Kpop girl groups Girls' Generation and KARA continue to sweep popularity in Japan and have once again placed within the top 20 slots of a year end music chart in the country.

According to the yearly data released by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Girl's Generation and KARA were the only Korean artists to rank within the top 10 for 2011 ringtone rankings.

The chart, which was compiled from December 15, 2010 to December 13, 2011, showed that KARA's single "Mister" was the sixth most downloaded song and followed immediately by Girls' Generation's "Gee".

Girls' Generation rounded out the top ten with third single "Mr. Taxi" and KARA's Japanese single "GO GO Summer" came in 11th place. In the lower ranks, KARA’s "Jumping" and "Jet Coaster Love" came on 22nd and 23rd spot respectively and "Winter Magic" came on 65th, while Girls’ Generation’s "Run Devil Run" could be found at 71st place.

Meanwhile, both KARA and Girls' Generation will be taking part in NHK's 62nd music special "Red & White Song Battle" along TVXQ which will take place on December 31st.