KARINA

KARINA

4/11/2000 (26 years old)Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Yu Ji-min (born April 11, 2000), known professionally as KARINA, is a South Korean singer, rapper and dancer. She is the leader of the South Korean girl group aespa, formed by SM Entertainment in 2020. 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. In addition to her music career, Karina took part in Netflix's unscripted show Agents of Mystery, that same year, she was also cast in the Mnet series 'My Arti Film'. Recently, she has appeared in season three of the Netflix travel show Getaway and Go with Jangdobari (2025).

Filmography (81 titles)

Karina and FakerMovie

Karina and Faker

Yu Jimin · 2026

aespa - 2026 Live Tour SYNK : aexis LINE in JAPAN - SPECIAL EDITION DOME TOURMovie

aespa - 2026 Live Tour SYNK : aexis LINE in JAPAN - SPECIAL EDITION DOME TOUR

Self · 2026

SMTOWN LIVE 2025-26 in FUKUOKAMovie

SMTOWN LIVE 2025-26 in FUKUOKA

2026

The Ballad of Us RadioShow

The Ballad of Us Radio

2026

The Christmas SongMovie

The Christmas Song

Rafaela · 2025

aespa: Amazon Music Live10.0Movie

aespa: Amazon Music Live

Self · 2025

RICH BANDShow

RICH BAND

2025

2025 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : aeXIS LINE - in SEOUL10.0Movie

2025 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : aeXIS LINE - in SEOUL

2025

I am a Rich ManMovie

I am a Rich Man

KARINA · 2025

SMTOWN LIVE 2025: TOKYO DOMEMovie

SMTOWN LIVE 2025: TOKYO DOME

Self · 2025

(ae)companyShow

(ae)company

2025

Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop7.2Movie

Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop

Self · 2025

MTV VMAJ Ongaku Jushōshiki 2025Show

MTV VMAJ Ongaku Jushōshiki 2025

Self · 2025

2024 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – in TOKYO DOME -SPECIAL EDITIONMovie

2024 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – in TOKYO DOME -SPECIAL EDITION

유지민、Yu Ji Min · 2025

Aespa aepisode SYNK#1Movie

Aespa aepisode SYNK#1

self · 2025

2024-25 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – ENCOREMovie

2024-25 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – ENCORE

Self · 2025

æpisode SYNK#1Show

æpisode SYNK#1

Self · 2025

Good Day8.2Show

Good Day

Self · 2025

K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30Show

K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30

Self · 2025

HELLO, RUDOLPH10.0Movie

HELLO, RUDOLPH

New Santa · 2024

We FlashShow

We Flash

Self · 2024

Synchro UShow

Synchro U

Self · 2024

MY ARTi FILM | KARINA: UPMovie

MY ARTi FILM | KARINA: UP

Self · 2024

MY ARTi FILMShow

MY ARTi FILM

2024

2024 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK：PARALLEL LINE - in SEOULMovie

2024 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK：PARALLEL LINE - in SEOUL

Self · 2024

Agents of Mystery7.6Show

Agents of Mystery

Self · 2024

aesparty7.7Show

aesparty

Self · 2024

Hyoyeon Who Buys Me Food Well7.0Show

Hyoyeon Who Buys Me Food Well

Self · 2024

aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas8.5Movie

aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas

Self · 2024

SMTOWN LIVE 2024 - SMCU PALACE @ TOKYOMovie

SMTOWN LIVE 2024 - SMCU PALACE @ TOKYO

Self · 2024