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K-Pop idols have always had more than their musicality and dancing skills to offer to the table. One of these skills is knowing another language. Since fans could feel more connected to someone fluent in their native tongue, it could help a group build a fanbase overseas. Other than English, Japanese is probably the most common language for K-Pop idols to be fluent in, especially since there are so many K-Pop idols from Japan. However, there are some idols with no connection to Japan who've reached an impressive level of proficiency in the language by learning it themselves.
In no particular order, let's take a look at some of the newer idols who've studied or taught themselves Japanese!
1. ENHYPEN's Jay
ENHYPEN's Twitter
At a fansign, when asked by an ENGENE if he had any secrets for learning Japanese, Jay said that he started learning Japanese by watching the anime series 'Atashin'chi' and 'Detective Conan.' He also said that would listen to Japanese radio stations on YouTube with subtitles on. Prior to being an "I-LAND" contestant, he was a trainee for about 3 years, and during this time, he continued listening to Japanese radio with his earphones.
His favorite Japanese word is "tsuyoi," which means strong. It was also the first vocabulary word that he learned. As he was born in and spent much of his childhood living in Seattle, he's also fluent in English.
2. CRAVITY's WonJin
CRAVITY's Twitter
Since he was so into anime, WonJin started teaching himself Japanese so that he could watch it without subtitles. After joining Starship, he actually began taking Japanese lessons.
At the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards, WonJin delivered an appreciation speech to fans in Japanese. People seemed to love his Japanese. He gained much attention for it on Twitter, and some viewers even mistook him for a Japanese member because his Japanese was so good. Watch the speech below!
3. EPEX's BaekSeung
EPEX's Twitter
In the middle of last year, BaekSeung said that he takes Japanese lessons. We aren't sure if he still does, but they definitely did work! ZENITHs fell head over heels for his Japanese while doing a cover of the Japanese hip-hop song 'Hug' by sorane with cignature's Belle. Check it out below!
4. T1419's On
T1419's Twitter
It’s no surprise that a T1419 member is on this list. After all, 4 out of their 9 members are Japanese. On’s Japanese isn’t perfect, but we still love heading him speak it, especially on the Japanese version of their reality show, Daily Us.
5. TREASURE' JiHoon
TREASURE's Twitter
Although he's skilled in it, JiHoon has said that he still has a long way to go with his Japanese. He actually studied the language extremely hard because he thought that he would be the group's spokesperson for Japanese promotions. Little did he know that he would be joined by 4 Japanese dudes as members!
6. JUST B's Bain
JUST B's Twitter
Bain is impressively multilingual. Aside from Korean and Japanese, he can also speak English and Mandarin.
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