Wonhee
원희Lee Won-hee (이원희)
The member who topped the R U Next? final vote after barely two months as a trainee, and now the busiest of Illit on Korean television.
- Age
- 19
- Jun 26, 2007
- Height
- 162 cm
- 5′4″
- MBTI
- ISFP
- self-reported
- Debut
- 2024
- with Illit
At a glance
Profile
- Stage name
- Wonhee (원희)
- Birth name
- Lee Won-hee (이원희)
- Birthday
- June 26, 2007 (age 19)
- Zodiac sign
- Cancer
- Chinese zodiac
- Pig
- Height
- 162 cm (5′4″)
- Blood type
- A
- MBTI
- ISFP
- Nationality
- South Korean
- Birthplace
- Sasang-gu, Busan, South Korea
- Representative colour
- Pink
- Representative emoji
- 🐿️
- Nicknames
- Bruni, Donggeurami
10 facts
About Wonhee
Wonhee was born in Busan and raised in Changwon, and was scouted by a Hybe employee at a Seoul bus station in February 2023. She joined Belift Lab as a trainee only a month before R U Next? began and still finished first in the show's final vote with close to 3.3 million votes. Since 2025 she has built a solo profile with an OST, a drama cameo, magazine covers and two of her own variety shows.
- 01
Born in the Sasang district of Busan and moved to Changwon with her family while she was in primary school; she has parents and an older brother.
- 02
Was scouted by a Hybe employee at a bus station in Seoul in February 2023 while visiting the city.
- 03
Had trained for only about two months when she joined R U Next?, one of the shortest trainee periods on the show.
- 04
Topped the show's final live vote with about 3.3 million votes, the highest total of any contestant.
- 05
Was a special MC on MBC's Show! Music Core in April 2024 and has since guest-hosted M Countdown and Music Bank.
- 06
Became the Korean brand model for the Japanese sports drink Pocari Sweat in April 2024.
- 07
Made her solo OST debut in May 2025 with “The Look In Your Eyes” for SBS's Spring of Youth, and made a cameo in the drama's final episode on July 2, 2025.
- 08
Fronted her own web variety show Still Rough with Wonhee from 2025 and Coupang Play's Wonhee Is Twenty from June 2026.
- 09
Covered IU's “Good Day” as a solo stage at the 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon on December 31, 2025.
- 10
Wrote lyrics for “Love, Older You” on the EP Mamihlapinatapai and had her first solo magazine cover in the January 2026 digital issue of W Korea.
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