Yena shares insights about her journey, health, and fan perceptions in a YouTube video, marking her 8th year since debuting.
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Choi Yena from IZ*ONE set aside time to delve into herself. On the 17th, she released a video titled "How do you know? Catching Yena information that even Yena didn't know" on her YouTube channel. Choi Yena said, "It has been 4 years since my solo debut, and it has unknowingly become the 8th year since debuting. Time flies. But I still don't know myself well. I wonder how Jigumi (the name of her fans) sees Yena. There are things that have changed from the past and things that remain the same, so I thought I would take time to search for myself." She mentioned, "I don't search every day, but I tend to look for it," and searched for her own name. While reading her profile, she noted her physical information as 162cm and 42-43kg, saying, "Recently, when I talked about losing quite a bit of weight, many were very worried. I have been working hard on exercise and management, so now it is accurate as stated." Previously, Choi Yena revealed in December last year, "I was really shocked to have dropped to 39kg recently," and said, "I worked hard to eat and regain weight. Now it is around 42-43kg. I didn't try to lose weight, but it suddenly dropped. I don't know why it decreased... it just suddenly dropped." This had worried her fans.
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