My Roommate Is a Gumiho

My Roommate Is a Gumiho is a 2021 South Korean television drama series starring Jang Ki-yong and Lee Hye-ri. The series tells story of romance between a 999-year-old kumiho named Shin Woo-Yeo and a female college student named Lee Dam who accidentally swallows Shin Woo-Yeo's bead. It premiered on streaming platform iQiyi worldwide and cable channel TVN on May 26, 2021, and aired on Wednesday and Thursday at 22.40 for 16 episodes until July 15.
The series ended on July 15, 2021, with its last episode recording an average nationwide viewership ratings of 4%. It attained an average viewership of 948 thousand per episode during its broadcast.

Synopsis

Based on an original webtoon, the drama tells a story of a male kumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human being. When his fox beads are taken away by a female college student in an accident, they live together in his house to solve this problem.

Cast

Main

Jang Ki-yong as Shin Woo-yeo
Lee Hye-ri as Lee Dam
Kang Han-na as Yang Hye-sun
Kim Do-wan as Do Jae-jin

Supporting

Bae In-hyuk as Gye Sun-woo
Park Kyung-hye as Choi Soo-kyung
Choi Woo-sung as Lee Dan
Kim Do-yeon as Gye Seo-woo
Kim Kang-min as Jung Seok
Bang Eun-jung as Jeon Da-young

Special appearances

Lee Kyu-sung as Mountain Spirit Transformation
Jung So-min as Seo-hwa
Kim Eung-soo as Shin Woo-yeo's transformation
Han Ji-eun as leader of publishing company
Ko Kyung-pyo as Sansin, a mountain spirit that watches over Shin Woo-yeo and Lee Dam
Jang Sung-kyu as Lee Dam's blind date and Do Jae-jin's senior who appears in Episode 6. He is an arrogant man who looked down on Lee Dam during their first meet and fell down on the floor due to Shin Woo-yeo's magic.
Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Hyun-kyung
Kang Mi-na as Choi Jin-ah
Son Seong-yoon as Seo Young-joo, a professor of ancient history at Seogwan University
Lee Jun-hyuk as Professor Park Bo-gum
Oh Jung-se as Do Jae-gang, Jae-jin's brother
Shim Hyung-tak as Gye Sun-woo's uncle who owns a restaurant

Production

My Roommate is a Gumiho is the first South Korean drama produced by iQiyi. It was a joint production between China and South Korea. Lee Hye-ri and Jang Ki-yong both starred in Schoolgirl Detectives previously. The former and Park Kyung-hye also previously worked together in a workplace-themed drama Miss Lee. Kang Han-na and Kim Do-wan previously starred together in the 2020 drama Start-Up.