KPOP 2nd generation · DSP Media
SS501
ダブルエスごーまるいち / 더블에스오공일
SS501 worked both Korea and Japan through the second generation's opening years, and the drama connection brought in an audience that stayed.
- 2005DebutJun 8, 2005
- 5Members
- 2thGeneration
- Triple SFandom
Last updated:
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In 30 seconds: SS501
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.
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Key facts
- Group name
- SS501
- Reading / Hangul
- ダブルエスごーまるいち / 더블에스오공일
- Company
- DSP Media
- Debut date
- June 8, 2005
- Days active
- 7,815 days (21 years, 4 months)
- Debut song
- Warning
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- Triple S(トリプルエス)
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Member guide
キム・ヒョンジュン（リーダー）김현중 · Kim Hyun JoongView in Japanese
Profile comparison
| 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 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
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.05
From debut to now
- 2005Debuted as a DSP Media five-piece and widened the fan base early through a hard debut song and a winter signature song.
- 2006Fighter and S.T 01 Now widened the early catalogue, stacking dance songs and album work to set the ground as a five-member boy group.
- 2007Kokoro started the Japanese work properly, and releasing Japanese-language work alongside the Korean activity widened the fan base in Japan.
- 2008A hard stage song and U R Man from the period of three members sat side by side, adding key songs to the group's history.
- 2009Love Like This, on Rebirth, became the signature song still heard as the entrance to SS501 today.
- 2010After Love Ya from Destination, the work widened into acting, solo releases and musicals.
- 2025A twentieth-anniversary world tour and a commemorative single moved around three of the members, carrying the memory of SS501 into the present.
- 2026The album Set It Off was published under the name FIVE O ONE, opening a route to the newest work beyond the older catalogue.
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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 SS501 note
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.
Trivia worth knowing
Reading
In Japan the name is read out digit by digit, so the numbers are spoken as part of the group's identity rather than skipped.
Name
The 501 in the name is explained as five people becoming one, and it keeps the memory of the five-member line-up alive.
Spin-off song
U R Man is not a full-group recording, yet it still works as one of the strongest entry points into SS501.
Japan
Japanese-language releases such as Kokoro are an important way to understand how DSP Media acts expanded into Japan.
OST
Because I'm Stupid spread through a drama soundtrack, so it carries memories that sit outside the group's own singles.
Now
FIVE O ONE is the name that carries the SS501 20th anniversary period into the present, and keeping it apart from the older name avoids confusion.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 128/ 241 groups
No. 128 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 53%)
- 1Japanese releases
- 7Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 1Official 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 SS501?
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.
Why should a new listener start with SS501?
Start here to see how early Korean pop reached Japan before the industry had a system for it.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Love Like This, Snow Prince, Set It Off, then continue to the official video index.