FTIsland's frontman Lee Hong-gi has been cast as the male lead in an upcoming Japanese drama, according to his agency FNC Music on Monday.
FNC announced that Lee has been cast as the male lead opposite Japanese actress Ichikawa Yui in the drama titled "Muscle girl!" which will air on Japan's TBS and MBC starting April as well as take part in contributing to the soundtrack.
They expanded their career into Japan in 2008 with two single albums “Flower Rock” and “Brand-new days" and has seen three of their singles rank within the top 10 slots of the Oricon albums chart.
Outside of his group activities, Hong-gi has appeared in the SBS hit series "He's Beautiful" alongside actor Jang Keun-suk and in the Japanese drama "Hard to Say I Love You" with Jaejoong from boy band JYJ.
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