The Sponsorship Portfolio

Name: Ran Tao (he/him)

Position: Senior Sponsorship

Year: 4

Faculty: Science (Microbiology and Immunology)

Birthday: November 24th, 2002

MBTI: ISTJ

Ran Facts:

Ran has been part of K-Wave since February 2022.
It is Ran’s second year of being a Senior Sponsorship Executive.
He is majoring in Microbiology and Immunology.
Ran enjoys all things K-pop, whether it be watching MVs, learning dances, or singing songs.
Ran can speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, and Japanese.
While Ran cannot speak Korean for now, he does wish to learn it one day.
Ran got into K-Culture in 2018 through Produce 48 and the subsequent debut of IZ*ONE.
Ran’s favorite artists are IZ*ONE, Billlie, and LE SSERAFIM.
Ran’s ultimate biases are IZ*ONE Chaewon, IZ*ONE Hitomi, and The Boyz Juyeon.
His favorite K-drama is Hell Is Other People.
His favorite variety show is Knowing Brothers.
Ran once attended a dance class hosted by The Boyz’s Juyeon and Eric.
Ran loves the K-pop community and would love to share it with other people.
If Ran was in a K-pop group, he would be the member that knows every dance in a Random Play Dance game.

Name: Joseph Silva (he/him)

Position: Senior Sponsorship

Year: 5

Faculty: Kinesiology

Birthday: January 21st, 1997

MBTI: ISTP

Joseph Facts:

Joseph has been part of K-Wave since February 2022.
Joseph has previously been a Secretary and it is his first year being a Senior Sponsorship Executive.
He is majoring in Social and Behavioural Science, and minoring in Asian Studies.
His hobbies include dancing, working out, gaming, watching anime, and reading.
He also likes watching e-sports and reading manhua.
Joseph is temporarily part of the Korean Dance Team at NUS in Singapore.
Joseph got into K-pop around 2010 when heard 4Minute’s Muzik.
His favourite artists include BTS, EXO, INFINITE, Wonho, TWICE, SISTAR, LE SSERAFIM, and New Jeans.
Joseph’s ultimate bias is BTS’ Jimin.
His favourite K-Dramas are Nevertheless and It’s Okay to Not be Okay.
Joseph got to take a picture with Jay Park and has seen him on his Sexy 4Eva World Tour in Vancouver and Seattle in 2019.
He has seen TWICE 3 times in concerts and has also been to SHINee, INFINITE, EXO, SUPERM, HONNE, Sik-K, DEAN, and Eric Nam concerts.
If Joseph was in a K-pop group, he would be the moodmaker and energizer.

Name: Rachel Su (she/her)

Position: Junior Sponsorship

Year: 3

Faculty: Arts (International Relations))

Birthday: June 26th, 2003

MBTI: INTP

Rachel Facts:

Rachel has been part of K-Wave since September 2022.
It is Rachel’s second year being a Junior Sponsorship Executive.
She is majoring in International Relations.
Rachel loves trying new restaurants/cafes, makeup, fashion, going on walks, reading, and keeping up with pop culture.
Her personal style is heavily inspired by K-pop! She loves looking at idols such as aespa’s Giselle for style inspiration.
Her hair color and makeup techniques are also very influenced by current trends in K-pop.
Rachel got into K-Culture in 2019 with TWICE’s Feel Special, especially Chaeyoung.
Her favourite artists are Stray Kids, TWICE, aespa, and ZEROBASEONE.
Her ultimate biases are Stray Kids’s Felix, aespa’s Giselle, and ZEROBASEONE’s Zhang Hao.
Her favourite K-drama is The Glory.
Rachel is obsessed with sundubu jjigae.

Name: Annette Wun (she/her)

Position: Junior Sponsorship

Year: 2

Faculty: Commerce

Birthday: November 3rd, 2004

MBTI: ISTJ

Annette Facts:

Annette has been part of K-Wave since September 2023.
It is Annette’s first year being a Junior Sponsorship Executive.
Annette loves swimming, playing badminton, going to fitness classes, and doing all kinds of sports.
She enjoys doing arts and crafts, including crocheting, sewing, and knitting.
She can speak English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Annette got into K-Culture in 2017 after listening to BTS’s Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) on Spotify’s “It’s a Hit” playlist.
Her favourite artists are BTS, Seventeen, ITZY, Jeon Somi, and Younha.
Her ultimate biases are BTS’s Jin, ITZY’s Ryujin, and TXT’s Taehyun.
Her favourite K-dramas and variety shows are Nevertheless (because Song Kang is in it!) and The Game Caterers.