In the ever proliferating industry of K-pop, it often gets difficult to keep a track on the exits and the entries of numerous bands; they are here today, gone tomorrow. Similarly, fandoms are built today, destroyed tomorrow, and caught in this constant making and unmaking of identities we often forget whether we even belong to an official fandom . While we are one within the broad ambit of K-pop, our loyalties lie to certain specific groups, and each such fandom builds itself into a family by naming itself.

So here is an attempt to compile the names of existing official fandoms in K-pop. The list has been divided into male groups, female groups, co-ed groups, and soloists. It does not include fandoms of groups which have disbanded.

FEMALE GROUPS

1PS — Four Seasons

2NE1 — Blackjack

4Minute — 4NIA

AOA — Elvis

A-Pink — Pink Panda

After School — Playgirlz/boyz

Blady — Hi Ade

BPPOP — Sweet Pop

Brave Girls — FEARLESS

Brown Eyed Girls — Everlasting

Chocolat — Chocolatier

C-Real — C-REALing

Dal Shabet — Darling

Davichi — Girls High

D-Unit — Unique

Evol — Vollers

EXID — L.E.G.O

Fiestar — Let★s

F-ve Dolls — Dolly

f(x) — Me U/μ

Gavy NJ — Happiness

Girls’ Day — DAI5Y

Girls’ Generation — S♥ne

G-Friend — Buddy

Glam — GLAMorous

GP Basic — Spade

Hello Venus — Hello Cupid

Jewelry — Jewel Box

KARA — Kamilia

Kiss&Cry — Cookie&Cream

Ladies’ Code — Lavely

Lip Service — Lip-Balm

Miss A — Say A

Nine Muses — Mine

Rainbow — Rainnous

RaNia — A1ST

Secret — SECRETTIME

She’z — Holic

SISTAR — STAR1

Spica — Mercury

Sunny Hill — Hiller

T-ARA — QUEEN’S

TAHITI — Black Pearl

TINY-G — MINI-ME

The SeeYa — TheSeeYaUnit

TWICE — ONCE

Two X — Doubling

Wonder Girls — Wonderful

MALE GROUPS

1TYM — Hip Hop Village

2AM — I AM

2PM — Hottest

24K — 24 U

100% — Perfection

AA (Double A) — W

A-JAX — A-Light

A-Prince — A-Land

Able — ABling

Airplane — Airport

AlphaBAT — ALPHA

B1A4 — BANA

B.A.P — Baby

Battle — Battle Destiny

BEAST — B2UTY

Big Bang — V.I.P

Big Star — Only One

Block B — BBC

Boyfriend — Best Friend

Boys Republic — Royal Family

BTOB — Melody

BTS — A.R.M.Y

Buzz — Buzz’s Happy People

C-Clown — Crown

Code-V — V-intage

DMTN — Dalmate

DNT – DAY

ELectroboyz — Teamelectro

Epik High — High Skool

Exo — Exo-L

F.Cuz — For U

F.I.X — Polaris

Fly to the Sky — Fly High

F.T. Island — Primadonna

g.o.d — Fan God

GOT7 — I GOT7

History — STORIA

Infinite — Inspirit

J-Walk — Police

LED Apple — L.E.D.A

LC9 — LOVE BEATS

LUNAFLY — Lukies

M.Peror — Kingdom

M.Pire — Muse

M.I.B — Busterz

MR.MR — Miso

MYNAME — MYGirl

N-Sonic — Supersonic

NU’EST — L.O.Λ.E

Shinhwa — Shinhwa Changjo

SHINee — Shinee World

Speed — DEEPS

SS501 — Triple S

Super Junior — Everlasting Friends (E.L.F)

Tasty — Twings

Teen Top – Angel

The BOSS — MASTER

TOPP DOGG — ToppKlass

TRAX — Traxian

TVXQ — Cassiopeia

U-KISS — Kiss Me

VIXX — ST★RLIGHT

Winner — Inner Circle

ZE:A — ZE:A Style (ZE:A’S)

CO-ED GROUPS

8Eight — Sweet Voice

Jaurim — Hee Hee NakRock

Koyote — Little Sun

SOLOISTS

Ailee — Aileeans

BoA — Jumping Boa

Eru — Eru Fund

Eun Ji-won — G-Crew

G.NA — G.NI

IU — U-ana (Uaena)

Ivy — Ivynus



Juniel — Banila

Jay Park — Jaywalkerz

Jang Na-ra — Fly (Nara) Love

Jo Sung-mo — Sungmo Maria

Kim Jong-kook — Papitus

Lee Seung-gi — Airen

Lee Hyori — HyoRish

Park Hyo-shin — Soul Tree

Park Kahi — sPARKle

PSY — PSYcho

Rain — Clouds

Se7en — Lucky 7

Son Dam-bi — DBLV

Sung Si-kyung — Purple Ocean

Tymee — e.Vil

Younha — YounHapia



If we’re missing any names, please let us know and we’ll add to the list.

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