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The most popular idol groups among Japanese teens and young adults

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Posted by Sophie-Ha Thursday, February 27, 2025 11,536

Joysound recently conducted a poll to explore the music preferences of teens in Japan, focusing on their top K-pop group picks.

Over the years, K-pop's influence has expanded across the globe, particularly growing among Japanese youth. K-pop's popularity has grown steadily, with more and more Japanese teens listening to the popular genre.

The survey, which included both males and females in their teens and 20s, categorized the results into popular male and female idol groups. Stray Kids once again emerged as the most popular male group among teens, while BTS was most popular among fans in their 20s. TWICE was selected as the leading female group for both teens and 20s.

So here are the results:

Boy groups popular among Japanese teens

Girl groups popular among Japanese teens

Note: #20 is Girls' Generation

Boy groups popular among Japanese (in their 20s)

Note: #17 is TVXQ

Girl groups popular among Japanese (in their 20s)

Korean netizens commented:

"BTS is still popular."
"TWICE is impressive."
"Wow, TWICE is impressive."
"It's Stray Kids' era now."
"I'm still confused why XG is still considered K-pop..."
"Big Bang??? They're on rank 6 even. That's really impressive."
"SHINee is in both rankings for teens and 20s."
"TWICE is crazy popular in Japan."
"BTS and TWICE is pretty impressive."
"Stray Kids!"
"IVE is really the miracle of a small company."
"TWICE is really popular overseas."
"JYP idol groups are super popular in Japan..."
"Wow."

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