2nd generation · DSP Media
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SS501 worked both Korea and Japan through the second generation's opening years, and the drama connection brought in an audience that stayed.
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Warning, Snow Prince, Deja Vu, U R Man and Love Like This map the run, with U R Man belonging to a period when only three were active.
Start here to see how early Korean pop reached Japan before the industry had a system for it.
キム・ヒョンジュン（リーダー）김현중 · Kim Hyun JoongView in Japanese
ホ・ヨンセン허영생 · Heo Young SaengView in Japanese
キム・キュジョン김규종 · Kim Kyu JongView in Japanese
パク・ジョンミン박정민 · Park Jung MinView in Japanese
キム・ヒョンジュン（マンネ）김형준 · Kim Hyung JunView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| キム・ヒョンジュン（リーダー） | 1986-06-06 | 40 | 182cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ホ・ヨンセン | 1986-11-03 | 39 | 178cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| キム・キュジョン | 1987-02-24 | 39 | 181cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| パク・ジョンミン | 1987-04-03 | 39 | 181cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| キム・ヒョンジュン（マンネ） | 1987-08-03 | 39 | 181cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Love Like This MVLove Like This is the late dance single and the shortest route into the group.
Snow Prince MVSnow Prince is the winter song and the softest thing they recorded.
Set It Off MVSet It Off comes from the twentieth-anniversary period under a new name and shows where the five stand.Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
What anchors SS501 is being an early second-generation boy group working across Korea and Japan. The five-piece debuted from DSP Media in 2005, and following Warning, Snow Prince, Deja Vu, U R Man, Love Like This and Love Ya shows how early second-generation K-pop widened across Japan and Korea.
Come in through Love Like This, check the softer appeal in Snow Prince, then move to the maturity of the later period with Love Ya. U R Man is the signature song of the period with three members, but it cannot be left out in getting to know SS501. Reading the group's own songs, the offshoots and the individual work apart makes it easier to sort out.
Kokoro started the Japanese work properly in 2007, and from 2010 the work widened into acting, solo releases and musicals. From 2025 the twentieth-anniversary work has moved under the name FIVE O ONE, and in 2026 Set It Off was released on the album FIVE O ONE. Love Like This, then Snow Prince, then Love Ya covers the present entrance, the softer appeal and the maturity of the later period.
Editors' take Love Like This / Snow Prince / Love Ya — three songs cover an early second-generation run across Korea and Japan, from a DSP five-piece.
No. 116 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 55%)
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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