One True Pair

The One True Pair or OTP is an important decision to nake for any fan. Who's doing it for the cameras, who's dating is real life, and who's too cute to resist? There's a reason why each of these K-pop couples are stauchly supported-get to know fandom's 9 most squeed-upon couples.
 


BOA AND JYJ's JAEJOONG
In 2009, during DBSK's Mirotic promotions, Jaejoong talked about his closeness with BoA on the TV program Come to play, even sending an SMS to her on the spot when they were asked to message a person that has an important place in their heart. The couple's fans are glad of the best-friend status and find the two if them adorable, being such high-profile pop stars where it's hard to find a close sympathetic friend.

 

SNSD's SUNNY AND SUPER JUNIOR's SUNGMIN
While not famous at most of the K-pop couples, they are certainly one of the most popular. They became closer after hosting a radio show together, and Sungmin was also known to have thought Sunny how to play guitar. Their interactions are filled with playful teasing banter that made them irresistible to watch. On the show 'Music Travel Lalala', Sungmin and Sunny sang a duet cover of the song 'Falling Slowly'. which made fans love the couple even more.


SE7EN AND PARK HAN BYUL
The longest K-pop relationship to date, se7en and Park Han Byul have been together for more than eight years! Most of their fans have believed that they were in a relationship even before se7en's official announcement on his homepage last 2009. Being handsome and beautiful, Se7en and Han Byul receive a lot of praise as a couple and surprisingly, almost all of their fans support their relationship. Now that they are open to the public, Se7en even had Han Byul as the actress in his MV for 'I'm Going Crazy'.


SHINEE's JONGHYUN AND SHIN SE KYUNG
This surprisingly public real-life couple met a lot of negative criticism especially from Shinee fans, even to the point of Jonghyun fansites closing down in protest. They've managed to get through the first wave of antis; however, it remains a question whether they can stand the test of time.



RAIN AND SONG HYE KYO
A couple that started primarily from the drama 'Full House began to support the two main characters as a real-life pairing. They are known as 'BIKYO' to their loyal fans (from 'Bi' and 'Hye Kyo') who called themselves part of the 'Bikyo Family Network'. While the couple doesn't offer much real-life believability, Bikyo still remains to be a strong drama pairing.



SS501's KIM HYUN JOONG AND HWANGBO
They were replacements for Alex (Clazziquai Project) and Shin Ae during the first season of MBC reality show 'We Got Married' in 2008. Most of
their fans would consider the 'Lettuce Couple' (Hyun Joong had mispronounced the word during their honeymoon) or 'JoongBo' as the funniest couple of WGM: Hyun Joong is witty, while Hwangbo is cute and childlike when it comes to Hyun Joong, despite being 6 years older! Hyun Joong called Hwangbo 'Hwang Buin', a term which caught on to many fans, using 'Buin' as pet names for friends. And Joongbo has a 'kid' in the family-a dog named Jins!

2PM's JO KWON AND BROWN EYED GIRL's GAIN
Jo Kwon and Gain were chosen as one of the additional couples in October 2009. Despite being really popular individually, the 'Adam Couple' (since they both have slender figures) gained a large fanbase for being fun to watch. Ga In's shy and coy personality balances out Jo Kwon's loud and funny antics. People can't help but find them adorable! Their skinship is easy and natural, they are the first couple to make a joint Me2day account filled with couple selcas. They even released a due titled 'We Fall In Love' to add fuel to the OTP fire, and, as per to  
Kwon's own Twitter updates, are supposed to be dating in real life.


CNBLUE's YONGHWA AND SNSD's SEOHYUN
Yonghwa and Seohyun were cast on board Season 2 of 'We Got Married' in February 2010. Some consider them boring, but the slow but steady development of their relatinoship seemed more sincere in the long run. Their moniker 'Sweet Potato Couple' came from an episode where Seohyun determined whether she liked Yonghwa or not by saying she liked either sweet potato ('yes') or hamburger ('no') as she thinks hamburgers are unhealthy. Watching these two is just too sweet: like the Adam couple, they released a duet called the 'Banmal Song'.


2PM's NICHKHUN AND F(X)'s VICTORIA
This couple was added to the 'We Got Married' roster in Season 2. Officially called the 'Samgyupsal Couple' on WGM, but known as 'Khuntoria' to fans, they are the first international couple on the show (Nichkhun is Thai and Victoria is Chinese). Fans even gifted them with a star named 'Khuntoria' for their 200th day)"!

 


Special Mention:
The YG DARING SERVICE
YG has always allowed its artists to do musical collaborations. With the awesome productions, it's no wonder that most of them end up having their own 'couple fans'. One notable pairing is BigBang's leader GDragon and 2NE1's sexy Park Bom, which began when Bom was still a trainee and featured in previous BigBang releases 'We Belong Together' and 'Forever With You'. G-Dragon has also been paired with other 2ne1 members since he's worked with almost of them: 'DaraGon', received a lot of attention when he featured Sandara Park in 'Hello', one of the songs on his solo album 'Heartbreaker'. BigBang's Taeyang has also been paired with Sandara after she starred in his 'I Need A Girl' MV off his own solo album, Solar. Rapper T.O.P is also paired with Bom Bom ' We Belong Together' and 'Forever With You', and with Sandara, too (she had a kissing scene with him in labelmate Gummy's 'I'm Sorry' MV). One thing's for certain-YG sure likes to mix, match, and maybe play matchmaker.

 

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