KPOP 3rd generation · Amuse Korea / Different Company
CROSS GENE
クロスジーン / 크로스진
CROSS GENE ran across Korea and Japan with a line-up drawn from both countries and China, which was unusual for 2012.
- 2012DebutJun 8, 2012
- 7Members
- 3thGeneration
- CandYFandom
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In 30 seconds: CROSS GENE
Shin, Takuya, Sangmin and Yongseok anchored the group, with Casper and J.G in the early years, and acting and musical work sat alongside the releases.
Come here for a group built for two markets at once before that became a standard strategy.
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Key facts
- Group name
- CROSS GENE
- Reading / Hangul
- クロスジーン / 크로스진
- Company
- Amuse Korea / Different Company
- Debut date
- June 8, 2012
- Days active
- 2,761 days (7 years, 6 months)
- Final activity date
- December 30, 2019
- Debut song
- La-Di Da-Di
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- CandY(キャンディ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| シン | 1991-10-23 | 35 | 185cm | A | ENTJ | South Korea |
| タクヤ | 1992-03-18 | 34 | 188cm | O | ENFP | Japan |
| サンミン | 1992-07-07 | 34 | 178cm | A | ISFP | South Korea |
| ヨンソク | 1993-01-08 | 33 | 176cm | AB | INFJ | South Korea |
| セヨン | 1990-02-08 | 36 | 180cm | O | ENFJ | South Korea |
| キャスパー | 1991-03-20 | 35 | 176cm | O | ESTP | China |
| ジェイジー | 1993-01-12 | 33 | 182cm | AB | INFP | China |
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.
La-Di Da-Di MVLa-Di Da-Di is the debut and the catchiest thing in the catalogue.
Amazing Bad Lady MVAmazing Bad Lady is the grown-up dance single and marks the shift out of the early years.
Black or White MVBlack or White carries the strongest story and the best-looking video of the late run.05
From debut to now
- 2012Arriving as a multinational group with Korean, Japanese and Chinese members, they started from Timeless: Begins.
- 2013Work in Japan and Korea piled up, widening the kind of early run only a multinational group could have.
- 2014Hard dance songs pushed the performance colour of CROSS GENE to the front.
- 2015Future and Love & Peace / Shi-tai! thickened the Japanese route as well.
- 2016Noona, You and Ying Yang opened entrances that straddle the Korean and Japanese catalogues.
- 2017The shift to a five-piece and the strong concept of Black or White shaped the impression of the later years.
- 2018Zero brought Touch It and Dystopia, the last large entrance into the late catalogue.
- 2019After Corvus was performed at a Japanese show, weight moved toward contracts, military service and solo work.
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Achievements
Key milestones
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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 CROSS GENE note
Multinational activity spanning Korea and Japan is the axis of CROSS GENE. The boy group debuted in June 2012 with Shin, Takuya, Sangmin and Yongseok at the centre, joined in the early years by Casper and J.G, and worked in both countries throughout.
The way in is La-Di Da-Di, Amazing Bad Lady and Black or White. Take the catchiness of the debut song, then the grown-up dance track, then the visual concept built on story, and the breadth of CROSS GENE shows itself.
On the Japanese side there are singles such as Shooting Star, Future and Ying Yang, which show how the group presented itself in the J-pop market as well as in K-pop. It also suits anyone arriving from the acting and variety work of Takuya or Shin. La-Di Da-Di, then Amazing Bad Lady, then Black or White covers the catchiness, the maturity and the storytelling.
Editors' take La-Di Da-Di / Amazing Bad Lady / Black or White — a multinational run across Korea and Japan in three songs, from a boy group.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
CROSS GENE names the idea of nationalities and talents crossing, which describes the multinational line-up directly.
Nationalities
With Korean, Japanese and Chinese members, the work has to be followed from the K-pop and J-pop sides at once.
Takuya
Takuya is often talked about as a leading way in for Japanese performers working as K-pop idols.
Japanese releases
Adding Future, Ying Yang and Corvus brings the later years into view, which the Korean releases alone leave out.
Later years
Black or White and Touch It show the strong concept and maturity of the later period.
Status
Contracts, military service and solo work halted group activity, so the run is followed through the archive of releases.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 28/ 241 groups
No. 28 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 12%)
- 7Japanese releases
- 24Japan-related tracks
- 1Members from Japan
- 2Official 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 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines CROSS GENE?
Shin, Takuya, Sangmin and Yongseok anchored the group, with Casper and J.G in the early years, and acting and musical work sat alongside the releases.
Why should a new listener start with CROSS GENE?
Come here for a group built for two markets at once before that became a standard strategy.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with La-Di Da-Di, Amazing Bad Lady, Black or White, then continue to the official video index.