Kim Jae-won
Kim Jae-won (진재원, born February 9, 2001) launched his career as a fashion model in 2018 before transitioning to acting. His early supporting work built a quiet reputation, but it was tvN's ensemble drama Our Blues (2022) that first put his name in the conversation -- he played the younger version of Cha Seung-won's character and made the role stick.
From there he moved fast. Stealer: The Treasure Keeper (2023) and King the Land (2023) gave him more screen time, but his lead debut in Netflix's high-teen drama Hierarchy (2024) was the real arrival moment. Playing Kim Ri-an, the heir to Jooshin Group who holds a perfect life together by sheer force of will, he carried a show designed around controlled tension that demands a watchable center. Hierarchy hit the Netflix global top 10.
In 2026, he joins the cast of The Art of Sarah (Netflix) and takes on the role of Shin Soon-rok in TVING's Yumi's Cells Season 3 -- a younger producing director who disrupts Kim Go-eun's Yumi with a blend of warmth and blunt honesty. He also hosts KBS2's Music Bank from February 2026.
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