KARINA
Born: 2000-04-11 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2026
2025
- Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie ... (Songs)
- Good Day as Self
- K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30 as Self
- Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop as Self
- The Christmas Song as Rafaela
- æpisode SYNK#1 as Self
- aespa: Amazon Music Live as Self
- (ae)company
- SMTOWN LIVE 2025: TOKYO DOME as Self
- MTV VMAJ Ongaku Jushōshiki 2025 as Self
- Aespa aepisode SYNK#1 as self
- RICH BAND
- I am a Rich Man as KARINA
- 2024-25 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – ENCORE as Self
- 2025 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : aeXIS LINE - in SEOUL
- 2024 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – in TOKYO DOME -SPECIAL EDITION as 유지민、Yu Ji Min
2024
- Hyell's Club as Self
- Agents of Mystery as Self
- Hyoyeon Who Buys Me Food Well as Self
- aesparty as Self
- Synchro U as Self
- MY ARTi FILM
- We Flash as Self
- HELLO, RUDOLPH as New Santa
- aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas as Self
- aespa: MY First page as Self
- MY ARTi FILM | KARINA: UP as Self
- SMTOWN LIVE 2024 - SMCU PALACE @ TOKYO as Self
- 2024 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK：PARALLEL LINE - in SEOUL as Self
2023
- The Seasons as Self
- Beyblade X ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Salon Drip as Self
- K-Pop ON! Spotify as Self
- Eunchae's Star Diary as Self
- Song of the Bandits ... (Songs)
- K-Pop Generation as Self
- NPOP as Self
- let me Know K-POP! as Self
- Idol Complaint Manager HUR as Self
- aespa Original Series as Self
- XR LIVE aespa SPECIAL EVENT "Party-On"
- Audiz's Finding Series as Self
- aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 'SYNK: HYPER LINE' as Self
- 2023 aespa Fan Meeting ‘MY DRAMA’ as Self
- AESPA - WATERBOMB SEOUL 2023 as Self
- SMTOWN LIVE | 2023: SMCU Palace in Jakarta as Self
- aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 ‘SYNK：HYPER LINE’ in JAPAN -Special Edition- as Self
- AESPA - 'AKARAKA' Yonsei University 2023 as Self
- AESPA @ Governors Ball Music Festival as Self
- AESPA @ Outside Lands Festival as Self
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - aespa
- Just an Excuse as Self
- Lee Mujin Service
- Absolutely Nothing Prepared as Self
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock as Self
- Music Universe K-909 as Self
- A K-Pop Group Styled Me
- 차린건 없지만 as 嘉宾
- SSULPLY
- MANADALLA as Self
- aespa's Synk Road as Self
- My Synk. aespa as Self
- SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA as Self
- SMTOWN LIVE | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ HUMAN CITY_SUWON as Self
2021
- The Game Caterers as Self
- Snacked as Self
- Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
- Absolutely Nothing Prepared as Self
- Korea On Stage - Namwon Gwanghallu as Self
- 2021 MAMA 노미네이션
- SMTOWN LIVE | Culture Humanity as Self
- SM Culture Universe: aespa as Self
- Thank you stage
- aespa's Christmas Party Concert as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- How Do You Play? as (as a member of æspa)
2018
- Amazing Saturday as Self
2015
- Men on a Mission as Self
2011
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Musical Guest