KPOP 2nd generation · With US Entertainment / IST Entertainment
Apink
エーピンク / 에이핑크
Apink began as the cleanest of the innocent-concept girl groups and spent more than a decade quietly editing that image.
- 2011DebutApr 19, 2011
- 5Members
- 2thGeneration
- Pink PandaFandom
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In 30 seconds: Apink
NoNoNo and Mr. Chu are the popular songs, I'm So Sick turned toward adult synth pop, and %% and Dumhdurum come with separate choreography cuts.
Come here to see how a group survives its own introduction and grows out of it in public.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Apink
- Reading / Hangul
- エーピンク / 에이핑크
- Company
- With US Entertainment / IST Entertainment
- Debut date
- April 19, 2011
- Days active
- 5,674 days (15 years, 6 months)
- Debut song
- I Don't Know
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- Pink Panda(ピンクパンダ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| チョロン | 1991-03-03 | 35 | 162.8cm | O | ESFJ | South Korea |
| ボミ | 1993-08-13 | 33 | 163cm | O | ISFP | South Korea |
| ウンジ | 1993-08-18 | 33 | 162.3cm | B | INTP | South Korea |
| ナムジュ | 1995-04-15 | 31 | 165cm | B | ESFJ | South Korea |
| ハヨン | 1996-07-19 | 30 | 169cm | B | INFP | South Korea |
| ナウン | 1994-02-10 | 32 | 168cm | B | INTJ | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
NoNoNo MVNoNoNo is the clearest picture of the early image and the warmth that carried it.
Mr. Chu MVMr. Chu widened the audience further, and the comparison against the debut era is instructive.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
View all official videos →05
From debut to now
- 2011Seven Springs of Apink and I Don't Know were the debut, starting out as an approachable, wholesome girl group.
- 2013NoNoNo brought a signature song with wide appeal and settled the brightness and the team image of Apink.
- 2014Mr. Chu, LUV and the Japanese debut period overlapped, widening recognition for straight-down-the-line pop in both Korea and Japan.
- 2018I'm So Sick moved them from the wholesome image to a polished, grown-up direction and showed the range of a long-running group.
- 2026Love Me More from RE : LOVE and 15th Season deliver where the current five stand and a new song for fans at the fifteenth anniversary.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Music show wins
Records
1 recordMost recent broadcast first
| M Countdown | Love Me More | CJ ENM / Mnet |
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's Apink note
What anchors Apink is straight-down-the-line wholesome pop and an update towards polished, city-pop-leaning expression. The girl group debuted on April 19, 2011 with I Don't Know, started out as approachable and wholesome, and has renewed that image across a long run. Today the line-up is Chorong, Bomi, Eunji, Namjoo and Hayoung.
NoNoNo and Mr. Chu made signature songs with wide appeal, and I'm So Sick turned towards grown-up synth pop. Songs such as Dumhdurum have choreography videos as well, so the expressions in the music video and the choreography can be watched apart.
There are many Japanese releases too, and they can be followed as a separate line. 15th Season is a song for the fans at the fifteenth anniversary, where the relationship particular to a long-running group shows. NoNoNo, then Mr. Chu, then I'm So Sick covers the wholesome entrance, the signature song and the turning point.
Editors' take NoNoNo / Mr — Chu / I'm So Sick. Three songs cover the range from wholesome pop to matured city pop in a long-running five-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Line-up
Naeun stays in the record as a former member, kept apart from the current five, which avoids confusion.
Signature song
NoNoNo and Mr. Chu open the innocent-toned side of Apink and make the late second-generation K-pop context easy to grasp.
Pivot
I'm So Sick marks the turn towards grown-up synth pop and asks to be heard against the early singles.
Japanese releases
NoNoNo, Mr. Chu, LUV and Brand New Days form the Japanese release line and are followed separately in the discography.
Videos
Both %% and Dumhdurum have Choreography Video versions, so the expressions in the music video can be read apart from the dance.
Anniversary
15th Season is the 15th anniversary fan song, and the bond it shows belongs to a group with that much time behind it.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 65/ 241 groups
No. 65 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 27%)
- 5Japanese releases
- 16Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-29).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines Apink?
NoNoNo and Mr. Chu are the popular songs, I'm So Sick turned toward adult synth pop, and %% and Dumhdurum come with separate choreography cuts.
Why should a new listener start with Apink?
Come here to see how a group survives its own introduction and grows out of it in public.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with NoNoNo, Mr. Chu, then continue to the official video index.