The Only 19 Active K-Pop Groups Without A “Kim” Surname

The surname “Kim” is by far the most common in the Korean population worldwide, with approximately 1/5 of all Koreans having the family name Kim. Because of this, it’s hard to find a K-Pop group that doesn’t have at least one member whose surname is Kim! There are a few, though, and fans recently brainstormed all the groups they could think of without a Kim in them. Here are all 19 currently active K-Pop groups they could think of.

1. TXT

| BIGHIT MUSIC

Members:

• Soobin (Choi Soobin)
• Yeonjun (Choi Yeonjun)
• Beomgyu (Choi Beomgyu)
• Taehyun (Kang Taehyun)
• Hueningkai (Kai Kamal Huening)

2. fromis_9

| Pledis Entertainment

Members:

• Saerom (Lee Saerom)
• Hayoung (Song Hayoung)
• Jiwon (Park Jiwon)
• Jisun (Roh Jisun)
• Seoyeon (Lee Seoyeon)
• Chaeyoung (Lee Chaeyoung)
• Nagyung (Lee Nagyung)
• Jiheon (Baek Jiheon)
• (former) Gyuri (Jang Gyuri)

3. BTOB

| Cube Entertainment

Members:

• Eunkwang (Seo Eunkwang)
• Minhyuk (Lee Minhyuk)
• Changsub (Lee Changsub)
• Hyunsik (Lim Hyunsik)
• Peniel (Peniel Dong Shin)
• Sungjae (Yook Sungjae)
• (former) Ilhoon (Jung Ilhoon)

4. ONEWE

| RBW

Members:

• Yonghoon (Jin Yonghoon)
• Harin (Ju Harin)
• Kanghyun (Kang Hyungu)
• Dongmyeong (Son Dongmyeong)
• Giuk (Lee Giuk)

5. (G)I-DLE

| Cube Entertainment

Members:

• Soyeon (Jeon Soyeon)
• Miyeon (Cho Miyeon)
• Minnie (Nicha Yontararak)
• Yuqi (Song Yuqi)
• Shuhua (Yeh Shuhua)
• (former) Soojin (Seo Soojin)

6. NCT DREAM

| SM Entertainment

Members:

• Mark (Mark Lee)
• Renjun (Huang Renjun)
• Jeno (Lee Jeno)
• Haechan (Lee Donghyuck)
• Chenle (Na Jaemin)
• Jaemin (Zhong Chenle)
• Jisung (Park Jisung)

7. ILLIT

| HYBE Labels

Members:

• Yunah (Noh Yunah)
• Minju (Park Minju)
• Moka (Sakai Moka)
• Wonhee (Lee Wonhee)
• Iroha (Hokazono Iroha)

8. ITZY

| JYP Entertainment

Members:

• Yeji (Hwang Yeji)
• Lia (Choi Jisu)
• Ryujin (Shin Ryujin)
• Chaeryeong (Lee Chaeryeong)
• Yuna (Shin Yuna)

9. MONSTA X

| Starship Entertainment

Members:

• Shownu (Sohn Hyunwoo)
• Minhyuk (Lee Minhyuk)
• Kihyun (Yoo Kihyun)
• Hyungwon (Chae Hyungwon)
• Joohoney (Lee Jooheon)
• I.M (Im Changkyun)
• (former) Wonho (Lee Hoseok)

10. STAYC

| High Up Entertainment

Members:

• Sumin (Bae Sumin)
• Sieun (Park Sieun)
• Seeun (Yoon Seeun)
• Isa (Lee Chaeyoung)
• Yoon (Sim Jayun)
• J (Jang Yeeun)

11. HIGHLIGHT

| Around US Entertainment

Members:

• Doojoon (Yoon Doojoon)
• Yoseob (Yang Yoseob)
• Gikwang (Lee Gikwang)
• Dongwoon (Son Dongwoon)
• (former) Junhyung (Yong Junhyung)

12. ONE PACT

| Armada Entertainment

Members:

• Jongwoo (Yoon Jongwoo)
• Jay (Jay Chang)
• Seongmin (Oh Seongmin)
• TAG (Yeom Taegyun)
• Yedam (Lee Yedam)

13. EVNNE

| Jellyfish Entertainment

Members:

• Keita (Terazono Keita)
• Hanbin (Park Hanbin)
• Jeonghyeon (Lee Jeonghyeon)
• Seungeon (Yoo Seungeon)
• Yunseo (Ji Yunseo)
• Junghyun (Mun Junghyun)
• Jihoo (Park Jihoo)

14. RIIZE

| SM Entertainment

Members:

• Shotaro (Osaki Shotaro)
• Eunseok (Song Eunseok)
• Sungchan (Jung Sungchan)
• Wonbin (Park Wonbin)
• Seunghan (Hong Seunghan)
• Sohee (Lee Sohee)
• Anton (Lee Chanyoung)

15. BABYMONSTER

| YG Entertainment

Members:

• Ruka (Kawai Ruka)
• Pharita (Pharita Chaikong)
• Asa (Enami Asa)
• Ahyeon (Jung Ahyeon)
• Rami (Shin Haram)
• Rora (Lee Dain)
• Chiquita (Riracha Phondechaphiphat)

16. B1A4

Members:

• CNU (Shin Dongwoo)
• Sandeul (Lee Junghwan)
• Gongchan (Gong Chanshik)
• (former) Jinyoung (Jung Jinyoung)
• (former) Baro (Cha Sunwoo)

17. TNX

| P Nation

Members:

• Taehun (Choi Taehun)
• Kyungjun (Woo Kyungjun)
• Hyunsoo (Jang Hyunsoo)
• Junhyeok (Cheon Junhyeok)
• Hwi (Eun Hwi)
• Sungjun (Oh Sungjun)

18. KISS OF LIFE

| S2 Entertainment

Members:

• Julie (Julie Han)
• Natty (Anatchaya Suputtipong)
• Belle (Shim Hyewon)
• Haneul (Won Haneul)

19. MCND

| TOP Media

Members:

• Castle J (Son Seongjun)
• BIC (Nam Seungmin)
• Minjae (Song Minjae)
• Huijun (No Huijun)
• Win (Bang Junhyuk)