Ran, Annette, Maddy, and Katrina.
Name: Ran Tao
Position: Senior Sponsorship Director
Year: 5
Faculty: Science
Birthday: November 24th, 2002
MBTI: ISTJ
Ran Facts:
Ran has been a part of K-Wave since February 2022.
Ran has been a Sponsorship Director at K-Wave since the role was first established.
He is majoring in microbiology and immunology.
Ran’s hobbies include K-Pop dancing, travelling, watching YouTube, Riichi Mahjong, and marble race.
Ran speaks a few other languages but not Korean.
Ran got into K-Culture in 2020 during COVID when he watched Produce 48 and started getting into K-Pop with IZ*ONE.
Ran’s favorite artists include IZ*ONE, LE SSERAFIM, tripleS, Billlie, ILLIT, THE BOYZ, and ZEROBASEONE.
His ultimate biases are LE SSERAFIM’s/IZ*ONE’s Chaewon and THE BOYZ’s Juyeon.
Ran’s current favorite variety show is tripleS’s Badge War.
He really enjoys Korean food.
Ran kind of knows Matthew Seok from ZEROBASEONE; they went to air cadets together for 4 years.
Ran has also seen IU, GIDLE, and a bunch of groups from KCON 2024 live!
Name: Annette Wun
Position: Senior Sponsorship Director
Year: 3
Faculty: Commerce
Birthday: November 3rd, 2004
MBTI: ISTJ
Annette Facts:
Annette has been a part of K-Wave since September 2023.
Annette was previously a Junior Sponsorship Director.
She is majoring in accounting with a concentration in business analytics.
Annette’s hobbies include pilates, badminton, swimming, watching YouTube, and window shopping online.
Annette can speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin. She has also been learning Korean from K-Content.
She likes Korean cuisine, especially naengmyeon and sundubu-jjigae.
Annette likes to watch professional tennis (WTA & ATP). Her favorite player is Novak Djokovic. She hopes to watch a Grand Slam match.
Annette got into K-Culture in 2017 after listening to BTS’s “Mic Drop” remix with Steve Aoki.
Annette’s favorite artists include BTS, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, izna, TWICE, ITZY, and aespa.
Her ultimate biases are BTS’s Jin, TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s Taehyun, and TWICE’s Jihyo.
Annette’s current favorite variety shows are Going Seventeen and The Game Caterers.
Her favorite K-dramas are Nevertheless and Queen of Tears.
Name: Maddy Lee
Position: Junior Sponsorship Director
Year: 2
Faculty: Commerce
Birthday: February 15th, 2005
MBTI: ISTP/INTP
Maddy Facts:
Maddy has been a part of K-Wave since January 2024.
Maddy was previously a Junior Events Executive.
Maddy is currently majoring in Marketing.
Maddy enjoys spending all her money on Korean beauty and clothes, sleeping till 2pm on weekends, and learning new dances from TikTok. In her free time, she enjoys editing cute vlogs for her YouTube.
Her favourite things to do include going to karaoke and taking hundreds of photobooth pictures.
Her number one favourite food in the world is bubble tea.
Maddy got into K-Culture in 2020 when she stumbled upon “What is Love?” by TWICE.
Maddy’s current favourite artists include NewJeans, ZEROBASEONE, LE SSERAFIM, IVE and ENHYPEN.
Her ultimate biases are IVE’s Wonyoung, ENHYPEN’s Jay, LE SSERAFIM’s Kazuha, and NewJeans' Hanni.
Her favourite K-dramas are 20th Century Girl, Twinkling Watermelon, and Lovely Runner.
Maddy was able to meet ZEROBASEONE at an offline fansign in Korea and will never stop talking about all the members' visuals.
Maddy met up with some fellow K-Wave executives in Tokyo and saw Ahyeon and Pharita from BABYMONSTER crossing the same street as them!
She has yet to attend a K-Pop concert but is dying to get the chance to soon!
Name: Katrina Wei
Position: Junior Sponsorship Director
Year: 2
Faculty: Commerce
Birthday: August 12th, 2005
MBTI: ESFP
Katrina Facts:
Katrina has been a part of K-Wave since January 2024.
Katrina was previously a Junior Events Executive.
She is majoring in business and computer science.
Katrina’s main hobby is dancing.
Katrina got into K-Culture in 2016 through BTS.
Katrina’s current favorite artists include TWICE and aespa.
Her ultimate biases are TWICE’s Nayeon and aespa’s Ningning.
Katrina’s favorite K-dramas are The K2, Her Private Life, and more!