Jurin

Jurin (주린), born Asaya Jurin (浅谷珠琳) on June 19, 2002, is the leader, lead rapper, and main dancer of XG. She was the first member of the group to be publicly revealed, introduced on January 29, 2022, before XG's debut. Growing up, she was a member of Avex Dance Nation's "Dream Team" in 2015, a performance-focused youth collective under the same entertainment conglomerate that would later back the group. That early institutional embedding within Avex's ecosystem is part of what makes her origin unusual: she was inside the network before the group's concept was formalized. As leader, Jurin's approach to choreography is methodical. She learns the full routine before anyone else, then breaks the group into pairs for teaching, a system she has described in interviews as the most effective way to ensure everyone has muscle memory before group rehearsals begin. It is the kind of process discipline that leader designations exist to provide, and she has applied it consistently across a discography of increasingly complex, layered choreographic work. Jurin stands 158cm, has blood type A, and carries a representative emoji of a buffalo (for her tenacity). She has an older sister. Her Gemini energy, which she has referenced when talking about the dual nature of her role as both lead rapper and main dancer, is a framing that shows up in how she discusses the balance between verbal and physical expression in the group's work.