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Ryeji

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Yeji

About Ryeji

Ryeji is the fan-shipped friendship pairing between ITZY's Hwang Yeji and Shin Ryujin. Within ITZY's fan community (MIDZY), Ryeji is one of the most popular intra-group ships, celebrated for their dance chemistry and the comfortable, playful dynamic they display in group content. Yeji and Ryujin share a particularly well-documented history as former dorm roommates. In ITZY's first dorm arrangement, the two shared a room, a detail that fans credit with cementing their close bond before and after the group's February 2019 debut. They have also appeared frequently as a paired unit within ITZY's variety content, and on the group's own show they officially named themselves 'Ding Dong' as their sub-pair name during an episode of 2TZY, becoming the unit with the most V Live episodes together. Fans especially celebrate their on-stage synchrony and their tendency to play off each other's energy. Yeji's sharp, intense performance style contrasting with Ryujin's cool, relaxed charisma creates a dynamic MIDZY find compelling both on and off stage.

Ryeji is one of ITZY's most active fan-shipped pairings, with MIDZY creating extensive TikTok and YouTube compilations of their interactions. The ship is noted for straddling on-stage chemistry (their synchronised dance moments) and off-stage closeness (dorm life, variety banter). Fan content often plays with their contrasting performance styles.

Fun facts

✦ Ryeji was the official sub-pair name fans coined; Yeji and Ryujin gave themselves the nickname 'Ding Dong' on the group's variety show 2TZY.
✦ They are the ITZY pair with the most V Live episodes filmed together.
✦ Yeji and Ryujin were roommates in ITZY's first dorm, before Ryujin moved to her own room around 2021.
✦ Ryujin can carry Yeji due to her thigh strength, but not the other way around, a detail the members have joked about.
✦ Yeji & Ryujin ranked among the 100 Most Favourite K-pop Ship Couples in KingChoice's 2020 poll.

Moments

2020-01

Ding Dong Naming

On the group's variety show 2TZY Season 4, Yeji and Ryujin officially chose the sub-pair nickname 'Ding Dong,' a moment fans reference as the canonical naming of the ship.
2019-02

ITZY Debut

Yeji and Ryujin debuted together as part of ITZY under JYP Entertainment with the single Dalla Dalla, marking the beginning of publicly documented Ryeji content.