My Roommate Is a Gumiho

My Roommate Is a Gumiho
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Hangul	간 떨어지는 동거
Hanja	肝 떨어지는 同居
Literal meaning	Frightening Cohabitation
Revised Romanization	Gan Tteor-eojineun Donggeo
Genre	TVN
Release	May 26 (2021-05-26) – July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)

My Roommate Is a Gumiho (

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 run.[3]

Synopsis

Gumiho, literally "nine-tailed fox", is a creature that appears in the folktales and legends of Korea.

It is based on an original webtoon. It tells the story of a male Gumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human being that has his fox beads taken away by a female college student in an accident, so they live together in his house to solve this problem.

Cast

Main

• Jang Ki-yong as Shin Woo-yeo^[4]

A 999-year-old Gumiho who wants to become a human.

• Lee Hye-ri as Lee Dam^[5]

A college student born in 1999 who accidentally swallows a fox bead. She has never been in a relationship before.

• Kang Han-na as Yang Hye-sun^[6]

Shin Woo-yeo's friend who used to be Gumiho for 700 years but has now turned into a human. She's slow-witted but an expert in romance.

• Kim Do-wan as Do Jae-jin

Has a history of being dumped and eventually develops a relationship with Yang Hye-sun. He is Dam and Choi Soo-kyung's best friend.

Supporting

• Bae In-hyuk as Gye Sun-woo

Lee Dam's senior in college who is a ladies' favorite. He develops interest on Lee Dam because she keeps on avoiding him. Later they also get tied by a red thread of destiny but eventually it cuts off as Sun-woo leaves the country for higher study.

• Park Kyung-hye as Choi Soo-kyung

Lee Dam's and Do Jae-jin's best friend.

• Choi Woo-sung as Lee Dan

Lee Dam's younger brother

• Kim Do-yeon as Gye Seo-woo^[7]

Gye Sun-woo's younger sister.

• Kim Kang-min as Jung Seok^[8]

Lee Dam, Choi Soo-kyung and Do Jae-jin's senior.

• Bang Eun-jung as Jeon Da-young^[9]

Special appearances

• Lee Kyu-sung as Mountain Spirit Transformation^[10]
• Jung So-min as Seo-hwa

The woman Shin Woo-yeo loved in the past and left a lasting impression. She was his first love who lost her life because of the fox bead Woo-yeo transferred into her.^[11]

• Kim Eung-soo as Shin Woo-yeo's transformation (ep. 1)^[12]
• Han Ji-eun as leader of publishing company (ep. 1, 5–6)^[13]
• Sansin – a mountain spirit that watches over Shin Woo-yeo and Lee Dam (ep. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14)^[14]
• Jang Sung-kyu as Lee Dam's blind date and Do Jae-jin's senior. (ep. 6)

He was arrogant and self-obsessed. He looked down on Dam during their first meet and as a result, fell down on the floor due to Shin Woo-yeo's magic.^[15]

• Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Hyun-kyung (ep. 6)^[16]

Lee Dam and Lee Dan's mother, and a fashion magazine editor.

• Kang Mi-na as Choi Jin-ah (ep. 8, 11)^[17]

Do Jae-jin's ex-girlfriend.

• Son Seong-yoon as Seo Young-joo, a professor of ancient history at Seogwan University^[18]
• Lee Jun-hyuk as Professor Park Bo-gum

The professor was famous for his rigor in the history department.^[19]

• Oh Jung-se as Do Jae-gang, Jae-jin's brother ^[20]
• Shim Hyung-tak as Gye Sun-woo's uncle, owner of a restaurant

Production

This is the first Korean TV series produced by iQIYI.^[21] It is a joint production between China and South Korea.^[22] Lee Hye-ri and Jang Ki-yong both starred in Schoolgirl Detectives previously. Lee 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.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Viewership

My Roommate Is a Gumiho : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Nielsen Korea[32] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[32][33] Nationwide Seoul 1 May 26, 2021 5.282% (1st) 5.888% (1st) 2 May 27, 2021 4.279% (1st) 4.838% (1st) 3 June 2, 2021 4.123% (2nd) 4.769% (2nd) 4 June 3, 2021 4.354% (1st) 4.670% (1st) 5 June 9, 2021 4.304% (1st) 4.882% (1st) 6 June 10, 2021 3.688% (2nd) 4.000% (2nd) 7 June 16, 2021 3.159% (2nd) 3.564% (2nd) 8 June 17, 2021 4.238% (2nd) 5.200% (2nd) 9 June 23, 2021 3.374% (1st) 3.460% (1st) 10 June 24, 2021 3.772% (2nd) 4.101% (2nd) 11 June 30, 2021 3.691% (1st) 4.092% (1st) 12 July 1, 2021 3.476% (2nd) 4.193% (2nd) 13 July 7, 2021 3.234% (2nd) 3.932% (2nd) 14 July 8, 2021 3.549% (2nd) 4.418% (2nd) 15 July 14, 2021 3.625% (2nd) 4.321% (2nd) 16 July 15, 2021 3.982% (2nd) 4.571% (2nd) Average 3.883% 4.431% In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. 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Retrieved July 16, 2021. ^ "간 떨어지는 동거: 시청률" [My Roommate Is a Gumiho: ratings]. Naver. Retrieved July 16, 2021. External links Official website (in Korean) My Roommate Is a Gumiho at Naver (in Korean) My Roommate Is a Gumiho at Daum (in Korean) My Roommate Is a Gumiho at IMDb My Roommate Is a Gumiho at HanCinema My Roommate Is a Gumiho at iQiyi Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Roommate_Is_a_Gumiho&oldid=1198338136"