Ji Hoo Kim

Kim Ji Hoo

  • Name: Kim Ji Hoo
  • Native name: 김지후
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: April 5, 1985
  • Died: October 6, 2008
Kim Ji hoo was an openly gay South Korean actor and model. Kim made his debut as a fashion model in 2007. Regarded as "one to watch", he later appeared as a guest on the MBC drama series Before and After Plastic Surgery, and on family sitcom The Unstoppable High Kick. On April 21, 2008, he came out as a gay man on the tvN reality show "Coming Out", a series which profiles the lives of LGBT Koreans. Shortly after the episode aired, Kim's personal webpage was inundated with messages denouncing his sexuality. Several fashion shows and television programmes cancelled his appearances, while his management company declined to renew his contract.

Kim was 23 at that time hanged himself at his home. A suicide note found at the scene read: "I'm lonely and in a difficult situation. Please cremate my body." Kim's mother said that he "underwent many professional and personal difficulties following his coming-out", while police attributed his suicide to public prejudice against homosexuality. Days before taking his life, Kim wrote on his web site: "Life is like the wind. What's there to agonise over? Meetings are happy, partings are sad, everything is just a moment." Edit Biography
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2008 Before and After: Plastic Surgery Clinic
Korean Drama, 2008, 12 eps
(Guest Role)
12
Guest Role
6.6
2006 Unstoppable High Kick
Korean Drama, 2006, 167 eps
Director Kim Byung Uk (Support Role)
167
Director Kim Byung Uk
Support Role
8.2
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  • First Name: Ji Hoo
  • Family Name: Kim
  • Native name: 김지후
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: April 5, 1985
  • Died: October 6, 2008

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