GROUND FREQUENCY DATA DESK

East Asia

GROUND FREQUENCY DATA DESK — EAST ASIA · EDITED BY RICHARD SONG · 2026-W35

Korea and Japan: dense club and live-house circuits where independent acts build locally before anyone abroad hears them.

Scenes covered

Artists scored

1,189

Venues scored

619

Tracked events · 28d

1,869

01 · COVERAGE tier sets how often a scene can carry a written piece — never whether it charts

SCENE	ARTISTS	CHART	VENUES	CHART	EVENTS 28D
South Korea T1	1,144	Top 30	286	Top 30	1,110
Japan T2	45	Top 20	333	Top 30	759

02 · SIGNAL LOG what the data flagged on this beat this week

FIRST ISSUE — MOVEMENT TRIGGERS (DEBUT, SURGE, SLIDE) BEGIN NEXT WEEK

• PEAK SCORE

Umuhae

South Korea · artists

MiSFY Score 92.2 at #1 in South Korea — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 1,144

RECORD W0/9 · 550 followers · 0/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre self_declared

• PEAK SCORE

Band LAON

South Korea · artists

MiSFY Score 92.2 at #2 in South Korea — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 1,144

RECORD W0/9 · 703 followers · 0/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre self_declared

• PEAK SCORE

BusanClub

South Korea · venues

MiSFY Score 89.1 at #1 in South Korea — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 286

RECORD W4/9 · 20 dated events · 0 scored artists on stage · placed · 1,438 followers

• PEAK SCORE

NPU

South Korea · artists

MiSFY Score 91.2 at #3 in South Korea — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 1,144

RECORD W0/9 · 676 followers · 0/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre unassigned

• PEAK SCORE

Seoul Indie Platform

South Korea · venues

MiSFY Score 86.9 at #2 in South Korea — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 286

RECORD W5/9 · 28 dated events · 0 scored artists on stage · placed · 1,640 followers

• PEAK SCORE

PASS

Japan · venues

MiSFY Score 90.1 at #1 in Japan — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 333

RECORD W3/9 · 4 dated events · 0 scored artists on stage · placed · 8,288 followers

• PEAK SCORE

IRIS MONDO

Japan · artists

MiSFY Score 89 at #1 in Japan — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 45

RECORD W2/9 · 4,792 followers · 1/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre unassigned

• PEAK SCORE

Ovantgarde

South Korea · venues

MiSFY Score 85.4 at #3 in South Korea — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 286

RECORD W7/9 · 40 dated events · 1 scored artists on stage · placed · 12,669 followers

• ROOM INDEX

Yes24 Live Hall

South Korea · artists

3 scored artists documented on stage across 5 appearances, 2025-12-27 to 2026-04-05; appearance-weighted MiSFY Score 57.9, +10.9 clear of Hongdae Club FF — 2 rooms in South Korea carry enough ledger to rank

RECORD W5/9 · 3 scored artists · 0 rising · 5 appearances · 2025-12-27~2026-04-05

• PEAK SCORE

Sato Yukie

Japan · artists

MiSFY Score 88.8 at #2 in Japan — at or above the 85 rising threshold, pool 45

RECORD W0/9 · 340 followers · 0/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre self_declared

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