February Rising Actor Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for rising actors!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various rising actors’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from January 25 to February 25.

Koo Kyo Hwan topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 3,831,223 for February.

Park Ji Hoon came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 3,751,970, while Park Jeong Min took third with a score of 3,540,951.

Go Youn Jung ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 3,421,871, and Byeon Woo Seok rounded out the top five with a score of 3,091,272.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. Koo Kyo Hwan
  2. Park Ji Hoon
  3. Park Jeong Min
  4. Go Youn Jung
  5. Byeon Woo Seok
  6. Park Seo Joon
  7. Ji Sung
  8. 2PM’s Lee Junho
  9. Kim Go Eun
  10. Lee Je Hoon
  11. Kim Hye Yoon
  12. Lee Jung Jae
  13. Lee Jong Suk
  14. Mun Ka Young
  15. Lee Jun Hyuk
  16. Jin Se Yeon
  17. EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.)
  18. Choi Woo Shik
  19. Heo Sung Tae
  20. Lee Joo Bin
  21. Ahn Bo Hyun
  22. Moon Sang Min
  23. Kim Sun Young
  24. Kim Se Jeong
  25. Shin Sia
  26. Nam Ji Hyun
  27. Jung Woo
  28. Han Hye Jin
  29. Kang Ha Neul
  30. Choo Young Woo

Watch Koo Kyo Hwan in his film “Escape” on Viki below:

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And check out Park Ji Hoon’s drama “Love Song for Illusion” below!

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