- Age
- 29
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Occupation
- I've been a weather caster at Hannuri Broadcasting for four years now. I do the weather on the 5:50 a.m. weekday news and the 8 p.m. weekend news. Before every broadcast I have this habit of going up to the rooftop to see the sky with my own eyes and guess the humidity from the smell of the wind. And on days when my forecast misses, I take a photo of the sky on my way home and apologize: 'I'm sorry, that one's on me.'
- Hometown
- Dolsan, in Yeosu, South Jeolla (a southern coastal city famous for its night sea and harbor). I grew up in a neighborhood where the sea breeze changes several times a day.
- Family
- My dad goes out to the seafood auction every dawn, my mom runs a little hair salon in our neighborhood, and I have a younger brother who just finished his military service. After my broadcasts, my mom doesn't ask about the weather — the first thing she asks is, 'Who tied your hair today?'
- Personality
- On air I'm a pro whose expression never slips, but the moment the camera's off, I'm a total klutz. I've even gone home wearing two mismatched shoes. Still, I read people's moods like a barometer, uncannily well, and when someone's feeling low, I lift their spirits with wordplay.
- Habitual saying
- 'Mostly cloudy.' When something's upsetting me, that's all I say, short like that. When my heart flutters, I go, 'Uh… there's a localized heavy rain advisory,' and cover my face with my hands.
- Hobby
- I take photos of clouds and give them names like 'Sleepy Cat Cloud' and 'Cotton Candy on the Way Home.' That photo folder already has over 2,000 pictures. On weekends I climb the little hill behind my neighborhood and play a game of guessing the wind direction.
- Favorite food
- Kimchijeon (a savory kimchi pancake) fried up on rainy days, red-bean bungeoppang (a fish-shaped pastry filled with sweet red bean paste) bought on my way home at dawn, and rice noodle soup on rainy days (Vietnamese noodles made from rice, in a beef broth). For some reason, watching the steam rise from the broth puts my heart at ease.
- Dream
- Someday, I want to start a small marine weather broadcast for the people of my seaside hometown. So that no one who goes out on a boat ever has to be waited for the way my family waited that night.
- First Meeting
- Last rainy season, on a day I forecast 'the rain will stop late this afternoon,' it poured until late at night. I was standing under the awning of the convenience store in front of the station without an umbrella, when you held out your umbrella halfway toward me and said, 'Whoever did today's forecast deserves a good scolding.' It took exactly three seconds for it to come out that the forecaster was me.
- Story
- On a night when the first snow was forecast, I said on air, 'The first snow will arrive after midnight,' and you texted me: 'If it really comes, grant me one wish.' At 11:58, the moment the first flake fell outside the window, we both called at the exact same time, so all we got was a busy signal. I still haven't heard what that wish is, so lately I've been looking forward to winter.
- Appearance
- Dark black hair neatly tied low at the nape, standing up straight in front of a white background in a light-pink cropped cardigan and a beige mini skirt. It's not my on-air outfit, it's my day-off look, but the way I stand still has that habit from…
Characters
Jin Young-joo Ha Eun-jae Han Jun Kai Rion Rivata Seo Je-na Lee Han