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KARA JAPAN 2012 ACHIEVEMENT Records



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KARA 2012 Achievements (JAPAN)


KOREA is not included :


KARA 2nd KOREAN GIRL GROUP Held concert at Olympic Gymnastics Arena


Magazine


CF's


Awards


Recognition's





Music Related


  1. KARA's 2nd Japanese Album Super Girl has been certified Triple Platinum (750,000 copies sold)
  2. Kara Sells Over a Million Total Singles in Japan

  3. Kara's OST song from Strangers 6

  4. Kara STEP (Japanese Version) is #1 on Recochoku chaku-uta Daily Chart

  5. Kara's landed in third on the Oricon Weekly Music DVD chart

  6. Kara STEP (Japanese Version) is no.1 again on Rekochoku Weekly Ranking

  7. Kara always no. 1 foreign artist in two categories Oricon Charts

  8. Kara's Tops mobile music charts in Japan with "STEP"

  9. Kara's RIAJ (Recording Industry Association of Japan) has certified BEST CLIPS II & Shows as Gold disk

  10. Kara Girls Power receives most download on iTunes Japan

  11. Kara Speed Up ringtone is #2 and Girls Power at #20 on its first day on Recochoku.

  12. Kara Girls Power Reaches No.1 on Japan’s Single Daily Ranking Recochoku Site

  13. Kara Mister was certified Double platinum (over 500,000) in RIAJ PC Download section on Feb

  14. Kara received a nomination for Super Girls(MV: Go Go Summer!) Best Album of the Year category

  15. Kara their new Japanese 6th Single Speed Up / Girl's Power no.2 in Oricon Chart

  16. Kara ranked 2nd, 3rd, 12th and 18th on the Taiwanese J-pop Charts

  17. Kara's single achieved 11th Gold Status Through Speed Up / Girl’s Power in Japan

  18. NEWS Congratulations to Hallyu Star TVXQ and KARA on all your accomplishments this year!

  19. Shortest time for a Korean artist Kara to hit one million in singles sales in Japan

  20. Kara's Electric Boy #1 Japan Tsutaya Chart

  21. Kara - recochoku full report #1Weekly #1 Daily #1 Video Clip #4 ringtone #23 Call waiting #15 chaku uta

  22. Kara no.1 on Billboard Japan

  23. KARA certified “Platinum Girls Forever

  24. 2012 Tsutaya annual K-POP cd rental Ranking. Kara 1, # 2 and following by SNSD

  25. KARA mister #64 on the Recochoku top 100 songs ONLY KOREAN ARTIST

  26. KARA and Girls’ Generation are the highest selling Korean artists in Japan for 2012

  27. The Korean and Japanese edition of Kara’s “Step” both achieved the top of the Japan mobile chart

ALBUM SOLD 2012



Top 30 Artists:


  • 2. Kara: 953,941

Top 30 Albums:


  • 1. KARA - Super Girl: 295,651
  • 7. KARA - Girls Forever: 101,947

  • 30. KARA - Pandora (Korean): 21,692

Top 55 Singles:


  • 6. KARA - Speed Up!/Girl Power: 158,613
  • 14. KARA - Electric Boy: 76,248

Top 20 DVD/BluRay Combos:


  • 3. KARA - Best Clips and Shows II: 135,183
  • 7. KARA - 1st Tour in Japan KARASIA: 54,600

  • 12. KARA - Step it Up: 20,550

Concerts and Events Related



  • Kara - Sigma Festival at Okinawa! Performed List: Speed Up, Girls Power, Missing, Go Go Summer, Jet Coaster Love and Electric boy
  • Kara will be at World Music Festival in Okinawa

  • [Concerts / Events] Kara has been confirmed to perform at K*POP NON~STOP LIVE 2012 in Sapporo Dome on August 1, 2012

  • 10/20 Love Concert in Kobe MC Kara's Han Seungyeon and Goo Hara

  • Kara K-POP Paradise 2012 in Okinawa

  • Kara Electric Boy High-Touch Event

  • 121020 Zoom in Saturday Kara DJ Event

  • KARA successfully concludes ‘KARASIA’ Japanese tour ("for a total of 12 concerts and managed to sell out every single seat to a total of a 150,000 member audience.")

  • The final concert on the 27th was especially special in that it was broadcast live through 60 different movie theaters nationwide by fan request. Each theater completely sold out their tickets for the live stream, demonstrating the girls’ unwavering popularity in the country.

  • KARA becomes the first female Korean artist to hold concert at the Tokyo Dome ("The girls kicked off their concert titled ‘KARASIA 2013 Happy New Year in Tokyo Dome‘ on the 6th at 6PM and the girls sold out all 45,000 tickets to the concert in under 5 minutes.")

  • SKYROCKET RATINGS for Live Streaming of TOKYO DOME and other concerts its recorded that, the increase is unexpected because their target viewer for 1 YEAR.. KARA achieve to Gather more Viewers for 1 MONTH

Extreme Related


  • KARA becomes the first girl group to be made into figure dolls ("Mister' Kara figurine dolls were released and sold in both SK and JP. First Korean Idols to be made into figurines usually an honor for Korean actors/actresses")
  • KARA Mister figure dolls as All Member Category Sold Out

  • KARA Mister figure dolls as HARA Category Sold Out

  • KARA Mister figure dolls as NICOLE Category Sold Out

  • KARA Mister figure dolls as SEU YEON Category Sold Out

  • KARA Mister figure dolls as JIYOUNG few left

  • KARA Mister figure dolls as Gyuri few left

  • Reported Jan 11 2012 KARA earned $63 Million in Japan in 2011

  • Released 'K5J' fragrance sold in 1,200 stores in Japan from 2012

  • KARA Goddess Paitings

  • Kara's no. 1 Real time search on Daum. Kara Tokyo Dome

  • KARA Hallyu star for the fourth consecutive year award 2013

  • Kara's endorses major products in two separate countries successfully

  • Kara's no.6 most powerful Hallyu Stars in Japan

  • KARA's Goo Hara recently bought a house in Kangnam for 1,165,000,000 Won

  • KARA ranked 9th overall in Japan for 2012 and was 2nd for Korean artists with 3,416,000,000 JPY (approximately $40.5 million USD)

Awards and Recognition for 2012


  1. Super Girl Album of the Year
  2. Best 3 Albums (Asian)

  3. Kara Best Asian Artist

  4. 24th Japan Best Jewellery Wearer AwardsSpecial Award for Female Category: Singer

  5. Song of the Year by Download (Asian)

  6. Best 5 Songs by Download

  7. Best Music Videos

  8. KaraBest Asian Artist

  9. Girl's TalkBest 3 Albums (Asian)

Commercials and Endorsement :


Between 2012-2013 they've done Endorsements in Japan with:


  1. Dariya 'Palty' Hair dye
  2. Daesang Japan

  3. Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

  4. LG Japan

  5. Family Mart Chicken

  6. Soy Carat

  7. TBC!

  8. C3 Vitamin

  9. Daiichi Kosho Karaoke Machines

  10. K-Food Ambassadors for Asia (CM's broadcasted in JP)

  11. Kara for C Cube Rohto eyewash CM

  12. KARA to endorse ‘Red Vinegreat Drink’ in Japan

  13. CUVILADY

That's 10 commercials in just a year and they get 40-50 million yen for almost each one they film (about $500,000)


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Kara's OST song from Strangers 6

What's the title of the song? I never heard about it. :gemhuh:

Thanks for compiling all of their achievements. It's really nice to know that they're very well-loved in Japan. :)

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What's the title of the song? I never heard about it. :gemhuh:

Thanks for compiling all of their achievements. It's really nice to know that they're very well-loved in Japan. :)

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Thank you edr :)

WELCOME hehe

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