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South Korean group- MYNAME - recently held a press conference for their Japanese debut. The 5-member group talks about their admiration on two Johnny's group- SMAP and Arashi.
The Kpop group, who will be debuting in Japan with their single - "Message", said that they aim to be like SMAP. They also added that SMAP's charm and individuality are one of the reasons why they want to be like the famous Jpop group.
Aside from SMAP, the group's rapper- Se Yong also mentioned that Arashi is his favorite group. He said that just like MYNAME, Arashi is also a 5-member group and he really admires Jun Matsumoto.
MYNAME debuted in Korea last year with "Message", they hope that the Japanese would cheer them on and would love the message of the song.
"Message" will be released on July 25th.
| Band name | MyName |
| Band type | boyband (5 members) |
| Debut | 2011 (active) |
| Label | H2 Media |
| Official website | http://www.myname2012.com/ |
| Official Twitter | myname_2011 |
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that's crazy
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
Seyong you have amazing taste
I'm glad MYNAME are becoming active after not releasing a song for such a long time, I can see their popularity rising. MYNAME hwaiting
Cool interesting fact learning about MYNAME!
I'll cheer them on! Aiming for SMAP is a hell of hard goal - but at least they are setting them high! And they admire Arashi and MatsuJun too? How sweet! I like when my fav Kpop artists like other artists I like as well!
Hopefully they will get to interact with them in the future like guessing on some of their shows!
Its great to hear that boy bands from Korea admiring Japanese boy bands like SMAP and Arashi.
Though its a long way, I hope they become a lovable group like SMAP!
To be like SMAP requires a lot of embarrassing yourself though! gwahahaha
yeah i really admire
Jun Matsumoto!! 
thats really cool going to check them out hope there just no coping smap
Woo~ Hoyeah I like it when Korean artists admire Jartists and viceversa~ it feele like 'asians unite' or sumthin lol~~
WOW!!!!!!!!! This is crazy!!!
This looks interesting. Gonna check them out. It's cool they admire SMAP and Arashi. Koreans groups liking Japanese groups? It happens. e.g. Seungri of BIGBANG spotted V6 at one of their concerts. They are fans of each other. lol
I love my name they are all really good singers and I am glad to here they look up to both SMAP and Arashi these are two amazing groups. To become legendary like them they will have to work hard, but I know they can do it, they are so talented.
Its also crazy to hear a Korean group praise and look up to a Japanese group it doesn't happen often. I hope they get to go on SMAP's show and Arashi's new show two it would be so cute!
got a long long long~ ways to go to be like SMAP but its good to set your goals high
Good luck to them then. Not just any Kpop group can make that wish considering how loved SMAP is. They may not make it as big as SMAP but at least they'll get somewhere.
OMGD. They're going to Japaaaaannn~! ♥
It's good that they want to become like SMAP. They're legends. They can be the Korean ones. But that's still a long ways to go.
SeYong idolizes MatsuJun~! :3
MYNAME GANBATTE!
keeeeep on going strong~
WoOoW !!!!!!!!!!
so are they saying that just because they are entering the Japanese market? lol because that's what I have noticed every time. If they didn't plan on debuting in Japan, would they even say that?
Thats what I think about most idols in korea two. But since they were trainees they talked about Japan and Japanese groups. I really think this group means it, others not so much especially when other groups openly say they think they are better then Japanese groups.
aww se yong ssi admires matsujun : D
it's nice that they admire Jgroups but i don't really like kgroups having their songs in Japanese.. now it's like they're going to copy SMAP and Arashi.
okay, here we go.. another korean group made their japanese debut~ well, i'm really happy that they admire SMAP and my boys, Arashi~~ xDD however, it'll be great if they aim to be themselves
anyway, this group seems to be interesting lol