Choi Daniel has announced the birth of a new ‘entertainment rookie’.

After focusing on acting for a while, he has recently been very active, sweeping various entertainment programs.

The broadcasting industry and fans are welcoming his ‘reversal charm’ that they have not seen before, calling it a “generational change in entertainment characters”.

Choi Daniel has recently joined SBS‘s representative entertainment program ‘Running Man’ as a new ‘rent member’, drawing attention. The temporary member system is a unique way of utilizing cast members of ‘Running Man’, allowing them to adapt to the program for a certain period of time, rather than having them make one-time guest appearances as regular members like Lee Kwang-soo and Jeon So-min leave one after another. Ji Ye-eun and Kang Hoon went from being rental members to currently regular members.

Choi Daniel previously appeared on YouTube’s ‘Pinggyego’, hosted by Yoo Jae-suk, the main character of ‘Running Man’, and drew explosive views with his unexpected ‘foolish’ charm, along with responses like “Aren‘t you a comedian?”. After that, he got the opportunity to appear on ‘Running Man’, and on the show, he is loved for his pure yet comical charm under the title of ‘8-dimensional type’.

PD Choi Hyung-in, who was in charge of directing, said, “He has a neat appearance, but he is also full of flaws and likes to talk more than the members, so his charm stands out at unexpected moments.”He got along well with the members from the first recording, and you can forget about the old Choi Daniel.”.

Choi Daniel’s ever-increasing entertainment sense is well-displayed on SBS‘s ‘Jungle Bob 2 - Peruvian Bob, Caribbean Bob’. He has been showing off his charm that is close to ‘raw’ in a reality show that has been on air since February. Broadcaster Jeon Hyun-moo, who is in charge of the show, even said, “This year’s entertainment grand prize is Choi Daniel.”.

He is also raising his stock by appearing in the new MBC every1 entertainment program ‘The Great Guide 2’, which will be aired for the first time on the 8th. In the travel reality program where foreigners living in Korea become guides and introduce famous places that only locals know, Choi Daniel will be working with Park Myung-soo and former announcer Kim Dae-ho.

PD Woo Tak-woo said, “Choi Daniel was a person who was a hot topic for his unique character. I was curious about what it would be like to go on a trip with him”, and “The ‘brotherly chemistry’, where Choi Daniel and Park Myung-soo bicker and adjust their personalities, is also a point to watch.”

Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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