kpop companies don't do this anymore right ?

    kpop companies don't just send their idol to japan now to promote or build their career there (not because kpop doesn't need japan but because kpop doesn't need to promote a lot in japan since a lot can get popular by just releasing kpop albums )

    These are the groups that I know of DBSK , FTisland and N.flying I remember DBSK talked about their hardship in japan promoting and language barrier , culture..etc I don't remember where I read this so if I find the source I will post it, and for bands


    n.flying were promoting in japan before their official debut in korea I also think because playing in japan will help them gain more experience because bands market in japan is bigger


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  • AllKill VIP

    no it was when kpop wasn't really exported in japan yet


    now that it is, idols can do well in japan based on how well they are doing internationnally or in korea


    but during start of 2nd gen Kpop wasn't as big than it is right now in japan, so kpop artist had to start from the ground and promote themselves and learn on the spot the culture and language

    i remember boa , saying how she was sent in japan without knowing anything and had to do everything herself at a very young age

    Curently it's happening the other way around. Universal Japan has a boygroup called NIK that promoted themself for almost 3 months in Korea. They debuted 1 week in Korea before Japan but till early December most of the work the group did was based around Korea. It was even so heavly done that some people coming across them thought they would be a KPop-group since half of the members is Korean and they have 2 songs on their debut album that have a Korean version. But they are ment to be a JPop-group and you see on their album how almost all songs are just Japanese so far. The show the group was found with was also a Japanese show aired on Japanese TV so ...

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    I think EXO is the first group that SM didn't need to promote in japan to get popular and since then SM also stopped sending idols to japan to promote like SNSD , SJ and TVXQ. Nflying is the only 3rd gen idols that I know of that were sent to japan but their situation is different since they're a band

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    Curently it's happening the other way around. Universal Japan has a boygroup called NIK that promoted themself for almost 3 months in Korea.

    7 of the members are korean so it make since that they will promote in korea. However, I think japanese market is still stronger than korean (it's better for idols to promote and make money in japan rather than korea especially if might not be popular in other countries). If their aim is to promote in korea to help the group gain popularity in other countries around the world then this is a good move, because of copyright reasons it's hard for japanese group to gain popularity in other countries.

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