200 Favorite Actors +
200+ cool ppl
Yes, I know, there are too many men on this list. I would say that I just find more male actors that I really like—am I biased as a female? I think it more so reflects that there are not enough strong female roles being written for all the extremely talented actresses and yet-to-blossom actresses who get conformed by society into carrying a certain narrow image. There are just better-written roles for men to play lead so that even a generally talented actor can step in and look cool. I think of some of the lamer roles that some of these fantastic actresses have had to play, and it's just not fair to them!
On the other hand, anyone who complains about there being no Korean or Japanese female roles that are strong women, you just haven't watched enough TV! Most of these ladies have also played some pretty amazing characters (not to mention that there are some amazing, badass characters played by so~so actresses not on this list, too)! And of course, there's a way to play a weak role powerfully, and some of them have pulled it off.
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Bae Doo Na
South Korean
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Park Hyuk Kwon
South Korean
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Jo Dong Hyuk
South Korean
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Kim So Yeon
South Korean
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Yeo Jin Goo
South Korean
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Lee Bum Soo
South Korean
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Jo Jin Woong
South Korean
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Kim Ah Joong
South Korean
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Oh Dae Hwan
South Korean
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Shin Ha Kyun
South Korean
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Joo Jin Mo
South Korean
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Aragaki Yui
Japanese
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Emoto Tasuku
Japanese
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Oguri Shun
Japanese
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Karina
Japanese
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Sugimoto Tetta
Japanese
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Hayami Mokomichi
Japanese
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Gong Yoo
South Korean
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Lee Han Wi
South Korean
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Go Hyun Jung
South Korean
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Heo Joon Ho
South Korean
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Shin Hyun Joon
South Korean
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Nanao
Japanese
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Matsumoto Jun
Japanese
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Koizumi Kotaro
Japanese
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Endo Kenichi
Japanese
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Ito Hideaki
Japanese
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Mitsushima Hikari
Japanese
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Kwon Sang Woo
South Korean
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Shin Dong Wook
South Korean
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Choi Won Young
South Korean
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Go Soo Hee
South Korean
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Kim Soo Hyun
South Korean
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Iura Arata
Japanese
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Tanaka Tetsushi
Japanese
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Ohtsuka Nene
Japanese
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Kim Ji Suk
South Korean
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Kim Sang Joong
South Korean
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Park Hee Soon
South Korean
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Han Ga In
South Korean
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Jang Dong Gun
South Korean
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Woo Do Hwan
South Korean
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Jun Kwang Ryul
South Korean
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Kuninaka Ryoko
Japanese
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Kamiki Ryunosuke
Japanese
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Hirayama Hiroyuki
Japanese
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Kuroki Meisa
Japanese
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Namkoong Min
South Korean
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Sung Dong Il
South Korean
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Kim Hee Sun
South Korean
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Yoo Seung Ho
South Korean
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Baek Yoon Shik
South Korean
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Ok Taec Yeon
South Korean
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Kyeon Mi Ri
South Korean
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Kato Shigeaki
Japanese
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Otani Ryohei
Japanese
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Asano Tadanobu
Japanese
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Morita Go
Japanese
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Matsushima Nanako
Japanese
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Kiritani Kenta
Japanese
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Kaname Jun
Japanese
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Dong Ha
South Korean
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Seo Yea Ji
South Korean
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Choi Min Shik
South Korean
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Min Sung Wook
South Korean
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Lee Hyun Woo
South Korean
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Jo Ha Rang
South Korean
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Tony Yang
Taiwanese
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Mike He
Taiwanese
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Godfrey Gao
Taiwanese
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Zhao Li Ying
Chinese
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Cheng Tai Shen
Chinese
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Qin Hao
Chinese
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Hu Bing
Chinese
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Yang Mi
Chinese
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Hamada Gaku
Japanese
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Mukai Osamu
Japanese
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Nikaido Fumi
Japanese
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Edwin Siu
Hong Konger
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Nicholas Tse
Hong Konger
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Tony Leung
Hong Konger
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Han Ye Ri
South Korean
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Kang Dong Won
South Korean
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Hyun Bin
South Korean
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Shim Hee Sub
South Korean
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Ayase Haruka
Japanese
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Sato Yuki
Japanese
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Kagawa Teruyuki
Japanese
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Wada Masato
Japanese
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Ishihara Satomi
Japanese
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Matsushige Yutaka
Japanese
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Okada Junichi
Japanese
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Sorimachi Takashi
Japanese
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Inamori Izumi
Japanese
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Park Hyung Sik
South Korean
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Choi Gwi Hwa
South Korean
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Kim Jae Wook
South Korean
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Go Sung Hee
South Korean
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Yoon Hyun Min
South Korean
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Yasuda Ken
Japanese