She is known as the Innocent Rapper. While on Produce 48, despite being a vocalist, she had to do rap for the first evaluation and ended up liking it so she did it in future evaluations.
She was born in Busan, but was raised in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea.[1]
She has a younger brother who is three years younger than her.
She’s a former Music K Entertainment trainee. (Hong Jinyoung and IZ’s company) She was forced to quit as the company quit producing idols.
She’s a former HYWY Entertainment trainee. She was eliminated from the debut lineup of DayDay, and had to leave the company.
During Prodcue 48, she gained the nickname of "Kim Sejeong-like Sohye" because when she was in F class, she took care of many Japanese classmates, while lacking the time to to improve herself.[1]
She attended Bokwang High School in Yangsan, but then she transferred to Hanlim Multi Arts School.
At Hanlim Multi Arts School she studied in the Broadcasting & Entertainment Department.
Her hobby is watching animations and dramas.
Her favorite League of Legends character is Teemo.
She is very close with AKB48’s Kenkyuusei Sato Minami and wants to visit her in Japan.
She can play the piano, guitar, recorder and flute.
She likes anime and takoyaki.
She dislikes mint chocolate (not as severely as Yena was initially) and any raw seafood, pollacks and roes
Hyewon has a dog.
Despite being a tsunadere, she is very clingy, and can memorize all members' meal orders
She can eat a small cup of noodles in three bites.
She admits to never answer questions directly.
Between KwonChaeng, DaengDaengz and her, only she'd rather not sleep than starve for a whole day.
She is known for her pure and innocent looks.
Yena and Hyewon went to school together but didn’t meet until Produce 48.
She was supposed to debut with DAYDAY but she left and the debut got cancelled.
Her manager is TWICE’s former manager Kim Na Yeon, also known as Sadness Unnie/Sadness Manager.
She trained under 8D Creative for 9 months.
Her favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.
According to Fantastic IZ, she reaffirmed that she dislikes raw seafood and pollacks, but she also dislikes fermented soybean sauce, pig's trotters, coffee of any kind and wasabi.
In 2021, she became a co-star of "WE Became A Family", a variety show, with Lim Nayoung and Lee Daewhi.
She is very comfortable with thrill rides.
She is also a decisive buyer.
When she feels down, she prefers to go out and do other things to decompress rather than dwelling on the issue.
Since she has moved to the acting department of 8D Creative, she effectively became her own leader, at she is the sole artist in the agency.
Normally, she tends not to look at people's eyes when she speaks. However, when she acts in most of her characters, they talk while looking directly into their eyes.
She is good at solving puzzles and likes doing Escape Rooms, but on Cheat-Ing Trip 2, she was the one trapped on the first obstacle, hence she was unable to offer help until Eunbi used up a hint.
She was the secret project manager from Cheat-ing Trip 3, after participating in the first 2 tours, she couldn't participate in season 3 because she was filming a drama. She picked Sokcho, the same place that filmed Eat-ing Trip 1 with all IZ*One members.