“Hi, I’m Lee Jun-ho at 2:00 pm”
It was like that June introduced himself at the beginning of his acceptance speech when he received the Top Excellence Award at MBC Drama Awards 2021. Being an idol for 11 years, instead of reversing public prejudice against actors-turned-idols, he touched everyone’s hearts 2pm fans and fans who just joined actor Lee Jun-ho’s fanclub with his honest words to prove that he has not forgotten his main work. Below are some facts about Lee Jun-ho, who has attracted many fans with his warm heart recently.
- He beat out 6,500 contestants to win 1st place on the SBS show “Superstar Survival” in 2006. At that time, Junho was nicknamed “Little Rain” because he looked a lot like Bi Rain. Later, she debuted together with Taecyeon and Chansung, who she met at JYP Entertainment’s survival show.
- When he was young, he loved reading hip-hop comics and was active as a B-Boy. However, he did not ignore his studies and was intelligent enough to be among the TOP 40 in school.
- Junho appeared in many activities of his high school’s Drama Department. Due to his basic acting skills, despite being an idol for a long time, Junho was cast and made his big screen debut through the 2013 film “Cold Eyes”, playing the role of detective Daramjwi (“Squirrel” ).
- In an interview with TenAsia, “Cold Eyes” director Cho Eui-seok selected Junho as the most interesting actor among the cast members. Furthermore, actors Seol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung and Han Hyo-joo, who acted together with Junho in the film, also complimented him, saying, “Let’s meet more often on screen.”
- He made his solo debut with the song “Kimi no Koe (Your Voice) and began performing activities in Japan in the same year. After that, Junho performed on solo stages in Japan every year before joining the army in 2018. He showed off his producing skills by not only participating in lyric writing and song composition, but also monitoring music video shoots and creating choreography.
- Junho was often injured during the 2pm activities because many of their choreographies included acrobatic movements. Even before his debut, Junho once fainted after landing on his head while doing backflips.
- Junho’s hand length is 22cm, the largest among 2PM members. He is left-handed but writes with his right hand.
- Playing the lead character Lee Kang-doo in the 2017 JTBC drama “Just Between Lovers,” Junho even rented a rooftop room in Busan even before filming the drama. This was his effort to dive deeper into the character, and this story once became a hot topic.
- After appearing in the KBS2 drama “Good Manager” with Nam Goong-min, he received the award for Best Couple at the 2017 KBS Drama Awards. Junho was then nominated for Daesang at the 2021 MBC Drama Awards. When it was announced that Nam Goong-min was the winner of the Daesang, Junho ran to Nam Goong-min and hugged him.
- Junho is also known for adding a lot of improvisation during the filming of “The Red Sleeve”. If you look at the videos and interviews about “The Red Sleeve”, he revealed that he added a lot of improvisations and even made actor Oh Dae-hwan laugh out loud.
- Appearing on “Radio Star”, Lee Junho promised that if the rating of “The Red Sleeve” exceeded 15%, he would appear on the show again with actress Lee Se-young, who plays Seong Deok-im, and he would dance to the song. “My house”. The final episode of “The Red Sleeve” then recorded 17.4%, and the schedule of “Radio Star” was agreed upon.
- In 2021, he was selected among the TOP 100 Korean Male Actors by the Korea Film Council. It is known that the list was chosen based on participation in box office hit Korean films and award-winning experiences over the past decade.
- He appeared on SBS’s “Strong Heart” in 2010 and is quoted as saying: “It’s populary is a season”. It was his motto and meant that he relaxed and did activities gradually while waiting for his season. His word was confirmed once again when the video for “My House” recently became popular again.
- If you look at Junho’s Instagram, cats appeared in most of the photos. In particular, the one called “Gomaengi” who lives at Junho’s sister’s house and the one called “Jeonggami” who lives with 2PM Chansung are brother and sister.
- Junho has a hobby of collecting clothes he likes based on colors. His mother even asked him to stop buying the same clothes in different colors.
- Junho, known for having a weak drinking capacity, said in an interview with Esquire: “I’m not that insanely weak.” However, in another interview, he revealed that he doesn’t drink too much because his face might swell.
- Junho has several nicknames. Besides “My Home” Junho, he is also called “Maeng” because of his attractive hips, “Ijsan”, which is a shortened word for “The Red Sleeve” Yi San + Lee Jun-ho, etc. In fact, his favorite nickname is “FOX.”
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