BTS UNIVERSE
Youth (Korean: 유스) is an upcoming South Korean television series based on the BTS universe, it will be a fictional story about BTS lives. It will also feature how they pursue their dreams as IDOL. It is scheduled to air in 2021. HYBE Labels(formerly BigHit Entertainment) have decided to not go ahead with members’ real names and will resume filming with fictional character names.
BTS UNIVERSE ‘YOUTH’ DRAMA CAST
- Seo Ji-hoon as Kim Seok-jin
- Noh Jong-hyun as Min Yoon-gi
- Ahn Ji-ho as Jung Ho-seok
- Seo Young-joo as Kim Nam-joon
- Kim Yoon-woo as Park Ji-min
- Jung Woo-jin as Kim Tae-hyung
- Jeon Jin-seo as Jeon Jung-kook
SEO YOUNG-JOO AS KIM NAM-JOON
Kim Nam-Joon’s character will be played by Seo Young-Joo, a 22-year-old actor from Seoul, South Korea.
Young-Joo is arguably one of the more experienced cast members in Youth, first appearing in 2008 on A Frozen Flower as Young Han-baek. He gained his in a variety of feature films, including The Thieves (2012), Juvenile Offender (2012), Moebius (2013), The Treacherous (2015), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Snowy Road (2017).
He has also appeared in a range of television series, such as May Queen (2012), Girls Generation 1979 (2017), Beautiful World (2019), and Nobody Knows (2020).
Kim Nam Joon(Seo Young-Joo )has a strong sense of responsibility. he comes from poor family background, which led him to become an adult earlier than he should have been.
SEO JI-HOON AS KIM SEOK-JIN
Kim Seok-jin’s character will be portrayed by Seo Ji-hoon, a 23-year-old actor from Daegu, South Korea.
Ji-hoon would gain recognition as a young actor in 2016 when he appeared in Matching! Boys Archery as yoo Ji-wan.
Ji-hoon would then go on to feature in various successful television dramas, including School 2017 (2017), Prison Playbook (2017), Misty (2018), Tale of Fairy (2018).Drama Stage: Crumbling Friendship (2019), Meow, the Secret Boy (2020).
Kim Seok jin (Seo Ji-hoon )is a son national assembly member who lives his life according to his father’s plan. Despite his perfect looks and style, he struggles to express his emotions, especially regarding what he wants to do in life
NOH JONG-HYUN AS MIN YOON-GI
Min Yoon-gi’s character will be portrayed Noh Jong-hyun, a 27-year-old actor from Busan, South Korea.
Jong-hyun made his television debut in 2017 in tvN’s hit series Because This Is My First Life as Yoon Ji-Seok.
Jong-hyun would then feature in He Is Psychometric (2019), Drama Stage: Blackout (2020), and Kkondae Intern (2020). He will also play a lead role in the series Live On.
Min Yoon-Gi (noh Jong-Hyun) doesn’t talk much, but he has a warm personality. Vicious rumors follow him, about killing his mother. The only place where Min Yoon-Gi is able to find solace is by playing the piano. Due to his friend following him without prejudice, he is able to cure the pain of his insecure childhood days.
AHN JI-HO AS JUNG HO-SEOK
Jung Ho-Seok’s character will be played by Ahn Ji-ho, a 16-year old South Korean actor.
Ji-ho started his acting career in the popular web series Drawing, Spring in 2014, but rose to acclaim in 2016 when he played Sang-Chul in Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned.
He has got fame in The Princess and the Matchmaker (2018), Along with the Gods (2018), A Boy and Sungreen (2019), Inseparable Bros (2019), The House of Us (2019), and Nobody Knows (2020).
Jung Ho-Seok (Ahn Ji-Ho) loves dancing. He has a positive personality, but he was once abandoned at an amusement park. Despite that horrible experience, he carries more bright energy than anyone else.
JUNG WOO-JIN AS KIM TAE-HYUNG
Kim Tae-Hyung‘s character ‘V’ will be portrayed by 15-year-old actor Jung Woo-jin.
Woo-jin first appeared in the SBS drama Take Care of Us(2012), Captain and would go on star in The Coin Locker (2015), Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015), and Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2016).
Kim Tae-Hyung (Jung Woo-Jin) lives with an alcoholic father. His father was kind, he changed when his mother left them. Kim Tae-Hyung still believes that his father will become the father he once was.
JEON JIN-SEO AS JEON JUNG-KOOK
Jeon Jung-kook’s character in Youth will be portrayed by Jeon Jin-Seo, a 14-year-old actor from South Korea.
Despite his age, he acted in many dramas, Jin-Seo is one of the most experienced actors in the cast, featuring in a range of television dramas.
His most notable roles are from The King’s Daughter (2013), Mama (2014), Hwajung (2015), Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016), Bad Thief, Good Thief (2017), School of Magic (2017), Black (2017), The Tale of Nokdu (2019), Mr. Sunshine (2019) and The World of the Married (2020).
Jeon Jung-Kook (Jeon Jin-Seo) is insensitive to life and death because he lived with his insecure family. He helps his one friend by being his friend and not judging him.
KIM YOON-WOO AS PARK JI-MIN
Kim Yoon-woo will play the role of ‘Jimin’.
”YOUTH” will be his first major role in the entertainment industry.
Park Ji-Min (Kim Yoon-Woo) is a boy with a bright smile. He is confused about who he is because of trauma from his childhood. He was overprotected by his family.