[News] Korean Stars Got Searched The Most at Twitter by Japanese Netizens


Japan twitter has been taken over by Hallyu stars.

According to Japan twitter search site statistics on December 22th (http://tr.twipple.jp/), the most searched celebrity of the year at twitter goes to JYJ Youngwoong Jaejoong. Meanwhile, KARA occupied the 3rd place, SNSD at 5th, TVXQ at 7th, and Xiah Junsu at 10th, leaving half of the top 10 search term to be occupied by Korean idols.

The 3 members of TVXQ formed group JYJ, regardless their lack Japanese activities, this result indeed proved that they still enjoyed high popularity in the country. Especially for Youngwoong Jaejoong, he showed his deep care to the Japanese fans at twitter by tweeting ‘仆, 日本語 忘れない から みんな も 韓 國 語 の 勉 强 頑張っ て ね (I never forget Japanese, so you shouldn’t forget to study Korean too)’ on November 11th. The tweet soon spread quickly and within 20 minutes after it published, the word ‘Korean’ became the most searched term at the search ranking.

The only Japanese groups on the list are girl group AKB48 and Perfume who are placed at 2nd and 4th respectively, while legendary British rock band The Beatles rose at number 6th.


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trans: sharingyoochun.net