Rowoon | |
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![]() ROWOON at Tiffany House of Icons in 2023 | |
Born | Kim Seok-woo August 7, 1996
Seoul, South Korea |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2016–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2016–2023 |
Labels | FNC |
Formerly of | SF9 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 로운 |
Revised Romanization | Ro-un |
McCune–Reischauer | Roun |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 김석우 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Kim Seok-u |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏku |
Signature | |
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Kim Seok-woo ( Korean: 김석우; born August 7, 1996), better known by his stage name Rowoon, is a South Korean actor and singer. He is a former member of the South Korean boy band SF9. He is currently active as an actor, best known for his roles in television series Extraordinary You (2019), and The King's Affection (2021), where he won several awards for his performance in the series.
Rowoon was introduced as a trainee in FNC Entertainment's reality show Cheongdam-dong 111. [1]
In 2015, Rowoon was a part of pre-debut team, "Neoz School", under FNC Entertainment as a member of the group called Neoz. In May 2016, he participated as a member of "Neoz Dance" in FNC Entertainment's survival show d.o.b (Dance or Band), competing against Neoz Band (later known as Honeyst). "Neoz Dance" won the competition with 51% of the votes and received the opportunity to debut. He debuted with group SF9 in October 2016 with the single "Fanfare". [2]
Rowoon acting career in television series began with KBS2's School 2017 with a minor supporting role. [3] After his appearance, he steadily began receiving bigger roles. In March 2018, he was confirmed to star in tvN's About Time as the female lead's brother. [4] In July 2018, he was confirmed to star in SBS's Where Stars Land in which he was nominated for the New Actor award. [5]
On May 9, 2019, Rowoon was confirmed to be the male lead for the first time in MBC's school fantasy drama, Extraordinary You based on the hit Daum webtoon July Found by Chance. [6] After receiving the role of Haru, Rowoon's popularity skyrocketed, launching him into stardom. He was nominated at the 2019 MBC Drama Awards with fellow costars, Kim Hye-yoon and Lee Jae-wook, for Best Couple, and was awarded with Best New Actor. [7] On May 10, 2019, Rowoon was featured in NC.A's music video, "Awesome Breeze" (밤바람). [8]
In April 2020, it was revealed that he would be the voice of Branch in the Korean dub of the animated movie Trolls World Tour. [9] On May 25, 2020, FNC Entertainment confirmed that Rowoon would star in JTBC drama She Would Never Know, based on the webtoon of the same name. [10] The drama began airing in January 2021.
In 2021, Rowoon starred as the male lead in the historical drama The King's Affection which premiered in October 2021. [11] In late 2021, Rowoon became an MC for the 2021 KBS Song Festival along with Astro's Cha Eun-woo and Kim Seol-hyun. [12]
In 2022, he starred in the MBC fantasy drama's Tomorrow. [13]
In 2023, Rowoon starred in fantasy drama Destined with you which aired on JTBC from August 23 to October 12.[ citation needed] He also starred in the period drama, The Matchmakers which aired on KBS2 from October 30 to December 25.[ citation needed] On September 18, FNC announced that Rowoon would be leaving SF9 to focus on his acting career while remaining in the agency. [14]
On July 3, 2024, it was reported that Rowoon will star in an upcoming historical drama, Takryu. [15]
In January 2020, Rowoon was selected to endorsed the cosmetics brand Klavuu. [16] In April 2020, Rowoon was selected as the new brand ambassador for Gong Cha Korea. [17] On August 18, it was announced that Rowoon was selected as brand ambassador for The North Face White Label 2020 Fall/Winter collection. [18]
On July 1, 2021, Rowoon was selected to endorsed the cosmetics brand Estée Lauder. [19] Between 2021 and 2022, he was selected to endorsed the SimplyO hair products, [20] and the Clean Up Beauty. [21]
Since March 2022, Rowoon has been the brand ambassador for clothing brand ANDZ. [22]
In 2023, Rowoon was selected to endorsed the derma skincare brand Ilso. [23]
On March 1, 2024, Isoi Japan named Rowoon as their new brand model. [24][ non-primary source needed] On March 7, Samjin Pharmaceuticals announced that Rowoon would be their exclusive model for their total healthcare brand Wisi Healthy. [25] On March 29, he was chosen to endorse Oligio Thaiand. [26]
Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
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"No Goodbye In Love" (안녕) | 2021 | The King's Affection OST Part 7 | [27] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Trolls World Tour | Branch | Voice-over for the Korean-dubbed version | [9] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | School 2017 | Kang Hyun-il / Issue | [28] | |
2018 | Modulove | Cameo (Episode 8) | ||
About Time | Choi Wee-jin | [29] | ||
Where Stars Land | Ko Eun-sub | [30] | ||
2019 | Extraordinary You | Ha-ru | [31] | |
2020 | Find Me in Your Memory | Joo Yeo-min | Cameo (Episode 1) | [32] |
Was It Love? | Himself | Cameo with SF9 (Episode 6) | [33] | |
2021 | She Would Never Know | Chae Hyun-seung | [34] | |
The King's Affection | Jung Ji-woon | [11] | ||
2022 | Tomorrow | Choi Joon-woong | [13] | |
2023 | Destined With You | Jang Shin-yu | [35] | |
The Matchmakers | Shim Jung-woo | [36] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Click Your Heart | Himself | [37] | |
2023 | A Time Called You | Tae-ha | Cameo (Episode 8) | [38] [39] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013–2014 | Cheongdam-dong 111 | Trainee | ||
2016 | d.o.b: Dance or Band | |||
Lipstick Prince | Cast Member | Season 1 | ||
2017 | Season 2 | |||
2018 | Law of the Jungle | in Patagonia (Episodes 305–310) | ||
King of Mask Singer | Contestant | as Owl (Episode 163) | ||
Cafe Amor | Cast Member | with Yoo In-na, Lee Juck, Yang Se-hyung | [40] | |
2021 | Kingdom: Legendary War | Contestant | with SF9 | |
2022 | The Idol Band: Boy's Battle | Host | with Nako Yabuki | [41] |
House on Wheels | Cast Member | Season 4 | [42] |
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2021 | KBS Song Festival | with Kim Seol-hyun and Cha Eun-woo | [43] |
2022 | Music Bank World Tour: Chile | [44] | |
2023 | 2023 Music Bank Global Festival Japan | with Go Min-si, and Lee Young-ji | [45] [46] |
2023 Music Bank Global Festival Korea | with IVE's Jang Won-young | ||
2023 KBS Drama Awards | with Jang Sung-kyu and Seol In-ah | [47] | |
2024 | 2024 KCON Los Angeles | July 26 only | [48] |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
APAN Music Awards | 2020 | Entertainer of the Year – Male | Rowoon | Nominated | [49] |
APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | The King's Affection | Nominated | [50] |
Popularity Star Award, Actor | Nominated | [51] | |||
2023 | Best Couple | Rowoon with
Jo Bo-ah Destined With You |
Nominated | [52] | |
Global Star | Rowoon | Nominated | |||
Popularity Award (Actor) | Nominated | ||||
Brand Customer Loyalty Awards | 2021 | Best Male Acting Idol | Nominated | [53] | |
2022 | Won | [54] | |||
2024 | Male Actor (Hot Trend) | Nominated | [55] | ||
Brand of the Year Awards | 2020 | Male Actor Idol of the Year | Won | [56] | |
2021 | Male Actor Idol of the Year | Nominated | [57] | ||
Grimae Awards | 2019 | Best New Actor | Extraordinary You | Won | [58] |
KBS Drama Awards | 2021 | Best Couple Award | Rowoon with
Park Eun-bin The King's Affection |
Won | [59] |
Best New Actor | The King's Affection | Won | |||
Popularity Award, Actor | Won | ||||
2023 | Best Couple Award | Rowoon with
Cho Yi-hyun The Matchmakers |
Won | [60] | |
Popularity Award (Actor) | The Matchmakers | Won | |||
Top Excellence Award (Actor) | Won | ||||
Korea First Brand Awards | 2019 | Male Idol-Actor Award | Rowoon | Won | [61] |
2024 | Male Actor (Rising Star) | Won | [62] | ||
MBC Drama Awards | 2019 | Best New Actor | Extraordinary You | Won | [63] |
Best One-minute Couple Award | Rowoon with
Kim Hye-yoon and
Lee Jae-wook Extraordinary You |
Nominated | [64] | ||
2022 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Tomorrow | Nominated | [65] | |
SBS Drama Awards | 2018 | Best New Actor | Where Stars Land | Nominated | [66] |
Soompi Awards | 2018 | Best Idol Actor Award | Nominated | [67][ unreliable source?] |
Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
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Cine21 | 2021 | New Actors that will lead Korean Video Content Industry in 2022 | 5th [a] | [68] |
Forbes | 2024 | 30 Under 30 – Entertainment (Korea) | 1st | [69] [70] |
Celebrity- Career High (Korea) | 1st | [71] | ||
Celebrity With Both Talent & Personality (Korea) | 1st | [72] [73] |
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Rowoon | |
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![]() ROWOON at Tiffany House of Icons in 2023 | |
Born | Kim Seok-woo August 7, 1996
Seoul, South Korea |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2016–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2016–2023 |
Labels | FNC |
Formerly of | SF9 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 로운 |
Revised Romanization | Ro-un |
McCune–Reischauer | Roun |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 김석우 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Kim Seok-u |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏku |
Signature | |
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Kim Seok-woo ( Korean: 김석우; born August 7, 1996), better known by his stage name Rowoon, is a South Korean actor and singer. He is a former member of the South Korean boy band SF9. He is currently active as an actor, best known for his roles in television series Extraordinary You (2019), and The King's Affection (2021), where he won several awards for his performance in the series.
Rowoon was introduced as a trainee in FNC Entertainment's reality show Cheongdam-dong 111. [1]
In 2015, Rowoon was a part of pre-debut team, "Neoz School", under FNC Entertainment as a member of the group called Neoz. In May 2016, he participated as a member of "Neoz Dance" in FNC Entertainment's survival show d.o.b (Dance or Band), competing against Neoz Band (later known as Honeyst). "Neoz Dance" won the competition with 51% of the votes and received the opportunity to debut. He debuted with group SF9 in October 2016 with the single "Fanfare". [2]
Rowoon acting career in television series began with KBS2's School 2017 with a minor supporting role. [3] After his appearance, he steadily began receiving bigger roles. In March 2018, he was confirmed to star in tvN's About Time as the female lead's brother. [4] In July 2018, he was confirmed to star in SBS's Where Stars Land in which he was nominated for the New Actor award. [5]
On May 9, 2019, Rowoon was confirmed to be the male lead for the first time in MBC's school fantasy drama, Extraordinary You based on the hit Daum webtoon July Found by Chance. [6] After receiving the role of Haru, Rowoon's popularity skyrocketed, launching him into stardom. He was nominated at the 2019 MBC Drama Awards with fellow costars, Kim Hye-yoon and Lee Jae-wook, for Best Couple, and was awarded with Best New Actor. [7] On May 10, 2019, Rowoon was featured in NC.A's music video, "Awesome Breeze" (밤바람). [8]
In April 2020, it was revealed that he would be the voice of Branch in the Korean dub of the animated movie Trolls World Tour. [9] On May 25, 2020, FNC Entertainment confirmed that Rowoon would star in JTBC drama She Would Never Know, based on the webtoon of the same name. [10] The drama began airing in January 2021.
In 2021, Rowoon starred as the male lead in the historical drama The King's Affection which premiered in October 2021. [11] In late 2021, Rowoon became an MC for the 2021 KBS Song Festival along with Astro's Cha Eun-woo and Kim Seol-hyun. [12]
In 2022, he starred in the MBC fantasy drama's Tomorrow. [13]
In 2023, Rowoon starred in fantasy drama Destined with you which aired on JTBC from August 23 to October 12.[ citation needed] He also starred in the period drama, The Matchmakers which aired on KBS2 from October 30 to December 25.[ citation needed] On September 18, FNC announced that Rowoon would be leaving SF9 to focus on his acting career while remaining in the agency. [14]
On July 3, 2024, it was reported that Rowoon will star in an upcoming historical drama, Takryu. [15]
In January 2020, Rowoon was selected to endorsed the cosmetics brand Klavuu. [16] In April 2020, Rowoon was selected as the new brand ambassador for Gong Cha Korea. [17] On August 18, it was announced that Rowoon was selected as brand ambassador for The North Face White Label 2020 Fall/Winter collection. [18]
On July 1, 2021, Rowoon was selected to endorsed the cosmetics brand Estée Lauder. [19] Between 2021 and 2022, he was selected to endorsed the SimplyO hair products, [20] and the Clean Up Beauty. [21]
Since March 2022, Rowoon has been the brand ambassador for clothing brand ANDZ. [22]
In 2023, Rowoon was selected to endorsed the derma skincare brand Ilso. [23]
On March 1, 2024, Isoi Japan named Rowoon as their new brand model. [24][ non-primary source needed] On March 7, Samjin Pharmaceuticals announced that Rowoon would be their exclusive model for their total healthcare brand Wisi Healthy. [25] On March 29, he was chosen to endorse Oligio Thaiand. [26]
Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
"No Goodbye In Love" (안녕) | 2021 | The King's Affection OST Part 7 | [27] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Trolls World Tour | Branch | Voice-over for the Korean-dubbed version | [9] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | School 2017 | Kang Hyun-il / Issue | [28] | |
2018 | Modulove | Cameo (Episode 8) | ||
About Time | Choi Wee-jin | [29] | ||
Where Stars Land | Ko Eun-sub | [30] | ||
2019 | Extraordinary You | Ha-ru | [31] | |
2020 | Find Me in Your Memory | Joo Yeo-min | Cameo (Episode 1) | [32] |
Was It Love? | Himself | Cameo with SF9 (Episode 6) | [33] | |
2021 | She Would Never Know | Chae Hyun-seung | [34] | |
The King's Affection | Jung Ji-woon | [11] | ||
2022 | Tomorrow | Choi Joon-woong | [13] | |
2023 | Destined With You | Jang Shin-yu | [35] | |
The Matchmakers | Shim Jung-woo | [36] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Click Your Heart | Himself | [37] | |
2023 | A Time Called You | Tae-ha | Cameo (Episode 8) | [38] [39] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013–2014 | Cheongdam-dong 111 | Trainee | ||
2016 | d.o.b: Dance or Band | |||
Lipstick Prince | Cast Member | Season 1 | ||
2017 | Season 2 | |||
2018 | Law of the Jungle | in Patagonia (Episodes 305–310) | ||
King of Mask Singer | Contestant | as Owl (Episode 163) | ||
Cafe Amor | Cast Member | with Yoo In-na, Lee Juck, Yang Se-hyung | [40] | |
2021 | Kingdom: Legendary War | Contestant | with SF9 | |
2022 | The Idol Band: Boy's Battle | Host | with Nako Yabuki | [41] |
House on Wheels | Cast Member | Season 4 | [42] |
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2021 | KBS Song Festival | with Kim Seol-hyun and Cha Eun-woo | [43] |
2022 | Music Bank World Tour: Chile | [44] | |
2023 | 2023 Music Bank Global Festival Japan | with Go Min-si, and Lee Young-ji | [45] [46] |
2023 Music Bank Global Festival Korea | with IVE's Jang Won-young | ||
2023 KBS Drama Awards | with Jang Sung-kyu and Seol In-ah | [47] | |
2024 | 2024 KCON Los Angeles | July 26 only | [48] |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
APAN Music Awards | 2020 | Entertainer of the Year – Male | Rowoon | Nominated | [49] |
APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | The King's Affection | Nominated | [50] |
Popularity Star Award, Actor | Nominated | [51] | |||
2023 | Best Couple | Rowoon with
Jo Bo-ah Destined With You |
Nominated | [52] | |
Global Star | Rowoon | Nominated | |||
Popularity Award (Actor) | Nominated | ||||
Brand Customer Loyalty Awards | 2021 | Best Male Acting Idol | Nominated | [53] | |
2022 | Won | [54] | |||
2024 | Male Actor (Hot Trend) | Nominated | [55] | ||
Brand of the Year Awards | 2020 | Male Actor Idol of the Year | Won | [56] | |
2021 | Male Actor Idol of the Year | Nominated | [57] | ||
Grimae Awards | 2019 | Best New Actor | Extraordinary You | Won | [58] |
KBS Drama Awards | 2021 | Best Couple Award | Rowoon with
Park Eun-bin The King's Affection |
Won | [59] |
Best New Actor | The King's Affection | Won | |||
Popularity Award, Actor | Won | ||||
2023 | Best Couple Award | Rowoon with
Cho Yi-hyun The Matchmakers |
Won | [60] | |
Popularity Award (Actor) | The Matchmakers | Won | |||
Top Excellence Award (Actor) | Won | ||||
Korea First Brand Awards | 2019 | Male Idol-Actor Award | Rowoon | Won | [61] |
2024 | Male Actor (Rising Star) | Won | [62] | ||
MBC Drama Awards | 2019 | Best New Actor | Extraordinary You | Won | [63] |
Best One-minute Couple Award | Rowoon with
Kim Hye-yoon and
Lee Jae-wook Extraordinary You |
Nominated | [64] | ||
2022 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Tomorrow | Nominated | [65] | |
SBS Drama Awards | 2018 | Best New Actor | Where Stars Land | Nominated | [66] |
Soompi Awards | 2018 | Best Idol Actor Award | Nominated | [67][ unreliable source?] |
Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cine21 | 2021 | New Actors that will lead Korean Video Content Industry in 2022 | 5th [a] | [68] |
Forbes | 2024 | 30 Under 30 – Entertainment (Korea) | 1st | [69] [70] |
Celebrity- Career High (Korea) | 1st | [71] | ||
Celebrity With Both Talent & Personality (Korea) | 1st | [72] [73] |
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