Yunah

Who Is Yunah of ILLIT?

Yunah is the leader of the five-member K-pop girl group ILLIT, the rookie act that BELIFT LAB (a HYBE sub-label) introduced to the world on March 25, 2024. If you have watched ILLIT’s breakout single “Magnetic” rack up records on Billboard, Oricon, and Circle Chart, you have already seen Yunah’s steady stage presence anchoring the group. Born Roh Yun-ah on January 15, 2004, in Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, she grew up singing in her hometown’s children’s choir long before she ever stepped onto a survival-show stage.

From Trainee to Leader

Yunah’s road to debut was longer than most of her groupmates’. She trained for roughly six years, moving through Fantagio, TS Entertainment, and Source Music before finally landing at BELIFT LAB, where she competed on the 2023 JTBC survival show R U Next?. That experience carries a lot of weight for fans who want to understand why she was picked to lead: she simply had more time in training rooms than almost anyone else in the lineup, and it shows in how comfortable she looks guiding ILLIT through interviews, choreography, and comebacks alike.

Building ILLIT’s Sound From the Inside

Yunah is not just a face out front — she also writes. She contributed to the lyrics of “Do the Dance,” the lead single from ILLIT’s third EP Bomb, working alongside LE SSERAFIM’s Huh Yunjin. In 2025, she stepped outside the group entirely, joining fellow member Minju as a featured vocalist on American singer Kylie Cantrall’s song “See U Tonight.” Together with ILLIT, she has promoted four EPs (Super Real Me, I’ll Like You, Bomb, and Mamihlapinatapai) plus the single album Not Cute Anymore, and she helped carry the group through its first official Japanese release, “Toki Yo Tomare,” in September 2025.

Personality and Everyday Life

Ask GLLIT (ILLIT’s fandom) to describe Yunah, and you will hear words like “mood maker” and “life of the party.” She is candid about not handling spicy food well, she leans toward historical films and dramas in her downtime, and she jokes that her small, round face looks like a quail egg — a comment that turned into her affectionate nickname, “Roh-quail egg.” Her personal motto, “time heals all wounds,” fits someone who has spent years training before finally getting her shot at debut.

Whether you are a new GLLIT trying to learn the members’ names or a longtime fan tracking Yunah’s growth as both a performer and a songwriter, her story is a reminder that patience and years of quiet preparation can pay off on the biggest stages in K-pop.