12 K-Pop Artists That Have Released Anime Theme Songs

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While many K-pop artists have branched out into the Japanese market, only a few have actually had the opportunity to sing a theme song for an anime series.

With Japan being such a huge market, having their song heard on television could easily give a huge boost in popularity abroad.


TVXQ – “We Are” (“One Piece” 10th opening song, 2009)
TVXQ, being hugely popular in Japan for many years, has released several songs for “One Piece,” one of the most widely known anime series.

TVXQ fans (and One piece fans) know this other two openings:

BoA – “Every Heart” (“InuYasha” 4th ending song, 2002)
A classic ballad song from early in BoA’s career.

Boa also sang for Fairy Tail:

Younha – “Houkiboshi” (“Bleach” 3rd ending song, 2005)
Just like BoA, Younha was also popular in Japan right after debuting at a young age. She was nicknamed the “Oricon Comet” for her success on charts.

Youhna also sang for other series:

A Pink – “Brand New Days” (“Rilu Rilu Fairilu” opening song, 2016)
While A Pink released Japanese singles in the past, this was their first Japanese release that wasn’t a remake of a past Korean track.

(“Detective Conan” 44th ending song, 2013)
As Detective Conan is a hugely popular and long running anime, Boyfriend had the honor of singing one of its ending songs.

2PM – “Take Off” (“Ao No Exorcist” 1st ending song, 2011)
This was also 2PM’s debut Japanese song.

Secret – “Twinkle Twinkle” (“Naruto SD:Rock Lee Go” 1st ending song)
It is also interesting to note that one of the main characters of the anime, Guy, famously did KARA’s “Mister” dance during an episode.

MBLAQ - “Baby U!” (“Beezelbub” 4th opening, 2011)
This was the group’s second Japanese single.

FTISLAND – “Neverland” (“Ozuma” opening, 2012)
With FTISLAND being very popular in Japan, it is no surprise that they have sung for anime soundtracks.

Ftisland also sang for Toriko:

CNBLUE – “In My Head” (“Supernatural” ending song)
This was CNBLUE’s first major debut single in Japan. They previously released singles while under a smaller label.

U-KISS – “Dear My Friend” (“Arashi no Yoru ni Himitsu no Tomodachi,” 2012)

J-Min – “Change” (“Hanasakeru Seishounen” 1st opening)
While this SM soloist isn’t as widely known as others from her agency, some might remember J-Min from her OST track “Stand Up” from the drama “To The Beautiful You.”

J-min also sang this serie ending:

BONUS TRACK:

Puretty - Love (Pretty Rhythm Dear My Future, ending 2)

Big Bang - Feelings (Transformer Prime, opening 1)

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