K-Pop and J-Pop

What this quiz asks

• The worldwide spread of South Korean pop culture since the late 1990s is known by which term?
• The Japanese idol group AKB48 takes its name from which Tokyo district?
• The signature dance of PSY's 2012 hit Gangnam Style imitates riding what?
• In which year did BTS make their debut?
• PSY released Gangnam Style in 2012 through YG Entertainment.
• In which year did BLACKPINK make their debut?
• In the K-pop idol system, what are the hopefuls called who spend years at an agency learning to sing and dance before debuting?
• Select ALL of these groups that debuted under SM Entertainment.
• Hatsune Miku, the virtual singer released in 2007, runs on which company's Vocaloid voice-synthesis engine?
• JYP Entertainment is named after the initials of its founder, a singer and producer. Who is he?
• The J-pop star Utada Hikaru was born in Tokyo.
• Did Utada Hikaru record the theme songs for the Kingdom Hearts video games?
• Which K-pop agency was founded by Yang Hyun-suk, a former member of Seo Taiji and Boys?
• Select ALL of these acts that are from Japan.
• Namie Amuro, one of the defining J-pop stars of the 1990s, came from which Japanese prefecture?
• Which rock band, led by drummer and pianist Yoshiki, is seen as a pioneer of Japan's visual kei style?
• Order these K-pop groups by the year they debuted, earliest first.
• In what year did Johnny Kitagawa found the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates?
• Which singer's 1984 song Plastic Love became a viral city pop revival hit online in the late 2010s?
• Which Johnny & Associates boy band disbanded at the end of 2016?