It has been revealed that Yumi, the main character of the popular webtoon 'Yumi's Cells', was made with the motif of Choa, a former member of the group AOA.
On the 7th, Choa introduced an interview with Lee Dong-gun of the webtoon 'Yumi's Cells' through her Instagram.
In an interview in the past, when the artist was asked, "What kind of character did you draw Yumi from?", he said, "For the outward appearance, I took Choa, a former member of AOA as a motif."
Writer Lee Dong-gun further explained, "At the time of the start of the serialization, Choa came out with a hairstyle similar to Yumi. She looked pretty, and I thought it was just like a cartoon character."
In response, Choa conveyed her emotion, "It's so strange that I was referenced by the appearance of such a famous webtoon protagonist. Thank you to the author. Good luck," and added a cute hashtag "Yumi is Choa".
At the time of AOA activities, Choa received a lot of love for her trademark platinum blonde hair. The actual webtoon main character, Yumi, also had the same short hair as Choa, but netizens responded with surprise, saying, "I heard it and it looks exactly the same", "The small thing is perfect with Choa", and "The hair next to the ear is the same! It's just Choa!" It looked.
The popular webtoon 'Yumi's Cells', which started serialization in 2015 and has accumulated 3.2 billion views, is a work that expresses the stories and thoughts of Yumi, an ordinary office worker in her 30s, through the eyes of cells. In a new format that combines live-action and 3D animation, it is scheduled to meet the public as a drama on the 17th, and actress Kim Go-eun takes on the lead role of Yu-mi.
(Photo=TVING, Choa's Instagram, AOA's official Facebook page)
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(SBS Entertainment News editor Jina-yoon)