KARINA
Born April 11, 2000 · Suwon, South Korea
Yu Ji-min, known professionally as KARINA, is a South Korean singer, rapper and dancer under SM Entertainment. She is the leader of the girl group aespa and the supergroup GOT the beat. 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop
aespa: Amazon Music Live
SMTOWN Live | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ KWANGYA
SMTOWN LIVE | 2023: SMCU Palace in Jakarta
SMTOWN LIVE | Culture Humanity
SMTOWN LIVE 2024 - SMCU PALACE @ TOKYO
aespa - 2026 Live Tour SYNK：aexis LINE in JAPAN - SPECIAL EDITION DOME TOUR
Play on Play
SMTOWN LIVE | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ HUMAN CITY_SUWON
HELLO, RUDOLPH
SMTOWN LIVE 2025-26 in FUKUOKA
2023 aespa Fan Meeting ‘MY DRAMA’
aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas
aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 'SYNK: HYPER LINE'
2026 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : COMPLaeXITY
Aespa aepisode SYNK#1
AESPA - 'AKARAKA' Yonsei University 2023
The Christmas Song
2024-25 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – ENCORE
AESPA - WATERBOMB SEOUL 2023
aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 ‘SYNK：HYPER LINE’ in JAPAN -Special Edition-
aespa's Christmas Party Concert
AESPA @ Outside Lands Festival
2024 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK：PARALLEL LINE – in TOKYO DOME -SPECIAL EDITION
aespa: MY First Page
I am a Rich Man
SMTOWN LIVE 2025: TOKYO DOME
2025 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK : aeXIS LINE - in SEOUL
2026-27 aespa LIVE TOUR -SYNK : COMPLaeXITY-
2024 aespa LIVE TOUR - SYNK：PARALLEL LINE - in SEOUL
MY ARTi FILM | KARINA: UP
My Synk. aespa
AESPA @ Governors Ball Music Festival
TV Shows
The Jennifer Hudson Show
How Do You Play?
Weekly Idol
Lee Mujin Service
Just an Excuse
The Seasons
The Game Caterers
Absolutely Nothing Prepared
Salon Drip
Snacked
K-Pop ON! Spotify
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Eunchae's Star Diary
Agents of Mystery
Music Universe K-909
Good Day
Next Entertainment, Visionary
let me Know K-POP!
Synchro U
SSULPLY
K-Pop Generation
aesParty
aespa Original Series
K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30
æpisode SYNK#1
NPOP
2021 MAMA 노미네이션
aespa's Synk Road
We Flash
RICH BAND
Idol Complaint Manager HUR
Korea On Stage - Namwon Gwanghallu
