morning musume has a sizeable fandom in korea. akb fandom is a lot bigger but there are a lot of H!P fans
this is the korean j-idol forum i frequent, and of course it blew up when momusu visited korea
http://theqoo.net/in...&category=26384
also that makino maria fancam was glorious. when i saw ishida ayumi in crystal clear high definition in the first 10 seconds, my jaw hit the floor