Triple Secret Probation

I was thinking about what year some older K-pop group members would have been born had they debuted in 2012 at the same age they were when they debuted. (I know, weird) It was also to try and see how old some of the idols that might debut in 2012 are gonna be.

H.O.T (+16 years)

• Moon Hee-jun; Jang Woo-hyuk; Tony An - 1994
• Kangta - 1995
• Lee Jae-won - 1996

Sechs Kies (+15 years)

• Eun Ji-won - 1993
• Lee Jae-jin; Kim Jae-duc - 1994
• Kang Sung-hoon; Ko Ji-yong; Jang Su-won - 1995

S.E.S (+15 years)

• Bada - 1995
• Eugene; Shoo - 1996

Baby V.O.X (+15/14/13 years)

• Kim E-Z; Lee Hee-jin; Shim Eun-jin - 1995
• Kan Mi-youn - 1996
• Yoon Eun-hye - 1997

Shinhwa (+14 years)

• Eric Mun; Lee Min-woo; Kim Dong-wan; Shin Hye-sung - 1993
• Jun Jin - 1994
• Andy - 1995

Fin.K.L (+14 years)

• Lee Hyori - 1993
• Ock Joo-hyun; Lee Jin - 1994
• Sung Yu-ri - 1995

1TYM (+14 years)

• Oh Jin-hwan; Teddy Park - 1992
• Song Baek-kyoung - 1993
• Im Tae-bin - 1994

g.o.d (+13 years)

• Park Joon-hyung - 1982
• Danny Ahn - 1991
• Son Ho-young - 1993
• Kim Tae-woo - 1994

TVXQ/JYJ (+9 years)

• Jaejoong; Yunho; Yoochun; Junsu - 1995
• Changmin - 1997

SS501 (+7 years)

• Kim Hyun-joong; Heo Young-saeng - 1993
• Kim Kyu-jong; Park Jung-min; Kim Hyung-jun - 1994

Super Junior (+7/6 years)

• Leeteuk; Heechul - 1990
• Han Geng; Yesung - 1991
• Kangin; Shindong - 1992
• Sungmin; Eunhyuk; Donghae - 1993
• Siwon; Ryeowook; Kibum; Kyuhyun - 1994

Brown Eyed Girls (+6 years)

• JeA; Miryo; Narsha - 1987
• Gain - 1993

BIGBANG (+6 years)

• T.O.P - 1993
• Taeyang; G-Dragon - 1994
• Daesung - 1995
• Seungri - 1996

Wonder Girls (+5 years)

• Yoobin - 1993
• Sunye; Yeeun - 1994
• Sunmi; Sohee - 1997

KARA (+5 years)

• Gyuri; Seungyeon - 1993
• Hara; Nicole - 1996
• Jiyoung - 1999

F.T. Island (+5 years)

• Jonghun; Hongki - 1995
• Jae Jin - 1996
• Seunghyun; Minhwan - 1997

SNSD (+5 years)

• Taeyeon; Jessica; Sunny; Tiffany; Hyoyeon; Yuri - 1994
• Sooyoung; YoonA - 1995
• Seohyun - 1996

Soloists

• BoA - 1998 (+12 years since debut)
• Rain - 1992 (+10 years since debut)
• Wheesung - 1995 (+13 years since debut)
• Se7en - 1993 (+9 years since debut)
• Gummy - 1990 (+9 years since debut)

What we can gather from this:

- The 96ers are NOT too young.

- At least three 97ers are going to pop up before Summer.

- Don’t be surprised if someone born in 1998/1999 or even 2000 debuts this year. (also see GP Basic’s Janey and all of G-Story)