The Gen Z couple changing Hong Kong’s Pilates scene with their studio about ‘community’

Pilates studios are a dime a dozen in Hong Kong – and that is partly what motivated Valeriia Kim and Caden Chan to launch their dream studio when they arrived in Hong Kong in 2025. Fresh out of university in the UK and barely settled in the city, the couple hit the ground running. “I’m very impatient,” Kim, 22, says. “Once I want something, I do anything to get it. Studios are opening all the time, and we need to be ahead.” In contrast, Chan, 23, was hesitant when Kim first floated the idea and...