Lee Hong-ki to star in Japanese drama
by girlfriday
Hong-ki! Dramaland has missed you! FT Island’s voice-of-a-hardened-rocker-in-the-body-of-a-kid lead singer Lee Hong-ki (You’re Beautiful) has just signed on to be the lead in a Japanese drama. He’ll be starring opposite Ichikawa Yui (Love Game), above. Are they just trying to explode the screen with cuteness? They look like a pair of anime characters.
The drama is called Muscle Girl, and I can’t even begin to fathom what that means, because it can’t be literal. Maybe she’s a gangster who kicks ass and he’s her toady? Maybe she’s an athlete and he’s her trainer? Maybe it’s totally nonsensical and has nothing to do with anything? Yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and put my money on the last one.
It seems that Hong-ki’s going the same way of his You’re Beautiful co-star, Park Shin-hye, who’s starring in Taiwanese drama Hayate the Combat Butler. While I’m all for his global success, I’d like to see him back in k-dramaland sometime soon. He played my favorite character in You’re Beautiful, and though he’s still got a lot to learn as an actor, he’s got a raw talent for emoting onscreen.
If there’s going to be dubbing in this drama, I’ll be sad, mostly because his voice is what makes Lee Hong-ki stand out. But chances are, that’s the way it goes. On the upside, FT Island will be doing the OST for the drama, so there’ll be lots of Singing Hong-ki on the soundtrack. FT Island already does well in Japan, so the album should be a hit.
Muscle Girl will air on TBS/MBS in Japan in April.
Via Joy News
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51 Lynn
February 18, 2011 at 7:11 AM
LOVE his voice! Hoping it won't be dubbed - likely it won't be cause all the FTI members learnt to speak japanese for their japanese debut! :D
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52 Mimi Huynh
February 18, 2011 at 10:27 AM
@M
im not hating on japanese ppl cus im azn too (not japanese lol) but still,i just think that korean voices r more understandable while japanese talk so effing fast n high voiced
n i bet nobody's reading this comment cus its on the 2nd page :(
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53 Toya
February 21, 2011 at 6:44 PM
I dunno, girlfriday, Japanese can make some seriously lame TV sometimes. If they convinced him to go all the way to Japan for a part, I am assuming it will be a decent watch.
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54 Toya
February 21, 2011 at 6:47 PM
@Mimi Huynh I read your comment! <3
But seriously, high voiced... yeah. Fast? I don't think they are any faster than any other language I have heard. Then again the French Exchange students in college used to tell me to speak slower. :)
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55 theresa anjellics
March 15, 2011 at 7:59 PM
i`m happy for lee hong ki...
and besides i`m exciting for this drama...
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56 Ness
July 24, 2011 at 5:01 AM
I loved this drama, though I wished it was longer, and his voice is not dubbed, he knows japanese, so it works.. Anyway Lee Hong Ki, Fighting!!! <3
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57 Frances
September 28, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Oh my! I realLy realLy love hoNgki!..... Ehem even though your oldEr than me ,i stilL love and like you! ... Yay..!
Aishteru hoNgki! :D...
Your voice is so beautiful(nakakamatay ang boses) hehe! Mahal kita!
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