The March Drama Actor Brand Reputation list is out from the Korean Business Research Institute and the actor who is at #1 is not the person I would expect.
Although, let me just add, I am not complaining about her win at all.
That actor is The Queen Who Crowns‘ Cha Joo Young – the actress who played main lead Queen Won Gyeong in the drama series.
And the only reason I wouldn’t have guessed she would be in the top spot this month is due to The Queen Who Crowns ending in early February.
But, the 34-year-old actress grabbed the #1 spot on the list with a brand reputation index of 4,391,932 — 82,093 more than her closest competitor, the actor at #2 – Choo Young Woo, star of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call.
In third place, we have Seo Kang Jun (Undercover High School), in the 4th spot is Ju Ji Hoon (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call), with Park Bo Young of Melo Movie in the 5th place.
The other 15 actors in the Top 20 on the March Drama Actor Brand Reputation list look like this:
6. Hong Hwa Yeon (Buried Hearts)
7. Park Hyung Sik (Buried Hearts)
8. Choi Woo Shik (Melo Movie)
9. Moon Ga Young (My Dearest Nemesis)
10. Jin Ki Joo (Undercover High School)
11. Choi Hyun Wook (My Dearest Nemesis)
12. Lee Min Ho (When the Stars Gossip)
13. Hyeri (Friendly Rivalry)
14. Lee Se Young (Motel California)
15. Gong Hyo Jin (When the Stars Gossip)
16. Han Ji Eun (When the Stars Gossip and Study Group)
17. Kang Tae Oh (The Potato Lab)
18. Lee Sun Bin (The Potato Lab)
19. Kim Shin Rok (Undercover High School)
20 Ha Young (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
That listing means Undercover High School had 3 of its actors in the Top 20, as did The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and When the Stars Gossip, while Buried Hearts, Melo Movie, My Dearest Nemesis, and The Potato Lab had two.
Their directors and producers must be thrilled.
I have to say, though, I am very surprised not one actor from The Art of Negotiation is on the list.
Although, as that Korean drama only premiered on March 8th, and the rankings run for K-dramas airing between February 13th and March 13th, I am guessing the April list will look quite a bit different.
Meanwhile, you can watch the top three stars’ dramas — Cha Joo Young’s The Queen Who Crowns on Viki , Choo Young Woo’s The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call on Netflix, and Seo Kang Jun’s Undercover High School on Viki.
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