{"id":604735,"date":"2026-07-26T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604735\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T08:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:35:07","slug":"ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-9-characters-from-binge-worthy-korean-dramas-who-deserve-their-own-spin-off-kim-seon-ho-lee-min-ho-lee-jun-young-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604735\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve watched over 100 K-dramas, and here are 9 characters from binge-worthy Korean dramas who deserve their own spin-off \u2014 Kim Seon Ho, Lee Min Ho, Lee Jun Young &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Korean dramas, some characters stay with me long after the end credits roll, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gqindia.com\/content\/ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-my-10-favourite-characters-from-binge-worthy-korean-dramas-who-gave-me-major-second-lead-syndrome-ft-kim-seon-ho-yoo-yeon-seok-byeon-woo-seok-and-more\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Han Jipyeong<\/a> (Kim Seon Ho) in Start-Up. Jipyeong, on paper, was a quintessential \u201csecond lead.\u201d However, by the end of the K-drama, almost everyone was Team Jipyeong. Similarly, there are so many such fan-favourite characters \u2014 with limited screen time, on many occasions \u2014 who we wish to see more prominently, like a spin-off just for them as the lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*SPOILERS AHEAD*<\/strong> In this week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gqindia.com\/content\/ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-my-8-favourite-characters-male-from-binge-worthy-korean-dramas-starring-kim-seon-ho-lee-junho-ji-chang-wook-and-more\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve watched over 100 K-dramas<\/a> column, I reveal the K-drama characters who I believe deserve their own spin-off. They include intriguing individuals, some of whom made me swoon, while others made me laugh out loud or feel every type of emotion towards them. Hint: Beloved Hallyu stars such as Kim Seon Ho, Lee Min Ho, Lee Jun Young and more have made it to my list&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;ve watched over 100 K-dramas, and here are 9 characters from binge-worthy Korean dramas who deserve their own spin-off \u2014 Kim Seon Ho, Lee Min Ho, Lee Jun Young &amp; more<\/strong>1. Han Jipyeong (Kim Seon Ho) in Start-Up<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, I start the list with my favourite K-drama character of all time: Han Jipyeong, brought to life by the supremely talented Kim Seon Ho. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gqindia.com\/content\/ive-watched-over-100-k-dramas-and-here-are-my-7-favourite-korean-dramas-i-wish-to-watch-again-for-the-first-time-starring-kim-seon-ho-park-shin-hye-woo-do-hwan-and-more\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Start-Up<\/a>&#8216;s first episode, viewers had a swerve moment because Jipyeong was treated as the main lead, only to become the trademark \u201csecond lead syndrome\u201d, who neither gets the girl nor a little less lonely life. It would be interesting to see a Han Jipyeong spin-off where he gets a love line of his own and finds his true happy ending.<\/p>\n<p>2. Ko Hansu (Lee Min Ho) in Pachinko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to Korean dramas, some characters stay with me long after the end credits roll, like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[4957,593,136519,1380,715,1887,19703,18,117,136518,19,17,17969,136511,171906,136517,127,56790,4871,5708,2428,23604,128,96901],"class_list":["post-604735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-action","tag-apple-tv","tag-binge-watch","tag-comedy","tag-crime","tag-disney","tag-drama","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-foreign-language-shows","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jiohotstar","tag-k-drama","tag-korean-dramas","tag-most-watched-shows","tag-netflix","tag-ott","tag-romance","tag-shows","tag-south-korea","tag-thriller","tag-tv","tag-tv-show"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}