16 Korean Actors Who Are One Step From Being The Hottest Rising Actors

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Are you also looking forward to the next hottest rising Korean actors? There are a few actors who are on the verge of becoming new popular top stars with all the stars aligned in their favor.

K-Dramas fans will know about the current hottest rising stars, like Moon SangMin, Yoo InSoo, Byeon WooSeok, and Choi HyunWook. They have 1.7M, 2.1M, 2.3M, or even 3.7M followers on Instagram respectively (data of July 28, 2023). If they keep on gaining popularity, they will soon become one of the top Hallyu stars. But before becoming this popular, they were slowly gaining recognition, just like the actors we have on this list!

Here are 16 Korean actors who -we think- are one step from being the hottest rising actors in the industry. Talents, and visuals: they have them all! Find out about them below.

Note: Order is simply based on their Instagram followers from highest to lowest.

 

1. Kim HyunJin

 16 Korean Actors Who Are One Step From Being The Hottest Rising Actors

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Age: Born in 1996 / Debut: 2020

Instagram: @pat8mat / his writing Instagram account: @sosohanpat

Amount of Instagram followers on July 28, 2023: 1.2M

Turning point role: second main lead in "Cheer Up"

The 189cm handsome model-turned-actor Kim HyunJin does not have many dramas in his filmography but he already has over 1.2M followers on Instagram! Proving that he has a powerful start in the industry and that he has the ability to steal the hearts of a lot of fans with his charms. Kim HyunJin also already received two awards for his acting "Cheer Up" where he gave the Second Lead Syndrome.

Kim HyunJin is for sure the most popular actor on this list and he will become most likely one o