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Yoo Seon-ho (born January 28, 2002) is a South Korean singer, actor and model. He is best known as a contestant on the survival reality show ''Produce 101'' (season 2) and drama ''
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''. He is a cast member of the variety show '' 2 Days & 1 Night'' since 2022.


Early life and education

Yoo Seon-ho was born on January 28, 2002, in
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, South Korea. He was alumni of
Hanlim Multi Art School Hanlim Multi Art School ( ko, 한림연예예술고등학교) is an arts high school located in Songpa District in Seoul, South Korea. History Hanlim School was founded on 3 March 1962, with Lee Hyeon-man being appointed school principal. In 20 ...
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Career


2017: Acting debut

Soon after Produce 101 ended, Yoo became a regular guest on a new variety show called ''Special Private Life'' together with other fellow Produce 101 contestants. He also had guest appearances in variety shows like ''
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'' and ''
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''. In August 2017, Yoo started appearing as a regular guest for a few episode on Channel A's ''Let's Eat Out This Saturday''. From July to August 2017, Yoo along with
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's
Yook Sung-jae Yook Sung-jae (; born ), also known mononymously as Sungjae, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, host and entertainer. He is a member of the boy group BtoB and its sub-group, BtoB Blue. Aside from his group's activities, Yook has acted ...
promoted for TMON's ''Let's Fly TMON Tour'' campaign. On August 3 it was revealed that Yoo would make his acting debut in the web-drama ''Mischievous Detectives'' alongside
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's Namjoo and fellow Produce 101 Contestant Ahn Hyung Seob. Yoo played the role of Pyo Han Eum, an honorary forensic investigator that was awarded for solving a murder case. The web-drama surpassed 10 million views in a month on Naver. Yoo acted as the main protagonist of 10cm's music video for the song ''Pet'', having been chosen by the singer himself. In October 2017, Yoo was part of the main cast of the beauty variety show ''The Cushion'' together with
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's
Jung Il-hoon Jung Il-hoon (; born October 4, 1994), simply known as Ilhoon, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, host, actor and entertainer. He was the main rapper of the South Korean boy band BtoB. He is well known for his collaborations ...
and popular Korean beauty YouTuber Lena. Yoo held his first fanmeet ''The Most Preferred Time'' on October 27 at the Woori Art Hall in Seoul's
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. The fanmeet sold out in less than five minutes which saw
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adding a second date, on October 28. On October 20, was revealed that Yoo will guest on ''One Night Food Trip'' alongside his label mate, Pentagon's
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, the filming started in
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on October 22. Seonho was confirmed as part of variety show cast
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's ''Nest Escape 2'', with filming taking place in
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2018–present: Solo debut and activities

Yoo joined the cast of variety show ''Photo People 2'' with filming taking place in
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in March 2018. After finishes his fan meeting tour with Osaka, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangkok and Tokyo on December 23, 2017, he will held an encore fanmeeting at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park in Seoul on April 14 with 2500 seats and were sold out in 1 minute. Yoo made his solo debut with EP ''Spring, Seonho'' on April 11, 2018, with the lead single "Maybe Spring" composed by
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. In July 2018 it was revealed that he will return to play Pyo Han Eum in ''Mischievous Detective Season 2''. Seonho was also cast in variety show
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's ''
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'' as fixed cast. Yoo became the model for Goobne a chicken brand. A CF like a youth movie was release starring Yoo Seonho, which surpassed 3.4 million views. In 2019, Yoo, alongside
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and Ha Neul were chosen as new models for TBJ clothing brand. On June 10, Yoo became the ambassador for Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association alongside
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. In December 2019, Seon-ho become a regular guest in SBS's basketball variety show ''
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''. The show premiered in January 2020. Later in December, Seonho was cast in
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's new variety show ''Cat's Meow Is Fake'', the show was aired on January 5, 2020. In 2021, Yoo joined JTBC drama ''
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'', playing the son of
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and
Kim Hyun-joo Kim Hyun-joo ( ko, 김현주; born 24 April 1977) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in television dramas ''Glass Slippers'' (2002), '' Toji, the Land'' (2004), '' Twinkle Twinkle'' (2011), ''What Happens to My F ...
, who has autism. In 2022, Yoo returned to the small screen with the MBC drama ''
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'', playing the teenage So Ji-sub. Later he joined the tvN historical drama ''
Under the Queen's Umbrella ''Under the Queen's Umbrella'' () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-soo, Kim Hae-sook, and Choi Won-young. It aired from October 15 to December 4, 2022, on tvN's Saturdays and Sundays at 21:10 ( KST) time slot. It is also ...
'', which was broadcast in October 2022. The same year, Yoo became a fixed cast member of the KBS2 reality show '' 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4'', with his first episode airing in December.


Endorsements

In between 2017 and 2019, Yoo Seon-ho has endorsed TMON Tour Nalja Titu, Goodal, GS25,
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, TMRW, Goobne and TBJ.


Ambassadorship

In 2019 Yoo was Public Relations Ambassador of Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association with boyband
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Discography


Extended plays


Singles


Soundtrack appearances


Collaborations


Filmography


Film


Television series


Web series


Reality shows


Television shows


Web show


Hosting


Awards and nominations


Notes


References


External links

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Yu Seon-ho
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