While all the acts of the third-generation backward have fixed positions, especially
for the visual ones, most acts of the fourth-generation don’t assign this specific visual role for
any members because agencies want to prove that all the idols they debuted are not only
skillfully trained but also impressively beautiful.
However, netizens still love to point out which idols stand out the most in their group
in terms of visuals.
Are you curious who they are?
Let’s find out right now!
Kazuha (Le Sserafim)
Being titled “4th generation Suzy,” Kazuha’s visual has already kept people talking since
she was introduced by Source Music.
Even when LE SSERAFIM was said to be a full-visual group and the beauty of each member was also
exclaimed to be extremely distinguished from one another, which usually made it hard for
people to single out one specific member to take on the visual position, most still picked
Kazuha to be the prettiest face in the group.
On top of that, some said she also had a unique aura that mysteriously drew people’s attention
even in the most crowded room, which was also the most crucial factor to choose a visual
for a group because there were thousands of pretty faces in the K-Pop industry but not
all of them had the vibe special enough to stand out.
Then when LE SSERAFIM made their very first public appearance and photos taken by journalists
were posted on the Internet, the hype around Kazuha’s visual got even bigger because
now her beauty was officially confirmed through outlets’ photos so anti-fans could no longer
say Source Music photoshopped her face to be legendarily beautiful.
What was most surprising about people’s pick for Kazuha to be LE SSERAFIM’s visual
was that, while netizens usually want only Korean members to hold such an important role,
somehow they still went crazy for a Japanese member like Kazuha and even called her the
fourth generation Suzy of K-Pop.
Xiaoting (Kep1er)
Even when you’ve just followed K-Pop recently, for sure you still know a thing or two about
how Knetz always hold a big grudge against Chinese idols.
That’s also one of the big reasons why EVERGLOW’s Yiren, who was chosen to be a top “visual
center” in Produce 48, still had to get back to China under the fierce pressures from
K-public and Ningning, who was carefully chosen by SM Entertainment and literally the last
one standing vocalist in the SM Rookies line, was still frequently asked to leave the groups
by K-netz.
However, for some magical reasons, Xiaoting receives lots of love from netizens and while
Kep1er’s line-up has lots of South Korean members, she was still chosen to be the visual
of the group.
In the poll’s result where netizens picked out their favorite visual in KEP1ER, Xiaoting
not only topped the list but also won with an overwhelming number at 55% of total voting.
In fact, not only the public but the members also recognized Xiaoting’s visual because
in Chaehyun’s introduction the other day on The Silence Of Idol, she called Xiaoting
the “visual queen” of KEP1ER and according to Koreaboo, this didn’t “come as a surprise
to many!”
Still, do you know what the most shocking thing about the way netizens talk about her
visual is?
Back in 2021 when she was yet to officially debut, people had already compared her visual
with the Nation’s Princess Jang Wonyoung on allkpop forum and in the results, she even
outshone Wonyoung with 60% of total votes.
In the survey where people were asked who they found prettier, Xiaoting or Sakura, aka
the second most famous member in IZ*ONE whose fanbase was also extremely strong, Xiaoting
still had more votes.
Lee Know (STRAYKIDS)
A little bit different from other idols on the list, the visual of Lee Know is rather
underrated but when people saw him at first sight, most immediately agreed that he had
one of the most surrealistically handsome faces in K-Pop.
That’s why when netizens sought the explanation as to why his name wasn’t mentioned as frequently
Still, he got the recognition he deserved as after being one of the MC for Music Core
in 2021, people fell for his visual swiftly and not only netizens but even STRAYKIDS’
members and big outlets had to publicly exclaim his handsomeness.
For example, back in August 2020, he was referred to by the big outlet Soribada as the “Unreachable
Visual.”
Apparently this title made people curious so they dug deeper to see how handsome Lee
Know was and to their surprise, the channel had already recognized his visual several
times in the past.
For example, in 2018, Soribada called Lee Know an idol with “Perfect Stage Manners”
and in 2019, they mentioned him again for having a “handsome smile.”
On Forbes Korea, Lee Know was also selected to be the “Visual King” of K-Pop in 2021
There was also a video on Youtube talking about how the South Korean media gave him
the title “Unreachable Visual” and in the comment section, many said that his visual
was so stunning that their breath was taken away the moment they saw him.
Some also admitted though his reputation in STRAYKIDS wasn’t the best and most of them
recognized Hyunjin first when they first knew the group, their attention quickly shifted
to Lee Know as he looked as perfect as a sculpture.
Still, his surreal visual went most noticed among STRAYKIDS’ members because whenever
having a chance, the boys always took it to exclaim how handsome Lee Know was.
From radio shows to the livestreams of both the group and individual members, Lee Know’s
name was always there when they talked about who looked best in STRAYKIDS.
These moments happened so frequently that on Youtube, the video compiling all STRAYKIDS’
compliments for Lee Know lasted up to three minutes straight.
EunChan (TEMPEST)
When TEMPEST had just debuted for 22 days, which wasn’t even a month long, Eunchan,
or Byeongseop, was already voted out to be the next visual prince of K-Pop because he
had a perfect mix between a manly, defined handsomeness and a cute, flower-boy vibe in
his look.
In this article, he was mentioned with probably the most flattering words as besides describing
his visuals as perfect as being drawn from pictures, Kpopmap even playfully asked their
readers to find a seat because they would be staring at their screen for a long time.
According to some, his visual reminded them of EXO’s Suho in certain angles because
of the extremely high nose and the big deer eyes that looked like they could speak to
people without Eunchan’s having to say a word.
However, as TEMPEST was an all-visual group but somehow people were drawn to Eunchan as
if he was an attention magnet, they started tracing back his background to find the reasons.
Soon enough, they found out as he attended Hanlim Multi Arts School in the Fashion Modeling
department and graduated in 2020, there was a invisibly strong high-fashion aura around
Eunchan and this was proven even more clearly after he made the studio of After School Club
into his own fashion show earlier this year.
What’s even more shocking about his handsomeness was that, after he flaunted his visual in
TEMPEST VISUAL CLIP, many said that they had immediately pre-ordered the first mini-album
of TEMPEST.
Younghoon (The Boyz)
While The Boyz comes from a rather small company, the visual of Younghoon has garnered tons
of attention and eventually also pushed the group’s reputation to brighter stardom.
Similar to the case of Lee Know, Younghoon’s reputation wasn’t the biggest in the group
but when it came to the visual, most still agreed that he had one of the most perfect
faces in K-Pop and at one point, he was even said to be the younger brother of EXO’s
Sehun, aka the idol chosen to be the “most handsome singer in Asia on TCCAsia’s Most
Beautiful Faces” list in 2019.
However, Sehun wasn’t the only top-tier visual Younghoon was being compared to because
according to Defcoon, Younghoon actually looked even more similar to Cha Eun Woo, whose visual
has long been famous as the one and only “face genius” of K-Pop.
Many netizens also shared the same view because with such a chef-kiss visual, many believed
they wouldn’t be so surprised if one day everyone started to call him the “face genius
of idols gen4.”
s On Instiz, Younghoon was also chosen to be the most handsome member of the group,
and when the question “Who looks best in The Boyz?”
was brought to other big forums where international K-Pop fans were active more often, his name
still popped up first on the list.
So, do you think these idols deserve the title or should another member take on the visual
role?