Throughout the history of K-pop, female C-Line artists — including idols from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong — have played an increasingly significant role in the industry. This post is organized by generation and features female idols, soloists, trainees, and former trainees who have been active throughout the years. Artists of Chinese, Taiwanese, or Hong Kong descent are also included, regardless of where they were born or raised.
Second generation (2003-2011):
Victoria
Stage name: Victoria (빅토리아)
Birth Name: Song Qian (宋茜)
Birthday: February 2, 1987
Birth Place: Qingdao, Shandong, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: f(x) – Inactive
Status: Active as a solo singer
Fei
Stage name: Fei (페이)
Birth Name: Wáng Fēi Fēi (王霏霏)
Birthday: April 27, 1987
Birth Place: Haikou, Hainan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: Miss A – Disbanded
Status: Active as a solo singer
Yijo
Stage name: Yijo (이조)
Birth Name: Cháng Yījiāo (常一娇)
Birthday: June 16, 1987
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: RaNia – Disbanded
Status: Active as a model
Jia
Stage name: Jia (지아)
Birth Name: Mèng Jiā (孟佳)
Birthday: February 3, 1989
Birth Place: Loudi, Hunan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: Miss A – Disbanded
Status: Active as a solo singer
Amber
Stage name: Amber (엠버)
Birth Name: Liu Yi-yün (劉逸雲)
English Name: Amber Josephine Liu
Birthday: September 18, 1992
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality: Taiwanese-American
Group: f(x) – Inactive
Status: Active as a solo singer
Third generation (2012-2017):
Cao Lu
Stage name: Cao Lu (차오루)
Birth Name: Cáo Lù (曹璐)
Birthday: August 30, 1987
Birth Place: Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: FIESTAR
Status: Active as the leader of FIESTAR, singer and actress
Crystal
Stage name: Crystal (결정)
Birth Name: Wang Jingxi (王晶熙)
Birthday: January 12, 1994
Birth Place: N/A
Nationality: Chinese
Group: O My Jewel – Disbanded
Status: Active as a actress and model
Semi
Stage name: Semi (세미)
Birth Name: Park Yeon-kyung
Birthday: January 12, 1994
Birth Place: N/A
Nationality: Chinese-South Korean
Group(s): LAYSHA, MAYQUEEN (Former), Dopamine (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a member of LAYSHA
Hanna
Stage name: Hanna (한나)
Birth Name: Lú Yángyáng (卢洋洋)
Birthday: February 19, 1994
Birth Place: Shandong, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: MIXX – Disbanded
Status: Active as a actress
Xuan Yi
Stage name: Xuan Yi (선의)
Birth Name: Wú Xuānyí (吴宣仪)
Birthday: January 26, 1995
Birth Place: Haikou, Hainan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): Rocket Girls (Disbanded), WJSN (Former)
Status: Active as a solo singer and actress
Ttabo
Stage name: Ttabo (따보)
Birth Name: Fù Yīngnán (付英男)
Birthday: June 8, 1995
Birth Place: Hubei Province, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): RaNia, MISSMASS – All disbanded
Status: Active as a solo singer
Handong
Stage name: Handong (한동)
Birth Name: Hán Dōng (韩东)
Birthday: March 26, 1996
Birth Place: Wuhan, Hubei, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: Dreamcatcher
Status: Active as a member of Dreamcatcher and solo singer
Sally
Stage name: Sally (샐리)
Birth Name: Liú Xiēníng (刘些宁)
Birthday: October 23, 1996
Birth Place: Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): Gugudan, Bonbon Girls 303 – All disbanded
Status: Active as a solo singer and actress
Cheng Xiao
Stage name: Cheng Xiao (성소)
Birth Name: Chéng Xiāo (程瀟)
Birthday: July 15, 1998
Birth Place: Shenzhen, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): WJSN (Former), Y-TEEN (Disbanded), Sunny Girls (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a solo singer and actress
Mei Qi
Stage name: Mei Qi (미기)
Birth Name: Mèng Měiqí (孟美琪)
Birthday: October 15, 1998
Birth Place: Luoyang, Henan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): Rocket Girls (Disbanded), WJSN (Former)
Status: Active as a solo singer and actress
Elkie
Stage name: Elkie (엘키)
Birth Name: Chong Tingyan (莊錠欣)
Birthday: November 2, 1998
Birth Place: Tai Po District, Hong Kong
Nationality: Hongkongese
Group: CLC – Disbanded
Status: Active as a singer-songwriter and actress
Kyulkyung
Stage name: Kyulkyung (결경)
Birth Name: Zhōu Jié Qióng (周洁琼)
Birthday: December 16, 1998
Birth Place: Shanghai, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): PRISTIN, PRISTIN V, I.O.I – All disbanded
Status: Active as a solo singer
Tzuyu
Stage name: Tzuyu (쯔위)
Birth Name: Chou Tzu-yü (周子瑜)
Birthday: June 14, 1999
Birth Place: East District, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: TWICE
Status: Active as a member of TWICE, singer and lyricist
Arie
Stage name: Arie (아리)
Birth Name: Dǒng Qí (董琪)
Birthday: April 7, 2000
Birth Place: Jinan, Shandong, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: MIXX – Disbanded
Status: Former singer
Liyah
Stage name: Liyah (리야)
Birth Name: Zhāng Huìjìng (张慧靓)
Birthday: May 11, 2000
Birth Place: Jinan, Shandong, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: MIXX – Disbanded
Status: Active as a independent singer
Fourth generation (2018-2022):
Sang
Stage name: Sang (상)
Birth Name: Cuī Xiáng (崔翔)
Birthday: January 26, 1995
Birth Place: Jilin, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): Clear:i, BOTOPASS (Disbanded), ILUV (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a member of Clear:i
Teeny
Stage name: Teeny (티니)
Birth Name: Jiǎng Tiānyīn (蒋天音)
Birthday: August 17, 1995
Birth Place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: LIMESODA (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a solo singer
Sika
Stage name: Sika (시카)
Japanese Birth Name: Ren Shika (廉 斯嘉)
Chinese Birth Name: Lián Sījiā (廉斯嘉)
Birthday: August 22, 1995
Birth Place: Japan
Hometown: Dalian, China
Nationality: Japanese-Chinese
Group(s): Summer Flower Girls, FANATICS (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a member of Summer Flower Girls
ViVi
Stage name: ViVi (비비)
Birth Name: Wong Kahei (黃珈熙)
Birthday: December 9, 1996
Birth Place: Tuen Mun District, New Territories, Hong Kong
Nationality: Hongkongese
Group(s): Loossemble, LOONA, LOONA 1/3 – All inactive
Status: Active as a model
Aurora
Stage name: Aurora (오로라)
Birth Name: Wáng Mèngyú (王梦妤)
Birthday: January 14, 1997
Birth Place: China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: NATURE (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a actress
Ginny
Stage name: Ginny (지니)
Birth Name: Wú Xīnní (吳欣倪)
Birthday: December 26, 1998
Birth Place: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): SKYLE (Disbanded), DMZA (Pre-debut member)
Status: Active as a singer
Yuqi
Stage name: Yuqi (우기)
Birth Name: Sòng Yǔqí (宋雨琦)
Birthday: September 23, 1999
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: I-DLE
Status: Active as a member of I-DLE, singer-songwriter
Gaga
Stage name: Gaga (가가)
Birth Name: Lǐ Jiājiā (李佳佳)
Birthday: September 1, 1999
Birth Place: Nanchong, Sichuan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): NAME (Former), NATURE (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a actress
Xiaoting
Stage name: Xiaoting (샤오팅)
Birth Name: Shěn Xiǎotíng (沈小婷)
Birthday: November 12, 1999
Birth Place: Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): Kep1er
Status: Active as a member of Kep1er
Shuhua
Stage name: Shuhua (슈화)
Birth Name: Yeh Shu-hua (葉舒華)
Birthday: January 6, 2000
Birth Place: Yangmei District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: I-DLE
Status: Active as a member of I-DLE
Chiayi
Stage name: Chiayi (지아이)
Birth Name: Lee Chiayi (李家儀)
Birthday: January 22, 2000
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group(s): FANATICS, FLAVOR – All disbanded
Status: Active as a singer and dancer
Rainie
Stage name: Rainie (레이니)
Birth Name: Chu Ch’ing-yü (朱晴渝)
Birthday: November 16, 2000
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group(s): PRIMROSE, bugAboo (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a member of PRIMROSE
Yiren
Stage name: Yiren (이런)
Birth Name: Wáng Yírén (王怡人)
Birthday: December 29, 2000
Birth Place: Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: EVERGLOW (Former)
Status: Active as a singer
Soso
Stage name: Soso (소소)
Birth Name: Wang Ching-yi (王靖儀)
Birthday: March 14, 2001
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: GWSN (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a singer
Kelly
Stage name: Kelly (켈리)
Birth Name: Lin Wei-hsi (林韋希)
Birthday: January 16, 2002
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: TRI.BE (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a singer-songwriter
Rona
Stage name: Rona (로나)
Birth Name: Chang Ching (張)競)
Birthday: June 5, 2002
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: ILY:1
Status: Active as a member of ILY:1
Ningning
Stage name: Ningning (닝닝)
Birth Name: Níng Yìzhuō (宁艺卓)
Birthday: October 23, 2002
Birth Place: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: aespa
Status: Active as a member of aespa
Elva
Stage name: Elva (엘바)
Birth Name: Li Yung-hua (李咏樺)
Birthday: May 5, 2003
Birth Place: Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: ILY:1
Status: Active as a member of ILY:1
Lin Lin
Stage name: Lin Lin (린린)
Birth Name: Huang Tzu-ting (黃姿婷)
Birthday: July 5, 2003
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group(s): babyMINT, Cherry Bullet (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a member of babyMINT
Yue
Stage name: Yue (유에)
Chinese Birth Name: Yáng Yángyuè (杨杨玥)
English Birth Name: Nancy Yang
Birthday: July 3, 2004
Birth Place: California, United States
Nationality: Chinese-American
Group: LAPILLUS – Disbanded
Status: Active as a singer
Jia
Stage name: Jia (지아)
Birth Name: Kuo Chia-chia (郭嘉佳)
Birthday: July 30, 2005
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: TRI.BE – Disbanded
Status: Active as a model
Wan Lin
Stage name: Wan Lin (완린)
Birth Name: Yáng Wǎnlín (杨宛霖)
Birthday: December 30
Birth Place: China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: SHA SHA – Disbanded
Status: Former singer
Fifth generation (2023-present):
Yona
Stage name: Yona (요나)
Birth Name: Chén Yǔjié (陈羽洁)
Birthday: March 15, 1999
Birth Place: Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): Celai (M1), I-CODE (Pre-debut member)
Status: Active as a solo singer
Tzuling
Stage name: Tzuling (쯔링)
Birth Name: Chien Tzu-ling (簡紫翎)
Birthday: March 14, 2002
Birth Place: Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group: ViV (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a singer
Xinyu
Stage name: Xinyu (신위)
Birth Name: Zhōu Xīnyǔ (周心语)
Birthday:May 25, 2002
Birth Place: Haidian District, Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: tripleS
Status: Active as a member of tripleS
Nien
Stage name: Hsü Nien-tz’u (許念慈)
Chinese Birth Name: Hsü Nien-tz’u (許念慈)
Vietnamese Birth Name: Hứa Niệm Từ
Birthday: June 2, 2003
Birth Place: Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese-Vietnamese
Group: tripleS
Status: Active as a member of tripleS
Lu Yuting
Stage name: Lu Yuting (우정)
Birth Name: Lu Yu-ting (陆雨婷)
Birthday: February 17, 2005
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group(s): UDTT, I.MET.U (Pre-debut member), E11iVyn (Pre-debut member), IS GIRL (Disbanded)
Status: Active as a member of UDTT, singer, model and MC
LingLing
Stage Name: LingLing (링링)
Birth Name: Wong Lingling (黃羚棱)
Birthday: April 20, 2005
Birth Place: Selangor, Malaysia
Nationality: Malaysian
Group: KIIRAS
Status: Active as the leader of KIIRAS
VV
Stage name: VV (비비)
Birth Name: Lǚ Kēwēi (吕柯薇)
Birthday: June 3, 2006
Birth Place: Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: HITGS
Status: Active as a member of HITGS
Nina
Stage name: NINA (니나)
Birth Name: Shěn Jiārùn (沈佳润)
Birthday: November 9, 2006
Birth Place: Shenyang, China
Nationality: Chinese
Status: Active as a solo singer
Athena
Stage name: Athena (아테나)
Birth Name: Athena Yang
Birthday: March 15, 2007
Birth Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality: South Korean-Swedish (Taiwanese ancestry on the paternal side)
Group: FIFTY FIFTY
Status: Active as a member of FIFTY FIFTY
Tina
Stage name: Tina (티나)
Birth Name: Biān Tiānyǔ (边天语)
Birthday: March 9, 2008
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: UNCHILD
Status: Active as a member of UNCHILD
Trainees:
Sarah
Stage name: Sarah (세라)
Birth Name: Wang Hui Zi (王慧子)
English Name: Sarah Wang
Birthday: May 31, 1987
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese-American
Group: RaNia – Pre-debut member
Status: Former trainee
Xiao Fei
Stage name: Xiao Fei (샤오페이)
Birth Name: Huang Yi Fei (黄逸飞)
Birthday: December 13, 1990
Birth Place: China
Nationality: Chinese
Group: Miss A – Pre-debut member
Status: Unknown
Cecilia
Stage name: Cecilia (세실리아)
Birth Name: Song Yanfei (宋妍霏)
Birthday: October 22, 1995
Birth Place: Australia
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Nationality: Chinese-Australian
Group: 6MIX – Cancelled debut
Status: Active as a actress
Yulin
Stage name: Yulin (유린)
Birth Name: Yü Lin (鬱琳)
Birthday: September 4, 1999
Birth Place: Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese
Group(s): MissDica Girls, Rabbit or Fox, Amyx, AngelRus, Cheese Ring – All of their debuts were cancelled
Status: Active as a cheerleader
Ayo
Stage name: Ayo (애요)
Birth Name: N/A
Birthday: N/A
Birth Place: N/A
Nationality: Hongkongese
Group: AngelRus (Disbanded pre-debut)
Status: Unknown
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