JYJ’s ever growing popularity in Japan remains unchanging.
On October 15 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, the JYJ World Tour opened to audiences of greater than 80,000 people for two days. JYJ’s Special Edition CD of their In Heaven album also has swept records charts for all the major record stores. But on top of all of this, JYJ’s Worldwide Concert Tour DVD sold out on Amazon Japan, which further proves the band’s explosive popularity.
An official from Tower Records stated “JYJ related music and DVDs always immediately lead to explosive sales. Compared to Hallyu stars, JYJ’s albums are always in scarce numbers [because of high sales] and the reaction to them is much higher than any other singer. Also, we find this situation even more surprising because JYJ has not had any public activities in Japan for two years now.”
The JYJ members may not be able to have many activities in Japan, but SNS sites such as twitter provide them a way to communicate with their Japanese fans. In particular, not long ago JYJ member Kim Jaejoong was ranked as number two on an annual twitter ranking for celebrities in Japan. Also, in October, Jaejoong’s popularity was once again displayed when he came in second place in Japan’s popular “Best Jeanist” fashion award only behind a member of the “nation’s group” Arashi.
JYJ’s personal activities are also of high interest among the Japanese fans. Park Yoochun’s “Sunkyungkwan Scandal” ranked number 1 on DVD charts in Japan for a whole month. More recently, Yoochun’s drama “Miss Ripley” and Jaejoong’s drama “Protect the Boss” have been receiving much attention even before they are broadcasted. In addition, whenever member Kim Junsu stars in a musical, many “Kim Junsu Musical Travel Packages” start to appear.
A representative for JYJ’s overseas marketing has stated “Though JYJ have not been able to actively promote, we are pleasantly surprised to see that their popularity remains unchanged. This is because of the faithfulness of the fans that is seen through their loyalty towards popular J-Pop acts [such as JYJ]. Also JYJ have been progressing and showing growth as musical artists and that combined with their individual activities, where they are able to show different charms, is making them able to gain many fans and popularity.”
Furthermore, the special edition album for JYJ’s first Korean album “In Heaven” is receiving explosive responses in Japan. On the first day alone the pre-order number had already exceeded the complete stock of albums available and the number of orders have already broken the 100,000 mark. The official sale of the CD starts this week.
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