2012 ROOKIES
- NU'EST
Members: 5
Leader: JR
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Pledis Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: Pink
- The first boy group of Pledis entertainment. Their name stands for NU(new), Establish, Style and Tempo.
- EXO
Members: 12
Leader: SuHo (K); Kris (M)
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: SM Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- SM's newest boy band, with Korean and Chinese members. The group will be promoting in two units at the same time - EXO-K (Korean) and EXO-M (Mandarin). Twenty-three teaser videos were released by SM Entertainment introducing all the members.
- Rainbow Pixie
Members: 3
Leader: Seungah
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: DSP Media
Fanclub Name: Rain-nous
Official Color: -
- Comprised of three members from Rainbow: SeungAh, Jisook and Hyunyoung.
- Comprised of three members from Rainbow: SeungAh, Jisook and Hyunyoung.
- B.A.P
Members: 6
Leader: Yong Guk
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: TS Entertainment
Fanclub Name: BABY
Official Color: Green
- Six Bomb
Members: 6
Leader: Hyejin
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: Jang Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Member Subin is known as SNSD's Yoona's best friend since elementary school. Rapper Dok2's older brother Mr. Gordo was in charge of creating the girls' debut track, "Chiki Chiki Bomb".
- CHAOS
Members: 5
Leader: Heejae
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Winning InSight Entertainment
Fanclub Name: ChaoNyx
Official Color: -
- SPICA
Members: 5
Leader: Kim Boa
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: B2M Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Jiwon is a former member of Five Girls and T-ara and is also an actress and model. Narae was one of the Top 10 contestants in the first season of Superstar K. Joohyun was featured in Heo Young Saeng's solo single, "Let It Go". Kim Boa was Infinite's vocal trainer. Bohyung is a former YG trainee. They released their first mini-album "Russian Roulette" after digital single "Potentially" (featuring labelmate Lee Hyori in it's music video).
- EXID
Members: 6
Leader: Yuji
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: AB Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Produced by Shinsadong Tiger.
- Lay.T
Members: 5
Leader: Nara
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: Baeksang Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- The group introduces a new style, the "tisco", the junction of trot and disco.
- SPEED
Members: 7
Leader: Taewoon
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: GM Contents
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- The male sub-unit of Co-Ed School. In February 2012, Saejoon was added.
- Ne.P
Members: 4
Leader: -
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: -
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Cutie-L
Members: 6
Leader: -
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: -
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Composed of child actresses.
- 4Heaven
Members: 4
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: -
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Ballad group.
- Invadas
Members: 2
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: -
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Rap duo.
- Prizmoliq
Members: 2
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Grand Pics Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Venus
Members: 7
Leader: -
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: Pledis Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Pledis upcoming girl group in collaboration with Fantagio. Consisting of four members from Fantagio and three from Pledis, the group will debut April 2012 produced by a famous composer to be revealed. Fantagio will be promoting the girls acting duties while Pledis deals with their variety duties.
- Tempest
Members: 5
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Pledis Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- The remainder of the Pledis Boys. They will debut in the second half of 2012.
- DSP Girls
Members: 5
Leader: -
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: DSP Media
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Temporarily nicknamed 'DSP Girls'. The group is comprised of Haein, Shiyoon, Chaekyung, Somin and Jae Eun. Will debut in Korea and Japan in July.
- DSP Boys
Members: 7
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: DSP Media
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Temporarily nicknamed 'DSP Boys' or 'SS502'. The group is comprised of HyeongKon, JaeHyung, YunYoung, HyoJun, SeungYup, SeungJin and SungMin. Will debut in Korea and Japan in July.
- BT-SWING
Members: 4
Leader: Xing Na
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: 101 Doors
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Member Kim Seul Mi was a member of the former girl group EI YO under Hwiad Entertainment. Member Siwoo, who is also a member of their labelmate group B2LADY, left the group with Kim Seulmi's addition to the group. BT-SWING will make their debut in March with the single "Rescue 101" with the same titled track and its English Version "Make It Work".
- Pandora
Members: 5
Leader: Kaerin
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: -
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Debut single "Open Pandora's Box" was released in March.
- S the ONE
Members: 5
Leader: Ji Eun
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: EC Ebenezer
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Contains three members from disbanded girl group JQT. Their debut single will be released in March of 2012. Composed by Ji Eun, Min Jung, Ga Jin, Da Young and Yun Joo.
- J&J
Members: 2
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: JYP Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Comprised of JB and Jr. Both of them acted in the drama Dream High 2.
- E-7
Members: 6
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Excellent Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Member Nam Gung left the group before debut.
- BTOB
Members: 7
Leader: Eunkwang
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Cube DC
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: Silver
- Cube's newest boy band. Their name stands for "Born To Beat". Their debut music video "Insane" starred A Pink's leader, Chorong.
- 2BiC
Members: 2
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Nextar Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- ESQ
Members: 5
Leader: K9
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: Avance Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Originally scheduled for debut in September 2011, this 5-member multinational group has yet to debut. Leader K9 almost became a SM trainee; Kyungmin almost trained with JYP; Kyle auditioned for Cube and was previously a model in Japan.
- Pamela
Members: 5
Leader: -
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: Kkun Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- 5 member girl group composed of Yeon Jin, Sung Hyun, Yeo Wook, Soo Yeon and Hye Ji. Their song "미워도 아파도" (Although It's Hateful and Painful) was released on March 15 in their 1st single "PAMELA".
- VIVID
Members: 6
Leader: Park Sunghee
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: NTree Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- Busker Busker
Members: 3
Leader: -
Gender: Male
Entertainment Agency: -
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- MaskOT
Members: 5
Leader: -
Gender: Female
Entertainment Agency: GBK Entertainment
Fanclub Name: -
Official Color: -
- MaskOT stands for MAsk Of Thetis. Member Haeri lived in the capital of New Zealand for 15 years and was also offered a scholarship to university at the age of 16.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia