Group IVE member Ahn Yujin was chosen as an entertainment idol to lead the new year 2026.
Ahn Yujin received the honor of winning the female entertainment idol institutional sector at the "2026 Korea First Brand Awards."
"Korea First Brand Awards" is South Korea's largest brand awards ceremony that selects and announces brands expected to lead the following year based on consumer surveys. Every year, brands expected to lead Korea are selected through nationwide consumer voting and deliberation by the judging committee.
Ahn Yujin was selected as the female entertainment idol expected to lead 2026 based on the results of a domestic consumer survey conducted from Nov. 3 to 16 last year, once again proving her explosive popularity as a "Millennials and Gen Z representative icon."
Ahn Yujin appeared on the 2022 tvN variety show "Earth Arcade," where she showcased a burning competitive spirit and a clear-eyed, dazzling sense of humor that even captured the attention of entertainers, earning great love along with the nickname "Na Yujin," PD Na Young-seok's variety show daughter.
In the Netflix variety show "Crime Scene Zero," released last year, she chased clues on the ground, transformed perfectly into various characters ranging from their 20s to their 50s depending on the case, and showed delicate acting. Adding her trademark wit and sly ad-libs, she played the role of mood maker and won great love from global fans.
Through this, Ahn Yujin won the female entertainment idol institutional sector at the "2025 Brand Customer Loyalty Awards," and won the female entertainment idol institutional sector at the "2025 Brand of the Year Awards" for three consecutive years, proving her top "trendsetting entertainment idol" popularity.
Meanwhile, IVE, the group to which Ahn Yujin belongs, opened the curtain on their second world tour "SHOW WHAT I AM" at the KSPO DOME in Seoul last November. They will enter Osaka's Kyocera Dome in April and plan to hold world tour shows across various regions including Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania to communicate with fans around the world.<
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