Japanese language is the most influential language in Korean on-line fandom culture. Japanese which is used in fandom has been translated into bespoke Korean culture, while in its progress many of meanings has been changed. With a stage debut in 2012,...
Japanese language is the most influential language in Korean on-line fandom culture. Japanese which is used in fandom has been translated into bespoke Korean culture, while in its progress many of meanings has been changed. With a stage debut in 2012, Idol group EXO-K and EXO-M used to perform in Korea and China respectively but from recent merge of two groups in the name of EXO in 2013, they have dramatically renown their name in Music industry and grown rapidly their fandom. Existences of Chinese members in the group and their performances in Chinese broadcasts have made fandom recognize ‘China’ and ‘Chinese’, meanwhile a certain Chinese idioms and words have emerged and used in fandom. Among them some of these particular Chinese languages have also used by other idol fandom and we have noted that these languages are used in perspective of cultural translation and have made changes in ways to understand China as well. This trend has staged firmly within fandom and influenced fandom to motivate to learn Chinese language. Based on in depth interviews with EXO fans, this paper has focused to analyse connection between needs and usages of Chinese language within fandom and changes in images of China, which would eventually impact on Image of China.