BLACKPINK Lisa
About Blackpink Lisa
Lalisa Manoban (birth name: Pranpriya Manoban, born March 27, 1997 in Bangkok, Thailand) better known by her stage name, Lisa, is a Thai rapper, singer, dancer and model, currently based in South Korea. She is a member of BLACKPINK.
Blackpink Lisa Details
Stage Name: Lisa (리사)
Birth Name: Lalisa Manoban (ลลิสา มโนบาล) / Pranpriya Manoban (ปราณปริยา มโนบาล)
Nicknames: Lalice, Laliz, Pokpak
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Sub-Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: March 27, 1997
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Height: 166.5cm (5’5.35″)
Weight: 44.7 kg (98.5 lbs)
Blood Type: O
Instagram: @lalalalisa_m
Weibo: lalalalisa_m
Youtube: Lilifilm
Blackpink Lisa Facts
- The reason why she changed her legal first name from 'Pranpriya' to 'Lalisa', was because during a consultation with a Fortune Teller, she was told that the latter name would give her luck, 'Lalisa' means 'one who will recieve praises' in Thai.
- She placed #41 in TC Candler's Most Beautiful Faces 2016, #15 in 2017, #9 in 2018.
- She is known as the maknae in the group.
- Nicknames: Lalice, Laliz, Pokpak, Flying Lisa, RyeoLisa, Elephant Lisa, Jolisa, Limario, Royal Maknae, Lisa Oppa, Ponytail Rapper (in Coachella 2019)
- She passed the YG audition that was held in Thailand in 2010, she was the only person accepted out of 4000 people in Thailand.
- She became an official YG trainee in April 2011, she was only 14 years old.
- She was 19 when she debuted as a member in BLACKPINK back in August 2016.
- She had a hard time communicating because the only Korean word she knows is Annyeonghaseyo (means Hello) but the members helped her become fluent along with a Korean teacher.
- Her favourite song from Square Up is "Forever Young"
- She's fond of french fries.
- She becomes happy when she dance.
- She knows how to box.
- She is described as BLACKPINK's happy pill.
- She appeared with YG Entertainment stars in the ad for the fashion brand NONAGON in 2014.
- She appeared in BigBang Taeyang's MV called Ringa Linga along with WINNER Mino and Taehyun and iKON B.I. and Bobby in 2014.
- She becomes sad when she is away from her family.
- She's YG's first non-Korean artist.
- She becomes mad when people disrespect her.
- Her current favourite colour is yellow.
- She becomes sleepy when she works a lot.
- She became a trainee at YG for more than 5 years.
- She auditioned to show off her dancing skills.
- She's more confident in dancing.
- She's fluent in Thai, English and Korean but she can speak some Japanese and basic Chinese.
- She looks up to her YG sunbaes, especially Big Bang and 2NE1
- She plays the ukulele.
- Her members claimed that Lisa likes to spend her money a lot and treats them meat when she has money.
- When she lived in Thailand she had two vocal coaches named OP and Kan.
- Her step-father is a known chef.
- She attended Praphamontree II School in Thailand.
- Her ideal type is: Older guys, of course, not someone too old, but someone who knows how to cook and would be able to take good care of her.
- Her parents own a hospital in Thailand.
- In an interview she said she prefers cute guys rather than sexy guys.
- She had her own reality show called "Lisa TV".
- She moved to South Korea when she was 14.
- She owns four cats Leo, Luca, Hunter and Tiger.
- Luca and Leo live with her in Korea, whereas Hunter and Tiger live in Thailand with her parents.
- Her dream job when she was younger was to either be a flight attendant or dance teacher.
- Her role model is Kehlani.
- If she didn't become an artist, then she would have gone to Australia to study.
- Her favorite flowers are pink roses.
- Her favorite artist is Kehlani and her favorite song is "Honey" by Kehlani.
- She is friends with a singer, NIKI
- Her favorite place is Thailand is Siam and her favorite place in Japan is Harajuku.
- Her favorite time as a trainee was choreographing dances with the other members.
- She said she regrets having boyish cut hair when she auditioned for YG.
- Her fashion style is casual/street.
- She was in a dance group called We Zaa Cool when she was 9-12 in Thailand along with GOT7's BamBam.
- She's a part of a groupchat where only Thai idols are added, that includes CLC's Sorn, (G)idle's Minnie, GOT7's BamBam, NCT's Ten and 2PM's Nickhun.
- She was supposed to be a Vocalist if PINKPUNK (was once a 9 membered group) debuted instead of BLACKPINK.
- Her charming point is the sound of her laughter.
- Her favorite movie is "About Time" and her favorite book is "Little Prince".
- If Lisa could be any Disney princess she would be Rapunzel.
- Her hobby is watching movies and taking pictures.
- Her favorite number is 27 as it is her birth date.
- She wants to live in a house with a huge backyard in the future.
- Her favorite hair style since she debuted was her blonde hair.
- When she feels sad she hugs her pet and cries, after that she feels alright.
- She enjoys eating chicken with the other members in the dorm.
- She feels proud being an idol whenever she sees blinks smiling.
- She loves snowboarding so she watched the Olympics.
- The biggest thing that has ever happened to her since she joined entertainment business was BLACKPINK's MV being featured in Justice League.
- She loves cubic nails.
- Whenever BLACKPINK has a schedule overseas she brings her charger with her.
- She have sleep paralysis.
- She 50/50 believes in fortune telling.
- Aside from dancing and rapping she enjoys drawing pictures of cats.
- She said that her sixth sense is rhythm.
- Her favorite cake is Red Velvet.
- At school she was good at science but bad at maths.
- If she had 100 million in money she would travel the world.
- She wants her last meal to be Sushi.
- If she had one week off from work, she wants to travel to Switzerland with her parents.
- She loves Coca Cola.
- Her advice from the past is to "Enjoy living life to the fullest".
- Her favorite drama recently is "Stranger Things".
- If it's possible to go back to the past, she wants to go back to her 18 year old self.
- She wants to be born as a girl again in her next life.
- Before performing she feels very nervous so she keeps telling herself, "It's okay, I can do this, I can do it perfectly".
- Before she dies she wants to go skydiving.
- If she had the chance of being a boy for the day, she would date all girls.
- She wants to perform with Kehlani someday.
- She likes to buy Kinder eggs as they have toys inside.
- She is scared of ghosts and snakes and hates them.
- She feels happy when is eating lots of food.
- Her advice to those who want to join YG is, "Be yourself and have confidence, show them all your charms".
- She likes to move her body a lot and that's why she couldn't stand straight for a long time.
- Her favorite restaurant is "Wolfgang Steakhouse".
- Her favorite bread is croissant bread.
- She sleeps 9 hours a day.
- She said that she couldn't sleep one night, she listened to Hope Not by BLACKPINK before watching a movie called Zootopia.
- She likes to collect lipsticks.
- She is into natural makeup nowadays.
- She feels very happy when her step father makes breakfast for her.
- Her favorite Korean dish is Gamjatang, her favorite Japanese dish is Tempura and her favorite Thai dish is Pad Ka Pow.
- She focuses on putting on face masks when it comes to skincare.
- She likes to wear pajamas when she goes to sleep.
- She is good at making Phad Thai.
- She wants to try a hairstyle without bangs.
- She drinks water as soon as she wakes up.
- She wants to appear on a Japanese show called "Toudaiou" (a quiz variety show for college students who at attend Tokyo universities vs celebrities).
- Her favorite interior is cute lightning.
- She once failed on buying a fur hat.
- She thinks the way Japanese blinks speak is cute.
- She usually plays Nintendo and listens to music.
- If she can't sleep she faces the other side of her bed.
- She gets her energy from delicious food.
- She owns two black cats called Hunter and Tiga who live in Thailand.
- She learned Korean by watching a lot of dramas.
- When she was a trainee, she loved her Korean lessons.
- She loves doing online shopping.
- When buying new clothes, she first looks to see whether or not they fit the current trend.
- She said that she is thankful for her mother for letting her attend dance lessons.
- She started rapping when she was a trainee.
- Her favorite place in Korea is Hongdae.
- She that she is good at dancing but terrible at staying still.
- She said that she can't remember her exact eye sight.
- Her favorite Disney Movie is Tangled.
- She wanted to visit Italy, and on 20 February, she went to Milan, Italy for the Milan Fashion Week
- She has 6 cats: Leo, Lily, Luca, Louis Hunter and Tiga
- A fashion item that has her attention right now is bucket hats.
- A fashion item that she collects a lot without thinking is a hoodie with a people's face printed on it.
- If she was a boy, she would date Jennie because she's hot.
- She said her closest member in the group is Rosé because they're in the same age and they undertsand each other pretty well than the other members.
- If she could go to the future she would want to be 40.
- A song that she always sings when doing karaoke is "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift.
- Between heat and the cold, she can't bare the heat.
- If she was a Korean highschool girl, the 2 things she wants to try out is wearing a uniforn and go to kareoke.
- She is childhood friends with GOT7's BamBam since they were 9.
- She was originally supposed to study abroad in Australia, but then that plan changed after she passed the YG audition in 2010.
- Her favorite season is summer.
- She said that when she returns after a day at work, she feels happy to see her cat Leo waiting for her at the front door.
- She can learn and memorize a dance (mostly the chorus part) by viewing it once.
- One of South Korea's famous choreographer said that Lisa memorized the whole choreography in less than an hour.
- Her favorite outfit from the Ddu-Du Ddu-Du MV is the sparkly belt.
- She usually takes pictures of the members and her cats.
- She appeared on 'Real Men 3'.
- She likes to eat Japanese food such as sushi, tempura and don.
- When she has nothing in her schedule, she watches American dramas and movies a lot.
- She likes eating around at other peoples houses.
- She is the first Kpop female idol to get 2 million likes on a post in just 2 days.
- She's currently the most followed K-Idol and Thailand's most followed idol on Instagram.
- She always change the color of her hair.
- Her step dad is from Switzerland so she really loves the food in Switzerland and the mountains.
- She wrote her friends a friendship book when she was in 5th grade.
- A former classmate of Lisa said that she always 'shares' her answers to her seatmate.
- She loves makeup a lot.
- If she wasn't a singer then she would be a photographer.
- Her favorite k-drama genre is comedy and romance.
- Her favorite american movie genre is action.
- She is a fan of Avengers and Thor is her favorite.
- She likes milk tea ice cream.
- She has always been a big fan of YG entertainment.
- She was crying when she first signed a contract with YG.
- She watches Disney Animations with loads of songs to de-stress.
- She was dubbed one of the "Foreign K-Pop Idols Who Have Amazing Korean Handwriting". Article
- She watches anime with Jisoo. She says Jisoo always invites her too.
- She said the zip line(the attraction that reminds you of tarzan) was really fun even though if it was raining that time.
- The taxi dance she performed on the Knowing Bros. Variety show wasn't planned but since the other members thought it was hilarious, she decided to perform it.
- During the filming of her rap in Playing with Fire, Jisoo said it must have been scary and hot for Lisa, although she claimed that it was fun.
- She became Céline's muse in 2019