12 Female K-Pop Idols Who Boldly Show Off Their Tattoos

Some are cute, others are sexy.

While there aren’t as many female idols with tattoos as there are male idols, the ones who do rock them with confidence. From colorful and playful little pieces to heartfelt phrases, here are some female idols who aren’t afraid to show off their tattoos.

1. HyunA

HyunA has many small tattoos dotted across her body, one of her earliest being her cute row of colored emoji faces. Many of them are forms of lettering, like the phrase “My mother is the heart that keeps me alive” written on the back of her shoulder.

More recently, she has become bolder with her tattoos, including one on her back, showcasing the myriad of tattoos she has received.

2. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa

Hwasa has multiple , from her baptismal name “Maria” written on the back of her neck, to a matching tattoo with Wheein of the word “Caddo” on the side of her neck, meaning “someone who carries your sorrows on her back.”

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Hwasa also has “Resonance” tattooed on her ankle… which is shared with fellow MAMAMOO member Wheein.

3. MAMAMOO’s Wheein

Wheein has more than 10 tattoos, like two colorful butterflies on her forearm and a small watercolor flower on her hand.

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And here is the shared tattoo between Wheein and Hwasa!

4. MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul

Moonbyul also has a collection of tattoos scattered across her body, from a line art style family portrait on the back of her arm, to a timeline of important events in her life on her ankle.

5. F(x)’s Amber Liu

Amber is one of the few k-pop idols with a full tattoo sleeve, a collection of both meaningful and spontaneous tattoos that act as personal memories saved on her skin.

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6. Nana (formerly of After School)

Nana sports tattoos across her whole body, from a spider web on her should to a butterfly behind her left knee.

She also has a swan on the back of her right shoulder and a flower on her back.

7. (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi

Yuqi has an adorable Welsh Corgi tattoo on the back of her right shoulder!

8. (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon

Soyeon also only has one tattoo, a lotus flower she got earlier this year.

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9. TWICE’s Chaeyoung

Chaeyoung is another idol with a variety of different sized, from two little tomatoes on her upper arm, to a line of four carrots on her forearm…

To a full back tattoo!

10. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Taeyeon has multiple small tattoos as well, with these four delicate colored flowers across her collarbone and shoulders. Her other tattoos are located in places like the back of her neck, the inside of her fingers, and her arms.

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11. Red Velvet’s Yeri

Yeri’s tattoos are all words, with “influence” inside her finger, “aurora” inside another finger, and “stability” on the back of her neck.

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12. Red Velvet’s Wendy

Wendy was spotted with a few tattoos in the music video for “Psycho”, including a small cross in the middle of her chest, “you are in my heart” written across her collarbone, and a finger tattoo that says “love”.

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