''The Idolmaster KR'' (stylized ''The IDOLM@STER.KR'') is a
South Korean television drama based on
Bandai Namco Entertainment's ''
The Idolmaster'' video game series. It premiered on
Amazon Prime Video on April 28, 2017
as an Amazon original series. It ran for 24 episodes.
The series was later picked up by the
SBS-owned pay TV channels
SBS Plus
SBS Plus is a 24-hour drama and entertainment television channel in South Korea.
Programs
* I Order You
* Girls' Love Story
* Slimmy Lunch Box
* Among Chefs
* Janghodaegyeol Joonghwadaebanjeom (강호대결 중화대반점)
* Stargram
* Son ...
,
SBS funE
SBS FunE (stylised SBS funE, formerly UTV, E! and SBS E!) is a South Korean cable and satellite television channel owned by SBS.
Launched as UTV on August 16, 2005, it became E! on January 1, 2009 after an agreement between SBS and Comcast on S ...
, and
SBS MTV. It premiered on these channels on April 28, 2017.
Cast
Real Girls Project
*
Lee Su-ji
Lee Su-ji (born March 20, 1998), also known mononymously as Suji and Halla, is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group The Ark and later was a member of the project girl group UNI.T. She was also ...
(이수지) as Suji/Suah
*
Heo Youngjoo (허영주) as Youngjoo
*
Sori (김소리) as Sori
*
Yukika Teramoto (寺本來可 / 테라모토유키카) as Yukika
*Kwon Ha-seo (권하서) as Haseo
*Lee Jee-won (이지원) as Jeewon
*Jung Tae-ri (정태리) as Taeri
*
Mint
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(민트) as Mint
*Lee Ye-eun (이예은) as Yeeun
*Cha Ji-seul (차지슬)
as Jiseul
*Chun Jane (천재인) as Jane
Red Queen
*
Jo So-jin as Hyeju
*
Kim Sun-young as Mina
*
Han Hye-ri as Yeri
*
Lee Ka-eun as Chae Na-kyung
825 Entertainment
*
Sung Hoon
Sung Hoon (born Bang In-gyu on February 14, 1983) is a South Korean actor and a model.
Early life
Sung Hoon's birth name is Bang In-gyu but he legally changed his name to Bang Sung-hoon because since little, he was often sick and had so many su ...
as Kang Shin-hyuk, the former Producer of Red Queen.
*
Park Chul-min
Park Chul-min (born January 18, 1967) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Park Chul-min began acting in his high school drama club at Chosun University High School, and though he majored in Business Administration at Chung-Ang University, he spen ...
as Shim Min-chul, CEO of 825 Entertainment.
*
Kang Ye-seul as Yeseul, the girls' manager at 825 Entertainment.
Other characters
*Heo Joungjoo as Joungjoo, Youngjoo's younger sister who is a singer-songwriter.
*
Lee Coco as Coco, an internet broadcast MC.
*
Jin Nayoung as Nayoung, Sori's friend.
*
Bae Seul-ki
Bae Seul-ki ( ko, 배슬기, born September 27, 1986) is a South Korean singer and actress. She made her entertainment debut as a member of The Red, but has since become a solo singer.
Career Debut
Bae Seul-ki studied Theater and Film at San ...
as Kim Dan-oh, a composer and vocal trainer.
Cameo
*
Kim Jung-ah
Kim Jung-ah (Korean: 김정아; born on August 2, 1983), known professionally as Jung Ah or Jung A, is a South Korean singer. She was a member of Kiss Five and the former leader of After School. In 2016, Pledis Entertainment announced that he ...
as vocal training judge
*
Jung Tae-woo
Jung Tae-woo (정태우) is a South Korean actor. Much of his work has been in the genre of Korean historical dramas such as '' Taejo Wang Geon'', '' Dae Jo Yeong'', and ''The King and I''.
Career
Like many South Korean actors Jung, Tae-woo b ...
*
Euna Kim
Euna Kim (; born October 27, 1994), is a Korean American retired singer and rapper, previously based in South Korea. She appeared as a contestant on the South Korean survival reality shows '' Superstar K 3'' (2011), ''Unpretty Rapstar 3'' (2016), ...
as a rapper
*Gowoon (
Berry Good
Berry Good () was a South Korean girl group formed by Asia Bridge Entertainment in 2014. The group's final line-up consisted of Johyun and Sehyung with former members being Subin, Iera, Nayeon, Daye, Taeha, Seoyul and Gowoon. They released their ...
) as Bom-yi
*Jung Hee-chul (
ZE:A) as Haseo's brother
* Lee Moo-saeng as Chief Yang
Production
On October 13, 2016, ''The Idolmaster KR'' official website posted a notice of a member replacement;
an original member of Real Girl Project, Hanabyul,
had been replaced by sub-member Jiseul for the series, as Hanabyul was noted to have suffered from a leg injury. One month later, it was revealed that
After School's
Lee Ka-eun,
Nine Muses' Sojin,
Tahiti
Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austra ...
's Ari and
I.B.I's Han Hye-ri would be joining the cast as members of 'Red Queen', a popular girl group at the time of Real Girl Project's debut, in the live-action series.
Soundtrack
Korean releases
OST Part 1
OST Part 2
OST Part 3
OST Part 4
Japanese releases
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Discography
Singles
Notes
References
External links
*
''The Idolmaster KR''at
SBS.co.kr''The Idolmaster KR''at
Amazon Prime Video
Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas
KR
Works based on Bandai Namco video games
2017 South Korean television series debuts
Amazon Prime Video original programming
2017 South Korean television series endings
South Korean musical television series
Live action television shows based on video games
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