NEXA MEMBERS PROFILE AND FACTS:
NEXA (넥사) is a 5-member girl group under ECHOES. The members currently consist of Kara, Irene, Yizhua, Yul, and Yves They debuted on January 21, 2026 with their first mini album, AXIS.
Group Name Meaning: NEXA is derived from the word
“Next Axis,” symbolizing a new center of direction and influence in K-pop. The name represents forward movement, innovation, and connection, where the past and future meet. As artists of a new generation, NEXA aims to become the axis that sets new trends, reshapes sound, and connects people through music, performance, and identity.
Official Greeting: “Connect to the future, this is NEXA!”
NEXA Official Fandom Name: NOVA (노바)
Fandom Name Meaning: NOVA symbolizes the brilliant light and energy that allows NEXA to shine. Just like a nova illuminates the universe, fans are the source of strength, inspiration, and warmth that guide NEXA forward. Together, NEXA and NOVA grow brighter, creating new paths and lighting the future side by side.
NEXA Official Color: Cosmic Blue
Latest Dorm Arrangement:
Dorm 1:
Irene and
Yvette
Dorm 2:
Yul and
Yizhua
Dorm 3:
Kara
NEXA Member Profiles:
Kara:
Stage Name: Kara
Full Name: Kim Ye Jin
Instagram: _K.ara.
Role: leader, sub-vocalist, producer
Nationality: Korean
Ethnicity: Korean
Age: 23
DOB: 10/25/2002 (I think I cant math u can change the year if u want)
Height: 5'0"
Facts:
-She can play violin and cello
-She loves classical music
-She played in an orchestra for 5 years
-Her brother is the actor Kim Ye Sung
-She loves reading fairytales
-She loves to make celebrity impressions
-She said that if she wasn't an idol, she'd be a voice actor
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Irene:
Stage Name: Irene
Full Name: Irene Kwon
Instagram: n0t.irene
Role: Main Vocalist, Visual
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Korean
Age: 22
DOB: August 24, 2003
Height: 167 cm
Facts:
- Former member of GEMMA
- Born in Manhattan, New York, USA
- Originally wanted to be a model
- Friends with Minju (Fmr IZ*ONE)
- Loves doing nail art
- Has two brothers
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yizhua:
Stage Name: Yizhua
Full Name: Huang Yizhua
Instagram: huangyizhua_
Roles: FOTG, All Rounder, Sub Rapper
Nationality: Taiwanese
Ethnicity: Ghanaian-Taiwanese
Age: 21
DOB: July 6th, 2005
Height: 5'8"
Facts:
She used to be a child model
Her mom is Taiwanese but her dad is Ghanaian
Loves photography
She loves spicy foods
Friends with Minji & Haerin (NJZ)
She has 2 younger sisters
She was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
She can speak English, Korean, CHinese & Hmong
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yul:
Stage Name: Yul
Full Name: Park yenlu (박 옌루)
Instagram: by.yenlu
Roles: Ace, main dancer
Nationality: korean
Ethnicity: korean
Age: 20
DOB: October 5th, 2005
Height: 172 cm
Facts:
- She is very good friends with Hyeri and Yoonha from pr1sma
- she was a former trainee for starlight ent.
- Asa from babymonster is her role-model
- She used to do competitive ice skating before auditioning
- her fave color is Light blue/ pink
- her representative emoji is 
- her representative animal is 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yves:
Stage Name: Yves
Full Name: Smirnov Alyona
Birth Name: Smirnov Celine Alyona
Legal Name: Smirnov Fontaine Yvette Alyona
Korean Name: Bae Joo-Mi
Instagram: justyves
Nationality: Korean
Ethnicity: Korean-Russian-French
Age: 17
DOB: October 31st, 2008
Height: 5'7
Yves Facts
✷ She was born in Moscow, Russia
✷ She can speak French, Russian, Japanese, Latin, Greek, English, Italian, and Korean
✷ Before she debuted she was a kpop cover artist in Tokyo
✷ She got scouted by ECHOES in Japan while doing a cover
✷ Yves is friends with
Huening Bahiyyih from
Kep1er,
Haruna from
Billlie,
Kyujin from
NMIXX,
Leeseo from
IVE, Jianna from
YOUNG POSSE, Yoonchae from
KATSEYE,
Moka from
ILLIT,
Hanni from
NewJeans, and
Yuna from
ITZY.
✷ She used to be the student-body president during elementary and middle school
✷ One word that she'd use to describe herself is 'Curious'
✷ People say she looks like the model
Lim Bora,
T-ara’s Soyeon,
Red Velvet’s
Yeri, and
Hanni from
NewJeans
87 
9 +6