Park Yong-ha

Park Yong-ha is impossible for me to write about without a pang of sadness. As the tender face of Winter Sonata, he became one of the early engines of the Korean Wave, beloved across Japan for both his acting and his gentle singing voice. He had the rare gift of crossing music and drama with equal sincerity, and he seemed poised for decades more. His death in 2010 at just thirty-two still feels like a wound left open. Yet the warmth he poured into his roles and songs has not faded; it keeps reaching new listeners, which is the truest kind of legacy.

Name (English)

Park Yong-ha

Name (Japanese)

パク・ヨンハ

Reading

ぱく・よんは

Born

August 12, 1977 – June 30, 2010

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / singer / film actor / television actor

University

Chung-Ang University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Yong-ha
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483277

Tags

• actor
• singer
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-23

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.