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Dream High 2 (Korean: 드림하이 2) is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by KBS in 2012. It stars Kang Sora, 2AM‘s Jinwoon, T-ara‘s Jiyeon, SISTAR‘s Hyorin, JB, Jr., and Park Seo Joon. Its 16-episode run started airing on 30 January 2012 and finished on 20 March 2012. Despite being the sequel to the successful first season Dream High, Dream High 2 couldn’t reach the viewership ratings of its predecessor.

Plot

Like its predecessor Dream High, it follows a group of students at the Kirin High School of Art stars who pursue their dream of becoming K-pop stars. However, it has a slightly different plot with a completely new group of students.

After going into financial bankruptcy, Kirin High School is taken over by Oz Entertainment. The company then transfers its own young trainees to circumvent a law requiring under-age entertainers to study for a set amount of time. Then, competition brews between the troubled students at Kirin High and the newly transferred Oz Entertainment trainees.

Although Shin Hae-sung (Kang Sora) enters Kirin High School with a high exam score, she has a poor score in performance. She meets and befriends fellow students, Jin Yoo-jin (Jung Jin-woon) and JB. Yoo-jin, who originally got into the entertainment industry as a child actor, is now troubled by his dreams of becoming a pop star as he tries to cope with the pain of his parent’s divorce. JB, a member of a famous group Eden, develops feelings for Hae-sung and dates her later on.

Rian (Jiyeon), a member of a famous girl group called “HershE”, chases after JB, who was once her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin, who also likes Hae-sung, tries to separate the couple with Rian. Later on, Rian and Yoo-jin give up and end up as a couple together.

Hae-sung later becomes a famous composer and director, JB ends up as a trainee, Rian become a Hallyu idol and Yoo-jin become a rock music teacher at Kirin High School.

Cast

Main

Kirin Students

Kirin Teachers

  • Park Jin-young as Yang Jin-man (English Teacher)
  • Kwon Hae-hyo as Joo Jung-wan (Principal)
  • Kim Jung-tae as Lee Kang-chul (President)
  • Choi Yeo-jin as Ahn Tae-yeon (Vocal Teacher)
  • Park Kahi as Hyun Ji-soo (Dance Teacher)

Cameos

  • Kim Soo-hyun as Song Sam-dong (ep 1)
  • IU as Kim Pil-sook (ep 1)
  • Toxic as band performing with Yoo-jin in Hongdae (ep 1)
  • MYNAME as OZ Entertainment idol group (ep 2)
  • Boyfriend as themselves (ep 2)
  • PSY as trainer coach (ep 5)
  • Yeeun as herself (ep 9)
  • miss A as themselves (ep 15)
  • Park Jin-young as himself (ep 16)

Extended

  • Yoon Hee-suk as Shin Jae-in
  • Hwang Mi-sun as Rian’s mother
  • Jung Kyu-soo as Hae-sung’s father
  • No Jung-ui as Shin Hae-poong (Hae-sung’s sister)