My K-pop Blog: Dream High Cast Profiles

Dream High

Dream High (Korean: 드림하이) is a South Korean television series broadcast by KBS in 2011. It features Suzy, Taecyeon, IU, Wooyoung, Eun Jung and Kim Soo-Hyun.

The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in viewership ratings in the 18 to 20 percent range during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended.

A less-successful second season with a different cast aired in January 2012, a year after the original series.

Plot

Six students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry. During the drama, the students learn how to develop their singing, songwriting and dancing skills while also undergoing personal growth. They also go through their love life and start to develop feelings for each other. Each one of the students has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, but with the support and guidance of each other, they strive to debut on stage.

Character descriptions

Bae Suzy as Go Hye-mi

Originally from a wealthy family, after her mother's death, her father's business failed and their family fell into debt and her father went to Canada to get help from Hye-mi's aunt. Hye-mi is pursued by debt collector Ma Doo-shik and his men for much of the beginning of the drama.

Kim Soo-hyun as Song Sam-dong

Song Sam-dong lives in the countryside and dreams of becoming the owner of a stock farm. He falls in love at first sight with Go Hye-mi and follows her to Kirin High School of Art. He later struggles with a hearing problem that threatens to derail his dreams.

Taecyeon as Jin-gook / Hyun Shi-hyuk

Jin-gook is the son of the President. He shares childhood memories with Go Hye-mi and constantly tries to help her. Initially living on the streets as a tough guy, he is naturally talented at dancing and rapping.

Ham Eun Jung as Yoon Baek-hee

Baek-hee used to be Hye-mi's best friend and sidekick at their old school, but she is betrayed by Hye-mi during the Kirin School audition. She is devastated by the betrayal and becomes Hye-mi's biggest rival. She is in love with Jin-gook, who beats up the agency president after he sexually assaulted Baek-hee. Later on in the series she reconciles with Hye-mi.

IU as Kim Pil-sook

Kim Pil-sook first appears as a girl wearing a sushi mascot costume during the auditions. She is a girl with a beautiful voice and perfect pitch but is overweight. She vows to lose weight in 200 days during Group K's activities for her crush, Jason.

Jang Wooyoung as Jason

Jason is a Korean-American student who excels mainly in dancing but is also good at singing. He is courteous and has good manners, leading to misunderstandings with Pil-sook, who believes that he is nice to her because he likes her.

Main Cast

Bae Suzy as Go Hye Mi