AOA

“	Ace Of Angels, Hello! We Are AOA!	”
—AOA

AOA

Concept photo for New Moon. (L-R: Hye Jeong, Seol Hyun, Ji Min, Chan Mi and Yu Na)

Names

Also as

Ace of Angels

Hangul

에이오에이

Background

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Genre(s)

Pop

Debut

August 9, 2012

Years active

2012–present (hiatus)

Label(s)

FNC Entertainment (Korea)
Universal Music (Japan)

Members

Current

Former

Fandom

Name

ELVIS

Website

SNS

Related Wikis
AOA Wiki

AOA (에이오에이; an acronym for Ace of Angels) is a three-member girl group under FNC Entertainment. They officially debuted on August 9, 2012 with the single album "Angels' Story".

The group originally consisted of eight members; Cho A, Ji Min, Yu Na, You Kyung, Min A, Hye Jeong, Seol Hyun and Chan Mi, who promote alternately as a dance group and as a band. Until 2013, when the band part of the group debuted as the first official sub-unit, AOA Black, consisting of Cho A, Ji Min, Yu Na, You Kyung and Min A, with the digital single "Moya" and the group started to promote as a dance group.

In 2016, their second official sub-unit called AOA Cream, consisting of Yu Na, Hye Jeong and Chan Mi, debuted with the digital single "I'm Jelly Baby".

Members

Name	Position(s)		Years active
Name	Dance	Band	Years active
Hye Jeong (혜정)	Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Visual	N/A	2012–present
Seol Hyun (설현)	Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Center, Face of the Group	N/A	2012–present
Chan Mi (찬미)	Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Maknae	N/A	2012–present
Former
You Kyung (유경)	N/A	Drummer	2012–2016^[1]
Cho A (초아)	Main Vocalist	Main Vocalist, Rhythm Guitarist	2012–2017^[2]
Min A (민아)	Lead Rapper, Vocalist	Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Bassist, Maknae	2012–2019^[3]
Ji Min (지민)	Leader, Main Rapper, Vocalist	Leader, Main Rapper, Vocalist, Lead Guitarist	2012–2020^[4]
Yu Na (유나)	Main Vocalist	Lead Vocalist, Keyboardist	2012–2021^[5]