Ji Hyeon-u

Ji Hyun-woo is one of those rare K-entertainment figures who feels genuinely multidimensional — he actually shredded guitar as the lead guitarist for indie rock band The Nuts before pivoting to acting, and that creative restlessness shows in his performances. He graduated from Sungkyunkwan University, which adds a certain intellectual polish to his image, and he put both sides of his talent to work in the 2012 cable drama Queen and I, where his charisma really started turning heads. Then came Young Lady and Gentleman in 2021–22, a KBS2 weekend drama that pulled in serious ratings, and he proved he could carry a long-running family melodrama without losing the audience. I appreciate that he never fully abandoned music for the safe celebrity lane — that dual identity keeps him interesting.

Name (English)

Ji Hyeon-u

Name (Japanese)

チ・ヒョヌ

Reading

ち・ひょぬ

Born

November 29, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

musician / film actor / actor / television presenter / television actor

University

Sungkyunkwan University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.jihyunwoo.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/official_jihyunwoo/
• Xhttps://x.com/Star_Mr_G
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8C

Tags

• musician
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.