At first, I was a fan of J-Pop. My number one J-Pop group was Arashi (and they still are to this day). 
I watched their movies, dorama, music videos. 
I enjoyed more of Japanese entertainment back when I was 12-years old. This was in 2005.

Fast forward 3 years later, I was on a website crunchyroll where I was busy watching anime.
There was an international chatroom and I joined in. 
We asked each other who our favorite groups were and someone mentioned 'DBSK'
I was like "Who's that?"
They were shocked I didn't know who they were. They said they were the best singers in the world. 
It was hard to believe because that's what I thought of Arashi.
They mentioned them and i was like "Okay."
I didn't think I should get into them but it did spark curiousity.

On the sidebar, there is a recommended videos section on crunchyroll (the same as youtube now).
I saw "TVXQ - You're my Miracle" 
There were five members and a piano and I was like "Eh? Who's this?"
Not thinking TVXQ = DBSK as the same group

I watched it and was blown away by the vocals. I was like damn they're good.

BUT

This didn't make me love them yet. 
I knew now that DBSK existed. 
Later on, I found out about Super Junior.
I was impressed by Korean music by then.

It took me a while but in 2009, Tohoshinki released the single "Why did I fall in love with you"

My stupid self didn't think TVXQ = DBSK = TOHOSHINKI
I was so immersed in Japanese but it didn't get me thinking that Tohoshinki was just the Japanese name of DBSK.
Dumb I know.

So I got interested in Tohoshinki. 
I researched all of their Japanese singles.
I downloaded even Korean singles. 
I was shocked they knew how to sing in Korean.

You know how titles have the artist name? Some titles had DBSK on it.

That's when I pieced it together.

That DBSK  = TVXQ = Tohoshinki

The puzzle had been solved.
I found out that TVXQ is a group of 5 Koreans that can sing in two languages
And all members are fluent in Japanese
And one member fluent in English

And that's it. 
I NEVER LOOKED BACK. I'M STILL INTO K-POP.

<3<3 NO REGRETS Y'ALL

HAPPY 10 YEARS TO MY FANGIRLING :))