da hyperbutterfly89, dicembre 15, 2023
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Most of us have heard a relative, friend, or coworker who doesn't watch Asian dramas say these words: "But how do you tell them apart? They all look the same." Generally speaking, this has never been a problem for me. But even with more than a decade of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese drama watching, there are those who stun me with how similar they are. The eerie similarities can be in facial features, mannerism, or both. 

P.S. Doppelgängers are not restricted to Asian people. Nor am I saying that all Asians look similar. This is just a fun article on the times I did a double take because of how similar two or more actors looked.


1. The True Doppelgänger

This is dedicated to actors who not only look almost identical to each other but also have similar mannerisms, body language, expressions, and just overall general vibes.

Jo Jung Suk 
Lego Lee
Choi Jin Hyuk
Liu Rui Lin
Kim Seul Gi
Kang Yeon Jung
Kim Hyun Joo
Imai Miki

2. The Brother from Another Mother

This is dedicated to actors who look similar enough to be mistaken for siblings, but might not have the same facial expressions and/or general mannerisms/vibes.

Greg Hsu
Choi Woo Sung
Uhm Ki Joon
Yoo Joon Sang
Park So Dam
Kim Go Eun
Jin Hee Kyung
Nakayama Miho
Itagaki Mizuki
Kang Tae Oh
Chen Fei Yu
Kris Wu
Ji Sung
Ayano Go
Nishikido Ryo
Lee Dong Wook

3. How Many Doppelgängers Can One Man Have

Seo Kang Joon
Sakaguchi Kentaro
Woo Do Hwan
Jing Bo Ran


Matsumura Hokuto
Yim Si Wan

Jang Mi Kwan


Onew
Lee Won Keun

Yoon Sang Hyeon

4. Blink and You Might Miss It

This category is dedicated to those who occasionally give off a similar overall vibe but are distinct enough that it would be hard to confuse them.

Ni Ni
Jun Ji Hyun

Shu Qi


Lee Sang Yi
Shin Hyun Soo
Byun Baek Hyun
Xia Zhi Yuan
Lee Min Ki
Tsao Yu Ning

5. How is He Not His Father

The entire time I was watching King the Land, I kept thinking about how similar Son Byung Ho looked to Ethan Juan!

Son Byung HoEthan Juan

Because the list was getting too long, I left out pairs that have been mentioned in similar articles before such as:

  1. Nam Joo Hyuk and Lee Jung Shin 
  2. Park Shin Hye and Ma Meng Wei 
  3. Park Bo Gum  and Wei Zhe Ming 

Do you agree with my selection? What other actors could you mistake for each other?


Edited by: devitto (1st editor)

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