The boy band will make its official debut in Japan in January, followed by nine concerts in Japan in February that are expected to draw some 95,000 fans.

But only 26,600 seats are available for the 12 events in four cities that include Tokyo, Aichi, Fukuoka and Osaka. The band is scheduled to host a fan meeting in Japan starting Saturday, where 200,000 fans have registered for the event. Six major sports and entertainment dailies from Japan participated in a press conference, along with Chinese media including Youku, a video hosting service, and Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blogging website.

The band's exceptional debut grabbed media attention in the two most important K-pop markets - Japan and China. No K-pop group or singer has debuted with a concert at such a big venue as the Olympic stadium, where only established singers usually hold concerts. 3, one of the biggest concert venues in the country. More than 13,000 fans attended iKON's debut concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena on Oct. 1 with album 'Welcomeback,' which topped iTunes charts in 11 countries. The seven-member hip-hop boy group made its official debut on Oct. New boy band iKON will move into the Asian market by next year, YG Entertainment's Yang Hyun-suk has revealed. From left are Koo Jun-hoe, Song Yun-hyeong, B.I, Kim Jin-hwan, Bobby, Kim Dong-hyuk and Jung Chan-woo. Members of YG Entertainment's new boy band iKON pose before their debut concert at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Songpa-gu, Seoul.

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