[NEWS] Kara’s ‘Mister’ concept copied by a Japanese female idol group?

A controversy of a popular Japanese girl group copying Kara has been rising.

Korean netizens are in doubt that the Japanese idol girl group, ‘9 nine’, have copied Kara’s clothing concepts, who released their debut single ‘Mister’ in Japan in early August.

A 5-member female idol group ‘9 nine’ who debuted in 2005 recently released a single album with a concept similar to Kara’s clothing for ‘Mister’ – short-sleeved colour t-shirts, baggy hip-hop pants and even the gloves.

Moreover, netizens are suspecting that Kara has influenced them a lot, making a point that ‘9 nine’, who used to rely on their cute images, transformed into a powerful and sexy concept as SNSD and Kara had quite an impact on the Japanese girl group industry.

Netizens have commented on internet forums, saying “You can tell that it’s similar to the concept for ‘Mister’,” “This is like copying the concept,” “I can see nothing different from ‘Mister’s image,” and have expressed their doubts and suspicions.

While some netizens are disagreeing, saying “Different singers’ different images influence each other of course, so aren’t you reacting too sensibly?” but most netizens are agreeing that the concepts are too similar to each other.

Other netizens have wrote, “I’m proud that Korean girl groups are popular enough to have a big influence over Japanese girl groups,” “Korean music-entertainment industry used to copy the Japanese culture, but now it’s the opposite,” and have shown their pride.

Source : Newsen
Translated by : Lorah@dkpopnews.net