When we say a majority of K-pop idols need to work on their acting skills, Rowoon isn’t on the list. The vocalist of a popular K-pop boy group, SF9’s Rowoon, is not new to the spotlight, especially after watching the actor-idol’s latest K-drama, ‘Tomorrow,’ which has definitely reignited the Rowoon craze! Right from his debut in the entertainment industry, Rowoon took the K-drama world by storm through his exceptional and unique choice of scripts. If you are a big fan of idol Rowoon but haven’t yet known ‘Actor Rowoon’ yet, you must give a chance to the k-Dramas in which he has starred. Here are the top six K-dramas of Rowoon you should not miss out on!
Each and every character that he has played has been memorable, starting from that of Haru from ‘Extraordinary You’ to Choi Joon Woong from ‘Tomorrow’. Let’s check out the top endearing characters played by Rowoon in K-Dramas.
6. Click Your Heart (2016)
Director: Min Doo Shik
Cast: Mina, Zuho, Chani, Rowoon, Dawon, Hwiyoung
Total Number of Episodes: 7
Where to Watch: Prime Video
SF9’s Rowoon made his acting debut through this mini K-drama series which is similar to an interactive choose-your-own guy type of game. The unique concept of this experimental series is that the viewers get to choose the ending of each episode of the series by means of voting. It centers on a high school girl named Kwon Mi Na, who is known for getting herself into difficult situations owing to her clumsy nature. Nonetheless, her clumsy charms end up attracting the interest of four different boys at the same time. While Kim Ro Woon (played by Rowoon) is a famous baseball pitcher, Kim Da Won is a close friend of Mi Na and the school’s straight-A student.
On the other hand, Kang Cha Ni is a member of a boy band who is crazy about dancing, and Baek Ju Ho is an arrogant street thug with a heart of gold for people whom he loves. While all the four leads fall for Mi Na, to know who will capture her heart, you need to watch the show!
5. She Would Never Know (2021)
Director: Lee Dong Yoon
Screenwriter: Chae Yoon
Cast: Won Jin Ah, Rowoon, Lee Kyu Han, Lee Hyun Wook, Wang Bit Na, Lee Joo Bin
Total Number of Episodes: 16
Where to Stream: Netflix
If you wanna see Rowoon flexing his charm as a quirky young office worker who falls for his sunbae at the workplace, ‘She Would Never Know’ is just for you. An endearing office romance K-drama, the story revolves around a marketer for a cosmetics brand, Yoon Song Ah, who is determined to make his dream of establishing her own cosmetics brand come true. Chae Hyun Seung, a rookie marketer at the same company, falls in love with Song Ah, compelled by her work ethic, ambition, and personality.
However, she is not in favor of dating younger men. Therefore, while he decides to chase and impress her, she keeps on rebuffing his advances. The show centers on how an individual chases his love against the taboos of society based on age gap and social status. As an adaptation of the original hit manhwa named, ‘Senior, Don’t Put on That Lipstick,’ the show has done justice to the webtoon, as it stands out to be one of the best K-Dramas by Rowoon.
4. School 2017 (2017)
Director: Song Min Yeop, Park Jin Suk
Screenwriter: Jung Chan Mi
Cast: Kim Se Jeong, Kim Jung Hyun, Jang Dong Yoon, Han Sun Hwa, Han Joo Wan, Seol In Ah
Total Number of Episodes: 16
Where to Watch: Netflix, Viki
‘School 2017’ is the seventh installment of the famous School franchise that revolves around a group of high school students and the troubles they face, especially owing to discrimination based on social statuses. Eun Ho is a cheerful and positive girl who, despite being a victim of class discrimination as well, believes that hard work and good grades can make her a well-established webtoon artist. However, she mistakenly gets identified as the school’s troublemaker, which spills water on her dreams.
The show casts Kim Jung Hyun as Hyun Tae Woon, the arrogant son of the school’s director and her love interest. Rowoon only plays a supporting role in the series, yet it stands out as one of the best K-Dramas by him. He is a band member and an exchange student at the school but is the least popular one among all his peers.
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3. The King’s Affection (2021)
Director: Lee Hyun Suk, Song Hyun Wook
Screenwriter: Han Hee Jung
Cast: Park Eun Bin, Rowoon, Nam Yoon Su, Choi Byung Chan, Bae Yoon Kyung, Jung Chae Yeon
Total Number of Episodes: 20
Where to Watch: Netflix
If you wanna see Rowoon in a complete historical K-drama, ‘The King’s Affection’ might be the one for you. However, let’s not judge the book by its cover as he doesn’t play the character of a King in the drama! He plays the love interest of the female lead, who, in disguise as her twin brother, is set to become the King. Set during the Joseon period, the story follows a girl named Da Mi, the princess of the kingdom, who was supposed to be killed soon after her birth. However, the Crown Princess Consort sends her out in secret in order to save her.
Years later, she comes back to the palace as a court maid. When her twin brother, Lee Hwi ends up losing his life, his mother convinces her long-lost daughter to take his place. However, when she comes across her first love Jung Ji Woon, played by Rowoon, she struggles to keep her distance from him. Adapted from a webtoon of the same name, this cross-dressing and hidden-identity K-drama starring Rowoon is a tempting treat for the viewers!
2. Extraordinary You (2019)
Director: Kim Sang Woo, Kim Sang Hyub
Screenwriter: In Ji Hye, Song Ha Young
Cast: Lee Jae Wook, Rowoon, Kim Hye Yoon, Lee Na Eun, Kim Young Dae, Jung Gun Joo
Total Number of Episodes: 32
Where to Watch: Netflix
‘Extraordinary You’ is the first K-drama in which Rowoon played the lead and charmed everyone with his pure and impeccable character of Haru. An unconventional high school rom-com, the show revolves around a high school girl named Dan Oh who, despite being born into a rich family, can’t live a happy life owing to her weak heart condition. Moreover, she is engaged to her childhood love and classmate, Baek Gyung, who has no love or respect for her whatsoever. Suddenly, Dan Oh begins to experience weird things around her till she comes to know that she is not a human being but a character from a webtoon. Not to mention, she isn’t even the main character but an “extra” who is destined to die in the story.
Determined not to let her life be controlled by the webtoon’s author, she decides to change her fate. However, nothing she does seems to bring about any change. It’s then that she comes across an unnamed character in the webtoon, whom she calls Haru, the only one whose actions can affect the story. However, the story has a deeper plot involved that is all the more heart-breaking.
1. Tomorrow (2022)
Director: Kim Tae Yoon, Sung Chi Wook
Screenwriter: Park Ran, Kim Yu Jin, Park Ja Kyung
Cast: Kim Hee Sun, Rowoon, Lee Soo Hyuk, Yun Ji On, Kim Hae Sook, Kim Nu Ri
Total Number of Episodes: 16
Where to Watch: Netflix
The latest one in the list of Rowoon K-dramas is ‘Tomorrow’. It is an action drama-fantasy that follows a man named Choi Joon Woong, who is skilled in almost everything he does but hasn’t been able to land himself a job in a long time. Frustrated with his life, while moving across the Han river, he discovers a man trying to jump into the river and end his life. It’s then that he comes across Koo Ryeon and Im Ryoog Gu, two grim reapers who come from the crisis management team specializing in saving people from committing suicide.
While trying to save the old man, Joon Woong falls into the river and slips into a state of coma. Koo Ryeon, the manager of the team, informs a half-human and half-spirit Joon Woong that he will wake up after three years. However, if he works as a member of the crisis management team, he can wake up in his body in six months. Thus, Joon Woong becomes the newest member of the company, and together with his team, he saves people who have given up on their will to live.
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