Yoo Seon-ho

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Yoo Seon-ho

Yoo Seon-ho (born January 28, 2002)[1] is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. He is best known as a contestant on the survival reality show Produce 101 season 2 and acting in the drama Under the Queen's Umbrella. He has been a cast member of the variety show 2 Days & 1 Night since 2022.

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Yoo Seon-ho
유선호
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Yoo in September 2018
Born (2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 23)
Incheon, South Korea
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • model
Musical career
GenresK-pop
InstrumentVocals
Years active2017–present
Labels Hiin Entertainment
WebsiteYooseonho
Korean name
Hangul
유선호
Hanja
柳善皓
Revised RomanizationYu Seonho
McCune–ReischauerYu Sŏnho
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Early life and education

Yoo was born on January 28, 2002, in Seoul, South Korea. He is an alumnus of Hanlim Multi Art School.[2]

Career

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2017: Acting debut

Soon after Produce 101 ended, Yoo became a regular guest on a new variety show called Special Private Life together with other fellow Produce 101 contestants.[3] He also had guest appearances in variety shows like Live Talk Show Taxi and Problematic Men.[4][5] In August 2017, Yoo started appearing as a regular guest for a few episode on Channel A's Let's Eat Out This Saturday. From July to August 2017, Yoo along with BtoB's Yook Sung-jae promoted for TMON's Let's Fly TMON Tour campaign.[6]

On August 3 it was revealed that Yoo would make his acting debut in the web-drama Mischievous Detectives alongside Apink's Namjoo and fellow Produce 101 Contestant Ahn Hyung Seob. Yoo played the role of Pyo Han Eum, an honorary forensic investigator that was awarded for solving a murder case.[7] The web-drama surpassed 10 million views in a month on Naver.[8] Yoo acted as the main protagonist, along with Shuhua in 10cm's music video for the song Pet, having been chosen by the singer himself.[9]

In October 2017, Yoo was part of the main cast of the beauty variety show The Cushion together with BtoB's Jung Il-hoon and popular Korean beauty YouTuber Lena.[10]

Yoo held his first fanmeet The Most Preferred Time on October 27 at the Woori Art Hall in Seoul's Olympic Park.[11] The fanmeet sold out in less than five minutes which saw Cube Entertainment adding a second date, on October 28.[12]

On October 20, was revealed that Yoo will guest on One Night Food Trip alongside his label mate, Pentagon's Hui, the filming started in Vietnam on October 22.[13] Seonho was confirmed as part of variety show cast tvN's Nest Escape 2, with filming taking place in Greece.[14]

2018–present: Solo debut and activities

Yoo joined the cast of variety show Photo People 2 with filming taking place in Japan in March 2018.[15]

After finishes his fan meeting tour with Osaka, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangkok and Tokyo on December 23, 2017, he will held an encore fanmeeting at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park in Seoul on April 14 with 2500 seats and were sold out in 1 minute.[16]

Yoo made his solo debut with EP Spring, Seonho on April 11, 2018, with the lead single "Maybe Spring" composed by Lee Jin-ah.[17]

In July 2018 it was revealed that he will return to play Pyo Han Eum in Mischievous Detective Season 2.[18] Seonho was also cast in variety show JTBC's Carefree Travellers as fixed cast.[19] Yoo became the model for Goobne a chicken brand. A CF like a youth movie was released starring Yoo Seonho, which surpassed 3.4 million views.[20]

In 2019, Yoo, alongside Lai Kuan-lin and Ha Neul were chosen as new models for TBJ clothing brand.[21] On June 10, Yoo became the ambassador for Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association alongside (G)I-dle.[22]

In December 2019, Seon-ho became a regular guest in SBS's basketball variety show Handsome Tigers. The show premiered in January 2020.[23] Later in December, Seonho was cast in tvN's new variety show Cat's Meow Is Fake, the show was aired on January 5, 2020.[24]

In 2021, Yoo joined JTBC drama Undercover, playing the son of Ji Jin-hee and Kim Hyun-joo, who has autism.[25]

In 2022, Yoo returned to the small screen with the MBC drama Doctor Lawyer, playing the teenage So Ji-sub.[26] Later he joined the tvN historical drama Under the Queen's Umbrella, which was broadcast in October 2022.[27] The same year, Yoo became a fixed cast member of the KBS2 reality show 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4, with his first episode airing in December.[28]

On September 12, 2024, it was officially announced that Yoo had left Cube Entertainment after his contract expired.[29] The next day, it was announced that he signed with Hiin Entertainment.[30]

Other ventures

Ambassadorship

In 2019, Yoo was Public Relations Ambassador of Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association with boyband Pentagon.[31][32]

Endorsements

In between 2017 and 2019, Yoo has endorsed TMON Tour Nalja Titu,[33] Goodal,[34][35] GS25,[36] Acuvue,[37] TMRW,[38][39] Goobne,[20] and TBJ.[21]

Discography

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and sales
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[40]
Spring, Seonho
Track listing
  1. Prelude: I Think Of You (너를 생각해)
  2. Maybe Spring (봄이 오면)
  3. A Blue Star (푸른 별 하나)
  4. I Miss You (보고 싶어)
  5. Maybe Spring (봄이 오면) (Inst.)
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Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
"Maybe Spring" (봄이 오면) 2018 [A] Spring, Seonho
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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Soundtrack appearances

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Title Year Album
"Forever Smile"[43] 2021 The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim OST Part 3
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Collaborations

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Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Follow Your Dreams" (한걸음) 2018 Hyuna, Jo Kwon, BtoB, CLC, Pentagon, (G)I-DLE ONE
"Upgrade"
"Young & One"
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Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Ref.
2023 Usury Academy Kang Jin [44]
2024 How Have You Been Other Youth [45]
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Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Big Forest Lee Jong-man Cameo (Episode 1–2) [46]
2018-2019 My Strange Hero Yoo Shi-on [47]
2020 Turtle Channel Sang-doo KBS Drama Special [48]
2021 Undercover Han Seung-goo [25]
2022 Doctor Lawyer young Han Yi-han [49]
Under the Queen's Umbrella Grand Prince Gye-seong [50]
2023–2024 The Story of Park's Marriage Contract Kang Tae-min [51]
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Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Mischievous Detectives Pyo Han-eum 9 episodes
The Cushion Yoo Seon-ho [10]
2018 Rebel / Mischievous Detectives Season 2 Pyo Han-eum [52]
2021 The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim Hyun-soo [53]
2021–2022 The World of My 17 Joo Chan-yang Season 2 [54]
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Reality shows

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Year Title Episodes Ref.
2018–present Seonorang (서노랑) Ongoing [55]
2019 Seonho Channel (선호채널) 8 + 2 Specials [56]
2020–2021 Seonho's Everyday (나날의 선호) 28 [57]
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Television shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Produce 101 Season 2 Contestant
Heyo Tv Private Life Private life of PRINSIX 4 Episodes [58]
Problematic Men Contestant Episode 124 [59]
One Night Food Trip Contestant Episode 40–43 [60]
2018 Nest Escape Main cast Season 2 and 3 [61]
Carefree Travellers Episode 1-4 Season 2 [62]
2019 Thought of Children [63]
Taiwan Foodtalk [64]
2020 Handsome Tigers Cast Member [65]
Cat's Meow Is Fake Main cast [24]
2022–present 2 Days & 1 Night Cast Member Season 4 [66]
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Web show

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Year Title Role Ref.
2018 Photo People season 2 Main cast [67]
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Hosting

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2019 Hanlim Multi Arts School Entrance Ceremony [68]
2019–2020 Idol Dabang (아이돌다방; Idol Cafe) With Andy of Shinhwa [69][70][71]
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Awards and nominations

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Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2023 Potential Award Yoo Seon-ho Won [72]
Gaon Chart Music Awards 2018 New Artist of the Year Nominated
KBS Entertainment Awards 2023 Grand Prize Award (Daesang) 2 Days & 1 Night 4 Won [73]
Rookie of the Year (Show and Variety) Won
Entertainer of the Year Won
Korean Brand and Model Award 2017 Model Grand Prize Yoo Seon-ho Won [74]
MBC Drama Awards 2023 Best New Actor The Story of Park's Marriage Contract Nominated [75]
Melon Music Awards 2018 Best New Male Artist Yoo Seon-ho Nominated
Seoul Webfest Awards 2019 Best Actor Rebel / Mischievous Detectives Season 2 Nominated [76]
V Live Awards 2019 Global Rookie Top 5 Yoo Seon-ho Won [77]
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Notes

  1. "Maybe Spring" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but appeared at number 98 on the component Download chart.[42]

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