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Lee Na-gyung

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Lee Na-gyung is a member of fromis_9, the five-member girl group under ASND. She came through Mnet's Idol School in 2017, debuted on 24 January 2018, played two parts in her first acting role in 2021, and sings the unit track 'Cold Blood' on the 2026 album Glow ME.

Group
fromis_9
Agency
ASND
Debut
24 January 2018

Who is Lee Na-gyung?

Lee Na-gyung has put her name to songs as well as voices. Reporting the credits of the first full-length album Unlock My World on 5 June 2023, Xports News named Lee Seo-yeon and Lee Na-gyung as the composers of ‘My Night Routine’. On the second full-length album Glow ME, released on 21 July 2026, she wrote the lyrics of the closing track, ‘Wonderland’; the label’s introduction to the album says the song is one member Na-gyung took part in writing, and that it brings the album to a close.

On the same album she sings the unit track ‘Cold Blood’ with Lee Chae-young and Baek Ji-heon. In a written interview Sports Kyunghyang ran on 20 July she named it her favourite song on the record, saying it was a style she was trying for the first time and hard to record, but that the result satisfied her. Speaking to Esquire Korea for its August 2026 issue, she said the album carries many songs in styles the group would not have taken on before. In her interview with Lee Chae-young in Marie Claire Korea on 18 August 2026, she said eight years together had held a great deal of laughter and tears, and named the fandom, flover, as the group’s greatest driving force.

Acting and broadcasting

Lee Na-gyung acted for the first time in the 2021 Kakao TV original drama 그림자 미녀 (Shadow Beauty). It follows a high-school student who is one person at school and another on social media, and she played two parts: Jini, the star of the account, and Sun Mi-jin, a transfer student. The drama ended on 29 December 2021, and in her closing remarks to Sports Kyunghyang she said the first day of filming was still with her and the time to the last episode had gone quickly. On 19 March 2024, Gametoc reported, HYBE IM named her the face of its game 별이되어라2: 베다의 기사들 (Byeori Doeora 2: Beda-ui Gisadeul), and in the main commercial she played Veda, the goddess of war.

Her name is on drama music and broadcasts too. On 26 November 2024 she and Song Ha-young released ‘봄처럼 다가와’, the eighth part of the soundtrack for the ENA drama Brewing Love. On 27 December 2025 she was the host for a day at Upbit’s fan meet-up with Faker, and Upbit’s official channel published the video. On 15 June 2026 the first episode of 방판소녀들 (Bangpan Sonyeodeul), a web-variety series from the production company Studio Bridge, went up, and it pairs her again with Song Ha-young, meeting members of the public around Seoul.

She has stood on a pitcher’s mound as well. Sports Seoul reported on 25 June 2026 that she would throw the ceremonial first pitch the next day at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, at the Doosan Bears’ game against the KIA Tigers, and that it would be her second first pitch for Doosan, after one in 2018.

Timeline

  1. Appearance

    Marie Claire Korea shoot and interview

    She sat for it with Lee Na-gyung, and said the group were like thin glass in their early days but no longer break easily.

    Explainer · Read the story
  2. Appearance

    Special host of episode 956 of MBC's Show! Music Core

    Song Ha-young, Lee Na-gyung and Baek Ji-heon hosted this episode.

    Explainer · Read the story
  3. Appearance

    First episode of the web variety series Door-to-Door Girls published

    Participatory content made by Studio Bridge, in which she meets members of the public around Seoul with Lee Na-gyung.

    Explainer · Read the story
  4. Release

    '봄처럼 다가와', an OST for the ENA drama 취하는 로맨스, released

    Part 8 of the drama's soundtrack, sung with Song Ha-young.

    Sports Kyunghyang · Source 1
  5. Appearance

    Her first acting role, 그림자 미녀, ended

    A Kakao TV original drama. Lee Na-gyung played two parts: Jini, a star on social media, and Sun Mi-jin, a transfer student.

    Sports Kyunghyang · Source 2
  6. Note

    Confirmed as a debut member in the final episode of Mnet's Idol School

    The girl-group programme began in July 2017. Its last episode settled the nine who would debut, and Lee Na-gyung was among them.

    Herald Muse · Source 3
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fromis_9

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fromis_9

ASND

fromis_9 are a five-member girl group under ASND: Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-gyung and Baek Ji-heon. Nine members debuted on 24 January 2018, and five resumed under the same name in 2025. The second full-length album Glow ME followed in July 2026.

Stories

K-popTrend signal: Steady

fromis_9 Open Their Asia Tour 'TOMORROW GLOW.' with Three Nights in Seoul

fromis_9 played three nights at Korea University's Hwajung Gymnasium in Seoul from 4 to 6 September 2026, opening their Asia tour TOMORROW GLOW. Sports Khan reported that the show ran from 'Rewind' to 'Vitamin ME', with two unit stages, fan songs and an encore. More cities are to be announced.

K-popTrend signal: Steady

Baek Ji-heon on Naked Korean History 2, and Her First Film

fromis_9's Baek Ji-heon is a regular on tvN STORY's Naked Korean History 2 (벌거벗은 한국사2), which first aired on 9 September 2025. A month earlier, on 13 August, she was cast as Kwon Na-eun in the film Nerd Rhapsody. Here are the two jobs she has taken outside the group.

K-popTrend signal: Steady

Song Ha-young's Three Days as Special DJ on Wendy's Young Street

fromis_9's Song Ha-young presented SBS Power FM's Wendy's Young Street as its special DJ from 29 June to 1 July 2026, and the broadcaster published the full studio video of the first show on its own channel. Here are the other seats she took that summer.

K-popTrend signal: Steady

The First Lyrics Lee Chae-young Wrote: fromis_9's 'Cold Blood'

'Cold Blood', the seventh track on Glow ME, the second full-length album fromis_9 released on 21 July 2026, is the first song Lee Chae-young wrote lyrics for. Here is what she said about it, the day before release and a month later.

Sources

The reports behind the facts above, for the ones no story on the site covers yet. A row with a story cites its sources there; the act's own channel and a brand's official page are linked in the rows themselves.

  1. 01
    Sports Kyunghyang '봄처럼 다가와', an OST for the ENA drama 취하는 로맨스, released· 26 Nov 2024 Timeline
  2. 02
    Sports Kyunghyang Her first acting role, 그림자 미녀, ended· 29 Dec 2021 Timeline
  3. 03
    Herald Muse Confirmed as a debut member in the final episode of Mnet's Idol School· 29 Sept 2017 Timeline

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