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BTS’s Jimin is the only Korean male idol chosen in a survey conducted by Japan’s Research Institute ‘Memedays’

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Jimin was chosen as one of the people the 114 female respondents want to be in the future.


On March 30, Memedays published the results of a survey it conducted from March 9-19. The survey involved 114 female respondents aged 15-21 and were asked to participate in an “Awareness Survey on the Future of Gen Z.” The survey was conducted online.

According to the survey, the top choice of respondents’ future profession is to be an “influencer”. When asked, “Who do you want to grow up as or your model for the way you want to live?”, Jimin emerged to the be only Korean male in the list of 35 names. Once, again Jimin proved his unrivaled popularity in Japan. The responses include Japanese Youtubers, idols from Japan’s music industries and other Japanese celebrities.

Generation Z or those from mid 1990s-2000s is actually at their important life stage when children become adults and get a job. The study aimed to look at values of Generation Z and how they perceive their future.

Memedays is a research institute that studies social media trends among Generation Z. They provide consumers, media and companies with the trend that spread on social networking sites like Instagram and Tiktok and proposes marketing strategies based on such trends. The institute likewise spreads positive ways of enjoying social media to address mental health problems among young people.

Jimin continuously proves his popularity in Japan as the “K-pop Frontman”. Jimin has topped Nehan, Japan’s K-pop Idol popularity website for 3 consecutive weeks and 4 weeks overall.


Jimin consistently tops surveys conducted and also catches the attention of Japanese media such as Billboard Japan, Model Press, Harper’s Bazaar Japan, etc. Jimin is also often seen trending on Japan’s real-time celebrity ranking, Twipple.


Jimin is likewise mentioned by numerous Japanese celebrities and professionals such as famous author and translator Aoko Matsuda, singer Tomoya Murata, musician Gota Nishidera, TV host and actress Kiriko, comedian Yoshiko from of comedy duo Ganbareuya, actor Reika Ozeki.

Recently, Japanese actress, model and TV personality Saeko, mentioned Jimin on her Youtube channel while giving her manager a Jimin-makeover.

Also, Japanese social media influencer Reika Oozeki mentioned Jimin more than once in her SNS and the latest one was in her Instagram Story.

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BTS Jimin is the best role model 😍

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This is our Jiminie 💕💕

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