''Cheer Up!'' (; lit. ''Sassy, Go Go'') is a 2015

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starring

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Lee Won-keun Lee Won-geun (born June 27, 1991) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in the 2012 popular historical television drama ''Moon Embracing the Sun'' (2012) and is best known for starring in the high school drama ''Cheer Up! (TV series), ...

Cha Hak-yeon Cha Hak-yeon (, born June 30, 1990), better known by his stage name N (), is a South Korean singer, actor, presenter, and radio host, signed to 51k. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group VIXX in May 2012, he began his acting care ...

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and

Chae Soo-bin Chae Soo-bin (born Bae Soo-bin on July 10, 1994) is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition for her role in the television series ''Love in the Moonlight'' (2016), and transitioned into leading roles with '' The Rebel'' (2017), ''Stronge ...

. It aired from October 5, 2015 until November 10, 2015 on

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every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 KST for 12 episodes.

Synopsis

Set at the elite Sevit High School in

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, the drama follows the lives of five students as they attempt to survive in a vicious environment where academic elitism takes place. Kang Yeon-doo (

) is the leader of outcast

street dance Street dance is an umbrella term for a large number of social dance styles such as: breakdancing, popping, locking, house dance, waacking etc. Social dance styles have many accompanying steps and foundations, created organically from a culture, ...

club "Real King", a group of students who band together because of their poor academic performance, whereas Kim Yeol (

) is the President of "Baek Ho", an elite club composed of students from the top 5 percent. When the two clubs are forcibly merged to create a

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

squad, the two put their differences aside for the benefit of their clubs. As they go on with their misadventures, many things happen that result in a strong and unbreakable bond. ''Cheer Up!'' is a story that aims at ordinary high school students' misadventures including love, heartbreak, pain and friendship.

Cast

Main

as Kang Yeon-doo :Having positioned 196th out of the 200 students at her school, Yeon-doo is at the bottom of the food chain at her high school and her only friends are her childhood friend Dong-jae and the members of her street dance club "Real King." She dislikes the arrogant and self-centered students at the top percentiles of the school, namely the members of "Baek Ho," but she becomes friends with them after joining the Cheerleading Club and went through things with them. She is loyal, sassy, strong-willed, brave and is willing to put herself at risk to fight against the corruption present in her school. *

as Kim Yeol :The President of the "Baek Ho" club and the highest ranking student at Sevit, Yeol is the son of a wealthy father from whom he is estranged. His intelligence also makes him cynical and arrogant. His wit and cleverness allows him to see through the tactics of the scheming adults around him as he exposes them. He begins to like Kang Yeon-doo since she is the person who makes him believe in other people again. *

as Kwon Soo-ah :Ranked second place in school and a member of the "Baek Ho" club, her mother pressures her to become first place in her school and get into an

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university. She is focused solely on succeeding in her academia (this is shown when she joins a cheerleading club as an add-on to her academic profile), but fails to realize the importance of friendship and personal bonds between people. This causes her to become lonely, depressed and isolated and it eventually leads her to resort to manipulating the people around her in order to live up to her mother's unreachable expectations. She was good friends with Yeon-doo but after her mother kept pressuring her to be first ranked she went against Yeon-doo multiple times. In the end, she realises her mistake and becomes friends with her again. *

as Ha Dong-jae :Yeon-doo's childhood friend and one of her best friends at Sevit High, Dong-jae is a talented basketball player. Due to a traumatic childhood experience (which involves in hurting Yeon-doo), he developed a physical contact phobia. However, after getting kicked out of the basketball team, he joined the cheerleading club as well to accompany Yeon-doo. Although having a childlike mentality, Dong-jae becomes the first person who truly understands Soo-ah's emotional pain. *

as Seo Ha-joon :Although he is in the top 5 percent at his school, Ha-joon has an abusive father who constantly puts pressure on him to do well and resorts to violence when his son is unable to meet his expectations. As a result, he has attempted suicide on more than one occasion. Ha-joon also has anger management issues and considers Kim Yeol his only true friend. He soon considers Yeon-doo as a close friend after she helped him. He later develops feelings for her but at the end they stay good friends.

Supporting

Students

*Kim Min-ho as Min Hyo-sik :A member of "Real King" dance club. *

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as Choi Tae-pyung :A member of "Baek Ho" cheerleading club. *

Kang Min-ah Kang Min-ah (; born March 20, 1997), is a South Korean actress. She is known for the television dramas ''Schoolgirl Detectives'' (2014–2015), '' True Beauty'' (2020–2021), and ''At a Distance, Spring Is Green ''At a Distance, Spring Is ...

as Park Da-mi :A member of "Real King" dance club. *

Park Yoo-na Park Yoo-na (born December 23, 1997) is a South Korean actress under 8D Creative's WIP sub-label. She is best known for her roles in the television series '' My ID is Gangnam Beauty'' (2018), ''Sky Castle'' (2018–2019), '' Hotel del Luna'' ( ...

as Kim Kyung-eun :A member of "Real King" dance club. * Ooon as Joon-soo :A member of "Real King" dance club. *Jung Hae-na as Han Jae-young :A member of "Baek Ho" cheerleading club. *Kang Gu-reum as Kim Na-yeon :A member of "Baek Ho" cheerleading club. *Son Beom-jun as Cha Seung-woo : A member of "Real King" dance club.

Faculty

* Kim Ji-seok as Yang Tae-bum *

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as Im Soo-yong *

Park Hae-mi Park Hae-Mi (born January 28, 1964) is a South Korean actress. She is best known as a musical theatre actress, starring in stage productions of '' Mamma Mia!'', '' 42nd Street'', and ''Really Really Like You''. Park rose to mainstream popularit ...

as Principal Choi Kyung-ran *

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as Nam Jung-a *

Gil Hae-yeon Gil Hae-yeon ( ko, 길해연) is a South Korean actress. She is best known to North American audiences for her performance in the film '' In Her Place'', for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at th ...

as Director Lee

Others

Kim Yeo-jin Kim Yeo-jin (born June 24, 1972) is a South Korean actress and activist. Kim made her acting debut in the stage play ''What Do Women Live For'' in 1995, and has since remained active in film and television, drawing praise for her supporting roles ...

as Park Sun-young (Yeon Doo's mother) *

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as Choi Hyun-mi (Soo Ah's mother) *

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as Kim Byung-jae (Yeol's father) *

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as Hyun-su

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