korean idols
I heard my first Kpop in 2002 or so, when BoA released her first album. I followed kpop a little back then, but didn’t really get more into it until around 2007 when a friend who also liked hello! project introduced me to Girls’ Generation. I got kind of into it for a while, then in 2011 when the Hallyu wave really hit, I started following groups more seriously.
Since then, I’ve gotten into watching survival shows, beginning around when Produce 48 aired. Since then, I’ve also watched Girls Planet 999 and R U Next? I find that these shows, as problematic as they are, offer an insight into the trainees’ personalities one might not normally get to see (since I don’t watch much Korean variety TV…maybe I should get into that?), which gives me a chance to grow fond of a girl, and I usually end up following my favorites even if they don’t debut in the group the show is formed around.
bias
I don’t know nearly as much about Korean idol culture as I do Japanese, but my understanding is that a bias is basically their version of an oshi, so it’s your favorite member in a group; the one you’re biased toward.
- 허윤진 Huh Yunjin
- 宮脇咲良/사쿠라 Miyawaki Sakura
- 김채원 Kim Chaewon
- 션 Sheon
- 김보라 Kim Bora
- 박해윤 Park Hae-Yoon
- 怡人/이런 Yiren
- 도아 Doah
- 샤넬문 Chanelle Moon
- 하나 Hana
- 아테나 Athena
- 岸田莉里花/리리카 Kishida Ririka
- 김채현 Kim Chaehyun
- 野仲紗奈/샤나 Nonaka Shana
- 초원 Chowon
- 坂本舞白 Sakamoto Mashiro
- 강예서 Kang Yeseo
- 伊藤美優/미유 MiU
- 나고은 Na Go Eun
- 高橋朱里/쥬리 Takahashi Juri
- 本田仁美/히토미 Honda Hitomi
- 寺田芽衣/메이 Mei
- 승주 Seungjoo
soloists
- 츄 Chuu
- 이채연 Lee Chae Yeon
- 예나 Yena
- 이수현 Lee Suhyun
- 장나라 Jjang Nara
- 보아 BoA
- 조유리 Jo Yuri
- 강혜원 Kang Hyewon