E.sha (이샤), formerly known as ChaeE (채이) and Kwon Jiyu (권지유), is an Australian singer under Escrow Entertainment. She is the current leader of the girl group X:IN and a former member of the girl group MEP-C formed through the training platform Universe. She is also a former member of the girl groups Rusty.G, G-(i)Kon and LAONZENA.
Career[]
2019–2020: G-(i)Kon[]
Sometime in 2019 or earlier, E.sha, then known by her name Kwon Jiyu, joined D-Day Entertainment. She later became a member of their four-member girl group G-(i)Kon and made her official debut with them on June 24, 2019 with the digital single "오빠 달려 붕붕". Unfortunately, G-(i)Kon's debut did not gain much traction and they eventually disbanded.
2021–2022: LAONZENA[]
By 2021, Jiyu, along with two of her former G-(i)Kon members moved to FYMM Records and were given the opportunity to re-debut as a three member girl group. She official made her re-debut as ChaeE of LAONZENA on May 31, 2021 with the release of their sole digital single, "Stargaze". However, just a month later, there were no longer any more updates of LAONZENA and it is assumed that they departed from the agency due to unknown reasons and thus disbanded.
2022–2023: MEP-C[]
Sometime in early 2022, she joined GBK Entertainment and became a trainee on their online training platform Universe, which aims to select girls to became potential members of a future girl group. On November 29, 2022, now known as E.sha, she was revealed as one of the five selected members of GBK's upcoming girl group MEP-C. However, in early 2023, she presumably left the group after the deletion of her profile post.
2023-present: X:IN[]
On March 5, 2023, she was officially revealed as the second member of the upcoming girl group X:IN.[1]
They debuted on April 11, 2023 with their first digital single "Keeping the Fire".
Trivia[]
- E.sha is also a choreographer and a songwriter.
- She can play the piano.
- She has a dog.
- Her hobbies are eating and photography. She also enjoys travelling, knitting and camping.
- She attended Daejin Girls' High School.
- She decided to change her name to start a new life.
- Her motto is "Luce sicut stella" (a Latin expression that means "to shine like a star").
- At the moment (until the new positions are unknown), E.sha shared her dream of becoming the leader of the group.
- Her stage name - E.sha means "Eternal Shining", stylized as "E.ternal Sha.ining".
- E.sha prefers tomatoes to cucumbers, but does not like both of them.
- She trained for 6 years.
- She doesn't like vegetables.
- Her favorite fruits are mangosteen and peach.
- Her favorite dishes are pasta and tteokboki.
- Her favorite color is pink.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Esha/Gallery
References[]
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