Ningning

About

Ning Yizhuo (Chinese: 宁艺卓; born October 23, 2002), known professionally as Ningning (Korean: 닝닝), is a Chinese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Aespa.

Ningning was born as Ning Yizhuo on October 23, 2002, in Harbin, China. She graduated from Harbin Normal University Middle School (哈尔滨师范大学附属中学) and Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (北京市现代音乐学校). During her early years, she was nicknamed “Ningning”, which she would later use as her stage name in her career.
Ningning was scouted by SM Entertainment following her appearance on the Chinese singing TV show Let’s Sing Kids. She was later introduced as a member of the pre-debut training team SM Rookies on September 19, 2016. As part of the team, she appeared on the Rookies Princess: Who’s the Best? segment of the program My SMT that year, and recorded several covers for the Korean animated TV program Shining Star in 2017.

After training for four years, Ningning was revealed as the third member of Aespa on October 28, 2020, introduced by SM as an “18-year-old Chinese member with an outstanding voice” through…