12 K-Pop Idols Whose Nationalities Are Most Often Assumed Wrong, According To Fans

While the majority of K-Pop idols are, of course, Korean or of at least partial Korean descent, the industry has become increasingly diverse over the years with Japanese, Chinese, American, Australian, and other nationalities being more commonly represented. Because of this, it’s become easier to mistake an idol’s nationality as something it’s not, especially when they have stage names or other details about them that make it confusing to know for sure. Recently on Reddit, fans were asked to share which K-Pop idols they were most shocked to learn were a different nationality than they thought, and these are 12 of their top answers.