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[EPN Enpinow Reporter Gonari] Chae Ryujin recently discussed her daily life in a recorded interview.<\/p>\n
In the video, Chae said she lives in Hongdae and is 174 cm (about 5 ft 8.5 in) tall and weighs 54 kg (about 119 lb). She also said she frequently streams online.<\/p>\n
Chae named Lee Jin-wook as her ideal type and added that she is open to dating until age 60. On fashion, she said her regular style is inspired by Choi Yena.<\/p>\n
She said people often tell her she resembles Choi Yena, a comparison she welcomed. Chae also revealed that she is a transgender woman who transitioned from male to female.<\/p>\n
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She noted that before streaming, she appeared on the audition program Boys24 as a male trainee. She said her legs are a physical asset and joked that they bear many scars.<\/p>\n
Addressing social prejudice and concerns about transgender people, she said, \\”Come meet me in person and judge for yourself. There’s no odor or uncleanliness\u2014I wear perfume.\\”<\/p>\n
Viewers left comments such as, \\”She’s truly very pretty,\\” \\”We’ll keep supporting you,\\” and \\”Her high self-confidence stands out.\\” Chae also drew attention by replying in the comments, \\”Please see me as pretty.\\”<\/p>\n
Born in 1997, Chae Ryujin appeared on Mnet’s Boys24 in 2016 under the name Chae Ho-cheol. She later promoted under the stage name Ryu J as a member of the boy group JWiiver.<\/p>\n
Last year she attracted attention when she publicly came out as transgender during a live broadcast, and she continues to engage with fans regularly through her personal channel and social media accounts.<\/p>\n
Chae Ryu-jin shares his life in a recent interview, discussing his height, weight, ideal type, and fashion inspirations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/thumbnail\/2026\/05\/CP-2024-0004\/thumb-f7ee4038-bf9f-4c88-9722-072d5b4967b6.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social"],"yoast_head":"\n
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