Welcome to Waikiki
Welcome to Waikiki is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Kim Jung-hyun, Lee Yi-kyung and Son Seung-won. It aired on JTBC from February 5 to April 17, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 23:00.
On June 6, 2018, it was renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 25, 2019.
Synopsis
The story is about three men who come to run a failing guesthouse called Waikiki. Complications spark when their guesthouse is visited by a single mother and her baby.Cast
Main
- Kim Jung-hyun as Kang Dong-gu
- Lee Yi-kyung as Lee Joon-ki
- Son Seung-won as Bong Doo-sik
- Jung In-sun as Han Yoon-ah
- Go Won-hee as Kang Seo-jin
- Lee Joo-woo as Min Soo-ah
Supporting
- Kang Kyung-joon as Song Hyun-joon
- Lee Jung-hyuk as Kim Woo-sung
- Ryu Hye-rin as Jin-joo
- Lee Ji-ha as Ji-soo's mother
- Kim Ji-sung as Ah-young
- Chang Ryul as Jang-yul
Special appearances
- Park Sung-woong as Park Sung-woong
- Seol Jung-hwan as Lee Yoon-suk
- Han Ji-sang as Tae Hyun
- Go Min-si as Lee Min-ah
- Choi Ri as Ji-min
- Kim Young-ok as Jang-gun's grandmother
- Lee Deok-hwa as Lee Deok-hwa
- Jason Scott Nelson as a hotel guest
- Kim Seo-hyung as Kim Hee-Ja
- Jo Woo-ri as Sun-woo
- Jin Ye-sol as Kwon Hye-jin
- Jeon Soo-kyeong as the owner of Waikiki Guesthouse
- Wheesung as Wheesung
- Han Bo-bae as Yoon Mal-geum / Cherry
- Kang Kyun-sung as Kang Kyun-sung
- Shin Seung-hwan as Min Soo-bong
- Tae In-ho as Kim Jae-woo
- Kim Byung-se as Park Chang-ho
- Yoon Se-ah as Dong-gu's university club senior
- Jung Soo-young as a department store person
- Kim Ki-hyeon as Min Ki-young
- Seo Yu-ri as Radio DJ Seo Yu-ri
- Kang Hong-seok as Hong-suk
- Shin Hyun-soo as Philip
- Lee Ha-yool as Seo Jin-woo
- Olena Sidorchuk as Angela
- HALO as ASTAR
- Kim Kiri as MC Dacopy
- Kim Jin-woo as Sol's father
- Kim Ho-chang as Lee Sang-heon
Production
Ryu Hwa-young was first offered a major role, but declined. The first script reading of the cast was held on December 18, 2017, at the JTBC building in Sangam-dong.On March 6, 2018, JTBC extended the series for four more episodes and aired two commentary specials in preparation for the extension.