Minnie

Nicha Yontararak (ณิชา ยนตรรักษ์; born October 23, 1997), better known by her nickname and stage name Minnie (มินนี่), is a Thai singer, songwriter, record producer and actress based in South Korea.

Minnie was born on October 23, 1997, in Bangkok, Thailand.

She has older twin brothers.

She was born into a musical family, with her mother, aunt and uncle playing the piano.

Minnie has been playing piano since she was five and taking vocal lessons since she was seven years old.

Her mom was her main influence for loving music.

She always watched her mom playing the piano, and learned to play it from her.

Minnie attended Wattana Wittaya Academy and studied music at Grammy Vocal Studio in Thailand.

She was a cheerleader, drummer, actress in a stage play, and more in her school.

She also studied Chinese for four years.

In September 2014, she participated in the Cube Star World Audition in Thailand and came to South Korea in 2015 after her mother encouraged her, calling it a "once in a life opportunity".

On March 23, 2016, Minnie was revealed to the public through Cube Entertainment's official Instagram.

On November 5, she was featured in Jeon So-yeon's performance stage at Unpretty Rapstar 3 concert.

In June 2017, she participated in a promotional video for Rising Star Cosmetics along with Song Yuqi and Shuhua, future members of (G)I-dle.

The same year, Minnie was given an opportunity to feature for Line Friends' "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and six songs in ''Dance Party!

– Children's English Songs''.

She is a member of South Korean girl group (G)I-dle, which debuted on May 2, 2018 under Cube Entertainment.

On May 2, 2018, Minnie debuted with (G)I-dle with their mini-album I Am and the title song "Latata".

She received positive reviews for having a unique, attractive, and soothing voice.

In their second album, I Made, Minnie participated in composing, songwriting, and arranging Blow Your Mind which was first released through To Neverland.

A self-directed music video was released.

Minnie confessed that she makes songs on piano and is taking MIDI classes to improve composing.

She was credited in composing "For You" for (G)I-dle's Japanese debut album, Latata.

In October 2019, (G)I-dle took part in Queendom by Mnet.

In the first preliminary stage, the viewers were overwhelmed with Minnie's Thai intro enchantment for "Latata", and was well received from viewers in South Korea and Thailand.

In the third pre-contest unit stage, Minnie represents (G)I-dle's vocal member.

She shared the stage with AOA's Hyejeong performing "Instagram" by Dean.

The stage was voted the most anticipated unit stage by the contestants.

Moreover, the song re-entered music charts and grew popularity amongst the general public due to their performance.

On October 15, it was announced that Minnie teamed up with Wengie, a Chinese Australian YouTuber for a collaboration song "Empire" on October 18.

"Empire" debuted at number 22 on the Billboard World Digital Songs.

In 2020, Minnie participated in writing and composing "I'm the Trend" and "Tung-Tung (Empty)" alongside FCM Houdini.

"I'm the Trend" is a song dedicated for Neverland and was unveiled during her group's first online concert I-Land: Who Am I on July 5, 2020.

"Tung-Tung (Empty)" is an emotional song that expresses the feeling of a tired heart which was once full but became empty.

Through Minnie's words, "I hope that many people will sympathize with this song because it conveys loneliness."

The song was released for (G)I-dle's Japanese second extended play Oh My God.

In September, Minnie made her acting debut in a Netflix's sitcom So Not Worth It alongside Park Se-wan, Shin Hyun Seung, Got7's Youngjae and Han Hyun-min.

The show centers on multinational students living their lives together in a dorm in Seoul.

Minnie plays a fictionalized version of herself, a genre savvy Thai girl who loves Korean dramas.

In October, Minnie sung "Getaway" as part of My Dangerous Wife soundtrack and "We Already Fell In Love" together with Miyeon as part of Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol soundtrack On October 6, Glance TV introduced their new fashion show Minnie Soojin's i'M THE TREND (민니 수진의 i'M THE TREND) and paired Minnie and Soojin together.