The following names are certainly familiar to Korean drama lovers. Besides being handsome and having top-notch acting skills, they also have an undeniable charm. In addition to succeeding in their careers as actors, the following stars also own or have contributed to the establishment of their current agencies. So, who are they? Do you have any idols among them?
Handsome Actors Who Establish Their Own Agencies, Managing Top K-Drama Stars and SM Entertainment Buys Shares
Korean Drama
Bae Yong Joon, an incredibly popular actor thanks to WINTER SONATA, founded KeyEast in 1996. Now, KeyEast has Moon Ga Young, Woo Do Hwan, Jo Bo Ah, Hwang In Yeop, and others. Last year in 2018, SM acquired 25% of KeyEast's shares. Bae Yong Joon himself is now the chairman.
Lee Byung Hun's acting skills are unquestionable. He founded BH Entertainment in 2006, and now it houses a lineup of top Korean stars such as Han Ji Min, Han Hyo Joo, Kim Go Eun, Jinyoung GOT7, Park Bo Young, Han Ga In, Lee Jin Wook, Park Hae Soo, and many others.
Rain previously founded JTune Entertainment in 2007 under JYP, but in 2013, everything became owned by JYP. Rain established R.A.I.N Company in 2015. It not only manages actors but also the K-Pop group Ciipher.
So Ji Sub established 51k Entertainment in 2011. Now in his agency, there are Ok Taecyeon and Cha Hak Yeon, also known as N VIXX.
Cha Tae Hyun is one of the founders of Blossom Entertainment in 2012, although he is not a top executive. Besides Cha Tae Hyun, there are Park Bo Gum, Yang Se Jong, Jung So Min, and others in Blossom.
Artist Company is an agency founded by two top actors who are friends, Lee Jung Jae and Jung Woo Sung. In this agency, there are Yeom Jung Ah, Park So Dam, P.O BLOCK B, Cho Yi Hyun, and the latest addition, Park Hae Jin.
VAST Entertainment was founded by Hyun Bin in 2016. In this agency, there are Stephanie Lee and Lee Yeon Hee. But in 2019, VAST was reportedly acquired by KakaoM.
Lee Jong Suk established A-MAN Project agency in 2018. A year later, Lee Jong Suk was said to have asked his younger brother to become the executive director of his agency. In the agency, there are also Kwon Na Ra and Seo Eun Soo.
Kang Ha Neul founded TH Company in 2019 together with the manager who had been with him before.
In 2021, Lee Je Hoon decided to establish the agency COMANY ON together with some of his business partners.
Actor, singer, and renowned variety show star Lee Seung Gi founded Human Made in 2021. It is not just an agency, but also a production house that creates several programs.
Kim Nam Gil also established his own agency in 2021 called Gilstory Entertainment, with the company director Sanai Pictures.
Jang Dong Yoon is known to have his own agency called Dongyi Company. There is not much information available about this agency.
Lee Jun Young is one of the founders of Jflex Entertainment agency, which was established in November 2021. The agency recently welcomed Kwon So Hyun, Han Sang Jin, and Kim Kang Min.
Top idol and main actor of ROOKIE COPS, Kang Daniel, established Konnect Entertainment in 2019 after having issues with his previous agency. The artists there include Yuju, CL, and Chancellor.
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