Ahn Hyo-seop Voices Male Lead in Netflix’s ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Apr 25, 2025

Ahn Hyo-seop Voices Male Lead in Netflix’s ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’



Actor Ahn Hyo-seop will participate as a voice artist for Netflix's global animated film 'KPop Demon Hunters'.

KPop Demon Hunters is a hybrid action musical animation set in a dual world in which members of the globally popular K-pop girl group hunt demons offstage.

The work, which combines a colorful stage, in-depth emotional narrative, and supernatural thrills, is an emotional-centered content that unravels the unstable identity and emotional balance of the current generation through the cultural code K-POP, and K-POP is now recognized as a symbolic example of how it has become a central element in designing the 'structure' of world content, not a genre.




In this work, Ahn Hyo-seop leads the central axis of the narrative by playing the voice of the boy group leader and the powerful and fascinating male protagonist 'Jinwoo'. Through this, Ahn Hyo-seop will show his new way of being a K-actor by challenging a high-level acting method that digests all lines in English and solves the subtle texture of emotions with only his voice beyond simple acting.

Ahn Hyo-seop Voices Male Lead in Netflix’s ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’
KPop Demon Hunters is a Netflix film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, which has made global box office hits such as `Spider-Man: New Unibus,' and Korean director Maggie Kang and Chris Applehans of `Wish Dragon are participating in the production, which is highly anticipated for its contents that contain both Korean cultural identity and global sense.

In particular, at this turning point in which Asian creators, Korean actors, and cultural assets of K-POP stand at the center of global popular culture, this work is not focused on the globalization of K-content, but on a meaningful project with the review that it shows the K-culturalization of global content.




On top of that, news of Ahn Hyo-seop's casting has been reported, and it is receiving enthusiastic responses from global fans. 'KPop Demon Hunters' will be released simultaneously in more than 190 countries around the world on Netflix on June 20. This work, which combines the voices of various global cast members, K-pop artists, and the sensitivity of K-content, is expected to be a powerful way to show the trend of "K-culture moves the emotions of global content now".

Meanwhile, Ahn Hyo-seop recently finished filming as the main character Kim Dok-ja in the film 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint', and the film is scheduled to be released in July. As K-actor Ahn Hyo-seop continues to perform variously, attention is being paid to his next generation of global moves.






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