On July 5th, the ladies of T-ara held their debut Japanese showcase at the AX HALL in Shibuya and shared their thoughts on their advancement into the Japanese market at their press conference.
T-ara began, “We will debut with ‘Bo Peep Bo Peep‘ in Japan, so we hope that there will come a day where our Japanese fans follow along to the song. We honestly can’t feel that we’re actually making this debut. Last night, we were all busy memorizing Japanese words.”
They continued, “SNSD and other girl groups have all made their advancements, we’ve heard many stories and even studied their performances. We hope to promote not only as singers, but also as drama, movie, and variety stars as well. Our girl groups show a professional side musically with both singing and dancing, but in comparison, Japanese girl groups promote in a variety of different areas outside of singing as well. It’s similar to what we hope to achieve so we’ll learn a lot from them in our promotions.”
The girls chose SMAP as a Japanese group they respected.
They reasoned, “They’re still a strong team that’s the best in every area. We want to be the same in that we show off our charms but still maintain our colors.”
The girls also revealed that ranking first on Japan’s Oricon chart was their target.
Soyeon revealed, “They always say to have big dreams, so we’re hoping to place #1 on the Oricon chart. Jang Geun Suk-ssi isn’t even a singer and managed to achieve the feat, which is amazing. Since we’re singers, we want to rank in as well.”
When asked to name a characteristic that differentiates T-ara from the competition amongst several other major Japanese comebacks and Korean idol group advancements, Eunjung replied, “Japanese groups promote on variety programs, dramas, and other areas while Korean girl groups put priority in singing and dancing. T-ara can do both simultaneously.”
Soyeon added, “I don’t think Korean groups adjust themselves to Japanese culture when they make their advancements. Like in Korea, we hope to maintain that public-friendly concept in Japan as well.”
Jiyeon concluded, “We want to show a variety of sides in Japan, and to make that happen, we realize that studying the Japanese language is the utmost priority. We’ll be working hard on that.”
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