Zuri | Profile (Updated)
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stage name: Zuri
real name: Li Yuqi (李玉琪) / Park Hyojin(Korean name)
age: 25 (KR) / 26 (INT)
ethnicity: Chinese
birthday: April 05, 1996
birthplace: Hunan, China
languages: Korean, Chinese, English
position: Lead Rapper ∙ Vocalist (Moonland @moonland_ofc )
talents: Wacking, Girlish dance & Trot
group face claim: dahyun of twice
face claim: @/yiyeisabella
voice claim: Chen Zhuoxuan from BonBon girls 303
idol claim: Song YuQifun facts:
▸ Zuri was born in Hunan, China, and lived with her older brother, mom, dad, and little brother.
▸ Her family runs a popular restaurant in China that is now covered with fan photos of her, childhood friends Yuge, Jackson, the members from when they visited, or gifts gifted from fans.
▸ Her parents separated when she was twelve
▸ She is the best at drawing in Moonland
▸ She loves eating Peppermint ice cream with fudge
▸ Prefers for her fans to call her oppa and handsome
▸ Huge flirt, always flirting with the fans and her members
▸ She is an ambassador for Gucci and Fendi in both China and Korea.
▸ In Moonland her representative unit is Obscurity and the color purple rain
▸ She auditioned to be a part of SNH48 by while leaving the audition she had been scouted by MyBeat China's CEO she trained with the company for 3 years before being offered a position in My Beat entertainments new girl group based in Korea where she trained for 3 more years.
▸ Due to the sudden change, her health suffered she pushed herself even after her debut which caused her to collapse at one of Moonlands' performances. She took a break shortly after to get her health back up.
▸ Some of her popular nicknames include Yuqi Bear (nickname from the members), kuwyu (pronounced kiyowo a combination of Kun and Yuqis names), liwangsiblings / Tom and jerry couple (created for Jackson and Yuqi due to their sibling-like rivalry and competitiveness), Yuqi the Young (杨雨琦), And Brawny Yuqi (壮汉宇奇).
▸ Debuted as a trio unit with members Haneul & Elsie as Moonland-Achoo and the single album 'Achoo' Feb 15, 2021
▸ Zuri easily brings comfort to her members. She is always putting her members first and knows the right things to say to lift their spirits when they’re full of doubt.
▸ Due to her height and cute appearance she is mistaken for the maknae at times
▸ queen of aegyo, another reason why she could be mistaken as the maknae
▸ She has a very optimistic outlook on almost everything and knows how to brighten up a room with her silly anecdotes, which makes her a favorable variety show guest.
▸ While Zuri is the lead rapper in Moonland, she originally trained to be a vocal as she has a soft voice that is a stark contrast to her loud nature many fans have said she would be perfect for a Disney song.
▸ Despite her not wanting to become an idol at first she is a natural-born entertainer and knows to make people become interested
When Moonland is not promoting as a group she participates in solo activities as a member of "Keep Running" and "Stage Boom" in China.
▸ She has three family dogs that live with her family in China and Bear her poodle lives with her in Korea
▸ She is childhood friends with GOT7‘s Jackson. They used to be neighbors. Zuri has been friends with Jackson for 14 years (as of 2017).
▸ Zuri revealed that she is also in a group chat with the other Chinese idols, Yanan (Pentagon), HanDong (Dreamcatcher), and Aurora (Nature).OFF-DUTY STYLE
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zuri is considered to be the social butterfly of the group. the first idols she became friends with were Nature Aurora and GaGa. they were are often seen going out to cafés and shopping together and they always support each other on their social medias before GaGa left Nature but they still meet up from time to time.
they do be promoting each other better than their companies promote some of their groups(MyBeat is lovely though, love you ceo-nim ♡)
zuri will admit that she was really intimidated by handong when they first debuted and was really nervous when they happened to cross paths in the waiting rooms of a music show. zuri is grateful for that coincidental meeting because she met her closest idol friend.
moonland met k.a.r.d while they were promoting at the same time, and zuri became friends with k.a.r.d's Jiwoo and Somin through the interaction. zuri had previously seen jiwoo when she was asked to cheer on performances on good girl.
zuri usually was known for her close friendship with Jackson but many fans joked about how she looked displeased to be with any males other than him - but she became good friends with pentagon’s yanan after he appeared as a guest on keep running. fans were shocked seeing how different their personalities are and often call them frozen beauties because of their good-looking appearances.
𝗰 𝗼 𝗻 𝘁 𝗿 𝗼 𝘃 𝗲 𝗿 𝘀 𝗶 𝗲 𝘀 ;
2019 | N/A
2020 | zuri at the time was criticized for not putting in enough effort when it came to peforming, while most of the members would perform live she would lip-synch due to her complexity of singing after 'fans' criticized her pronunciation after debut. when zuri attempted to sing live and get past her nerves her voice cracked, it shortly became a hot topic among netizens due to the recent topic of whether she should have been allowed to debut. netizens were quick to try and kick the idol out stating she was dragging the other members down and a trainee more suitable should have debuted, while she laughed it off on vlive many fans later saw the stress of the comeback and the words being sent to her were part of the reason collapsed on stage
"i say i trained for a short time but it was actually 6 years, i don't think i would ever have been perfect with my pronunciation since i am chinese but the members help alot. but.. on more than one occasion i've mixed up handsome and ugly in what context.. the world shall never know."- zuri, via v live
2021 | zuri does not seem to be interested in relationships at all. or at least that's what she tells fans. fans have noticed recently on vlive she appears to be wearing the same necklace more often which includes a couples ring. whether she has managed to hide the fact well or has chosen to not address it fans already speculate she is currently in a secret relationship with another idol, but it has not been revealed yet since she has been avoiding dispatch.
instagram acc @ liyuqi96
MOONLANDS' ZURI (주리)
146 posts | 3.5M followers | 10 following
Let's light up the sky with Aphélie~!
@/moonland_ofc ♫
Comments (11) -
it's so fun to know more about zuri!! i love it~
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@sparksfairy AHH I'm glad you like it lowkey wanted to add more info since it has been a while + you and miraes looked so cute
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@minianons yours makes me want to update elsie's profile lol
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Zuri so pretty!!
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Our Zuri unnie is so precious, WE NEED TO PROTEC HER~~~~
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Zuri-yah, let's be friends!!! - Yujia
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@cherrybomb-ofc
awh thank you love!! -
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@official_strbm Of course Yujia!!! Let's go to a cafe sometime
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@minianons I think, not having a relationship is okay & nothing wrong with wearing the same jewelry