Ki Hui-hyeon

Ki Hui-hyun
Native name	기희현
Born	Ki Hui-hyun (1995-06-16) June 16, 1995 Namwon, North Jeolla, South Korea
Occupation	singer rapper model
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instruments	rapper keytar
Years active	2015–present
Labels	MBK Entertainment
Associated acts	DIA
Korean name
Hangul	기희현
Revised Romanization	Ki Hee-hyun

Ki Hui Hyun (Hangul: 기희현, born June 16, 1995 in Namwon, North Jeolla, South Korea), is a South Korean rapper, singer and model, and a member of K-pop girl group DIA. She is the group's main rapper and lead dancer.^[1]

Career

Pre-debut

She is a former Woollim Entertainment trainee and trained with members of the girl group Lovelyz.

2015: Debut with DIA and Produce 101

In February 2015, MBK Entertainment announced its plans to debut a new girl group. Originally, the company had decided to have possible candidates for their new group compete on a reality survival program, through which the public could become familiar with the group members. MBK Entertainment revealed the first potential members to be Cathy, Eunjin and Kim Minhyun.^[2] Minhyun later left the project due to personal reasons, and Moon Seulgi and Chaeyeon were added to replace her.^[3] In June, MBK announced that they had cancelled their plans for a survival program, and decided to select the members internally. After some changes the final line-up was revealed. The group was set to debut with 7 members including: Seunghee, Cathy, Eunice, Jenny, Yebin, Eunjin and Chaeyeon.

On September 14, 2015, DIA released their self-titled debut album, Do It Amazing. On the same day, the music video for their lead single, "Somehow", was released.^[4] Their first official public appearance was also on September 14; the group performed a showcase at the Ilchi Art Hall in Seoul. They made their official debut stage on the music program M! Countdown on September 17, 2015.

In December 2015, MBK Entertainment announced Hui-Hyun has temporarily withdrawn from the group to join survival program Produce 101, having auditioned and signed contracts with the show before DIA's official debut. However, she was eliminated on episode 11, finishing 19th overall. On May 11, MBK Entertainment confirmed that Hui-Hyun has re-joined the group.^[5] She briefly used the stage name 'Cathy', but has been using her real name since rejoining the group.^[6]

Discography

Filmography

Music video appearances

References