SUNI

Kim Sun-i (Korean: 김송이, born March 30, 1999), known professionally by mononym Suni / Seoni (Hangul: 송이), is a South Korean rapper and dancer based in South Korea. Placing second in MNET's survival reality program, PRODUCE, she was in temporary girl group ST✹R from July 2015 to January of 2017. She made her second debut in March of 2019 in EVERGLOW.

Early Life
Born on 30th March 1999 to parents Kim Hyun-min and Park Yu-jin, Kim Sun-i lived a peaceful life in Seongnam. Following her elder sisters footsteps, Suni wanted to become a trainee. After her sister dropped out of the trainee life in 2013, Suni applied to multiple companies and was rejected until Yuehua street-casted her. Suni's parents were against her training due to the stress it put on Suni's sister but Suni carried on training and secretly dropped out of school and taking her singing and dancing lessons during those times. Once her parents found out, Suni was immensely scolded but her father realised how passionate Suni was and how much she wanted to become an idol and she was finally allowed to train. As of 2019, Suni has graduated from SOPA.

Pre-debut
Suni modelled for STARE shoes along with E:U of EVERGLOW and grew a small fanbase due to her sweet looks. Suni was known for her strong improvement among Yuehua. Once she started training, her trainers referred to Suni as an unfixable case as she did not have a natural 'knack' for the performing arts, and Suni often talks about how hard she worked to improve her skills.

Produce
Suni and Sihyeon of EVERGLOW entered PRODUCE to represent Yuehua Entertainment, however Sihyeon was eliminated and placed #20 in PRODUCE. Suni appeared to the trainers with a dance and self-written rap to GIRL'S GENERATION'S 'Gee'. She was given a grade of D, and was later re-evaluated to a A. She was known for being the strongest rapper on PRODUCE and placed second with 858,472 votes. She debuted with ST✹R as the main rapper and lead dancer.

Return to Training & Lack of Info + Mental Health Hiatus Scandal
After the disbandment of ST✹R, Yuehua was the first of the agencies to announce Suni's departure from YMC back to Yuehua. Suni carried on training for another 2 years after ST✹R. However, Suni's fans were upset after getting no interaction from Suni from after 2017 up until 2018. Yuehua only then announced that Suni was taking a mental health break after anxiety due to PRODUCE. Fans were enraged that Yuehua only told them about Suni's hiatus after her hiatus was finished. Suni's mental health also led to a scandal with MNET that PRODUCE was wrecking the member's mental health by cramming so many schedules between the period of 1 and 1/2 years. However, this scandal never went anywhere.

Debut in EVERGLOW
2 years and 3 months after ST✹R's disbandment, Suni finally debuted in girl group EVERGLOW with Sihyeon on 18th March 2019 with single 'BON BON CHOCOLAT' as part of their digital single album 'Arrival of EVERGLOW'.