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Meri is still somewhat short, at 5'3" (160 cm). He weighs 115 pounds (52 kg), and has short, black hair. He'd like to dye it blonde more permanently, but has played around with temporary dyes and likes the look. He has dark brown eyes and is relatively light-skinned, but tans easily. He has his ears pierced once in each lobe, and wants more piercings but promised his mom he would wait until he graduated high school. He also has an interest in tattoos, but his parents were very against that. They way he sees it, he's got plenty of years before he's a legal adult to sway them to his side on the matter. He is never seen without his bracelet (the white one), that says, "Now instead of longing, sharing warmth..." He has one in every available color, but is waiting for one to fall apart before using another. The exception is during Pride month, when he'll wear all of them in as close to a rainbow fashion as possible.

Meri is a sweet, caring, loyal, and dedicated kid who's faced some difficulties. From a young age he's dealt with anxiety and depression, to a point he was hospitalized in 7th grade. It's not something people would guess looking at him, as he's got a bright smile, though it is sometimes hard to get out of him. Since his hospital stay, he's been receiving outpatient treatment and recovered quite well since that time.

He likes singing, dancing, listening to music, playing video games, watching tv and movies, reading, studying languages (mainly Japanese and French, he recently picked up Chinese and Spanish books due to the languages of his fellow male trainees), the internet, drawing, and ice cream.

He dislikes kimchi, sashimi, exercise besides dance, dieting, bullies, and anxiety attacks.

He loves his family, and he's very close with all of his family members.

His secret is his sexuality, though he mainly calls it a secret because he's never directly said it, except to his parents, who have been taking it in questionable strides (definitely don't disagree with his sexuality, but are a bit confused by it). He loves his little sisters about as much as he loves to tease them, and feels lucky he has baby twin sisters.

His aspiration is to become an idol who fans feel they can trust. He plans to be his honest and true self as much as he can, and he doesn't want to forget where he came from if they become famous worldwide.

MOTHER
Name: Tanaka Arisu
Birth Year: 1983
Occupation: Translator Japanese/French/Korean
Feelings Toward: Loves her dearly. He has weekly calls with his mom and dad, but often messages his mom more frequently than that.

FATHER
Name: Song Jinwoong
Birth Year: 1983
Occupation: High School Teacher (French, Japanese, and Korean)
Feelings Toward: Loves him dearly. Talks to him weekly.

YOUNGER SISTER
Name: Song Sarang / Sou Aiko
Birth Year: 2011
Occupation: Elementary school student (6th for 22-23)
Feelings Toward: Loves her, and also loved teasing her. He misses her now that he's living in the dorms.

YOUNGER SISTER
Name: Song Soojung / Sou Akiko
Birth Year: 2011
Occupation: Elementary school student (6th for 22-23)
Feelings Toward: Love her, and also loved teasing her. He misses her now that he's living in the dorms.

(FUTURE) BANDMATE
Name: Tae Seoji
Birth Year: 03/29/2003
Occupation: Dreams Ent trainee
Feelings Toward: not super close, but he respects Seoji well enough. They're fairly awkward with each other, but Meri has no ill feelings towards him.

(FUTURE) BANDMATE
Name: Felix Choi
Birth Year: 11/29/2002
Occupation: Dreams Ent trainee
Feelings Toward: Felix is also someone Meri's not super close to, but again, he respects his hyung well enough. The age gap and language barrier (the latter being less of an excuse as time goes on) have been deterrents in their properly getting to know each other.

(FUTURE) BANDMATE
Name: Taijia Lin
Birth Year: 08/01/2008
Occupation: Student/Dream Ent trainee
Feelings Toward: Although their introduction to each other was anything but ideal, Taijia is the member Meri feels closest with, and have since become very close friends. Meri enjoys spending time with Tai and is usually calmed by his presence.

Arisu and Jinwoong would have never met had they both not decided to go to France for college, or ended up with the same mutual friends. By the end of one year after having met, Jinwoong confessed to Arisu. They faced a lot of push back from both of their families, but both eventually managed to win their future in-laws over. They were married (in France) less than a month after graduating college, and stayed in France for their first year of marriage. They then moved to live with Arisu's family in Hokkaido, Japan, where Meri was born. Meri was three when the family moved in with Jinwoong's family after his father had a stroke. Sadly, Meri's grandfather passed away soon after they moved, and then his grandmother passed away about two years after his sisters were born.

Meri didn't know he had a particularly "weird" Korean name, his parents having combined the meanings of his Japanese name, "sound" and "echo," which in Korean were "so-ri" and "meh-ah-ri" respectively, and so when he began attending school and kids starting teasing him, he didn't really get why. The teasing turned to bullying as he got older, and it led him to develop depression and anxiety. It was eased after his parents transferred him to an international school that taught in Japanese, so he could use his Japanese name.

It hit a turning point when he entered an average middle school, as the Japanese school did not have a middle or high school section, and the kids were bigger, meaner, and tougher. After one particularly bad day, he scared his parents by refusing to do anything, eat, talk, even move from his bed, all the way through to the next morning. His father took him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with severe depression, and was put on suicide watch. He only spent a week in the hospital, but he learned a lot of coping mechanisms, including listening to music and dancing (exercise, but he only likes dancing). Finding hobbies helped to bring him out of his shell more, and also helped him to find a group with similar hobbies and interests by joining the dance club at his school once he went back. Finally making friends at the school helped to make the hard days a little easier, but even now, he has an anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication to help him out.

Initially, his parents were against him auditioning. They felt he was too young, it was just a hobby, and that it would be too much for him. He disagreed with it all, but respected his parent's wishes, and watched every episode of the training camp longingly. He would do the missions himself, pouring his heart and soul into each task as if he were in the camp as well. He recorded them, which ended up beneficial as it helped him get a call back from Dreams Entertainment when he did finally audition. His parents had seen his dedication that summer, and agreed to let him audition as long as he could prove his dedication while also keeping up his grades for the rest of the school year. He did, in fact he got top of his class, while also working on improving his dancing and singing skills, and was granted permission to audition in February. He was very excited when he got news he had been accepted as a trainee, and more importantly, thrilled his parents were just as excited for him.

Hello! My name is Redeim!
I was born in 1989.
My pronouns are he/him.
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