{"id":18699,"date":"2026-05-16T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/18699\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:48:08","slug":"profile-who-is-cha-eun-woo-the-handsome-k-pop-idol-starring-in-netflix-k-drama-the-wonderfools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/18699\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile | Who is Cha Eun-woo, the handsome K-pop idol starring in Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cha Eun-woo fans had to temporarily bid farewell to their beloved idol in July 2025, when he began his obligatory military service. Fortunately, the star completed one show before heading off to the barracks \u2013 the superhero comedy-drama <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/k-drama\/k-drama\/article\/3353684\/netflix-k-drama-wonderfools-review-park-eun-bin-lifts-fun-flawed-superhero-romp?module=hp_section_lifestyle&amp;pgtype=homepage?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Wonderfools<\/a>, which launched worldwide on May 15.While the Netflix series can rely on the rest of its cast to market it to fans, including lead <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/k-pop\/k-drama\/article\/3241862\/who-park-eun-bin-charming-relatable-k-drama-actress-and-star-castaway-diva-and-extraordinary?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Park Eun-bin<\/a>, losing access to Cha\u2019s Instagram account \u2013 which boasts more than 46 million followers and has largely gone dark since his service began \u2013 must be a blow.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Cha has been very busy over the past decade as a member of the K-pop outfit Astro, a hugely in-demand brand ambassador and an active philanthropist who has appeared in films, television dramas and entertainment programmes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Yet even in the hallowed realm of talented and attractive South Korean male stars, he stands out with a persona that is rooted in his status as an unattainable fantasy figure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cha Eun-woo plays a civil servant in The Wonderfools. Photo: Netflix\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b2072713-0590-4a2b-bc19-f8bb5dc0b9fb_595de0ff.jpg\" title=\"Cha Eun-woo plays a civil servant in The Wonderfools. Photo: Netflix\"\/>Cha Eun-woo plays a civil servant in The Wonderfools. Photo: Netflix<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Born on the outskirts of Seoul in 1997, Cha was spotted by a scout at his school in 2013 and swiftly signed by Fantagio, his current agency. While still in school and using his birth name Lee Dong-min, Cha landed his first role in the heartwarming 2014 film My Brilliant Life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cha Eun-woo fans had to temporarily bid farewell to their beloved idol in July 2025, when he began&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13275,13260,13258,13281,13280,13267,13278,13262,13268,13270,13269,13274,8568,195,13272,13264,13261,13279,1286,13265,13276,13271,13273,13263,33,13259,13266,13277],"class_list":["post-18699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-a-good-day-to-be-a-dog","tag-astro","tag-cha-eun-woo","tag-decibel","tag-entity","tag-face-genius","tag-fantagio","tag-gang-dong-won","tag-gangnam-beauty","tag-gq-korea","tag-im-soo-hyang","tag-island","tag-k-drama","tag-k-pop","tag-mbc-drama-awards","tag-military-service","tag-moon-ga-young","tag-my-brilliant-life","tag-netflix","tag-park-eun-bin","tag-park-gyu-young","tag-rookie-historian-goo-hae-ryung","tag-shin-se-kyung","tag-song-hye-kyo","tag-south-korea","tag-the-wonderfools","tag-true-beauty","tag-wonderful-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}