8th APAN Star Awards


The 8th APAN Star Awards ceremony took place on September 29, 2022, at Korea International Exhibition Center, Western Ilsan District, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Hosted by Kwon Yu-ri and Jung Il-woo, it was held face-to-face for the first time in two years. The 2022 awards recognised the excellence in South Korea's television, including terrestrial, cable, OTT, and web dramas, aired from March 2021 to July 2022. Starting from this edition, another category for OTT dramas was introduced.

Winners and nominees

  • Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
Nominees

  • The Red Sleeve
  • *My Liberation Notes
  • *Squid Game
  • *Extraordinary Attorney Woo
  • *Our Blues
    • Be My Boyfriend
  • * Mad for Each Other
  • * Heart.zip
  • * Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?
  • * Blue Birthday
    		• Deok-gu Is Back
  • * XX+XY
  • * Shared Office Hookup
  • * Finding a Child
  • * Hee-soo
    • Jung Ji-in and Song Yeon-hwa — The Red Sleeve
  • * Kim Hee-won — Vincenzo
  • * Yoo In-shik — Extraordinary Attorney Woo
  • * Han Jun-hee — D.P.
  • * Hwang Dong-hyuk — Squid Game
    		• Moon Ji-won — Extraordinary Attorney Woo
  • * Kim Min-seok — Juvenile Justice
  • * Noh Hee-kyung — Our Blues
  • * Park Hae-young — My Liberation Notes
  • * Jung Hae-ri — The Red Sleeve
    • Lee Jun-ho — The Red Sleeve
  • * Lee Je-hoon — Taxi Driver
  • * Song Joong-ki — Vincenzo
  • * Kim Nam-gil — Through the Darkness
  • * Namkoong Min — The Veil
    		• Shin Min-a — Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha & Our Blues
  • * Kim Tae-ri — Twenty-Five Twenty-One
  • * Park Eun-bin — Extraordinary Attorney Woo & The King's Affection
  • * Seo Hyun-jin — Why Her
  • * Honey Lee — One the Woman
    • Jin Seon-kyu — Through the Darkness
  • * Rowoon — The King's Affection
  • * Son Suk-ku — My Liberation Notes
  • * Ahn Hyo-seop — Lovers of the Red Sky & Business Proposal
  • * Choi Woo-shik — Our Beloved Summer
    		• Yoo Sun — Eve
  • * Kim Se-jeong — Business Proposal
  • * Kim Ji-won — My Liberation Notes
  • * Shin Hyun-been — Hospital Playlist 2 & Reflection of You
  • * Lee Se-young — The Red Sleeve
    • Joo Sang-wook — The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won
  • * Um Ki-joon — The Penthouse: War in Life
  • * Yoon Shi-yoon — It's Beautiful Now
  • * Lee Tae-gon — Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)
  • * Ji Hyun-woo — Young Lady and Gentleman
    		• Park Jin-hee — The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won
  • * Kim So-yeon — The Penthouse: War in Life
  • * Park Joo-mi — Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)
  • * Uhm Hyun-kyung — The Second Husband
  • * Choi Myung-gil — Red Shoes
    • Han Sang-jin — The All-Round Wife
  • * Kang Eun-tak — Young Lady and Gentleman
  • * Kim Kyung-nam — Revolutionary Sisters
  • * Oh Min-suk — It's Beautiful Now
  • * Cha Seo-won — The Second Husband
    		• So Yi-hyun — Red Shoes
  • * Park Ha-na — Young Lady and Gentleman
  • * Shin Dong-mi — It's Beautiful Now
  • * Han Da-gam — The All-Round Wife
  • * Lee Ga-ryeong — Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)
    • Jung Hae-in — D.P.
  • * Kim Soo-hyun — One Ordinary Day
  • * Yoo Ah-in — Hellbound
  • * Lee Jung-jae — Squid Game
  • * Yim Si-wan — Tracer
    		• Kim Sung-ryung — Political Fever
  • * Kim Go-eun — Yumi's Cells
  • * Kim Hye-soo — Juvenile Justice
  • * Bae Suzy — Anna
  • * Han So-hee — My Name
    • Ahn Bo-hyun — Yumi's Cells & My Name
  • * Koo Kyo-hwan — D.P.
  • * Park Jung-min — Hellbound
  • * Park Hae-soo — Squid Game
  • * O Yeong-su — Squid Game
    		• Han Sun-hwa — Work Later, Drink Now
  • * Kim Hyun-joo — Hellbound
  • * Lee Yoo-mi — Squid Game & All of Us Are Dead
  • * Lee Jung-eun — Juvenile Justice
  • * Jung Eun-chae — Anna
    • Heo Sung-tae — Squid GameYoon Byung-hee — Vincenzo & Our Blues
  • * Park Ji-hwan — Our Blues
  • * Choi Young-joon — Our Blues
  • * Yoon Kyung-ho — My Name
    		• Kim Shin-rok — HellboundBaek Ji-won — Extraordinary Attorney Woo & Anna
  • * Kim Ji-hyun — Thirty-Nine
  • * Lee El — My Liberation Notes
  • * Cha Ji-yeon — Taxi Driver
    • Yoon Chan-young — All of Us Are DeadTang Jun-sang — Move to Heaven & Racket Boys
  • * Kang Young-seok — Military Prosecutor Doberman & Insider
  • * Park Seo-ham — Semantic Error
  • * Choi Hyun-wook — Racket Boys & Twenty-Five Twenty-One
    		• Park Ji-hu — All of Us Are Dead
  • * Roh Yoon-seo — Our Blues
  • * Jung Ho-yeon — Squid Game
  • * Cho Yi-hyun — School 2021 & All of Us Are Dead
  • * Choi Sung-eun — Beyond Evil
    • Park Seo-ham & Park Jae-chan — Semantic Error
  • * Park Eun-bin & Kang Tae-oh — Extraordinary Attorney Woo
  • * Kim Woo-bin & Han Ji-min — Our Blues
  • * Kim Go-eun & Park Jin-young — Yumi's Cells
  • * Son Suk-ku & Kim Ji-won — My Liberation Notes
  • * Ahn Hyo-seop & Kim Se-jeong — Business Proposal
  • * Song Joong-ki & Jeon Yeo-been — Vincenzo
  • * Lee Jun-ho & Lee Se-young — The Red Sleeve
  • * Jung Il-woo & Kwon Yu-ri — Bossam: Steal the Fate
  • * Choi Woo-shik & Kim Da-mi — Our Beloved Summer
    		• Lim Young-woong — "Love Always Runs Away"
  • * DK — "Go!"
  • * MeloMance — "Love, Maybe"
  • * V — "Christmas Tree"
  • * Kang Daniel — "Hush Hush "
  • * Wonstein — "Tuning In To You"
  • * Lee Mu-jin — "Sweet"
  • * Jimin X Ha Sung-woon — "With You"
  • * Jihyo — "Stardust Love Song"
  • * Taeil — "Starlight"
    • Park Jae-chan — Semantic Error
  • * Kim Soo-hyun — One Ordinary Day
  • * Rowoon — The King's Affection
  • * Son Suk-ku — My Liberation Notes
  • * Ahn Hyo-seop — Lovers of the Red Sky
  • * Yoo Ah-in — Hellbound
  • * Lee Jun-ho — The Red Sleeve
  • * Yim Si-wan — Tracer
  • * Jung Il-woo — Bossam: Steal the Fate
    		• Park Eun-bin — Extraordinary Attorney Woo
  • * Kwon Yu-ri — Bossam: Steal the Fate
  • * Kim Go-eun — Yumi's Cells
  • * Kim Se-jeong — Business Proposal
  • * Kim Tae-ri — Twenty-Five Twenty-One
  • * Bae Suzy — Anna
  • * Shin Min-a — Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
  • * Lee Se-young — The Red Sleeve
  • * Jung Ho-yeon — Squid Game
  • * Han So-hee — My Name
    • Ji Chang-wook — The Sound of MagicKonnect Entertainment

    Performers