Korean Wave has become popular all over the world for a decade and so. And people especially the fanatics one have started to run after the stars and dramas.
Rankingoo is a Japanese voting site that recently conduct a poll regarding who is the strongest Korean actors to Japanese citizens. They recently announced the "Top 10 Strongest Korean Actors" by Japanese Netizens that 2,557 voters in all ages and regardless of gender those who voted. Most of the actors in the list are well-known with high output. The rankings and the reasons for their favorites are also very interesting in which we can figured out the preferences of the Japanese netizens in terms with Korean drama male stars.
To start with, Ji Sung and Park Bo Gum tied for the ninth place, both were recognized as actirs with acting skills and good looks. On the eighth place is Cha Eun Woo, a large of number of netizen praised him for being beautiful and handsome at the same time with a delicate facial expressions. Then on seventh place, Lee Jong Suk, has a good face and figure, not only good at love scenes, but also good at serious types. The sixth place Ji Chang Wook, who won the favor of netizens with his sincere acting skills and strong eyes. Kong Liu, the fifth place, was impressive in "The Lonely and Brilliant God-Ghost", and he will never forget it for a long time. The fourth place, Seo In-guk's whose ability is to switch freely between love, action to historical dramas, plus singing the OST himself has attracted a large number of netizens.
The final top three are Park Seo Joon, Jang Keun Suk and Lee Min-ho. In the hearts of Japanese netizens, Park Seo-joon is a hard-working actor with a very stable output and the starring themes are also very interesting. Jang Keun Suk became popular in Japan after he starred in "So Beautiful" in 2009. Even though he seldom showed up after retiring from the military and once gained weight, he still couldn't easily shake his status in the hearts of Japanese netizens.
The titlist is Lee Min Ho, got an enormous 497 votes. He was dubbed as an "all-round actor" by netizens. He is a natural actor no matter what aspect of his face or body. And the older he gets, the more he become more attractive.
Here is the full list of the
"Top 10 Strongest Korean Actor"
TOP 10 (joint acquisition): Ji Sung, Park Bo Gum
TOP 8: Cha Eunwoo
TOP 7: Lee Jong Suk
TOP 6: Ji Chang Wook
TOP 5: Kong Liu
TOP 4: Seo In-guk
TOP 3: Park Seo Joon
TOP 2: Jang Keun Suk
TOP 1: Lee Min Ho
Source: UDN
