Newsdelivers.com – Romantic Korean drama is one of the drama genres that many fans have been waiting for. The story presented is far from clichéd, although what is shown is a love story of someone who is sometimes complicated, sometimes just plain. Even so, the romantic genre is perhaps a genre that can represent the feelings of many people. This is what makes romantic dramas and films welcomed even from the first episode.
In addition, Korean dramas do not only come from players who have been in the acting world for a long time. K-pop idols also take part in the Korean drama-film industry. This makes Korean dramas or movies even more interesting. Because, the presence of these idols is also believed to bring most of the fanbase to watch dramas or movies starring their idols.
In 2021, there are several K-pop idols starring in several romantic dramas with various stories presented. Summarized brilio.net from various sources, Thursday (23/9), here are 7 Korean romantic dramas starring K-pop idols.
1. GOT7’s Jinyoung in Yumi’s Cells (2021).
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Yumi’s Cells is a Korean drama adapted from the Webtoon of the same title. This drama tells the story of Yumi (Kim Go-eun), an ordinary office worker who is used to her failed love story. The series will follow Yumi’s growth and change as she falls in love and builds her romantic relationship. In addition, this romantic and psychological themed series illustrates how a person’s sensitivity becomes one of the important factors in his life.
In addition to being present with stunning performances by the players, this drama is also played by one of the K-pop idols. GOT7’s Jinyoung or Park Ji-hyun plays Seo Sae-i who dreams of becoming the best game art director and becomes the partner of Ku Woong, a game developer played by Ahn Bo-hyun.
2. Yeri Red Velvet di Blue Birthday (2021).
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Blue Birthday is a romantic-thriller drama that tells the story of a teenage girl who returns to the past to meet her long-deceased lover. The incident happened right on his girlfriend’s birthday and he returned to the previous 10 years when they were 18 years old.
Red Velvet’s Yeri, whose real name is Kim Ye-rim, plays Oh Ha-rin who can’t move on from her first love. On a trip to the past, Ha-rin finds out why Ji Seo-Jun, played by Yang Hong-seok, would die to save her.
3. B1A4’s Jinyoung and BAP’s Youngjae at Police University (2021).
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Police University is a drama series that tells the story of life at the police academy. In the story, Cha Tae-hyun appears who plays Yoo Dong-man, a professor who has been a police detective for decades. He plans to conduct an investigation with Kang Seon-ho, played by B1A4’s Jinyoung or whose real name is Jung Jin-young. Kang Seon-ho’s character is a smart student who used to be a hacker.
Besides B1A4’s Jinyoung, another K-pop idol who is also in this drama is BAP’s Youngjae BAP’s Youngjae whose real name is Yoo Young-jae as Jo Joon-wook, a 20-year-old first-year police student. Although the criminal atmosphere is more pronounced in this drama, there is also a romantic element. Oh Kang-hee, played by Krystal Jung, makes this police story more colorful with the love story between the characters Dong-man and Kang-hee.
4. Doyeon Weki Meki and Younghoon The Boyz in One The Woman (2021).
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One The Woman tells the story of Jo Yeon-joo (Honey Lee), a naughty prosecutor who gets into a car accident and is in a coma for days. He later suffered from amnesia because of the incident. He couldn’t remember anything, even his own name. She is also mistaken for Kang Mi-na, a girl who looks like her, the youngest daughter of the Yumin Group and the second daughter-in-law of the Han family, the owner of the Hanju Group.
The story then goes on when Han Seung-wook (Lee Sang-yoon), a chaebol who also becomes Kang Mi-na’s lover. In this drama, Doyeon Weki Meki appears as the young Kang Mi-na or the figure of Jo Yeon-joo. While Younghoon The Boyz whose real name is Kim Young-hoon appears as young Han Seung-wook.
5. Jihoon eks Wanna One di At a Distance, Spring is Green (2021).
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At a Distance, Spring is Green is a Korean drama that tells the journey of a group of young people in their 20s who are studying at a university. In this drama, Jihoon ex-Wanna One or real name Park Ji-hoon plays Yeo Jun, the second son of a rich family and a first-year student at Myeongil University.
Yeo Jun looks like he has everything and has never had a hard time in his life. However, he has a big secret in his life when he is attracted to Nam Soo-hyun, a senior in the same major at his college. This interest slowly makes him gradually reveal his big secret.
6. Cha Eun-woo Astro in True Beauty (2021).
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True Beauty is a Korean drama adapted from the Webtoon of the same title by Yaongyi. This drama tells the story of Lim Ju-kyung (Moon Ga-young who is not confident with her appearance. She is constantly bullied by her family and friends at school. However, she then learns to make up using video tutorials she got from the internet. Self-taught experiments she succeeded in doing this and improved the views of her friends at school. She was said to be beautiful and was even called a goddess in her school. Even so, she still felt inferior when other people knew what she really looked like.
Cha Eun-woo Astro plays Lee Su-ho, a popular guy at school who meets Ju-kyung with his real face several times. Su-ho likes to read comics and never lies about how he feels. In fact, when Ju-kyung puts her makeup on, Su-ho ignores it. Even so, Su-ho turns out to be in love with Ju-kyung from the first time they met, when Ju-kyung hadn’t put on makeup that he thought was weird.
7. Rowoon SF9 di She Would Never Know (2021).
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She Would Never Know tells the story of the complicated love of two people who work together on the marketing team of a cosmetics company. In the drama, Yoon Song-ah is described as a very perfectionist and dreams of having her own cosmetics company. As a senior in the company, it is natural for him to have such attitudes and ideals. Especially when working, he only hopes that the best has been done.
Meanwhile, Chae Hyun-seung, played by SF9’s Rowoon, is a junior in the same company and likes to express his love for Song-ah for a long time. However, Song-ah is not interested in younger and subordinate men like Hyun-seung. Song-ah prefers Lee Jae-shin, played by Lee Hyun-wook, the director of the company, even though she has made other choices for her life partner. The story develops between unrequited love and hope in the magic of the characters.
(brl/lin)
