On April 10th, WOWOW aired the big South Korean music event “DREAM CONCERT 2010” in Japan and many Japanese K-pop fans were pleased to see the performances of many of their favorite Korean artists on TV.

Prior to the broadcast goo/NTT DoCoMo wanted to find out which K-pop artist their members were most curious about and yesterday they released the results of this mobile poll. The results shouldn’t be that surprising when looking at the current success of the various K-pop groups in Japan. Check out the complete ranking below.

(For those of you curious as to why TVXQ or Big Bang weren’t on the list, they picked the artists from the lineup that performed at DREAM CONCERT 2010).

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Which K-pop artist do you want to get to know the most?



01 – 5,124 votes – KARA
02 – 2,665 votes – I’m not interested in K-pop
03 – 2,155 votes – Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
04 – 688 votes – CNBLUE
05 – 397 votes – 2PM

06 – 369 votes – BEAST
07 – 355 votes – SUPER JUNIOR
08 – 260 votes – 4Minute
09 – 213 votes – SHINee
10 – 94 votes – T-ara
11 – 88 votes – AFTER SCHOOL
12 – 82 votes – MBLAQ
13 – 71 votes – ZE:A
14 – 43 votes – Lee Hyori
14 – 43 votes – U-KISS
16 – 35 votes – Wonder Girls
17 – 34 votes – f(x)
18 – 19 votes – RAINBOW
19 – 10 votes – F.CUZ

Labels: 2PM, 4Minute, After School, B2ST, CN Blue, F.CUZ, F(x), KARA, Lee Hyori, MBLAQ, RAINBOW, SHINee, SNSD, Super Junior., T-ara, U-Kiss, Wonder Girls, ZE:A

Labels: 4Minute, Big Bang, CHI CHI, CN Blue, Dal Shabet, Han Groo, Hong Soo, Infinite, K-will, Lee Hyun, LPG, Maya, Mighty Mouth, Music Core, Onew, Orange Caramel, SISTAR, The Crack, Wheesung

On a special SBS broadcast titled, “Keep Your Energies High, Japan!“, many of Korea’s top idols gave their words of support to their Japanese fans who are ravaged by the earthquake.

Rain, SS501’s Kim Hyung Joon, Brown Eyed Girls, TVXQ, Super Junior’s Leeteuk and Shindong, 2PM, SNSD, CNBLUE, MBLAQ, 4minute, B2ST, and Minho and Taemin appeared in the clip and gave words of encouragement to tell Japan not to give up and still hope for the best.

2PM’s Junsu said, “What we need the most are your support and interest. Please keep supporting the issue.“, while SNSD’s Yoona stated, “If we gather our love and sincerity, we can find the power and bravery to recover from a tragedy.”

Labels: 2PM, 4Minute, B2ST, BEG, CN Blue, Earthquake, Japan, Junsu, Kim Hyun Joong, Minho, Rain, SNSD, SS501, Super Junior., Taemin, TVXQ

Labels: 2PM, After School, B2ST, CN Blue, Good Day, KARA, Miss A, SHINee, SISTAR, SNSD