The leading couples and their love stories have an impact on the audience for K-Dramas. Sometimes the second lead actor partners steal the limelight with theirย well-roundedย stories, causing viewers to fall in love with them. Audiences rarely get caught up in the second lead couples syndrome as they compare well to the lead couples despite their limited screen time.
Here are the top 10 famous K-drama second lead couples who are as good as the lead couples.
1. Jin Goo And Kim Ji Won In Descendents Of The Sun (2016)
There is no denying that the K-drama sparked love interest in real life between the main leads Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo, and we were undeniably awed by their top-notch chemistry as the main couple. However, we cannot ignore the sizzling performance and chemistry between Master Sergeant Seo Dae Young (Jin Goo) and First Lieutenant Yoon Myung (Kim Ji Won), whose love story was intense, pure, and full of hardships. Their love faced many difficulties and challenges, but despite everything, they stood for each other and got the happy ending they deserved.
2. Lee Dong Wook And Yoo In Na In Guardian: The Lonely And Great God (2016)
Guardian, a.k.a, Goblin, is one of the greatest K-dramas of recent times. Goblin is known for its excellent storyline and OST, which focuses on Eun Tak (Kim Go Eun) and Goblin (Gong Yoo). However, the romance and onscreen chemistry between Grim Reaper (Lee Dong Wook) and Sunny (Yoon In Na) could not hide from the audience. Their love for each other is much deeper and is tied back to their first life. Although the second lead couple does not get the happy ending they truly deserve, they gave us a couple of goals.
3. Lee Ho Jung And Yoon Seo Ah-In Nevertheless (2021)
Nevertheless, boldly portrayed the LGBTQ theme through the lesbian couple Yoon Sol (Lee Ho Jung) and Seo Ji Won (Yoon Seo Ah), who starred as the second lead โSolJiwanโ couple, received more love than the main lead โButterflyโ couple. Together they faced challenges, differences, and rejection, but viewers greatly appreciated his perfect portrayal of an LGBTQ relationship.
4. Seo Ji Hye And Kim Jung Hyun In Crash Landing On You (2019)
Crash Landing on You continues to dominate our hearts. In this second lead couple, Jung Hyun is the South Korean refugee Gu Seung Jun, who falls in love with the North Korean heiress Seo Dan played by Ji Hye, who had incomparable chemistry on the screen. Although the couple doesnโt get their happy ending, they have won the hearts of the audience.
5. Jang Woo Young And IU In Dream High (2011)
Dream High featured second lead couple Jason (Woo Young) as a top student and a gentleman, while Pil Suk (IU) is an overweight girl who has a crush on Jason. When Pil Suk gets rejected by Jason, she decides to lose weight to get his attention butย little did sheย knowย thatย Jason loved her even before she gotย physically transformed. Together they looked like the perfect couple.
6. Ban Ryu And Soo Yeon In Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016)
The mainย story tells aboutย the romance between Do Ji Han (Ban Ryu), one of the Hwarang, and Lee Sa In (Soo Yeon),ย theย younger sister of another rival warrior. They caught the audience's attention and managed to engage the audience to root for them with their onscreen chemistry.
7. Kim Bum And Kim So Eun In Boys Over Flowers (2009)
The K-drama also made us fall for the second lead couple Yi Jung (Kim Bum) and Ga Eul (Kim So Eun). The shy and gentle Ga Eul falls for the Casanova Yi Jung, who initially rejects her, but later realizes his true feeling for her, although it takes him a while to accept it.
8. Park Hyun Sik And Iโm Ji Yeon In High Society (2015)
High Societyย featured 15 couples, and among them, Chang Soo (Park Hyun Sik) and Ji Yi (I'm Ji Yeon), had the most adorable and simple love story as the second lead couple. Chang-Soo is a wealthy man who falls for the ordinary girl Ji Yi. Their extreme class differences come in their way of love with a lot of clichรฉd plots. However, their love story was simple, pure, with no dark twists and lies.
9. Hwang Hee And Kim Yong Ji In Tale Of The Nine Tailed (2020)
No one could overshadow chemistry between them in the K-drama; however, other couples who gave us butterflies were Yoo Ri (Kim Yong Ji) and Goo Shin Joo (Hwang Hee). The character development of Yoo Ri from an aggressive and coldย Gumihoย to being soft and kind-hearted after meeting Shin Joo, who warms her heart with affection, makes the viewers fall for the couple. They get married in the end and live happily ever after.
10. Krystal Jung And Gong Myung In The Bride Of Ha Beak (2017)
T love story between Ha Beak (Nam Joo Hyuk) and So Ah (Shin Se Kyung), there was another couple who caught our attention. The subtle love angle between Mu Ra (Krystal Jung) and Bi Ryeom (Gong Myung) initially begins as unrequited love for Bi Ryeom because Mu Ra is in love with Ha Beak. However, as the drama progresses, it turns out that Mu Ra and Bi Ryeom like each other as they spend more time together.
