Can This Love Be Translated Cast: Kim Seon-Ho As Ju Ho-Jin, Go Youn-Jung's Cha Mu-Hee - Know All

Netflix’s romantic Korean series of 2026, Can This Love Be Translated? has garnered positive reviews. The 12-episode show released on January 16. It follows the story of Ju Ho-Jin (Kim Seon-Ho), who's

a skilled multilingual interpreter, and Cha Mu-Hee (Go Youn-Jung), a top actress. Ju finds himself thrust into the role of personal interpreter for Cha. Over time, their professional association turns personal. Written by the Hong sisters, Can This Love Be Translated? is headlined by some of the popular names in Korean entertainment. As the show gets the audience’s attention, let’s meet the primary cast of the latest K-Drama on Netflix. From Kim Seon-Ho as Ju Ho-Jin to Go Youn-Jung playing Cha Mu-Hee, here’s all you need to know about the lead characters.

Kim Seon-ho

Kim Seon-ho, the 39-year-old stage actor, studied theatre at Seoul Institute of the Arts and made his professional stage debut in a 2009 adaptation of the French play New Boeing Boeing. His TV debut was in 2017’s Good Manager. Kim’s breakthrough performance was in 2020’s Start-Up. The actor played the second male lead in tvN’s romantic dramedy set in ‘Korea’s Silicon Valley’. Kim became the internet’s favourite with Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha as Hong Du-sik. Following an ugly controversy involving his alleged ex-girlfriend that put his career on hold, he returned with When Life Gives You Tangerines as Park Chung-seop. Besides the shows, he featured in the film titled The Tyrant.

Go Youn-jung

After starting her acting career at the age of 23, Go Youn-Jung’s breakthrough in K-Drama was Netflix’s Sweet Home, in which she played a resident staying with an old family member in the building that comes under zombie attack. Her performance in Resident Playbook impressed the audience. In the geopolitical action-thriller, Hunt, Go played Jo Yoo-jung, a university student who was swept up into a conspiracy due to the actions of her father, an informant for Japanese intelligence. One of her popular shows on OTT is Alchemy of Souls, in which she was seen as the warrior Naksu.

Sota Fukushi

Sota Fukushi is a Japanese actor. Before Can This Love Be Translated?, he rose to prominence portraying Gentaro Kisaragi in the Kamen Rider franchise and has since starred in television series Koinaka (2016) and My Lover's Secret (2017), as well as films Strobe Edge (2015), My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016) and Bleach (2018).

Lee E-dam

Baek Hye-won , who goes by the stage name Lee Yi-dam is a popular South Korean model and actress. She forayed into acting with Hur Jin-ho's short film Two Lights: Relumino in 2017. Lee is famous for featuring in the Netflix original series Black Knight (2023) and Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023).

Choi Woo-sung

Choi Woo-sung, a young South Korean actor, rose to prominence in 2022 for his breakthrough role as Ji-woong in director Lee Soon-sung's film Room Sharing, a performance that earned him the Best New Actor Award at the 42nd Golden Cinematography Awards. He is also known for his role as Cho Kyung-hwan in the MBC TV drama Chief Detective 1958 (2024). His other popular projects are My Roommate Is A Gumiho, It's Okay To Not Be Okay and The King.

As per the official Netflix synopsis of Can This Love Be Translated?, it ‘is a romantic comedy series, where an unexpected romance blossoms between multilingual translator Joo Ho-jin and global celebrity Cha Mu-hee. As their worlds intertwine, can they bridge the gap between language and emotion, unlocking each other’s hearts?’