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It has become common to find a non-Korean member in K-Pop groups these days. As K-Pop becomes a global phenomenon, more and more idols from different countries are debuting. One of the countries with the most debuting non-Korean K-Pop idols is none other than Japan.
Let’s take a look at some of the Japanese K-Pop idols who have debuted so far.
Check it out below!

TWICE members Instagram
Sana, Momo, and Mina made their debut as TWICE members in 2015. In 2023, the trio made their debut in Japan as TWICE’s first subunit group called MISAMO.

TREASURE officer
Haruto, Yoshi and Asahi made their debut as members of TREASURE in 2020.

TREASURE officer
Mashiho also made his debut as a member of TREASURE in 2020. In 2022, it was announced that he had left the group.

Nako and Hitomi’s Instagram
Nako and Hitomi debuted as members of IZ*ONE in 2018. After the project group’s disbandment and since then, both have continued with their initial Japanese groups AKB48 and HKT48.

LE SSERAFIM Sakura and Kazuha’s Instagrams
Former IZ*ONE member Sakura made her re-debut and Kazuha made their debut as members of the girl group LE SSERAFIM in 2022.

Official ENHYPEN
Ni-Ki debuted as a member of ENHYPEN in 2020.

PENTAGON Yuto’s Instagram
Yuto debuted as a member of PENTAGON in 2016.

NCT Yuta and Shotaro’s Instagram
Yuta debuted as a member of NCT in 2016. Shotaro joined NCT in 2020.

IVE official
Rei debuted as a member of IVE in 2021.

Officer Kep1er
Hikaru and Mashiro debuted as members of Kep1er in 2022.

official billlie
Tsuki and Haruna debuted as members of Billlie in 2021.

TFN official
Zero, Kairi, Kio, and Leo made their debut as TFN members in 2021.

planet of boys
Keita made his debut as a member of Ciipher in 2021.

DKB officer
Yuku made his debut as a member of DKB in 2020.

Official SECRET NUMBER
LÉA debuted as a member of SECRET NUMBER in 2020.

official LIGHTSUM
Hina debuted as a member of LIGHTSUM in 2021.

official triples
Kaede was revealed as the 9th member of tripleS in November 2022. Kotone was revealed as the 11th member of the group in January 2023. tripleS made their debut in February 2023 and is continuously adding more members (until they have 24).

MIRAE officer
LIEN debuted as a member of MIRAE in 2021.

Official PURPLE KISS
Yuki debuted as a member of PURPLE KISS in 2021.

official ONF
U debuted as a member of ONF in 2017.

ILY: 1 Officer
Hana and Ririka debuted as members of ILY:1 in 2022.

official cherry bullet
May and Remi debuted as members of Cherry Bullet in 2019.

official cherry bullet
Kokoro was a member of Cherry Bullet in 2019, but ended up leaving the group in the same year.

Takuya’s Instagram
Takuya debuted as a member of CROSS GENE in 2012.

Official Rocket Punch
Juri debuted as a member of Rocket Punch in 2019.

official TO1
Renta and Daigo debuted as members of TO1 in 2022.

GWSN Miya’s Instagram
Miya debuted as a member of GWSN in 2018.

official stone
Shana debuted as a member of Lapillus in

Official BUSTERS
Takara debuted as a member of BUSTERS in 2020 and Seira debuted as a member in 2021.

CSR officer
Yuna debuted as a member of CSR in 2022.

woo!ah! Official
Sora debuted as a member of woo!ah! in 2020.

women’s world official
Hari debuted as a member of Girl’s World in 2022.

Official Rose Costume
Miku and Momoka debuted as members of Pink Fantasy in 2018.

Official TRI.BE
Mire debuted as a member of TRI.BE in 2021.

LIMELIGHT official
MiU debuted as a member of LIMELIGHT in 2023.

Official PoshGirls
Niina, Miyu, Tsugumi and Riona debuted as members of PoshGirls in 2021.

Rui’s Instagram
Rui debuted at HUB in 2017.

NATURE official
Haru debuted as a member of NATURE in 2018.

Official JBJ95
Kenta debuted as a member of JBJ in 2017 and debuted in JBJ95 in 2018.
Who are your favorite Japanese K-Pop idols? Let us know in the comments!