Korean actor Kang Ji-hwan was voted actor of the year in an annual TV survey in Japan, according to his agency S-Plus Entertainment on Wednesday.
A press release by S-Plus said that in an annual poll conducted from December 2 to 20 by INNOLIFE, an online news provider of Hallyu contents in Japan, Kang took 55.4 percent of the votes in a poll on a total 2,662 people to be named favorite Korean actor.
In the drama section, Kang-starrer “Coffee House (2009)” also topped the chart with 48.6 percent of the votes, followed by “SungKyunKwan Scandal” which collected 40 percent of the votes, “Bad Guy” 2.8 percent, “Cinderella’s Sister” 2.6 percent, “Dong Yi” 2.5 percent and “The Slave Hunters” 2.3 percent.
“Coffee House,” which went on air in Korea last year, was lauded for its unique story structure that embraced elements of both drama and sitcom. The drama went into air in Japan in late October.
He is currently the producer of musical “Cafe In” in Tokyo in which he also plays the lead role.
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