3rd generation · 143 Entertainment
アイコン / 아이콘
iKON came out of a YG Entertainment survival show and have balanced hip-hop foundations against melodies the whole country could sing.
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The group later moved to 143 Entertainment and continues as six, so the early videos and the recent ones belong to different eras.
Start here for one of the few boy groups whose biggest song became genuinely national property.
ジェイ제이 · JayView in Japanese
ソン송 · SongView in Japanese
バビ바비 · BobbyView in Japanese
ディーケー디케이 · DKView in Japanese
ジュネ준회 · Ju-neView in Japanese
チャン찬 · ChanView in Japanese
ビーアイ비아이 · B.IView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジェイ | 1994-02-07ⓘ | 32 | 165cm | A | INFP | South Korea |
| ソン | 1995-02-08ⓘ | 31 | 177cm | A | ISFJ | South Korea |
| バビ | 1995-12-21ⓘ | 30 | 180cm | O | INFP | South Korea |
| ディーケー | 1997-01-03ⓘ | 29 | 173cm | O | ENFP | South Korea |
| ジュネ | 1997-03-31ⓘ | 29 | 182cm | A | ENFP | South Korea |
| チャン | 1998-01-26ⓘ | 28 | 183cm | O | ENFP | South Korea |
| ビーアイ | 1996-10-22 | 29 | 177cm | O | INFP | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Rhythm Ta MVRhythm Ta is the early single with the most momentum behind it.
Love Scenario MVLove Scenario is the one everybody knows, and it is gentler than anything around it.
Killing Me MVKilling Me is the loudest of the three and carries the strongest emotional line.Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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What anchors iKON is a hard hip-hop colour held together with hits that reached everyone. The group debuted on September 15, 2015 with MY TYPE, and coming out of a YG survival show it has kept a hip-hop base and melodies with wide appeal together. The line-up today is Jay, Song, Bobby, DK, Ju-ne and Chan.
Rhythm Ta gives the momentum of the early period, Love Scenario the hit that reached everyone, and Killing Me a hard emotional line. Separating the music videos from the YG years from the recent official footage makes the periods easier to sort out. The writing and signature songs from the time B.I was a member are kept apart in the data.
Following through Tantara after the move to 143 Entertainment in 2023 sorts out the change from the YG years to afterwards. There are Japanese versions and routes through the Japanese tour as well. Love Scenario, then Rhythm Ta, then Killing Me covers the wide entrance, the early momentum and the emotional line.
Editors' take Love Scenario / Rhythm Ta / Killing Me — three songs cover a hip-hop colour held together with hits that reached everyone, in a 143 six-piece.
No. 64 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 30%)
The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 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 2026-09-17).
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