korean idol group

Bebe Mignon 베베 미뇽 3 Hae-Geum Female Happy Face Entertainment[1] N/A N/A 2012
CN Blue 씨엔블루 4 Jung Yong Hwa Male FNC Music Boice[2] Blue[2] — Korean idol rock band. Started as a rookie indie band in Japan. Kwon Kwangjin left the group in 2009 before they debuted in Korea and Lee Jungshin was added.[3]
Girl2School 걸2스쿨 7 — Female Tip Top Entertainment N/A N/A — Rotating rookie girl group. Originally a 14 member group.[4]
Vanilla Lucy[5] 바닐라루시 3 — Female HM Entertainment N/A N/A — Bae Da Hae left the group in 2010[6]
Girl Story 걸스토리 4 — Female Ants Star Company[7] N/A N/A — The members were between 9–11 years of age at debut.[8]
GP Basic 지피 베이직 6 Leah Female JN Entertainment Basically Purple — The 2nd youngest girl group to debut.[9] In 2011, Hannah left the group and Mui was added. In 2013 Janey joined D-Unit as a guest member.
Orange Caramel 오렌지 카라멜 3 Raina Female Pledis Entertainment Playgirlz Pinkish —
TOUCH 터치 5 Chulmin Male YYJ Entertainment N/A N/A — Debuted as a 7-member group. Dabin departed from the group shortly after debut. Minseok and Hanjun left the group in 2011 and Jaewook was added. In 2012, Junyong and Younghoon left the group and were replaced by Chulmin and Kanghyun.[10]
VNT 브이엔티 2 Tina Female Media Line N/A N/A 2011 Debuted as a 3-member group. All members were born in 1992, hence their group name VNT: Voice of Ninety Two;[11] member Lil J withdrew from the group in 2011.[12] VNT disbanded following Lil J's departure.
One Way[13] 원웨이 3 Chance Male Yejeon Media One Love N/A —
F1rst[14] 퍼스트 7 Sul-hee Mixed K-Yen Media N/A N/A — Originally an 8-member group made up of four girls and four boys, but in 2011, HayJ, Lina, and Ray left the group and Minkyung and Doa were added. Some are former models.
Co-Ed School[15] 남녀공학 13 Yoosung Mixed Core Contents Media N/A N/A — Originally a 10 member group, they experienced various lineup changes. The band consists of two sub units, 5dolls and Speed.[16] In February 2013, a new member was revealed, called Choi Jihyun.[17]
DMTN 달마시안 6 Inati Male Two Works Entertainment (2012–present)[18]
IS Entermedia Group (2010–2012)[19] Dalmate N/A — Dari enlisted in the military on April 25, 2011.[20] In May 2012, Day Day departed from the group and Simon was added.[19] The group was renamed from Dalmatian to DMTN before their 2013 comeback.[18]
Nine Muses 나인뮤지스 9 Sera Female Star Empire Entertainment Mine[21] N/A — Model-Idols. Shortly after debut, Jaekyung withdrew from the group and Hyuna was added.[22] In mid-2011, Rana and Bini withdrew from the group to focus on an acting career.[23] In November 2011, Kyungri joined the group.[24] Later Sungah was added.[25]
miss A 미쓰에이 4 — Female JYP Entertainment (AQ Entertainment)[26] Say A[2] N/A[2] — 2 members are of Korean descent and 2 members of Chinese descent.[26]
Girl's Day 걸스데이 4 Sojin Female Dream Tea Entertainment Dai5y (Daisy) N/A — Shortly after debut, Jisun and Ji-in withdrew from the group and Yura and Hyeri were added.[27] In 2012, Jihae left the group.[28]
LED Apple 레드애플 5 Youngjun Male Starkim Entertainment[29] LEDA[30] Pearl Teal — Debuted as a 5-member group. I-OH left the group due to illness. Sunghyun and Minyong left the group after debut promotions and Kyumin, Jaehoon, and Hyosuk were added. In November 2011, Jaehoon left the group and KeonU and Hanbyul were added. KeonU left the group in July 2012.
Teen Top 틴탑 6 C.A.P Male T.O.P Media Angel[31] Pearl Light Lavender[2] — Created by Andy Lee of Shinhwa. The group consists of 6 members: C.A.P, Chunji, L.Joe, Niel, Ricky, and Changjo. Ever since their debut, they have been well known for their synchronized dancing, being the youngest male K-Pop group, being the shortest male K-Pop group, and being the lightest male K-Pop group.
INFINITE 인피니트 7 Sunggyu Male Woollim Entertainment INSPIRIT[2] Pearl Metal Gold — Their first album was produced by Epik High's Tablo and Mithra Jin. Known for their in sync dancing.[32]
SISTAR 씨스타 4 Hyorin Female Starship Entertainment STAR1[2] Fuchsia[33] — Starship Entertainment's first girl group.[34] Soyu was a candidate member for 4minute and Hyorin is a former JYP trainee.
F.Cuz 포커즈 5 Jin On Male CAN Entertainment[35] For U[36] Twinkle Light Silver[37] — Pronounced as "focus", originally a 4-member group.[38] Had various lineup changes.
ZE:A 제국의아이들 9 Moon Jun Young Male Star Empire Entertainment ZE:A'S (ZE:A Style)[2] Jade Green — Also known as Children of the Empire[39]
The Boss (DGNA)[40] 대국남아 5 Mika Male Open World Entertainment[40] Master[41] Pearl Terracotta — All members were former members of the group Xing.[42] Promotes primarily in Japan.[40] The band went on a hiatus since the arrestment of the CEO of their agency in April 2012.[43]
Electro Boyz 일렉트로 보이즈 3 Maboos Male Brave Entertainment N/A N/A — Debuted as a duo. In 2011, Chakun was added to form a 3-member group.[44]
ABLE 에이블 4 Juho Male N/A ABling N/A — Debuted as duo. In 2012, Sungmin and Jiyeol were added.[45]
Soul Harmony[46] 소울 하모니 2 — Mixed N/A N/A N/A — Rock-R&B duo[47]
Homme 옴므 2 — Male Big Hit Entertainment N/A N/A — Collaboration group between 8eight's Hyun and 2AM's Changmin[48]
S.M. The Ballad — 4 — Male SM Entertainment Balladears N/A — Composed of TRAX's Jay, Super Junior's Kyuhyun, SHINee's Jonghyun and rookie singer Jino.[49]
Honeydew 허니듀 2 — Female Top Class Entertainment N/A N/A — The girls were a part of four-member girl group Stellar. In January 2012, the girls left the group and continued their promotions as Honeydew.[50]
T-Blue[51] 티블루 3 — Male True M Entertainment N/A N/A —
JYJ 3 Kim Jaejoong Male C-JeS Entertainment[52] CASSIOPEIA Red — Former Members of TVXQ Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, and Kim Junsu. Debuted in August 2010 with their first English album The Beginning, including a track produced by Kanye West.
GD & TOP 2 — Male YG Entertainment N/A N/A — Sub unit from Big Bang. They debuted in late 2010 with the album GD&Top Vol.1[53]
10cm 십센치 2 — Male Nega Network[54] N/A N/A — Acoustic duo formed in 2009, debuted in 2010.[55][56]
2011[edit]

Name Number of members Leader Gender Entertainment Agency Trivia Disbanded Notes
English Hangul Fanclub name Official color
Dal Shabet 달샤벳 6 Serri Female Happy Face Entertainment Darling N/A — [57] Debuted on January 3rd. Produced by E-Tribe.
Piggy Dolls 피기돌스 3 Min Sun Female Winning InSight Entertainment N/A N/A — [58] Debuted on January 5th. Known for their large size on debut.
KINO 5 — Male N/A N/A — [59] Debuted on January 18th. Started out in Japan.
Coin Jackson 코인 잭슨 6 Mari Female PPP Entertainment N/A N/A — [60] Debuted on February 8th. Known as an A capella hip-hop group.
BBAN 비비안 3 Han Ok Female Victory J Entertainment N/A N/A — [61] Debuted on February 11th.
LA.G 라지 5 — Female InterVidi Entertainment N/A N/A — [62] Debuted on February 15th. Known as a ‘classical’ girl group.
HARASORA 하라소라 2 — Female Covas Media N/A N/A — [63] Debuted on February 15th.
Bella 벨라 3 Lucy Female Apple Entertainment N/A N/A — [64] Debuted on February 25th.
CHI CHI 치치 5 Semi Female Yedang Entertainment Shy Girl N/A — [65] Debuted on March 20th.
INY 아이니 3 — Female Unknown N/A N/A — [66] Debuted on March 19th.
Leader'S 리더스 24 Cindy Female TGN Entertainment N/A N/A — [67] Debuted on March 22nd.
Clover 클로버 3 Tyfoon Mixed GYM Entertainment N/A N/A — [68] Debuted on March 30th.
RaNia 라니아 6 Saem Female DR Music A1st N/A — [69] Debuted on April 5th, Members from Japan, China, and Thailand. Formerly produced by Teddy Riley.
Brave Girls 브레이브 걸스 5 Eun Young Female Brave Entertainment Fearless N/A — [70] Debuted on April 7th. Produced by the Brave Brothers.
Block B 블락비 7 Zico Male Stardom Entertainment BBC Khaki — [71] Debuted on April 13th.
X-5 엑스파이브 5 Ghun Male Open World Entertainment N/A N/A 2012 [72] Debuted on April 17th. Ghun and Haewon are former members of trot group, 3 Chongsa. Zin and Sulhu are former members of XING. After Open World’s CEO was arrested- the group left the company and their future is unclear.[73]
A Pink 에이핑크 6 Park Chorong Female A Cube Entertainment Pink Panda Pink — Debuted on April 19th as a 7 membered group.[74] In April 2013, member Hong Yookyung left the group.[75]
B1A4 비원에이포 5 Jinyoung Male WM Entertainment BANA Pastel Apple Lime — [76] Debuted on April 23rd.
SpinEL 스피넬 2 Spin Female JOIN.S Entertainment N/A N/A — [77] Debuted on May 10th.
A-Peace 에이피스 21 Dongho Male Golden Goose Entertainment N/A N/A — [78] Debuted on May 13th.
EI YO 에이요 3 — Female HWIAD Entertainment N/A N/A 2011 [79] Debuted on May 17th.
Blady 블레이디 4 Da Rae Female SY6 Entertainment Hi Ade N/A 2013 [80] Debuted on May 17th.
Swincle 스윙클 5 Jisoo Female Kant Entertainment N/A N/A 2011 [81] Debuted on May 18th. Jisoo was going to debut with Rainbow.
Swan.B 스완비 4 — Female Star Sonic Entertainment N/A N/A — [82] Debuted on May 24th.
Boyfriend 보이프렌드 6 Donghyun Male Starship Entertainment Best Friend N/A — [83] Debuted on May 25th.
BGH to 비지에이치투 3 — Female B-Town Company N/A N/A — [84] Debuted on May 25th.
N-Train 엔트레인 5 Jungkyun Male MediaLine Entertainment ETERNEL N/A — [85] Debuted on May 26th.
Carcaro Girl 카카오걸 6 — Female N/A N/A — [86] Debuted on May 29th.
Eye To Eye 아이투아이 3 — Female N/A N/A — [87] Debuted on June 6th.
Ocean Girls 5 Park Han Byul Female Vivaldi Park N/A N/A — [88] Debuted on June 24th. Group put together for Ocean Parks’ CF and is made up of Park Han Byul,Lee Tae Im, Lee Chae Young, Jang Ji Eun, and Jun Eun Mi. Their track is a re-arrangement of PSY‘s hit track, “Right Now”.
Wind Hold Venus 와인홀비너스 4 — Female Plus 9 Entertainment N/A N/A — [89] Debuted on June 28th. Gathered attention as being the ‘female CNBLUE’.
Black Eye 블랙아이 2 — Female YnS Entertainment N/A N/A — [90] Debuted on July 6th.
HITT 히트 4 — Male Sony Music N/A N/A 2012 [91] Debuted on July 7th. After Hayong and Howon left the group, HITT disbanded, with their CEO informing everyone that the remaining members will be part of a new group.[92]
B.o.M 4 — Male N/A N/A 2013[93] [94] Debuted on July 27th. Sechang was a child actor and contestant on MBC’s “Birth of a Great Star“, Raewon had previously released two digital singles back in 2010, Tagoon, was an underground rapper and had formerly trained with Block B and has been featured in several mixtapes.
TWI-Light 트와일라잇 7 Siwan Male Yeil Entertainment N/A N/A 2012 [95] Debuted on August 1st. Some of the members were a part of 20star (a band that never debuted).
Elizabeth 엘리자베스 2 S-Cat Female South Park Pictures N/A N/A — [96] Debuted on August 12th. Know as Koreas’ Lady Gaga.
Super 8 Bit 슈퍼에이트빗 3 — Female Evans Music N/A N/A — [97] Debuted on August 16th. Toured Japan under the name Shorty Cat before debut.
Chocolat 쇼콜라 4 Min Soa Female Paramount Music Chocolatier N/A — [98] Debuted on August 16th. Contains three half-Caucasian, half-Korean members.
Swing Girls 스윙걸즈 5 Seon In Female N/A N/A — [99] Debuted on August 19th. Known for having ‘D-Cups’.
Honeydew 4 Gayoung Female Top Class Entertainment N/A N/A — [100] Debuted on August 22nd. Produced by Eric Mun of Shinhwa. Formerly called Stellar.
BB.Boys 비비보이즈 3 Taehee Male CJ E&M N/A N/A 2012 [101] Debuted on August 24th.
Sweet Revenge 스윗 리벤지 4 Soyoung Female N/A N/A — [102] Debuted on August 25th.
S.L.I.M 4 — Male Soliens Entertainment N/A N/A — [103] Debuted on August 30th.
April Kiss 에이프릴키스 6 Soomin Female Andy Bros N/A N/A 2011 [104] Debuted on August 31st. Received attention by being called the ‘female 2PM’.
N:SONIC 엔소닉 7 J.Heart Male LOEN Entertainment Supersonic N/A — [105] Debuted on October 5th.
M.Peror 엠퍼러 6 Kangon Male Fly Music Entertainment Kingdom N/A — [106] Debuted on October 7th.
C-REAL 씨리얼 5 Chemi Female NAP Entertainment C-REALing N/A — [107] Debuted on October 11th.
M.I.B 엠아이비 4 5Zic Male Jungle Entertainment Busterz N/A — [108] Debuted on October 24th.
BoyZ 보이즈 5 — Male VIP Entertainment N/A N/A — [109] Debuted on October 25th. Group name was going to be VIP.
MYNAME 마이네임 5 Gunwoo Male H2 Media MYgirl N/A — [110] Debuted on October 27th.
WE 위 4 Macho Mixed CJ E&M Music N/A N/A — [111] Debuted on October 31st.
Clinah 클리나 4 Han Yuna Female Dino Entertainment N/A N/A — [112] Debuted on November 1st.
AA 더블에이 5 Woosang Male Wellmade STAR M W N/A — [113] Debuted on November 2nd.
Woman Power 우먼파워 3 Suki Female Nextar Entertainment N/A N/A — [114] Debuted on November 8th.
AXIZ 엑시즈 5 Junhyung Mixed Universal Music N/A N/A — [115] Debuted on November 17th. Contains KBS 2TV‘s ‘Top Band‘ contestants.
New.F.O 뉴에프오 5 JN Female EnterArts Global N/A N/A 2012 [116] Debuted on November 23rd. Created by 6theory and EnterArts Global. Dana is the sister of Mino from B.o.M. JN (Jisun) is a former member of Girl's Day. Received attention for being the ‘female INFINITE’.
M Signal 2 — Male FNC Music N/A N/A — [117] Debuted on November 30th.
2012[edit]

Name Number of members Leader Gender Entertainment Agency Trivia Disbanded Notes
English Hangul Fanclub name Official color
F.I.X 4 — Male N/A N/A — [118] Debuted on January 3rd.
CHAOS 카오스 5 Park Taeyang Male Winning InSight Entertainment ChaoNyx N/A 2013[119] [120] Debuted on January 6th.
SPICA 스피카 5 Kim Boa Female B2M Entertainment Mercury N/A — [121] Debuted on January 9th. Jiwon is a former member of Five Girls (a group that never debuted) and T-ara. Kim Bo Hyung was originally set to debut in 2NE1. Kim Boa was INFINITE’s former vocal trainer.
Lay.T 레이티 5 Nara Female Baeksang Entertainment N/A N/A — [122] Debuted on January 10th. Group that combines disco and trot genres.
Baby Soul + Yoo Jia 2 — Female Woollim Entertainment N/A N/A — [123] Debuted on January 17th. Baby Soul and Yoo Jia are both solo artists, and might be put in a new upcoming girl group.
B.A.P 비에이피 6 Bang Yong Guk Male TS Entertainment BABY Spring Green — [124] Debuted on January 26th. Members Bang Yong Guk and Zelo released Never Give Up in 2011. Bang Yong Guk was also a solo artist before he became a member of B.A.P.
Six Bomb 식스밤 6 Hyejin Female Jang Entertainment N/A N/A — [125] Debuted on January 26th. Six Bomb gathered attention because Subin is friends with Yoona of Girls’ Generation.
OK! Punk 6 — Female N/A N/A — [126] Debuted on February 15th. The lead vocalist is actress Kim Ok Bin.
EXID 이엑스아이디 5 Solji Female AB Entertainment L.E.G.O N/A — [127] Debuted on February 16th. Produced by Shinsadong Tiger.
2BiC 투빅 2 — Male Nextar Entertainment N/A N/A — [128] Debuted on March 13th.
NU'EST 뉴이스트 5 JR Male Pledis Entertainment L.O.Λ.E Neon Pink — [129] Debuted on March 15th.
BTswing 비티스윙 2 Xing Na Female 101 Doors N/A N/A — [130] Debuted on March 15th.
BTOB 비투비 7 Eunkwang Male Cube Entertainment Melody Slow Blue — [131] Debuted on April 3rd.
EXO 엑소 12 Suho (K)
Kris (M)
Male SM Entertainment N/A N/A — [132] Prologue single was released on January 29th, but officially debuted on April 8th. Group made up of two sub-units. EXO-K which promotes in Korea and EXO-M which promotes in China.
7942 4 — Male N/A N/A — [133] Debuted on April 11th.
TaeTiSeo 소녀시대-태티서 3 Kim Taeyeon Female SM Entertainment S♥ne Pastel Rose Pink — [134] Debuted on April 19th. Sub-unit of Girls' Generation composed of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun.
HELLOVENUS 헬로비너스 6 Ara Female Pledis Entertainment Hello Cupid Lime Green — [135] Debuted on May 9th. Members Alice, Nara and Yooyoung are from Fantagio Entertainment.
Gangkiz 갱키즈 7 Jihyun Female Core Contents Media N/A N/A — [136] Debuted on May 15th.
Shez 쉬즈 4 Jinah Female Line Entertainment Holic N/A — [137] Debuted on May 17th.
JJ Project 제이제이 프로젝트 2 JB Male JYP Entertainment Joyful N/A — [138] Debuted on May 19th. Both members were actors in Dream High 2.
Sunny Days 5 — Female N/A N/A — [139] Debuted on May 21st.
VIXX 빅스 6 N Male Jellyfish Entertainment ST★RLIGHT N/A — [140] Debuted on May 24th. All the members were finalists on Mnet's reality program, "Mydol". The members were chosen through viewer votes.
A-JAX 에이젝스 7 Hyeongkon Male DSP Media A-LIGHT Blue — [141] Debuted on May 31st.
CROSS GENE 크로스진 6 Takuya Male Amuse Korea Entertainment N/A N/A — [142] Debuted on June 7th. Known for having Japanese and Chinese members.
Bikiny 4 — Female CJ E&M Entertainment N/A — [143] Debuted on June 19th.
Crayon Pop 크레용팝 6 — Female Chrome Entertainment N/A N/A — [144] Debuted on June 24th. On 7th May 2013, Japanese member Arisa was added for Japanese promomotions.
FLASHE 5 — Female N/A N/A — [145] Debuted on July 6th.
BIGSTAR 빅스타 5 FeelDog Male Brave Entertainment Only One N/A — [146] Debuted on July 12th. Created by Brave Brothers.
Glam 글램 4 Park Jiyeon Female Big Hit Entertainment N/A N/A — [147] Debuted on July 15th. Known for their debut song being about genderless love.
C-CLOWN 씨클라운 6 Rome Male Yedang Entertainment Crown Pearl Forest Green — [148] Debuted on July 18th.
TAHITI 타히티 6 Jung Bin Female DS Entertainment Black Pearl N/A — [149] Debuted on July 23rd.
Jevice 주비스 2 — Female Dream Tea Entertainment N/A N/A — [150] Debuted on July 26th. Hana was one of the original T-ara members. Juri was a part of ‘Qualifications of Men‘ choir.
AOA 에이오에이 8 Jimin Female FNC Music Elvis N/A — [151] Debuted on July 29th. Group consisting of a band and idol group together.
D-UNIT 디유닛 4 Wooram Female D-Business Entertainment UNIQUE N/A — [152] Debuted on August 1st. Debuted with 3 members. JNEY is a former member of GP Basic.
La_TTE 5 — Female N/A N/A — [153] Debuted on August 1st. Former members of Hallyu dance team ‘Love Cubic’.
Tasty 테이스티 2 — Male Woollim Entertainment Twings N/A — [154] Debuted on August 8th. Made of Korean-Chinese twins.
EvoL 이블 5 Say Female Stardom Entertainment Voller N/A — [155] Debuted on August 9th.
Skarf 스카프 5 Tasha Female Alpha Entertainment N/A N/A — [156] Debuted on August 13th. Consists of Singaporean members.
E-7 이세븐 6 Iz Male Excellent Entertainment N/A N/A — [157] Debuted on August 14th.
Phantom 팬텀 3 Kiggen Male Brand New Music Phantomism N/A — [158] Came into the music scene in 2011, but officially debuted on August 15th.
Two X 투엑스 5 Jiyoo Female J.Tune Camp Doubling N/A — [159] Debuted on August 15th.
TINY-G 타이니지 4 J.Min Female GNG Productions N/A N/A — [160] Debuted on August 22nd.
K-BOYS 5 — Male NSB Korean Entertainment N/A N/A — [161] Debuted on August 29th.
FIESTAR 피에스타 6 Jei Female LOEN Entertainment Let★s N/A — [162] Debuted on August 30th. Group with members from the USA and China. Linzy almost became a member of 2NE1.
Nep 엔이피 4 — Female Naeum Entertainment N/A N/A — [163] Debuted on September 5th.
Puretty 퓨리티 5 Haein Female DSP Media N/A N/A — [164] Debuted on September 5th. First debuted with a Japanese single as the theme for the anime Pretty Rhythm.
24K 투포케이 6 Cory Male Choeun Entertainment 24U N/A — [165] Debuted on September 5th.
Lunafly 루나플라이 3 Sam Male Nega Network N/A N/A — [166] Debuted September 6th.
BOB4 4 — Male N/A N/A — [167] Debuted on September 13th.
100% 백퍼센트 7 Minwoo Male T.O.P Media N/A N/A — [168] Debuted on September 18th. Created by Andy Lee of Shinhwa. Rokhyun is a former member of JUMPER.
OFFROAD 오프로드 5 G.I Male Inwoo Production N/A N/A — [169] Debuted on September 20th.
BBde Girl 비비드 걸 6 — Female Big Star Entertainment N/A N/A — [170] Debuted on September 27th.
Goddess 가디스 4 — Female KW Entertainment N/A N/A — [171] Debuted on September 27th.
84LY 에잇폴리 6 — Female Show M Entertainment N/A N/A — [172] Debuted on September 29th.
MR.MR 미스터미스터 5 Jin Male TH Entertainment Miso N/A — [173] Debuted on October 4th.
A.Cian 5 — Male N/A N/A — [174] Debuted on October 4th.
15& 피프틴앤드 2 — Female JYP Entertainment N/A N/A — [175] Debuted on October 4th. Composed of K-pop Star winner, Park Jimin, and "Genius Girl", Baek Yerin
Toxic 톡식 2 — Male TnC Entertainment N/A N/A — [176] Debuted on October 8th. Toxic were the winners of MBC audition program ‘Top Band‘.
The Cheers 치어스 2 — Mixed NH Media N/A N/A — [177] Debuted on October 8th.
ATTACK 5 — Male AentertainmentKOREA N/A N/A — [178] Debuted on October 10th. Members Jonghoon and Sunghwan are former members of KINO and Jiyoung Changwoo are former members of SOS.
Wonder Boyz 원더보이즈 4 Bak Chi Gi Male ENT102 N/A N/A — [179] Debuted on October 15th.
P.O.P CON 5 — Female JS Entertainment N/A N/A — [180] Debuted on October 16th.
Black Queen 블랙퀸 5 Jandi Female Sunwoo Entertainment N/A N/A — [181] Debuted on October 18th.
EXCITE 5 — Male Penta Entertainment N/A N/A — [182] Debuted on October 18th.
D.Q 4 — Female N/A N/A — [183] Debuted on October 18th.
E2RE 이투알이 4 — Female CS Happy Entertainment N/A N/A — [184] Debuted on October 31st.
A-PRINCE 에이프린스 5 Sungwon Male New Planet Entertainment A-Land[185] N/A — [186] Debuted on November 5th. Originally had the name ‘TAKEN’.
Mr. Slam 미스터슬램 5 — Male Kkun Entertainment N/A N/A — [187] Debuted on November 8th.
The SeeYa 더 씨야 4 Minkyung Female Core Contents Media N/A N/A — [188] Debuted on November 11th. Second generation of SeeYa.
Jackpot 7 — Male TSF Entertainment N/A N/A — [189] Debuted on December 5th.
Alphabat 9 Male N/A N/A — [190] Debuted on December 27th. Originally was a duo. In 2013, Alphabat moved to a different company and Kyumin left the group.
Vivid[191] 비비드 6 Park Sunghee Female NTree Entertainment [191] viviettes pink —
LXIA[191] 릭시아 4 Female Virus Musik Company
2J Entertainment[191] N/A N/A —
Ruby[191] 루비 5 Female HY Entertainment[191] N/A N/A —
2013[edit]

Name Number of members Leader Gender Entertainment Agency Fanclub Disbanded Notes
English Hangul Name Official color
Brit[192] 브릿 4 — Male Nextar Entertainment[192] N/A N/A —
Airplane[193] 에어플레인 3 mNine Male Winning InSight Entertainment[193] Airport N/A —
PASCOL[194] 파스칼 3 Moon Bin Female Tiptop Entertainment[195] N/A N/A —
INFINITE H[196] 인피니트 H 2 Dongwoo Male Woollim Entertainment INSPIRIT Pearl Metal Gold — Sub unit of INFINITE composed of Dongwoo and Hoya.
EgoBomb[197] 이고밤 2 Eul Male Sniper Sound[197] N/A N/A —
BPPOP[198] 비피팝 5 Pyunji Female BPSTORY Entertainment[199] Sweet Pops N/A —
Pixie[200] 픽시 2 Female N/A N/A — The members are Seulgi and Eunji.[200]
2YOON[201] 투윤 2 Gayoon Female Cube Entertainment 4NIA Pearl Violet — Sub unit of 4Minute composed of Gayoon and Ji Yoon.
Never Mind[202] 네버마인드 4 G-One Male Toeast Music[203] N/A N/A —
HavyT[204] 하비티 3 Kwak Tae Hoon Mixed N/A N/A —
Heart Rabbit Girls[205] 하트래빗걸스 5 Kim Hui Jeong Female Yun Story Entertainment N/A N/A —
DASONI[206] 다소니 2 Solji Female AB Entertainment L.E.G.O N/A — Sub-unit of EXID composed of Solji and Hani.
Iconize[207] 아이콘아이즈 5 Kim Hyun Male Nekki Entertainment[207] N/A N/A —
Purplay[208] 퍼플레이 4 Umi Female Purplei Entertainment N/A N/A —
MAIN[209] 메인 3 Il Han Male N/A N/A —
Rainy[210] 레이니 2 Female N/A N/A —
Ladies' Code[211] 레이디스 코드 5 Ashley Female Polaris Entertainment Lavely N/A — The 2 members from Birth of A Great Star‘s contestant Kwon Ri Sae and ‘Voice Korea‘ contestant Lee So Jung.
M4M (Mystical 4Mula) 미스터리컬 포뮬러 4 Jimmy Male Starrsky Entertainment
Cube Entertainment N/A N/A — Idol group trained under Cube Entertainment, set to debut in Korea and China[212]
ZE:A5[213] 제국의아이들 5 5 Kevin Male Star Empire Entertainment ZE:A'S (ZE:A Style) Jade Green — Sub-unit of ZE:A composed of Siwan, Hyungsik, Kevin, Dongjun, and Minwoo. The first debut in Japan with a single, and they also started promoting in Korea.
Topp Dogg[214] 4 Male Stardom Entertainment N/A N/A —
Global Icon 지아이 5 HaYun Female Simtong Entertainment N/A N/A — The group will be debuting on April 3, and the members Hayeon, OneKet, Eunji, AI, and Aram.[215]
Delight 딜라잇 4 Kelly Female BrosMedia Entertainment N/A N/A —
PURE[216] 퓨어 5 Soo Heok Male Pure Entertainment DIAMOND N/A —
Gag Concert Jun Guk Gu[217] 개콘전국구 4 Lee Sang Ho Male Cube DC Entertainment N/A N/A — Inspired by Gag Concert's hottest sketches, "Jun Guk Gu". A boy group consists of Gag Concert comedians and is the first comedy boy group under Cube DC Entertainment.
uBEAT[218] 유비트 2 Eli Male NH Media Kiss Me Pearl Pink — Sub-unit of U-Kiss composed of Eli and AJ.
HISTORY[219] 히스토리 5 Song Kyung Il Male LOEN Entertainment STORIA N/A — LOEN's first boy group and will debut on April 26.Na Do Kyun is a former member of rock band Buzz,and Jang Yi Jung is a contestant of Birth of Great Star 2
T-ara N4[220] 티아라 N4 4 — Female Core Contents Media[221] QUEEN'S Pearl Ivory — Sub unit of T-ara composed of Eunjung Hyomin Jiyeon and Areum.
One Piece[222] 원피스 4 Female Happy Face Entertainment N/A — —
LU:KUS[223] 루커스 5 Lee Donghyun Male Box Media N/A N/A — 3 members were part of disbanded group, X-5 (band).
BTS (Bangtan Boys/Bulletproof Boyscouts) 방탄소년단 7 Rap-Monster Male Big Hit Entertainment N/A N/A — Big Hit Entertainment's first hip-hop group consisting of 7 members.
Littles[224] 리틀즈 3 Sim Yeolim Female Nega Network N/A N/A — New girl group consists of 3 members, their average age 14-15 years old.
SEVENTEEN[225] 세븐틴 17[225] Seungcheol (Rumored) Male Pledis Entertainment[225] N/A N/A — Seventeen is an upcoming 17 member boy group from Pledis Entertainment.
LC9[226] 엘씨나인 6 RASA Male Nega Network LOVE BEATS N/A — This new group is the male version of the Brown Eyed Girls, this group consists of 6 members.
Impact[227] 임팩트 5 Van An Male Star Empire Entertainment N/A N/A — Star Empire Entertainment's new vocal group consisting of 5 members.
Boy's Republic[228] 소년공화국 5 One Junn Male Universal Music Korea N/A N/A —
M.pire 엠파이어 6 Taehee Male Benjamin Entertainment N/A N/A — Formed by 2 members from BB.BOYS and one from M.PEROR. Set to debut on May 11th on Dream Concert[229]
QBS[230] 큐비에스 3 Qri[citation needed] Female Core Contents Media QUEEN'S Pearl Ivory — Sub unit of T-ara composed of Qri, Boram and Soyeon.
2EYES 5 — Female SidusHQ — — — —
See also[edit]

List of South Korean idol groups (1990s)