After months of speculation, the finalized cast list of the highly-anticipated drama "Dream High 2" was released on January 15th.
Like previously announced, the stars that will play the studnts of "Kirin Arts High School" will be Kang Sora, 2AM's Jin-woon, T-ara's Ji-yeon, and SISTAR's Hyo-rin. Also enrolling will be JB, Park Seo-joon, Yoo So-young, Kim Ji-soo, Ailee, Jr, and Jung Yeon-joo.
The teachers of the school will be After School's Kahi, Kim Jung-tae, Kwon Tae-hyo, Choi Yeo-jin, and returning actor Park Jin-young.
New characters were also hinted at. Yoo So-young will be playing Park Soon-dong while Kim Ji-soo will take on the role of Park Hong-joo. Soon-dong will be a dorky girl who believes she has the power to talk with ghosts while Hong-joo will be an all-around perfect and poetic character.
Ailee will play Ailee, Jr will act as Jung Wi-bong, and Jung Yeon-joo as Yi-seul. The character of Wi-bong will be a saxophonist who's also a back-up dancer for JB. Yi-seul will be the daughter of actor Kim Jung-tae, who will play Oz Entertainment's president and head of Kirin Arts High School.
As for the teachers, Park Jin-young will reclaim his popular role as Yang Jin-man. Kwon Hae-hyo will play Joo Jung-wan, Choi Yeo-jin will play vocal instructor Kim Tae-yeon, and Kahi will be a dance teacher named Hyun Ji-soo.
"Dream High 2" will start airing on KBS2TV on January 30th.