or idols who are born/ lived in another country/ speak English etc
Born in USA:
- Amber Liu (f(x)), born in California (Taiwanese-American)
- Aron Kwak (NU’EST), born in California (Korean-American)
- Brian Joo (Fly to the Sky), born in California (Korean-American)
- Daniel Chae (Dalmatian), born in California (Korean-American)
- Danny Ahn (g.o.d.), born in Washington (Korean-American)
- Day Day (Dalmatian), born in California (Korean-American)
- Eli Kim (U-Kiss), born in California (Korean-American)
- Jay Park, born in Washington (Korean-American)
- Jessica Jung (SNSD/ Girl’s Generation), born in California (Korean-American)
- Kevin Woo (U-Kiss), born California (Korean-American)
- Krystal Jung (f(x)), born in California (Korean-American)
- Nicole Jung (KARA), born in California (Korean-American)
- Nichkhun Horvejkul (2PM), born in California (Thai-American)
- Rebekah Kim (After School), born in Hawaii (Korean-American)
- Simon Park (Dalmatian), born in Seattle (half Korean, half Japanese)
- Tiffany Hwang (SNSD/ Girl’s Generation), born in California (Korean-American)
Born in China:
Born in Canada:
Born in Macao:
- Alexander Eusebio (U-Kiss), born in Macao (Portugese/ Chinese/ Korean)
Born in South Korea, lived in USA:
- Kim KiBum (Super Junior), born in South Korea, lived in California, USA
- L. Joe (Teen Top), born in South Korea, lived in California, USA
- Micky YooChun (JYJ), born in South Korea, lived in Virginia, USA
- Min (miss A), born in South Korea, lived in USA
- Ok TaecYeon (2PM), born in South Korea, lived in Massachusetts, USA
- Park Bom (2NE1), born in South Korea, lived in USA
- Teddy Park (1TYM), born in South Korea, lived in USA
- Tony Ahn (H.O.T.), born in South Korea, lived in USA
Born in South Korea, lived in Hong Kong:
Born in South Korea, lived in Philippines:
Born in South Korea, lived in Australia:
Born in South Korea, lived in Canada:
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I’m pretty sure wasn’t born in Canada he justlived there ^^
Posted by Mishi | February 3, 2013, 2:46 amMark Tuan (Got7) is from California
Posted by Nikki Schnelker | November 29, 2016, 4:54 pmOops I was trying to have a separate comment about that lmao didn’t mean to have that as a reply to another comment
Posted by Nikki Schnelker | November 29, 2016, 4:57 pmAnd Jackson Wang from Got7
Posted by Nalin | June 1, 2017, 12:30 amKris was not born in Canada, he attend HS here only =)
Posted by LadyMinHee | February 13, 2013, 6:42 pmkris was born in Canada okay.
Posted by haha | January 25, 2014, 5:14 amKris is from China..he lived in Canada because one of his family members had to work there..
Posted by EXOEXOTICEXO | May 26, 2014, 11:26 pmOMG im fucking love to canada idol
Posted by Hyun Jae | February 22, 2013, 3:57 amkris was born in guangzhou china
Posted by Anna | March 26, 2013, 3:31 amHe was but then moved to Canada at a young age cuz of his family member’s work and became a Citizen of Canada ^^
Posted by Kayla | September 5, 2014, 4:08 amBarom Yu (Rome) from c-clown lived in australia
Posted by Rose | June 29, 2013, 9:26 pmYou forgot Rome from C-Clown
And Hanbyul.
There both Aussies! XD
Posted by Guraewolfnaegawolf | July 8, 2013, 6:09 amOMG HENRY IS FROM TORONTO LIKE ME IM FANBOYING RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Posted by BOYELF(no im not gay lol) | August 9, 2013, 7:17 pmTasty twins are from NY, USA
Posted by Aireti | September 23, 2013, 11:42 pmThey briefly lived & trained in NY.
Posted by Ky | March 22, 2014, 6:43 amThere seems to few missing for instance Danny Im Taebin of 1TYM and Danny From LA (DFLA) was born in and living back in California. Sunny from Girl’s Generation though now holds a Republic of Korea (South) citizenship she was born in California. NS Yoon-G (Christine Kim Yoon Ji) was born in South Korea, but lived in California from 4th grade up until she graduated from UCLA with Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Communication.
There are plenty more if you started counting those that just debuted in the last couple of years, for instance Francesca “Cheska” Ahn with Fiestar was born in the US and is Korean-American and Cao Lu is Chinese and is also in Fiestar.
Posted by Daryl | December 4, 2013, 7:57 pmMost of SM Entertainment produced groups have always featured some members who were born in South Korea and lived outside of South Korea for awhile, were/are Koreans born abroad, or are from different Asian groups.
Shinhwa Eric Mun, Shin Hye Sung, Andy Lee have at least lived in the US.
S.E.S. Kim Yoo Jin (Eugene) born in South Korea but lived in Guam before joining SM Entertainment, Yoo Soo Young (Shoo) was born in South Korea, but lived most her life before live Japan, prior to joining SME.
TVXQ the original line-up of five members included Park Yoo Chun (Micky Yoochun) who was born in South Korea and has lived in the US for about 7 years prior to joining SME.
Super Junior originallin-up included Hankyung (Han Geng) who is Chinese.
Super Junior-M includes Zhou Mi (Chinese) and Henry Lau (Chinese-Canadian)
Girl’s Generation Jessica Jung Soo Yeon and Stephanie “Tiffany” Hwang are Korean-Americans and Sunny (Lee Soon Kyu) is an American-Korean (born in the US but now holds a South Korean citizenship).
f(x) consist of two Asian-Americans (Krystal Jung Soo Jung (Korean-American) and Amber Liu (Taiwanese-American)) and Victoria Song Qian is Chinese. The other two members are South Korean Choi Jin Ri “Sulli” and Park Sun Young “Luna”.
EXO-M which is the Chinese sub-unit of the twelve member EXO group which include Kris (Chinese-Canadian), Xiumin is Korean, Lu Han is Chinese, Lay is Chinese, Chen is Korean, Tao is Chinese.
Posted by Daryl | December 4, 2013, 10:09 pmThere’s a lot of others from Australia; like, Rome(C-Clown), Hayana(Evol), Young Sky and Peter(One Way) – all from Sydney, NSW(New South Wales) CRAZYNO – from Melbourne,VIC(Victoria) and Hanbyul(LED Apple) – from Brisbane,QLD(Queensland).
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Posted by asdjkl | January 25, 2014, 6:13 amoh mygod,
that is foreign idols?
so weird
thanks
Posted by Halra | April 5, 2014, 7:40 amForgot Sunny… born in LA
Posted by Jolly Roger | April 26, 2014, 10:44 pmM.I.B, Kangnam born in Japan..he’s Japanese-korean..
Posted by Miwako Yuki | May 5, 2014, 2:05 pmyou forgot Sunny of SNSD. She’s Korean-American, born in Los Angeles, California.
And by the way, most of Chinese, Chn-Canadian, Korean-Americam, Taiwanese-American, and Korean/Chinese that grew up in the US are from SM ENT.
YG Ent also picks Korean from US, Phil and, sometimes, Thai.
JYP also have lots of Idols from US, Chn,Taiwan, Canada, Thai, and Jpn.
I noticed that all Big Three Entertainmemt picks foreign Idols or Half. Mostly American-Korean or Chinese.
Posted by seo_jo_ram.kp | May 14, 2014, 12:19 pmKris is from China..he lived in Canada because one of his family members had to work there..
Posted by galaxy_exo_12 | May 26, 2014, 11:27 pmHow funny, the he(Kris)-living-in-Canada reason– by family member meaning a parent?! LOL
Fans sure do some reaching & give hilarious irrelevant facts (no offense)
Posted by Anon_ky | June 2, 2014, 12:03 amHey how bout jackson of got7? Born in hongkong
Posted by Derby derp | July 21, 2014, 4:27 pmAnd also Mark from GOT7, I heard he is American-Taiwanese.
Posted by Lilian | August 7, 2014, 3:44 pmWhat about Clowns Rom? Isn’t he Korean Australian or something, he even host his own show on an Australian digital radio program. He Awesome…..
Posted by K_Wizz | August 11, 2014, 1:00 amI just noticed that Tiny-G Mint is not korean. She’s from Thailand. No other idol from Thailand?
Posted by Andicilin | August 24, 2014, 11:27 pmBambam from got7 and nichkhun from 2pm are Thai too!
Posted by Vereex | August 31, 2014, 12:47 pmActually, Sorn of CLC is from Thailand
Posted by Amber | July 4, 2016, 6:00 amLisa from blackpink is Thai
Posted by Saqila | January 11, 2018, 3:11 pmWendy Son from Red Velvet was born in Canada
Posted by Rita Tran | September 23, 2014, 3:10 amWhat about Mark Tuan, Jackson Wang, and Kunpimook Bhuwaku (BamBam)? (all from Got7)
Mark= Taiwanese-American from L.A, California, Jackson= Chinese from Hong Kong, BamBam= Thai from Thailand
Posted by Anne | October 9, 2014, 11:00 amWhat about Peniel Shin? He’s from the US, born in Chicago.
Posted by Rebecca | October 9, 2014, 11:03 amClara Lee and Shannon Williams are British citizen although Clara Lee was born in Switzerland.
Posted by James Rheza Cohen Smith | December 5, 2014, 3:08 amL.Joe lived in Beaverton, Oregon, not california.
Posted by Kai | January 20, 2015, 12:13 pmHi, I am from Hawaii. I was just wondering if anyone knew how Bekah became a kpop star. Did she do an online audition or…
Posted by Brandi | January 27, 2015, 8:14 pmYou forgot about cross gene’s Takuya >< He's from Japan
Posted by psycho1004 | February 15, 2015, 1:43 amyou forgot Danny Im, also from 1TYM, he’s from Cali too >_>
Posted by MsThugbear | March 8, 2015, 3:51 amMark Tuan (GOT7)
Taiwanese-American
Posted by jaewon park | March 18, 2015, 4:31 pmSanchez from Phantom is from New Zealand, born in S-Korea
Posted by Helen | July 23, 2015, 3:01 amCL?
Posted by as | August 20, 2015, 10:03 amKris was born in China he said so himself.
He lived most of his life in. China and only lived in Canada for a couple years before being a trainee in Korea.
Posted by destiny | October 20, 2015, 7:54 amKris was born in Guangzhou he said in one of his interviews ” I really miss my hometown Guangzhou”
Posted by 라리 | November 5, 2015, 6:57 amWhat about Bobby from IKon he is from Virginia,USA
Posted by Chassity Smith | January 4, 2016, 6:46 amKris was born in guangzhou and move to vancouver when he was 10 before coming to korea at 17. He hold Canadian citizenship. End of story
Posted by Krystine | February 13, 2016, 4:30 pmHow about Sunny from SNSD? She was born on US
Posted by eunice | February 18, 2016, 8:57 amIf I joined the kpop industry, Ill be in the catagory of Canadian/Canada and my race is western cree native american not korean at all. I do look like one, maybe. I want to participate next two years or three and audition. Just thinking about it makes me super nervous. I do want to leave my normal life since it it boring and live a life where I can be busy all the time and not worry of dying as a nobody. Just reading some webites about Kpop Idols inspires me more to realize some idols aren’t korean but are allowed to join despite they aren’t..korean. I wonder they will accept me even if I am a Cree,Native American and born in Canada. I think I will be the first Cree person to join the Kpop industry lmao…My mother will be proud. If they don’t accept me…There goes my confidence.
Posted by Someone Ordinary | March 20, 2016, 2:37 amYou forgot Shannon Williams. She was born in London, UK and is Korean-English.
Posted by MoonSun | April 12, 2016, 1:31 amL.Joe studied in Oregon not California
Posted by Jane | July 3, 2016, 7:20 amOk the list for born in the US you didn’t put Mark Tuan from Got7 on there and you didn’t put Jackson Wang from Got7 into the list for born in China. Mark is from California and Jackson is from Hong Kong.
Posted by Brie Esperanza | July 4, 2016, 7:41 amSeventeen’s Joshua , Vernon , The8 and Jun are also foreign idols .
Joshua Hong / Hong Jisoo is from California . He’s Korean . Hansol Vernon Choi is from New York . He’s half American half Korean The8 / Xu Minghao and Jun / Wen Junhui is fron China (idk where)
and Samuel from 1punch is half Hispanic half Korean .
Posted by carrots | July 9, 2016, 7:21 amDAY6 Jae is from Argentina (the one and only latin american Idol)
Posted by Sofi | July 11, 2016, 9:56 pmGuys just wait for the kpop encyclopedia to update
Posted by mark adeva | August 13, 2016, 1:44 pmThere’s Prince Mak (JJCC) were born in Australia. He’s Chinese – Australian
Posted by njxaemsjyo | March 26, 2017, 2:13 pmNCT have a lot foreign member.
Ten Chittapon Leechaiyapornkul (Thai)
Mark Lee (Korean-Cannadian, born in Cannada)
Johnny Seo (Korean-American, born in America)
Nakamoto Yuta (Japanese)
There’s a Korean member who have live in america for 4 years, Jung Jae-hyun.
Posted by njxaemsjyo | March 26, 2017, 2:17 pmYou forgot about the chinese line in NCT. Dong Sicheng (Winwin), Chenle and Renjun are from China. 🙂
Posted by Saqila | January 11, 2018, 3:15 pmIm english-
Is it possible for me to become a kpop idol?
Lmao. Im not korean in any way
Posted by Coco | November 4, 2017, 7:45 pmBlackpink Rose is korean, but she was born in Auckland New Zealand and live in Australia. She is New Zealand citizen.
Posted by Nit1997 | December 20, 2017, 9:16 amThe Boyz has three foreign members. Jacob Bae is from Toronto, Canada. Kevin Moon is from Vancouver, Canada. Eric (Son Youngjae) was born in Korea but grew up in LA.
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