I. History
The South Korean girl group AOA debuted in 2012 under FNC Entertainment with the song "Elvis". Their next title track, "Get Out", featured rock sounds and even had a band-concept MV to boot - the band concept was even brought over to one of the group's subunits, AOA Black, which debuted with the song "Moya". With 2013's "Confused", however, AOA abandoned the band concept and opted for sexy concepts, something that continued with the group's subsequent comebacks ("Miniskirt", "Short Hair", "Like a Cat", and so on). In 2018's "Bingle Bangle", they started trying out concepts that were different from the sexy concepts their previous comebacks had ("Bingle Bangle" had a video game concept, and the concept of 2019's "Come See Me" was darker).
Note that AOA's lineup has changed over the years since their 2012 debut: Youkyoung left the group in 2016, Choa left in 2017 over reasons concerning her mental health, Mina left in 2019 after her contract with FNC expired (though she later revealed that she left because she was being bullied by former groupmate Jimin for 10 years straight), Jimin left in 2020, and Yuna left in 2021.
II. Members
Birth name: Park Cho Ah
Stage name: Choa
Angel name: Choaya
Nick name: Cho-umma
Birthday: March 6, 1990
Position: main vocal, rythm guitarist
Current status(2021): youtuber
Extra:
-Interests are creating food recipes, listening to music, take strolls
-she can play guitar, drum and piano
- her motto is "Live in the moment, without any regrets"
-she like people calling her "sweet and bubbly"
-she likes people with good manners
-fave food sashimi, chicken, watermelon
-fave k-group Fin.K.L
-fave sport likes walking
-fave color white
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Birth name: Shin Ji Min
Stage name: Jimin
Angel name: Jiminel
Nick name: Jimin baby
Birthday: January 8, 1991
Position: Leader, main rapper and vocal, lead guitarist
Current status(2021): N/A
Extra:
-the letter "l" at the end of Jiminel is for "leader"
-interested in taking photos of animals
-she can play guitar, piano and harmonica
-her motto is "myths of summer" in literature means "if you liked something before, you'll continue liking it in the future
-she is cheerful and optimistic
-fave food hamburger, fish cake
-fave k-artist Lee Hyori
-fave sport hates walking
-fave color silver
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Birth name: Seo Yu Na
Stage name: Yuna
Angel name: Yunaria
Nick name: Yuna seo
Birthday: December 30, 1992
Position: main vocal, keyboardist
Current status(2021): yoga trainer, has a youtube channel with her sister Seo Yuri (former berry good)
Extra:
-her angel name means "Angel that is as beautiful as the flower"
-interested in playing piano and guitar and listening to music
-she can play piano and guitar
-her motto is "let's live life positively"
-she is easy-going and cheerful
-fave food meat, raw fish
-fave k-group SNSD
-fave colors black, red
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Birth name: Seo You Kyoung
Stage name: Youkyung
Angel name: Y
Nick name: best female drummer
Birthday: March 15, 1993
Position: drummer
Current status(2021): youtuber, solo drummer
Extra:
-she is a half angel meaning she only appears in official interviews and doesn't have any line in AoA songs and no picture on album covers
-interested in reading and listening to music
-she can play drum and piano
-her motto is "No matter what, always work hard towards the right direction"
-she is easy-going and reckless
-fave food coffee
-fave k-group Buzz
-fave colors white, black
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Birth name: Shin Hye Jeong
Stage name: Hyejeong
Angel name: Hyejeong.Linus
Nick name: Dongdong
Birthday: August 10, 1993
Position: lead vocal, lead dancer, visual, center
Current status(2021): AoA singer
Extra:
-her angel name linus comes from venus cause she is the most beautiful angel
-interested in listening to music and watching movies
-her motto is "Give it your all, without leaving any regrets"
-she is outgoing
-fave food meat
-fave k-group G.O.D
-fave color red
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Birth name: Kwon Min A
Stage name: Mina
Angel name: Minaring
Birthday: September 21, 1993
Position: lead rapper, vocal, bass
Current status(2021): N/A
Extra:
-the "ring" at the end of her angel name is for halo on her head, also adding ring at the end of a word in korean makes it cute
-interested in listening to music, strolling, climbing
-she can play bass
-her personality changes
-fave food yukhoe, creamy pasta
-fave k-groups Shinhwa, f(x)
-fave colors white, black, red
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Birth name: Kim Seol Hyun
Stage name: Seolhyun
Angel name: Seolhyunari
Nick name: cutie hyun
Birthday: January 3, 1995
Position: lead dancer, vocal, center, face of the group
Current status(2021): AoA singer, recently opened her youtube channel
Extra:
-her angel name means charming, also it means infecting people with seolhyun virus
-interested in walking and watching movies
-she can play piano
-her motto is "failing while doing your best is also success"
-she is careful also has her worries
-fave food milk and coffee
-fave k-group G.O.D
-fave colors purple, pink
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Birth name: Kim Chan Mi
Stage name: Chanmi
Angel name: Chanmi T.T
Nick name: Chan T
Birthday: June 19, 1996
Position: main dancer, lead rapper, vocal, maknae
Current status(2021): AoA singer
Extra:
-she said her angel name is to be fitted for the cute maknae of group, but in fact she always cries when under attention
-interested in kitties and comic books
-her motto is "try whatever you can when you get the chance to do it"
-she is easy-going and sensetive
-fave food biscuits, ramen, rice and meat
-fave k-group AoA
-fave sport riding bicycle
-fave color black
III. Discography
IIII. South Korean full albums
- Angel's Knock (2017)
IIIII. South Korean mini albums
- Short Hair (2014)
- Like a Cat (2014)
- Heart Attack (2015)
- Good Luck (2016)
- Bingle Bangle (2018)
- New Moon (2019)
IIIIII. South Korean single albums
- Angels' Story (2012)
- Wannabe (2012)
- Red Motion (2013)
- Miniskirt (2014)
IIIIV. Japanese albums
- Ace of Angels (2015)
- Runway (2016)
IIIV. Subunit releases
- Wanna Be (AOA Black, 2013)
- I'm Jelly Baby (AOA Cream, 2016)
