Born June 10, 1994, Kang Yu-seok marked his birthday on the 14th with fan-cafe photos and a message to his fandom Yureo-dan as he gears up for three major projects.
Kang Yu-seok (real name Kang Shin-chul, 31) closed out his birthday week on the 14th by posting photos from a fan-organized birthday cafe. "End of birthday week. Thank you for celebrating my birthday," he wrote.
The actor was born June 10, 1994 in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. His fans are Yureo-bun, and the fandom goes by Yureo-dan. He completed mandatory military service as a police officer driver before returning to the industry.
Kang debuted in 2018 with the OCN drama God's Quiz: Reboot. He won the Rookie Acting Award at the 2023 SBS Drama Awards for Beopjjeon, then swept through 2025 awards season. Male Rookie Award at the Asia Content Awards & Global OTT Awards. AAA Emotive Award at the Asia Artist Awards. Supporting Actor in TV Drama at the Fundex Awards. Male Rookie Award at the APAN Star Awards. He also presented at the 2025 Seoul Music Awards alongside Cynthia.
He contributed the OST track Running to the drama Someday or One Day: Resident Life. He appeared on Mnet's M Countdown performing under the in-drama fictional boy group High Boys concept as character Eom Jay. He joined the cast of the tvN special Wise Doctor Life Special - Let's Get Off Work and is a regular on MBC variety show Vacation Through Part-Time Work.
Up next: Kang Yeon-woo in the drama The Mentalist, Yu Jin-ho in the Netflix series Solo Leveling, and the lead role of Lee Hee-chan in the film 6 Lying College Students. (Three projects in one year is not a soft landing.)
He lives with his two dogs, Gyeoul and Ttomi, and two cats.
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