That's a hell lot of idol groups
They all debuted in 2012. I didn't know half of these groups exsisted. .____________.
| Name | Number of members | Leader | Gender | Entertainment Agency | Trivia | Disbanded | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Hangul | Fanclub name | Official color | ||||||
| NU'EST | 뉴이스트 | 5 | JR | Male | Pledis Entertainment | L.O.Λ.E | N/A | — | The first boy group of Pledis entertainment. Their name stands for NU(new), Establish, Style and Tempo. |
| EXO | 엑소 | 12 |
Suho (K)
Kris (M) |
Male | SM Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | The group will be promoting in two units at the same time - EXO-K (Korean) and EXO-M (Mandarin). |
| B.A.P | 비에이피 | 6 | Yong Guk | Male | TS Entertainment | BABY | — | — | |
| Taetiseo | 소녀시대-태티서 | 3 | Kim Taeyeon | Female | SM Entertainment | S♥NE | Pastel Rose | — | Taetiseo is the first official sub-group of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation composed of Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun. |
| Rainbow Pixie | 레인보우 픽시 | 3 | SeungAh | Female | DSP Media | Rain-nous | N/A | — | A sub-unit of Rainbow: Comprising SeungAh, Jisook and Hyunyoung |
| Six Bomb | 식스밤 | 6 | Hyejin | Female | Jang Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Member Subin is known as SNSD's Yoona's best friend since elementary school. Rapper Dok2's older brother Mr. Gordo was in charge of creating the girls' debut track, "Chiki Chiki Bomb". |
| ChAOS | 카오스 | 5 | Park Taeyang | Male | Winning InSight Entertainment | ChaoNyx | N/A | — | Debuting simultaneously in both Korea and Japan. |
| Spica | 스피카 | 5 | Kim Boa | Female | B2M Entertainment | Mercury | N/A | — | |
| EXID | 이엑스아이디 | 5 | LE | Female | AB Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Produced by Shinsadong Tiger. Yuji, Dami and Haeryung departed the group in April 2012 and were replaced by two new members. |
| Lay.T | 레이티 | 5 | Nara | Female | Baeksang Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | The group introduces a new style, the "tisco", the junction of trot and disco. |
| SPEED | 스피드 | 7 | Taewoon | Male | GM Contents | N/A | N/A | — | The male sub-unit of Co-Ed School. |
| Hello Venus | 헬로비너스 | 6 | Ara | Female | Pledis Entertainment | Hello Cupid | Lime Green | — | Ara, Lime and Yoonjo are from Pledis. Alice, Nara and Yooyoung are from Fantagio. |
| A-JAX | 에이젝스 | 7 | Hyeongkon | Male | DSP Media | A-LIGHT | N/A | — | Only male group of DSP Entertainment. Formerly known as SS502 & DSP Boyz. A-LIGHT (에이라이트) means AID+LIGHT. It implies that fans will help A-JAX shine. |
| JJ Project | 제이제이 프로젝트 | 2 | JB | Male | JYP Entertainment | — | N/A | — | Comprising JB and Jr. Both of them acted in the drama Dream High 2. |
| BTOB | 비투비 | 7 | Eunkwang | Male | Cube DC | Melody | N/A | — | Their name stands for "Born To Beat". |
| She'z | 쉬즈 | 4 | Jinah | Female | Line Entertainment | Holic | N/A | — | First idol group of Line Entertainment. |
| Gangkiz | 갱키즈 | 7 | Jihyun | Female | GM Contents Media | N/A | N/A | ||
| Big Star | 빅스타 | 5 | FeelDog | Male | Brave Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Created by producer Brave Brothers. |
| CROSS GENE | 크로스진 | 6 | Takuya | Male | Amuse Korea Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | An international boyband that consists of Korean,Chinese and Japanese members. |
| GLAM | 글렘 | 5 | Park Jiyeon | Female |
Source Music Big Hit Entertainment |
N/A | N/A | — | |
| Ne.P | 네피 | 4 | — | Female | Unknown | N/A | N/A | — | |
| Cutie-L | 큐티엘 | 6 | — | Female | Navi Actors | N/A | N/A | — | Composed of child actresses. |
| 4Heaven | 포헤븐 | 4 | — | Male | Bridge Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Ballad group |
| Prizmoliq | 프리즈몰릭 | 2 | — | Male | Grand Pics Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| Seventeen | 17 | — | Male | Pledis Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | One of the largest idol groups. They will simultaneously promote in Korea, Japan and China. | |
| Puretty | 프리티 | 5 | Haein | Female | DSP Media | N/A | N/A | — | Puretty = pretty + pure. |
| BTswing | 비티스윙 | 4 | Xing Na | Female | 101 Doors | N/A | N/A | — | The group is well known for being trained by the female vocal group Bubble Sisters. |
| Pandora | 판도라 | 4 | Kaerin | Female | T.S Family Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | After their debut single released, member SooA left the group |
| S the ONE | 에스더원 | 5 | Ji Eun | Female | EC Ebenezer | N/A | N/A | — | Contains three members from disbanded girl group JQT. |
| E-7 | 이세븐 | 6 | — | Male | Excellent Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Member Nam Gung left the group before debut. |
| 2BiC | 투빅 | 2 | — | Male | Nextar Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| PAMELA | 파멜라 | 5 | Female | Kkun Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | ||
| VIVID | 비비드 | 6 | Park Sunghee | Female | NTree Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| MaskOT | 마스코트 | 5 | — | Female | GBK Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | MaskOT stands for MAsk Of Thetis. |
| C-Clown | 6 | Rome | Male | Yedang Entertainment | N/A | Pearl Forest Green | — | 'C-Clown' which is 'Crown Clown',they are the first male group of Yedang entertainment. | |
| 7.9.4.2 | 칠구사이 | 4 | Yoo Haenghoon | Male | Contents Storage Company | N/A | N/A | — | Ahead of their debut, they had been cast in the Korea-Indonesa collaborative drama "I Love You...". |
| Ruby | 루비 | 5 | Sujin Lim | Female | HY Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| I-Cutie | 아이큐티 | 5 | — | Female | Orange Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| Tiny-G | 타이니지 | 4 | J.Min | Female | GNG Productions | N/A | N/A | — | This 4-member group made headlines through the program "Music and Lyrics". |
| VIXX | 빅스 | 6 | N | Male | Jellyfish Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | All the members were finalists on Mnet's reality program, "Mydol". The members were chosen through viewer votes. |
| D-Unit | 디유닛 | 3 | — | Female | D-Business Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | They follow a format of two permanent members with one new member who joins for every album. |
| OK! PUNK | 오캐이!펑크 | 6 | Kim Ok Bin | Mixed | Wide Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| New Us | 뉴어스 | 5 | Male | Star Cubic Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | . | |
| 100% | 백퍼센트 | 7 | Min Woo | Male | T.O.P Media | N/A | N/A | — | New second junior group for T.O.P Media and younger brother Teen Top. |
| 4K | 포케이 | 4 | Cory Hong | Male | Choeun Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | |
| I'MU | 5 | Male | N/A | N/A | — | Inspire Music Unit . Composed of the four remaining members of HITT plus new members. | |||
| A-Prince | 에이프린스 | 5 | Seongwon | Male | NEW PLANET Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Debuted under the name TAKEN in 2011. The group originally debuted under the company Again45 Entertainment, but changed to NEW PLANET Entertainment in the spring of 2012. In 2012, Yoojoon, Gunwoo, and Seungyeol left the group and Seungjin and Siyoon were added. |
| EvoL | 이블 | 4 | Kwon So Hee | Female | Stardom Entertainment | Voller | N/A | — | EvoL stands for "Effective Voice Of Ladies". |
| Excite | 5 | Tae.G | Male | Penta ENC | N/A | N/A | — | ||
| Crayon Pop | 크레용팝 | 5 | Female | Chrome Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | This 5-member girl group will be debuting in both Korea and Japan. | |
| FLASHE | 플래쉬 | 5 | Female | CGM Entertainment | N/A | N/A | - | ||
| A.cian | 에이션 | 5 | Seulgi | Male | ISS Entertainment | N/A | N/A | - | |
| SuPearls |
수펄스 秀펄스 |
4 | — | Female | YG Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | YG Entertainment released their plans for 4 of the 5 trainees they recently picked up from the popular audition show, SBS ‘K-pop Star. |
| N/A | N/A | 7 | Female | YG Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | YG Entertainment's group. | |
| TAHITI | 타히티 | 6 | E.J | Female | DS Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | A six member girl group that will make it's debut in July with "Tonight". Two other member, Ari and Hanhee left before debut to pursue their studies and replaced by Yeeun and Dasom. Dasom is a former trainee of Stardom Entertainment and supposed to debut with a upcoming new girl group, EvoL but left the company due to her own reason |
| Dr.k | 닥터케이 | 6 | — | Male | DONA Entertainment | N/A | N/A | — | Boy group that will debut in August with their six members. |
| ChiC Chu | 세련된 추 | 5 | Hae Young | Female | CUP Entertainment | ChiLL | Blite (blue and white) | - | The first girl group of a new agency. Debuted in November. Consist of Hae Young, Eun A, Hye Yee, Jenny and Yumi. |
| A.O.A (Ace Of Angels) | - | 8 | N/A | Female | FNC Music | N/A | N/A | - | The first girl group of FNC Music. |
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