5 Pretty Boy Idols That Didn't Make It Onto The Korea Herald's List

An article posted on the The Korea Herald's website on April 29 featured five idols and actors who are well known for their pretty boy image: SHINee's Taemin, Jang Keun Suk, Big Bang's G-Dragon, Super Junior's Kim Heechul, and Lee Jong Suk. But there are some flower boys who didn't make the list who deserve to be recognized.

NU'EST's Ren is one of the prettiest boys nowadays in K-Pop. His debut in 'Face' made many fans do a double take, since his appearance was so dramatically different than most male idols.

Many fans said that Ren looked like Lady Gaga in his debut video teaser, because he had a futuristic, feminine concept that has rarely been seen in idols.

Since debut, Ren has had a feminine concept. He's sported extremely long platinum blond hair and only for NU'EST's debut in China did he change to a light brown color.

Ren's often seen sporting outfits with hints of pink and has flaunted bedazzled manicures. He has said that he only began to have nail art done for promotional purposes, but he started to like it and now experiments with different designs.

He's also gained some fame performing girl group's dances, and was one of the members in this year's Boys' Day parody of Girls Day's sexy dance 'Something.'

Even though his femininity is something new, he has received a lot of love from fans and is the most recognized member of NU'EST. His androgynous appearance has been compared to f(x)'s Amber.

EXO's Luhan looks like a flower boy straight out of a manhwa. Although he's one of the eldest members of EXO, his youthful and cute appearance makes fans want to protect him.

In comparison to Ren, Luhan is slightly less feminine and more delicate, which is the reason that he's on this list. His frail appearance is offset by his manly personality, but fans still call him EXO's 'prince' and 'baby.'

Although there is no outright attempt at making Luhan EXO's most feminine member, he's unlikely to try and become a beastly-idol. His image is soft and young, and even though he may appear to be frail, fans love it.

Luhan's appearance is seen as something pure and beautiful, which are generally ways to describe a woman's appearance.

However, Luhan isn't really a fan of his feminine appearance. On EXO's Showtime EXO's Suho told Luhan that his eyes were pretty like a girl's, and Luhan did not appreciate the comment.

Another pretty male idol is U-KISS's Kevin.

Kevin follows in the path of a beautiful, pure idol like EXO's Luhan. He's known to be the thinnest member of the group, and the one who cries the easiest.

In his early career days, Kevin appeared on many variety shows and dressed up as a girl for a comical affect, but he sometimes gained attention for being prettier than the female idols.

But pretty idols risk rumors, and Kevin has even been asked point-blank on an episode of Olive about whether he was gay or not in 2012 because he admitted to never having a girlfriend. He denied it, and in 2013 he addressed the issue once again on Mamma Mia.

Even though they're idols so their appearance is primarily because of their job, the pretty boy idols often face the question of whether they're gay or not.

Super Junior's Sungmin debuted as the cutest, pretty member of the group and often did a lot of cute expressions, aegyo when younger. Even though Super Junior has matured and grown up, Sungmin can't get rid of his original flowery image.

Less delicate than the other pretty idols on this list, Sungmin got his reputation because of his personality as a sweet, kind person, and because of his love for pink.

When Super Junior debuted in 2005, it wasn't a general trend to have idols that went out of their way to be androgynous or feminine. But Super Junior introduced Sungmin as a cute type of pretty boy and Heechul as the more traditional Kpop pretty boy. Heechul said in 2013 that Sungmin was one of the only people he had ever met who is prettier than he is.

Even though Sungmin's cross-dressed for several performances as 4Minute's HyunA, he's gained some attention for being adamantly not gay. He's spoken out about a time when Heechul and he kissed during a performance for fanservice, saying that he was extremely unhappy about the whole incident.

Many fans imagine that because idols are effeminate they must be gay, but sometimes it is worth remembering that idols are simply doing their jobs and putting on a good show.

Last but not least is Sungjong of INFINITE, who also has a reputation for being very pretty.

While L is known as INFINITE's most handsome member, Sungjong has developed a bit of a diva reputation for being so feminine. Like other pretty idols, he's dressed up before as a girl and is extremely good at girl group dances.

But it's his body type that makes Sungjong so pretty. He has pale white skin that is idealized in Asia, has a small waist, and his body curves into a desirable, for women, 'S' line shape.

His flowery face even resulted in a boy confessing to him in high school, because the other boy had seen his face and was under the impression that Sungjong was a girl.

Sungjong said that he was dating before he was a trainee but broke up shortly after.

There are many pretty idols out there, each who has their own unique beauty.

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