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Yoo Seung-ho back in uniform for iRiver
by | January 26, 2011 | 68 Comments

Yoo Seung-ho may be playing a few years older than his age in his current drama Flames of Desire (his first adult role), but he goes back to school for his new shoot advertising iRiver mp3 players. In fact, he looks like he’s stepped right out of his 2010 drama God of Study, where he played a wayward high school senior buckling down in a special class to attempt to get into the nation’s top university.

For those viewers of Flames who are currently trying to forget that Yoo Seung-ho is only 17, I’m not sure this ad campaign is going to help neutralize that Inappropriate Crush on a Much Younger Man. Not that that’s a bad thing…

Flames of Desire broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays, and recently enjoyed a little surge in ratings once Secret Garden bowed out; I think it’s safe to expect its numbers to keep growing from here on out.

Ah, they grow up so fast… (and yet not fast enough?)

Via SSTV

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68 Comments from the Beanut Gallery
  1. Celest

    Yoo Seung-ho is only 17?! Efff….I knew he has a baby face but man…

  2. masterbruce

    if he’s only 17, then you really shouldn’t have a crush on him.

    • 2.1 Rika

      Aww, don’t go crushing the dreams of older women…

      • 2.1.1 DaeBoRa

        ha3x … welcome to “The Cougar Club” … (^-^)

        http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/cougarism-more-social-than-sexual/

        • 2.1.1.1 hairband

          Hmm whenever I see stuff like this it kind of makes me mad. 60 year old men date 18 year old women and they call the 18 year old women gold-diggers. 60 year old women date 48 year old men and they call the women cougars.

          What about the men? I know this is off-topic but it seriously rubs me the wrong way every single time I see the topic of “being a cougar is ok!” It’s not about “being ok”. It’s about WHY women should be mentioned as “cougars” in the first place when men, what? There isn’t even anything for them to be called.

    • 2.2 crazyunnie

      Well I’m 15, so it’s perfectly fine :)
      (Aren’t there any young teens that watch kdramas/kpop?)
      I feel isolated… O.o

      • 2.2.1 joongkijunkie&ELF

        its ok! im 14 and a dedicated kdram/kpop addict! i feel ur pain.

      • 2.2.2 theasianstalker

        I’m 16 :P . I first started watching K dramas when I was 14. My friends call me ajhumma. D:

        • 2.2.2.1 tildy

          Hehehe. I’m 22 now, but my first kdrama addiction was at the tender age of 11. I never did tell my parents the reason I never missed an episode of Kkokji, but it was because I was madly in love with Won Bin, of course;)

          • 2.2.2.1.1 YoSoyHaru!!!!!!!!!!

            Agree I fell for Won Bin in that drama and I am also 22 :D

        • 2.2.2.2 Yasmin

          Lol, I am 16 too!! 17 in 2 months!!! Yay!! Quite happy to discover I am not the only teen here!! Wow, I can actually have a crush on a guy who is the same age!! All the actors that I have had crushes on were in their twenties *Kim Hyun Joong * *taecyeon* *Kim soo Hyun* yoo seeing ho is soo cute though, I have only seen him in god of study but planning on watching the rest of his shows as soon as I finish my exams!!
          I have been watching kdramas and Asian dramas for 6 months but I have become soo addicted to them and have seen soo many my friends who have been watching them before me now call me an expert!! LOL

      • 2.2.3 HappyEndings

        14! aw…while you are hoping he would grow up fast…I’m wishing he could slow down. Wait for me!

      • 2.2.4 kmstgu5

        don’t worry. i’m also 15 and i’m dedicated to kdramas and have been for almost two years now.

        my korean friend also watches kdramas and says its so weird because it feels like she’s talking to a crazed korean fan. and i’m chinese….

        • 2.2.4.1 DeeDee

          Moi aussi! I’m 15, so he’s fairplay :D

          • 2.2.4.1.1 lonerfish

            I’m 16! Even more age appropriate! xD

      • 2.2.5 junaly

        i’m 14 and crushing on an idol 10 years older than me.

        ):

      • 2.2.6 Poonam

        Im 17 nd addicted to k-pop !!! Well i have been watching dramas since i was 17

    • 2.3 anon

      MUAHAHAHAHAHA
      All you noonas and ajummas back off! :P
      Give us “age appropriate” girls a chance

      • 2.3.1 tofu_fishy

        technically, theres probally alot of girls younger than us and they are crushing on someone older

      • 2.3.2 maria

        LOL okay, ya’ll an have this little baby, and we’ll stick with lee seung gi and bae soo bin and won bin and hyun bin and lee dong wook, and lee jung jae, and lee jung jin, and rain, and daniel henney and daniel oh and phillip lee and kim rae won and gong yoo and jung il woo and lee jun ki…………….. need i go on? :P

        • 2.3.2.1 Ms Guccibabie

          Wow! I feel old and I’m only 25! I’ll make a deal with you younger girls! You can have him…..for now! When he hits 18….Watch out!!! The playing field will have leveled!!! HAHAHA!!!!

        • 2.3.2.2 crazyunnie

          O.o Oh my gosh, what? No! We want the old men too! lol.
          Just because im 15 doesn’t mean I can’t dream, right? haha.
          Ajummas and unnies, we’ll share with you! ^^
          I don’t feel bad about crushing on the more recent actors (like this one)
          But I feel hecka weird when I swoon over a thirty-something-year-old guy. He could be my TEACHER o.O
          (A hot one. hahahaha.)

        • 2.3.2.3 poo

          Awesome list! Was feeling bad for being so old…but i think we r luckier than the young girls lol…our list is far better than theirs lol~

        • 2.3.2.4 keyt

          Oh, how I miss Lee Dong Wook!

  3. Leona

    in all klala land my hubby liked only YSH as Kim CHun Chu and he has an iRiver player

    • 3.1 anais

      Kim Chun Chu rocked. That was the first time I came across an older Yoo Seung Ho, wondering who the heck was he until I realized he was that little bratty kid in 집으로 (Not sure of its English translation but something like To Home or The Way Home). Couldn’t believe all that time had passed so that little jerk I wanted to knuckle ended up growing into a very awesome young actor.

  4. nadia

    roar I wish my high school days were filled with gorgeous guys like him.

    • 4.1 ida

      lol. i remember how my cousin was ever so disappointed after watching Sharp 2 (banolim 2) to find out that the high school boys in her school were.. not that hot. well, at least not as hot as they were in the drama. ;)
      bless ‘er.

    • 4.2 Janny

      DITTO

      My high school days were filled with pervs and nerds…what a sad high school life I had….

      • 4.2.1 Laica

        So true. Sigh… they tell us it’s the best time of our lives, but looking back from age 24, it really really wasn’t.

  5. hookedonmonix

    He is SO CUTE! Since I’m too old to crush on him, can I wish he was my son? Or my (much older than she is now) daughter’s boyfriend?

    • 5.1 anais

      I think the crush would be less problematic than wishing he were your son or daughter’s boyfriend. Case in point – Mary Stayed Out Last Night.

      • 5.1.1 Laica

        LOL!

  6. phoenixbasilisk

    Ahhhh those photos of him are insanely cute! Oh man, I always thought he was older than me, turns out I’m still older! Wow!

  7. Ashley

    Oh God. He’s a child. He’s a preschooler! I feel like I could ADOPT this kid. Flames of Desire just got soooooo much weirder.

  8. Severine

    *__* @ 3d pic

    *right clicks* save target as “one way ticket to H_E_double_hockey_sticks”

  9. Aisuo415

    There’s this golden rule of current age divided by 2 + 7. I’m 19 so I’m just going to convince myself that because of that rule it’s totally okay for me to wish doing certain things to and with him…. What. Is. Happening. To. Me.

    • 9.1 sgcrazed

      you could be his kim sam soon fighting

  10. 10 nelkk

    ooooooooo….im dying here! i love yoo seung-ho i totally love him in flames of desire..he’s just awesome!

  11. 11 Kender

    He’s my brother age oh god *sobbing*

    But I don’t care, I will continue to lust after him. ♥

  12. 12 Dav

    Too young for me. I draw the line at 20 – and it has to be a mature 20. (And, dare I say it, his eyebrows are funny.) Fortunately, whenever Shin Eun-kyung is on camera, the world narrows to just her. Seung-ho is an acceptable actor, but she sets my world on fire.

    I will take that kitchen, though.

  13. 13 xylophonic

    Just reading the comments page says a lot about the demographics of this site. No need for surveys, just pretty pictures of Yoo Seung-ho :D

  14. 14 Daniela

    Another cute man (17? okay, let’s leave it in man) with pretty eyebrows.He is cute. I like the first photo.I love a man with cute glasses!

  15. 15 Jess

    Is anyone else getting an Lee-Seung-Gi vibe from him (in these pictures)? In the 3rd & 5th pictures.

    • 15.1 junaly

      i love LSG more
      its my fangirlness
      :]

  16. 16 langdon813

    People in hell need ice water. And I’ve got a bucket full of it. Anyone needs a sip, just let me know. :-D

    Thanks JB!

    P.S. ICOMYM CLUB ROCKS!

    • 16.1 cingdoc

      I was wondering where that bucket is,….LOL….YSH…17 eh?No problemo, I’ll just keep him for my K (that’s my excuse…hehe)

    • 16.2 hjkomo

      Can always count on the Keeper of the Bucket. Thanks, Madam President! ;)

      But, JB, why do I get the feeling you’re pointing to that big neon sign that says, “Burning in hell” above my head? :lol:

      Luckily, these pictures, and the more recent eps of FIYAH where Minjae has a new [younger-looking] ‘do, have pulled me just back from the brink of eternal damnation. :P

  17. 17 lovepark

    I totally remembered him from Precious Family (부모님 전상서) suddenly after looking at these pictures. Why? I don’t know, it just popped up. BUT Yoo Seung-ho was completely awesome in that show. I wasn’t as interested in kdramas back then, but when I saw him, I seriously thought he was slow. He totally convinced me back then, and look now, he turned out so adorably cute!

  18. 18 Shin mi rAe

    He is such a cutie. Even my senior citizen mom thinks he is the most good-looking boy in queen seon Dok. He Also looks like yonsama – a vibrant not boring version of yonsama (see dream high). Anyway, this ahjumma is a big fan of too seeing ho.

  19. 19 Houstontwin

    I guess that I am getting really, really old because he looks like a young kid to me. I totally couldn’t deal with Flames. There are so many handsome korean actors in their 20′s. It seems absolutely creepy and exploitative to use an underage actor in an appropriate role.

    • 19.1 anais

      In total agreement that it’s absolutely inappropriate to have cast an underage actor as the husband of a 25 year old actress!

      Also in agreement that I must be getting older. Sometime in the past 2-3 years, I went from being able to find young-mid 20-somethings hot to finding such boys too young. So, while I totally think Yoo Seung Ho is very attractive, I think of him as a very attractive boy who’s about to become a young man. Of course, as a teen I would have crushed big time on him, but I who am not a teen look forward to how he’ll mature in 8-10 years.

  20. 20 Ciara

    Oh le sigh. He is very handsome indeed. I’m only two years older than him, but still…he’s illegal, lol.

  21. 21 geebaby!

    I Love The Last One, totallybeautifulll<3

  22. 22 diy

    i am 19, and i dont care. 2 years different is nothing these days! (at least that’s what dramas like the women who still wants to marry suggest)

    still, the thought of him calling me noona makes me blush. ^^

  23. 23 Sam

    He looks so mature at times and but then again he’s also still the cute little guy that you want to take care of.

  24. 24 bishbash

    i feel perverted screaming while looking at the set of photos here. =X

    why do cute guys get younger and younger…

  25. 25 f1yh1gh10

    oh my god. i’m 14 and i’m a total drama addict, so far, i haven’t ever been a noona in the kpop industry! :D i’m glad. i like to call my boys oppa. :D

    haha anyways, i’m glad he’s back in a uniform. when he acts older, i feel like the age difference is much bigger than it is.. :D
    SEUNGHO, I LOVE YOU!

  26. 26 yume

    Kawaii des ne :)

    • 26.1 Fei

      Welcome to kdrama World!! In less than a year, if you choose to stay, your messages will soon be something along this line: ‘oppa why so cuteee???’ Enjoy your stay :)

  27. 27 yume

    Omgosh just three years difference?!? I still like him

  28. 28 Miyumi

    Why so cute YSH? Sheesh. You’re killing me.

  29. 29 toopai

    too cute. far too cute and young, this wee sapling. i want to pat his hair and say what a good boy he’s been. oh, a platonic bear hug would be nice too. but that’s it. Shim Eun-kyung and Uhm Soo-jung, those ladies are so lucky.

    three-four more years, though, rawrr…

  30. 30 hanjiyoon

    that mp3 player seems like a rather inconvenient size. xD

  31. 31 Cam

    Wow, Yoo Seung Ho is still young as 17 yrs old, eh? O_O

    (chuckles) I am 3 years older than him but I am not really interesting in him, ofc — I just support and cheer on him as a actor, yups. ^_^

    Loooorrd, I am sure that all of Yoo Seung Ho’s fans are really crazy about him. (SMH)

  32. 32 Eunha

    Must. Restrain. Self.

    *takes deep breath*

    Damn it! Be still, my heart!

  33. 33 YoSoyHaru!!!!!!!!!!

    He’s a total AGA> baby So no looking at him tell he’s of age wink wink jaja :D

  34. 34 kopi_adik

    *reminds self* he’s under-aged… get a hold of yourself! LOL

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