Nikkei Entertainment lists the most popular K-pop groups in Japan

In Japanese magazine Nikkei Entertainment's latest issue, which was released in the beginning of this month, the results of an earlier held survey about K-pop in Japan were revealed. The survey was taken from a total of 300 women that are interested in K-pop music. The age group varied from girls in their teens to women in their 50s. In each age group 60 people were questioned.

The picture shows a graphic of the most popular and recognized K-pop groups in Japan. The actual percentage was calculated by adding the pink and orange percentages together. While the pink bar stands for the percentage of people who knows of the group, but doesn't know their songs; the orange one included the people who know everything about the groups and their songs.

TVXQ once again came out on top with every single participant knowing their name or music. Supernova, a group that was earlier said to be following in TVXQ's footsteps when talking about popularity, got close with 90% of the people knowing who they were. Big Bang closed the top 3 with 80% of the women knowing who they were. The rest of the list of boy groups included various popular K-pop groups as BEAST, 2PM and its counterpart 2AM, as well as lesser known groups in Korea who seem to be doing a great job in Japan.

The list of female groups included many different groups who haven't even made their official debut in the country, but also saw its top artists confirmed. Girls' Generation got to the first place with 99% of the people knowing who they are, while KARA came in a close second with only one percent less people knowing them. 4minute took a 3rd spot with a percentage of 40.

The top for both female and male groups overall showed that most of the questioned people had more knowledge about the boy groups than they had of the girl groups. The questioning and survey itself was concluded in July, meaning that groups who've released new music or have had their debut after that month, might score differently at this moment.

Male Idols:
1. TVXQ (100%) (every participant know them!!! TOHO fever>.<....)
2. Supernova (+- 90%)
3. BIG BANG (+- 80%)
4. 2PM (63%)
5. Beast (60%)
6. Super Junior (40%)
7. SHINee (39%)
8. FT Island (36%)
9. The Boss (36%)
10. 2AM (32%)
11. SS501
12. Infinite
13. CNBLUE
14. MBLAQ
15. ZE:A
16. U-Kiss
17. SHU-I
18. SM☆SH
19. Apeace
20. Boy Friend
21. Teen Top
22. X-5
23. F-CUZ

Female Idols:
1. Girls' Generation (99%)
2. KARA (98%)
3. 4Minute (40%)
4. After School (38%)
5. T-ARA (37%)
6. 2NE1 (24%)
7. SISTAR (22%)
8. Secret (18%)
9. Wonder Girls(17%)
10. Brown Eyed Girls (16%)
11. f(x)
12. Rainbow
13. Miss A
14. Jewelry
15. 5Dolls
16. Girl's Day
17. Nine Muses
18. A-Pink
19. Dal☆Shabet

one thing that i don't found in the list, JYJ....isn't they also known in Japan??