Red VelvetVocalist
Yeri
예리Kim Ye-rim (김예림)
Red Velvet's youngest member, added seven months after the debut, who wrote and composed her own SM Station single and has moved steadily into acting.
- Age
- 27
- Mar 5, 1999
- Height
- 158 cm
- 5′2″
- MBTI
- INTP
- self-reported
- Debut
- 2015
- with Red Velvet
At a glance
Profile
- Stage name
- Yeri (예리)
- Birth name
- Kim Ye-rim (김예림)
- Position
- Vocalist
- Birthday
- March 5, 1999 (age 27)
- Zodiac sign
- Pisces
- Chinese zodiac
- Rabbit
- Height
- 158 cm (5′2″)
- Blood type
- O
- MBTI
- INTP
- Nationality
- South Korean
- Birthplace
- Seoul, South Korea
- Representative emoji
- 🐢
- Nicknames
- Squirtle
- Joined
- March 11, 2015
10 facts
About Yeri
Yeri passed an SM Entertainment weekly audition in 2011 and appeared with the trainee team SM Rookies before joining Red Velvet in March 2015, turning the quartet into a quintet just as the first EP Ice Cream Cake came out. She hosted Show! Music Core in her first year, wrote and composed the SM Station single “Dear Diary” in 2019 and has since moved steadily into acting. Her exclusive contract with SM ended in April 2025 and she signed with Blitzway Entertainment as an actress while staying in the group.
- 01
Joined SM Entertainment through its weekly audition in 2011 and performed with SM Rookies on the SM Town Live World Tour IV.
- 02
Appears briefly in the music video for Red Velvet's debut single “Happiness”, months before she officially joined the group.
- 03
Added to the line-up in March 2015 during promotion of the first EP Ice Cream Cake, making Red Velvet a five-piece.
- 04
Has three younger sisters and graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School in 2018.
- 05
Hosted MBC's Show! Music Core from May to November 2015 with Shinee's Minho and VIXX's N.
- 06
Wrote and composed “Dear Diary”, released through SM Station in March 2019 — her first self-produced solo project.
- 07
Wrote the Korean chorus of the Red Velvet remix of Ellie Goulding and Diplo's “Close to Me” together with Wendy in 2019.
- 08
Started her own YouTube talk show, Yeri's Room, in June 2020 with Twice's Nayeon as the first guest.
- 09
Acting credits include the tvN Drama Stage episode “Mint Condition” (2021), the web series Blue Birthday (2021) and Wavve's Bitch X Rich (2023).
- 10
Her exclusive contract with SM Entertainment ended on April 4, 2025; she signed with Blitzway Entertainment as an actress on May 1 and stayed in Red Velvet.
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