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Kim Ji-soo (Korean: 김지수; born 30 March 1993), professionally known as Ji Soo, is a South Korean actor.

Ji Soo
Ji Soo in March 2016
Born	Kim Ji-soo (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 29) Busan, South Korea
Education	Digital Seoul Culture Arts University (major in Film)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–2021
Agent	KeyEast (2020–2021)
Korean name
Hangul	지수
Hanja	志洙
Revised Romanization	Ji-su
McCune–Reischauer	Chisu
Birth name
Hangul	김지수
Hanja	金志洙
Revised Romanization	Kim Ji-su
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chisu

Early life and education

In elementary school, Ji Soo was a judo athlete and competed at national level before giving it up due to injuries.[1] He was an actor trainee under JYP Entertainment in 2012.[2]

Ji Soo is a student of Digital Seoul Culture Arts University, where he majors in Film.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Ji Soo made his acting debut on stage in 2009 and consequently starred in several short films, including having a leading role in the Korean-Filipino independent film Seoul Mates.[3] He first gained recognition in high school drama Angry Mom (2015).[4][5]

Since then, he has starred in television series Cheer Up! (2015), Page Turner (2016) and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016); as well as the film One Way Trip (2016).[6][7][8][9]

In 2017, he co-starred in JTBC's fantasy romance comedy Strong Woman Do Bong-soon, playing a passionate rookie police officer.[10] He next starred in OCN's crime drama Bad Guys 2.[11]

In 2018, Ji Soo was cast in JTBC's drama special Ping Pong Ball,[12] and Netflix's youth romance drama My First First Love.[13][14]

In 2020, Ji Soo signed a contract with KeyEast.[15]

In 2021, Ji Soo was approved to play the part as the male lead role in the Korean drama River Where the Moon Rises. The drama began airing on 15 February 2021 with the actor Ji Soo portraying the character role of On Dal. He starred in the drama for six aired episodes until reported school bullying and assault accusations were made against him, hence KBS replaced Ji Soo so he was from then on removed from the show. The role of On Dal was re-cast by actor Na In Woo, that then appeared from episode nine onward of the drama.[16]

Actor Ji Soo was announced to be enlisted for mandatory military service duties in October 2021, reports say that Ji Soo received mandatory military service duties summon in December 2020. After completed four weeks of basic military training, he was announced to carry out the rest of his services in the assigned social worker department.[17]

On 6 July 2021, the legal representative of Ji Soo, law company Shin & Kim, revealed a new statement about the open-ended legal procedures of before-reported school bullying and assault allegations. In May 2021, the same representative has stated the actor has decided to take legal action against the people who made false accusations and spread false rumors.

"In March 2021, there were many blatant lies posted on the Internet including those accusing our client of sexual offense allegations. The man who wrote a post accusing our client has sexually assaulted his wife in the past has come forward and apologized, but the rest of the accusatory posts made their way around the web without any verification. Thus, our client has decided to take legal action against the circulators of false information to reveal the truth.

Recently, we were able to locate one of the writers of false accusatory posts thanks to search and seizure on IP addresses and more. The man turned out to be a soldier who recently enlisted. He admitted that everything he claimed in his post was false. He then sincerely apologized to our client with a handwritten letter and plead for his forgiveness given that his mother is currently battling cancer.

Our client has dropped the aforementioned man from the lawsuit after considering both his and the perpetrator's circumstances. However, most publishers are laying low after deleting their false accusatory posts. We will take strict legal action against these people.

Meanwhile, the posts accusing him of school bullying were mostly untrue as well. Our client has sued them for libel. We are writing to notify the search warrant has been issued by the court and the investigations pertaining to the case is underway."[18]

On May 27, 2021, Ji Soo's agency KeyEast announced that his exclusive contract with the agency has been terminated due to the controversy.[19]

Personal life

Ji Soo received surgery for acute osteomyelitis (inflammation of bone or bone marrow, usually due to infection) on 13 September 2016.[20][21] On 27 September, he returned to filming Fantastic and was officially discharged from the hospital on 1 October.[22][23]

He is part of a celebrity group of friends known as BYH48 which consists of EXO's Suho, Ryu Jun-yeol, Byun Yo-han, Lee Dong-hwi and more. The name was coined by their fans, with BYH referring to Byun Yo-han - the group's leader - and 48 is a parody of Japanese idol group AKB48.[24][25] Ji Soo is also best friends with fellow actor Nam Joo-hyuk.[26]

Controversy

In a statement posted on an online forum by an anonymous person on March 2, 2021, Ji Soo was accused of being a bully during his school years.[27] The following day, his agency, KeyEast, released a statement saying that "[they] are looking at this incident seriously and will do [their] utmost to verify the facts."[28]

Following a series of similar accusations, Ji Soo posted a hand-written apology to his Instagram account on 4 March 2021.[29] He stated:

"I would like to sincerely apologize to those who were hurt by me. I have absolutely no room for excuses for my actions in the past. They were unforgivable.

As I began acting, I was able to come this far due to the fact that I covered up my past, and as a result received undeserving love and attention from the public.

But deep inside, I always held a sense of guilt in one part of my heart, and an irreversible regret haunted me anxiously. I was always pressed down by my dark past.

I now beg forgiveness to those who were undoubtedly deeply hurt for a long time, seeing me acting, and I will reflect on the unforgivable actions of my past and repent.

I feel miserable and guilty for inflicting so much damage on all of my fellow drama cast and crew members, the broadcasting station, and all those affiliated with the production, solely due to my own personal mistakes. I sincerely pray that the drama will not suffer any more damages.

Once again, I beg for forgiveness on my knees to all those who were hurt by me."[30]

It was later reported that Ji Soo would be replaced by actor Na In-woo in the television series River Where the Moon Rises.[31][32][33] KeyEast issued a statement confirming Ji Soo's activities will be halted prior to his military enlistment in October 2021.[34][35]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Beastie Boys
2010	Boy in Pain (소년은 괴롭다)		Short film
2014	Han Gong-ju	Member of Min-ho's gang
	Seoul Mates	Joon	Indie film
	Adult (어른이)		Short film
	More Than (보다)
2016	One Way Trip	Yong-bi		[9]
2020	Our Joyful Summer Days	Chan Hee	Independent film	[36]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	To the Beautiful You	Student	Cameo
	Family	Han Song-yi	Cameo (Episode 45)
2014	Love Frequency 37.2	Go Dong-hee's ex-boyfriend	Cameo (Episode 3)
2015	Angry Mom	Go Bok-dong		[3]
	Cheer Up!	Seo Ha-joon		[6]
2016	Page Turner	Jeong Cha-sik	KBS Drama Special	[7]
	The Doctors	Kim Soo-cheol	Guest (Episodes 1-3, 5, 7-8)	[37]
	Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo	14th Prince Wang Jung		[38]
	Fantastic	Kim Sang-wook		[39]
	Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo	Bok-joo's fellow worker	Cameo (Episode 11)	[40]
2017	Strong Girl Bong-soon	In Gook-du		[10]
2017–2018	Bad Guys 2	Han Kang-joo		[11]
2018	Ping Pong Ball	Kim Young-joon	JTBC Drama Festa	[12]
2019	My First First Love	Yun Tae-oh		[13]
2020	When I Was The Prettiest	Seo-hwan		[41]
	Amanza	Park Dong Myung / Amanza		[42]
2021	River Where the Moon Rises	On Dal	Episodes 1–6 (Replaced)	[43][44]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Lunch Box	Yong	K-Food Fair 2015	[45]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Celebrity Bromance	Cast member	[46]
	My Ear's Candy		[47]

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2018	"Wind" (바람사람)	Bolbbalgan4	[48]

Theater

Year	Title	Ref.
2009	Bong-sam Wasn't There
2010	The Dreamers
	Monster
	Controlled Experiments on Human Subjects
	13th Hero
2011	Soulmates
2012	A Fool for Children

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	34th MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actor in a Miniseries	Angry Mom	Nominated
		Best Couple Award with Kim Hee-sun		Nominated
2016	11th Max Movie Awards	Rising Star Award	—	Won	[49]
	37th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actor	One Way Trip	Nominated
	30th KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	Page Turner	Nominated
		Best New Actor		Nominated
2017	53rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (Television)	Strong Girl Bong-soon	Nominated
	22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Actor	One Way Trip	Nominated
	2nd Asia Artist Awards	Rising Star Award	—	Won	[50]
2018	13th Soompi Awards	Best Supporting Actor in the male category	Strong Girl Bong-soon	Nominated
2020	Busan International Film Festival	Actor of the Year Award	Our Joyful Summer Days	Won	[51]
	5th Asia Artist Awards 2020	Popularity Award (Actor)	—	Nominated	[52]
	39th MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries	When I Was Most Beautiful	Nominated
		Best Couple Award with Im Soo-hyang		Nominated	[53]

References

External links

• Ji Soo at HanCinema
• Ji Soo at the Korean Movie Database
• Ji Soo at IMDb 
• Ji Soo on Instagram

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Kim Ji-soo (hangul: 김지수), mejor conocido artísticamente como Ji-soo (hangul: 지수), es un actor y modelo surcoreano.[2]

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