Korean Dramas Starring Kpop Idols (Huge List Of 59 Kdramas)

Kpop idols are popular around the world because of their excellent singing and dancing skills. However, their talents do not end there. Some of the idols have left their groups to pursue acting.

Several Kpop idols are actors too. They have been acting in many Kdramas. Their acting is so good that you forget that they are idols. It is no doubt that these idols are great in acting & making the audience emotional.

Korean dramas are addicting. If you start to watch them, you can never leave them even if you try hard. Their storyline is good, the acting is excellent & OSTs are just!! You know them..

Korean Dramas Starring Kpop Idols

If you are looking or want to know some good to watch kdramas in which Kpop idols have acted, here is the massive list of 59 dramas starring kpop idols.

You will fall in love with their acting. These dramas have some of the best storylines & OSTs. So, get your popcorn & tissues ready because this is going to be an emotional ride.

Let’s get to the list..

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Kim Myung Soo

Kim Myung Soo, known as L, his singing stage name, debuted as a member of the boy band INFINITE in 2010. Although he has left the company he will still be a member of INFINITE. He has acted in many good dramas.

1. Secret Royal Inspector

Set in the era of the Joseon dynasty the drama revolves around Yi Gyum, a state examination top scorer who works in the administrative department. He is caught gambling is re-assigned as a secret royal inspector to investigate the corrupt public officials.

2. Meow, the Secret Boy

Sol Ah’s life changes when she brings home a cat. Named Hong Jo, the cat can take human form. Hong Jo becomes exceptionally fond of her and goes to great pains to hide his human identity from her. Will Hong Jo manage to keep his identity a secret?

3. Angel’s Last Mission: Love

A talented ballerina suffers a devastating accident that leaves her blind. Dan is an optimistic, carefree angel who is always getting into trouble. To return to heaven he is given the seemingly impossible mission of finding true love for her but ends up falling for her himself.

4. Miss Hammurabi

Park Cha Oh Reum is a newly appointed judge. She is always on the lookout for injustice and can profoundly empathize with others. Compared to her, Im Ba Reun is a cool-headed man of principle and he is displeased with her who is overly sympathetic when it comes to cases.

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Bae Suzy

Bae Suzy debuted in the Chinese-Korean girl group “Miss A” under JYP Entertainment in 2010. In 2017, Miss A disbanded. Later, she began her career in acting & has been starred in popular dramas.

Also Read – Kdramas Starring Bae Suzy To Watch

5. Anna

Yoo Mi is the woman who tells a small lie and ends up living someone else’s life. Hyun Joo lives her life holding herself above everyone, treating them with neither kindness nor malice. Ji Hoon is Yoo Mi’s husband who is ambitious and future-oriented.

6. Start-Up

Nam Do San is excellent with mathematics. He started the company ‘Samsan Tech’ two years ago, but the company is not doing well. Somehow, Nam Do San becomes Seo Dal Mi’s, first love. They cheer each other’s start and growth.

7. Vagabond

Cha Dal Gun is a stuntman whose nephew dies in a plane crash. He comes to know that there is a huge scandal involving the government behind the plane crash & sets off to reveal the truth along with a NIS agent Go Hae Ri.

8. While You Were Sleeping

Jae Chan, a prosecutor, decides to interfere in the course of events and ends up saving the lives of Hong Joo and Woo Tak. When the three of them start having dreams about one another, they realize that their lives are now somehow connected.

9. Uncontrollably Fond

When No Eul & Joon Young were children, they got separated and became heartbroken. When their paths cross again years later, Joon Young discovers that No Eul is now a very different person than he remembered. Will their past relationship revive?

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Im Yoon Ah

Im Yoon Ah, known as Yoona, is a member of the Korean girl group Girls’ Generation and is known as the center-girl, lead dancer, and sub-vocalist of the group. Yoona made her debut as a singer along with Girls’ Generation on August 5, 2007.

10. Big Mouth

Chang Ho is an underperforming lawyer. He winds up in charge of a murder case that turns him overnight into a genius conman known as “Big Mouse.” In order to survive, he must expose a huge conspiracy among the privileged upper classes.

11. Hush

Hush is an office drama about newspaper reporters and their everyday struggles, problems, and ethical dilemmas. Jun Hyeok is a veteran reporter for a newspaper. Ji Su is a bold intern reporter. When she meets Jun Hyeok as her mentor, she dreams of becoming a true journalist.

12. The King In Love

Wang Won is a crown prince of Goryeo. He is best friends with Wang Rin who comes from a royal family and is his bodyguard. Eun San who is the daughter of the richest man appears. The three become good friends, but things change after they both fall in love with Eun San.

13. The K2

Je Ha is a former mercenary soldier known as “K2” who is wrongfully accused of killing his girlfriend. He is hired as a bodyguard by Yoo Jin, the wife of a presidential candidate. Meanwhile, An Na is the secret daughter of the president. They begin to develop feelings for each other.

14. Love Rain

Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee fall in an ill-fated love with each other during college in the 70s. In the present day, their kids fall in love. The children are completely different from their parents in personality, but fate pulls them together.

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Ok Taec Yeon

Ok Taec Yeon is the main rapper in the Korean boy group, 2PM. In 2010, he made his acting debut in the Korean drama Cinderella’s Sister. Since then, he has starred in many good dramas.

15. Secret Royal Inspector & Joy

Ra Yo Eon, a young gourmand is appointed as a royal secret inspector against his will. Kim Jo Yi, a divorced woman searching for happiness winds up joining forces with him to discover the truth, investigate and battle corruption.

16. The Game: Towards Zero

Tae Pyung can see the moments right before the death by looking into someone’s eyes. One day, a girl is kidnapped. While helping the police with the investigation, he meets Joon Young, a crime division detective, whose death he can’t foresee.

17. Save Me

Sang Mi and her family move to Muji Gun. There she meets four boys. When her family faces some trouble, the Spiritual Father of Goosunwon offers to help them. However, her family is slowly gets sucked into the pseudo-religious cult and the four boys try to save her.

18. Bring It On, Ghost

Hyun Ji studied for most of her life before she died at the age of 19. She is now a ghost and has wandered around the world for several years. She then meets Bong Pal, an exorcist college boy. They both listen to various stories from ghosts and sends them to the otherworld.

19. Who Are You

Shi On, a woman who can see spirits after waking up from a 6-year long coma meets Gun Woo, a man who only believes in solid evidence. They come to understand each other as they try to help the spirits attached to objects at a lost-and-found center rest in peace.

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Cha Eun Woo

Cha Eun Woo (born Lee Dong Min) is a member of the boy group ‘ASTRO’. In 2016, he debuted as a member of ASTRO. He has been starred in various Kdramas that made him popular.

20. True Beauty

A high school girl Ju Gyeong rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up. She turns into a goddess because of her makeup skills, but would rather die than reveal her bare face. The drama tells her love story with the only boy that saw her without makeup, Su Ho.

21. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

Set in the early 19th century, Goo Hae Ryung works as a historian. Female historians are generally looked down upon because of their gender. Along with the fight of the female palace historians, the drama will tell her romance with Prince Yi Rim who has a secret of his own.

22. My ID is Gangnam Beauty

Mi Rae, once bullied for her looks, decides to get plastic surgery to start fresh. When she begins university, people still tease her as Gangnam Beauty. She meets Kyung Suk, who sees people for what they are on the inside and not the outside. He becomes attracted to her.

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Choi Soo Young

Choi Soo Young is a member of the girl group Girls’ Generation. Soo Young eventually became a member of the girl group Girls’ Generation in 2007. She has also acted in a lot of Korean dramas.

23. If You Wish Upon Me

The story revolves around a young man who is endangered at the end of his life, enters a hospice hospital on the order of community service, and together with the hospital staff, listens to the last wishes of people at the end of their lives.

24. So I Married The Anti-Fan

Hoo Joon is a top star and Geun Young is a magazine reporter who gets fired. She is approached for a TV show. Joon is also offered the same show. When filming begins, they try to give each other a hard time on set, only to fall head over heels for one another.

25. Run On

The drama tells the love story of Seon Gyeom, a former sprinter who is working to become a sports agent, and Mi Joo, a subtitle translator. Dan Ah is the CEO of a sports agency. Young Hwa, a university art major who enjoys movies and drawing soon enters her life.

26. Tell Me What You Saw

Hyun Jae used to be a top criminal profiler. He gets vanished after his fiance’s death. Meanwhile, Soo Young is a police officer in the countryside. She is selected as a rookie detective who will partner with Hyun Jae informally. Together they work to solve cases.

27. My Spring Days

Bom Yi was once a terminally ill patient, but she’s been given a second chance at life after getting a heart transplant. She meets Dong Ha, a widower with two children who lost his wife to an accident. She falls for him, not knowing that her donor was his wife.

28. Dating Agency: Cyrano

Min Yeong works as a dating agent. She risks getting into trouble as she plans a date between a higher rank woman & a low-level class client. All seems to go according to plan until Byun Hoon, the leader of another agency, is trying to do the same with his client.

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Lee Ji Eun (IU)

Lee Ji Eun, known by her stage name IU debuted on Mnet M! Countdown on September 18, 2008, with her debut single “Lost Child”. She debuted as an actress by playing a supporting role in the teen series Dream High.

Also Read – Korean Dramas Starring IU

29. Hotel Del Luna

Hotel del Luna is the eponymous hotel located in the middle of Seoul, which serves to ghosts only. Jang Man Wol is a beautiful but ill-tempered CEO who is cursed to manage the hotel due to a terrible crime she committed, but cannot remember.

30. My Mister

The drama tells the story of three middle-aged brothers, who are enduring the weight of their lives, and a strong, cold woman, who has been living a hard life of her own, as they come together in healing each other’s past scars.

31. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Ha Jin is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She soon befriends several of the princes and meets the 4th Prince, Wang So. She finds herself caught up in palace politics and the rivalry among the princes as they fight for the throne.

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Lee Hye Ri

Lee Hye Ri is a member of the girl group “Girl’s Day”. Her solo career started in 2012, Hyeri was in the cast for an SBS weekend drama Father and Daughter. She has acted in various dramas that gained her popularity.

32. Moonshine

Set in the Joseon era during a period marked by the strictest alcohol prohibition laws. The story of three people who can ruin each other’s lives because they keep on bumping into each other in front of the secret liquor warehouse.

33. My Roommate is a Gumiho

To become a human, a 999-year-old Gumiho, Woo Yeo needs to fill his fox bead with human energy before he turns 1,000 years old. One day, a college girl, Lee Dam accidentally swallows his fox bead. He suggests that they should live together until they figure out a solution.

34. Miss Lee

Seon Shim, an ordinary employee is suddenly promoted to become the CEO of the small company Cheongil Electronics. Jin Wook, the department head at Cheongil Electronics, finds his passion reignited after Seon Shim becomes CEO, and he helps her to grow as a CEO.

35. Two Cops

Detective Dong Tak is feared among criminals for showing no mercy. One day, his body is taken over by a con artist called Soo Chang who is quite clever. Now Dong Tak has to share his body with a criminal. He then falls in love with a rookie reporter.

36. Reply 1988

The drama follows the lives of 5 families living on the same street in a neighborhood in 1988. As the group of friends experiences troubles, what experiences from these memorable times together will they carry with them into their future lives?

37. Seonam Girls High School Investigators

Five students at the Seonam Girls’ High School, Ahn Chae Yool, Yoon Mi Do, Lee Yee Hee, Kim Ha Jae, Choi Sung Yoon form a detective club and set out to solve mysteries around them, some involving bullying, abortion, and suicide.

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Lee Jun Ho

Lee Jun Ho, better known as Jun Ho, is a member of the Korean boy band 2PM. In 2013, Junho debuted as an actor in the Korean movie Cold Eyes. Later, he acted in many good movies & dramas.

38. The Red Sleeve

A historical drama that tells the romance of a royal court between Sung Deok Im, a court lady who wants to protect the life she chose and Yi San, an emperor who believes his duty is to his country first above love.

39. Confession

When Do Hyun was a boy, he had a heart disease. He spent most of his childhood in a hospital. He miraculously had a chance for a heart transplant. Right after the heart transplant, his father was accused of murder. To investigate his father’s case, he now works as a lawyer.

40. Work Of Love

Seo Poong, a chef goes from being a star chef one day to the cook at a failing neighborhood Chinese restaurant. Sae Woo is a young woman who had a wealthy father. Her father was arrested on her wedding day. She is now poor. She begins working at the Chinese restaurant newly opened by Seo Poong.

41. Just Between Lovers

Three people who each lost a loved one in the a building collapse attempt to navigate their relationships through the pain of the tragedy while helping to construct a replacement building. Together they move on and find a new will to live and embrace the future.

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Rowoon

Kim Seok Woo, better known by his stage name Rowoon, is a member of FNC Entertainment’s boy group SF9. His acting career in dramas began with KBS2’s “School 2017” with a minor supporting role.

42. Tomorrow

The drama tells the story of Joon Woong, who crosses paths with grim reapers, who are on a special mission of suicide prevention, and works with them as the youngest contract worker in the crisis management team of death angels.

43. The King’s Affection

The story of a pair of royal twins, one male, and one female. Although the sister is initially abandoned for being female, she later disguises herself as a man to become the crown prince when her brother dies & develops feelings for her teacher.

44. She Would Never Know

Song Ah and Hyun Seung work at a cosmetics marketing firm, and the two slowly grow closer sharing a workplace relationship. He tries to develop a romantic relationship but Song Ah rebuffs his advances, not wishing to date younger men.

45. Extraordinary You

The drama tells the story of a high-school girl named Dan Oh who realizes that she is just a supporting character inside a romance manga named “Secret”. She tries to change the fixed story for her love and life by utilizing the flashes of storyboard she alone can see.

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Park Hyung Sik

Park Hyung Sik is a former member of the now-defunct South Korean boy band ZE:A and its subgroup ZE:A Five, managed by Star Empire Entertainment. He was a cast member of the variety show “Real Men.”

46. Soundtrack #1

Sun Woo is a rookie photographer & Eun Soo is a lyricist. They have been close friends for 20 years. Due to a reason, they begin to live together for 2 weeks. Staying together, their relationship develops romantically.

47. Happiness

Set in the near future, an apartment building has been newly constructed. The residents are from diverse backgrounds, but a new infectious disease breaks out. The drama depicts the subtle psychological battle and the class discrimination that occurs.

48. Suits

An acclaimed corporate attorney at a prestigious firm takes a gamble hiring a dropout who studied for and aced the bar under a false name with a photographic memory but no law degree to help him with high-stakes cases who continuously shows his creativity case by case.

49. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Do Bong Soon is an unemployed girl who has superhuman powers. Later, she is hired by a CEO as his bodyguard. As they get closer, they find their relationship going farther than that of work. They also get involved with a killer.

50. Hwarang

The drama tells the story of beautiful-looking young men called Hwarang in Silla, one of the three kingdoms of Korea. The warriors include a man from the lowest class of Silla and the hidden king who secretly joins. The men also fall for the maiden Ah Ro.

51. High Society

Yoon Ha is the youngest daughter of a chaebol. Even though her family is wealthy, she has a part-time job at a food market. She hides her background as an heiress and attempts to find a man that loves her for herself.

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Park Jin Young

Park Jin Young is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and a member of the boy band GOT7 and boy band duo JJ Project. He made his acting debut in the 2012 series “Dream High 2.”

52. Yumi’s Cells 2

Yumi matured through her relationship and breakup with Goo Woong, and she took on a new challenge after gaining the courage to do so from her co-worker Yoo Babi. The new season will depict the story of Yumi’s love and dreams.

53. The Devil Judge

The drama is set in a dystopian version of South Korea. Trials are held through a courtroom live show aired on television, where three judges come together to bring justice and peace. A heartless head trial judge, Kang Yo Han, is appointed to a chief judge.

54. When My Love Blooms

Jae Hyun and Ji Soo met and fell in love when they were university students. Twenty years later, they cross paths once again: Jae Hyun has become a successful businessman, while Ji Soo is a mother and a contract worker living a difficult life.

55. He Is Psychometric

Lee An has a special psychometry ability. Whenever he touches someone, he can read that person’s memory. Using his ability, he wants to take out evil people in the world. Jae In is a girl with a scar in her mind. They happen to meet and struggle to solve cases.

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Now, the list will comprise of dramas featuring multiple K-pop idols & K-pop idols who acted in few dramas.

56. Rich Man

Yoo Chan is the CEO of the IT company Next In. He suffers from a condition where he can’t recognize faces, and this makes him very guarded. Bo Ra came to Seoul to attend college. With her imminent graduation, her dream is to work for Next In. When they meet, what will happen?

57. Dream High

Six students at Kirin High School share dreams of becoming K-pop idols, among others. During their school years, they learn how to develop their singing, songwriting, and dancing skills while undergoing personal growth. They also start to develop feelings for one another.

58. Live On

High school student Baek Ho Rang is popular in social media for being pretty and classy. She decides to join the broadcasting club. A story of love and friendship unfolds in a school where social media is a defining force and everybody is judged according to one’s looks & popularity.

59. Snowdrop

Set in 1987, when South Korea was governed by a dictatorial government, a graduate student Soo Ho, who is covered in blood, jumps into the female dormitory at a women’s university. Young Ro finds him and helps to hide him. They develop a romantic relationship.

Wrapping Up

So, these were some of the best Kdramas starring K-pop idols. Even if they are idols, they have acted very well in their respective dramas. No one can distinguish them as idols. You can watch most of them on Netflix & Viki.

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