You Can Tell by the Voice Actor? ... Overseas Predictions for the Winner of 'Heukbaek Yori-sa'

"Who Will Do the Dubbing?"... Speculations Continue Over the Winner Among Voice Actors

Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea, who served as a judge on the Netflix variety show 'Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War' (left), and Chef Ahn Seong-jae of Mosu, a Michelin 3-star restaurant.
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The Netflix original series "Heukbaek Yori-sa: Yori Gyegup Jeonjaeng" (hereinafter "Heukbaek Yori-sa") is causing a global sensation, with overseas netizens predicting the final winner through the voices of the voice actors.

"Heukbaek Yori-sa" is available dubbed in English, Japanese, Spanish, and more. Overseas viewers are predicting the winner by comparing the recognition of voice actors, saying, "In survival programs, characters voiced by famous voice actors often win."

In Korea, there have been instances where netizens predicted the importance of characters based on voice actor recognition. For example, in BBC's "Sherlock" Season 1, when voice actress Kang Su-jin played the role of Moriarty, netizens predicted, "That character is probably not an ordinary role." Kang is a famous voice actress who has voiced main characters in popular animations such as Nam Do-il in the "Detective Conan" series, Luffy in the "One Piece" series, Joey in the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" series, Dororo in the "Keroro" series, Inuyasha in the "Inuyasha" series, and Kim Jeon-il in "Young Detective Kim Jeon-il." Indeed, Moriarty was revealed as the final boss in the drama.

Currently, overseas netizens are searching for which voice actors participated as whose voices in "Heukbaek Yori-sa" and are pouring out their predictions for the winner. As this fact has become known, there are also rumors domestically that "this chef might be the final winner." However, no information about the final winner of "Heukbaek Yori-sa" has been disclosed yet.

"Heukbaek Yori-sa" is a cooking survival program where 80 underdog "Heuksujeo" challengers fiercely compete against 20 of South Korea's top star chefs, the "Baeksujeo." Upon release, it ranked first in Netflix's TOP 10 non-English TV series category, creating a worldwide sensation. The final winner of "Heukbaek Yori-sa" will be revealed in the finale on the 8th.