For five years, Han Seojun followed Hwang In-youp everywhere. The character — the brooding, gifted second lead who never quite wins the girl in the 2020 hit True Beauty — turned the South Korean actor from a runway model into one of the most recognised faces in K-drama communities across Asia and beyond. It was the role that made him, and also, in the way these things tend to go in the acting business, the category he has spent every project since quietly working to move past.

That distance closed this summer. Dream to You, the ENA drama co-starring Hyeri and written by Jung Eun-bi — whose credits include Goblin, one of the defining series of Korean television’s international breakthrough — cast Hwang as Woo Soobin, a film director caught in an unexpected emotional orbit. The role placed him at the centre of the story rather than at its margins: not the rival who walks in, rearranges a scene, and departs, but the character whose arc the entire production is built around. It was the first time he carried that weight in a major production.

The week the series concluded, a South Korean fan voting app ran a theme poll asking users to name the second lead who had most captured them. Hwang In-youp ranked first — cited for his role as Han Seojun in True Beauty, five years prior. The app published no vote count. The result reads as less a verdict on where the actor stands today than a measure of how durably that original character lodged itself in the audience.

Running alongside the television work, the 2026 global fan meeting tour To You has been on the road since a Seoul opener this month. The remaining confirmed schedule stretches through the autumn and into November: Shanghai on August 30, Taipei on September 12, Hong Kong on September 19, Bangkok on October 10, Jakarta on October 24, Manila on October 31. In November, the tour makes its first South American stops — Santiago de Chile on November 19 and São Paulo, Brazil, on November 21. Osaka and Tokyo are on the announced itinerary, with dates to be confirmed. Ticketing details for each city are available through official tour channels.

The tour’s name — To You — addresses the audience that showed up for Han Seojun five years ago and is paying attention now to see what Hwang In-youp builds from the centre of the frame.

Tags: Dream to You, ENA, fan meetings, Hwang In-youp, True Beauty