for random people. She's friends with Twice's
Nayeon.
Lalisa
Lalisa is the lead
rapper, main dancer, vocalist and maknae. She was born on March 27,
2017, in Bangkok, Thailand. She has been childhood friends with
GOT7's Bambam for 11 years as of 2017. She was the only person to
be accepted into YG during the YG audition in Thailand 2010. She
trained for 5 years and 3 months before debuting. She can speak Korean,
English, Japanese, and Thai. Lalisa's birth name is Pranpriya Manoban.
Her nicknames are Lalice, Laliz, and Pockpack. Lisa is voted as the
best at aegyo by the rest of the group. She appeared in BIGBANG's
Taeyang's 'Ringa Linga', and acted in 'NONA9ON'.