Why haven’t T-ara made advancements into the Japanese market yet?

T-ara have been receiving endless love calls from popular music agencies in Japan, however, just like last year, T-ara have decided to take their Japanese advancement slowly

But why?

On January 4th, Core Contents Media told Money Today Star News, “Ever since their popular hits “Bo Peep Bo Peep” and “I’m Going Crazy Because of You” last year, T-ara have been receiving endless calls from Japanese agencies. We filmed a Japanese CF together with Supernova last year, however, we’ve always made cautious decisions regarding advancements music-wise.”

As the Japanese market is currently favoring the successful advancement of girl groups SNSD& KARA, T-ara’s much more cautious approach on this matter have gotten both fans and other Korean agencies wondering on Core Content Media’s reasons behind this approach.

“We’ve wanted T-ara to become all-round idols right from the beginning. In the changing generation, we believe it is more appropriate for idol stars to reach for their fans with a variety of strong points rather than just one charm. Even the members shared the same opinions,” stated Kim Kwang Soo, CCM’s CEO.

He continued, “This is why Eun Jung, Jiyeon, Hyomin, Soyeon and Boram participated in acting, variety, and musical activities throughout last year. We will continue with that approach this year, and we feel this is strengthening the endurance of the members.”

Kim concluded, “Since we have more plans in mind after their various schedules, we have been taking the Japanese advancement into cautious consideration. However, as we are still receiving calls from Japanese agencies, we expect to share good news in the near future.”

The decision to take a more calculated approach to T-ara’s advancement into Japan could certainly have its benefits, especially if the end result is well planned and involves them promoting actively in a variety of ways. However, their fans have already been waiting for quite some time, and not striking while the iron is hot could cost them potential profits and popularity as well.

What do you guys think is the better move?

T-ara’s Eunjung takes a selca with her ‘Dream High’ best friend miss A’s Suzy

On January 3rd, KBS 2TV’s new drama ‘Dream High‘ aired its first episode. Although it’ pilot episode received mixed reviews, in particular miss A’s Suzy’s poor acting skills, co-star T-ara’s Eunjungcontinued to support her fellow female idol star.

The following day, Eunjung updated her Twitter with a photo of herself with Suzy saying,

“Thank you to everyone who watched ‘Dream High’! ♥ This is Yoon Baek Hee and Go Hye Mi’s best friend photo..!“

Fans commented, “aww so cuteee~~ i like your hairstyle *V*” and “eunjung suzy love you girls“.

While the two will soon become rivals on the show, it’s great to see them finding time to take silly selcas within their busy filming schedules.

KARA draw the praise of ‘godfather’ Terry Ito + 2011 continued success?

KARA has been earning the praise of Japanese celebrities lately, and were even previously acknowledged by gagman Gekidan Hitori, who complimented the girls’ friendliness through a news program.

More recently, the ‘godfather of Japanese broadcasting’, Terry Ito, praised KARA on an NHK New Year special program broadcast on January 2nd.

The program featured celebrities predicting the biggest figures of 2011, and KARA was introduced with the statement, “After AKB48 ranked in on internet search rankings at the 2009 year-end, KARA followed by ranking first in the 2010 internet search rankings. The two figures that have managed to rank in alongside AKB48 are K-pop singers KARA and SNSD.”

Terry Ito is a highly influential figure in Japan’s entertainment industry, and not only with producers, but has extensive connections into the culture and government sectors of Japan.

He further complimented the girls by stating, “When the girls make a mistake on the broadcast, they are very embarrassed and shy about it. They’re different from Japanese celebrities. Japanese celebrities think that they’ll get attention when they make a mistake, but such a notion does not exist with KARA. They always try their hardest, and I think that’s the image that is appealing to the Japanese. They’re very innocent and do not act fake at all.”

KARA has been consistently chosen as the stars to watch out for in 2011 all across Japanese news programs, and with the continued praise of Japanese celebrities, it seems KARA has certainly made a mark for themselves in the industry.

KARA’s “Mister” causes Japanese actor Miura Haruma to shake his butt

Japanese male celebrities shaking their butts in playful imitation of KARA’s famous dance from “Mister” is a well known phenomenon by now, and the most recent to perform it is actor Miura Haruma, as he was recently seen doing the dance at the Super Handsome Live 2010 event.

Check out the entertaining video below!

T-ara's Eunjung, "steady acting skills in 'Dream High', more popular"

The word 'actor' fits better.

Eunjung from the girl group, T-ara has established herself clearly as an 'actor' in KBS2tV's 'Dream High.'

On the first broadcast of 'Dream High' (January 3rd), Eunjung, who plays a young singer, proved her acting skills with her charisma.

Eunjung's character Yoon Becky looks up to Hyemi (miss A's Suji) and they train together and Becky looks up to Hyemi. Later Hyemi is eliminated from a contest (?), and Becky gains confidence.

Eunjung first debut as a child actor in the 2004 drama 'Land' and last year had a role in 'Coffee House.' Her second big role came in the drama 'Dream High' and gives a more clear impression of Eunjung's acting skills.

The viewers also praised Eunjung's acting. "Eunjung's acting is the best out of the idols and has become better," "Eunjung's expressions are changing."

f(x) took a cute selca at the backstage of SBS Gayo Daejun!

Here is a photo taken at the backstage when f(x) performed on SBS Gayo Daejun,check out the photo here!

2AM Changmin: 'waiting for (KARA)Ji Young to graduate' !

2AM, who just held a succesful concert not long ago, appeared as guest stars on the Special New Year edition of MBC comedy show "First Time In My Life".

In one of the corner in "First Time In My Life" called "Let's Try To Be Honest" each of the members revealed their honest feelings. Chang Min, who always says that Kara's Ji Young is his ideal type, revealed that he was waiting for Ji Young to graduate.

And Seul Ong, who has the body envied by health trainers, revealed that he once tried eating 100 eggs to work on his chest, surprising everybody and leaving everybody envious.

Jo Kwon revealed that he shook his pelvis to buy a house and the studio burst into laughter. Jin Woon also revealed that he hated girls who did not wear short skirts and everybody cheered.

2AM did not just revealed their honest thoughts, but Jo Kwon and Chang Min also surprisingly transformed into kindergarten students. All of that can be seen in "First Time In My Life" aired on January 5.