Kang Woo Jin from Boys II Planet is caught in a controversy over his background.
A netizen claiming to be Kang’s former classmate revealed Kang’s “country boy” image on the show is fake. The netizen said Kang attended elementary, middle, and high school in Goyang, not Boryeong, the small coastal town the show portrayed as his hometown.
The comment questioned,
“Where did the ‘4 years as a trainee’ story even come from?”
Another user on Instiz found Kang’s yearbook photos confirming his schooling in Goyang.
The original poster added that even if Kang was born in Boryeong, the show fabricated a “pure countryside boy who came up to Seoul after busking in Boryeong” story, misleading viewers.
The Instiz post went viral with over 230,000 views. Fans are debating why Kang’s background was altered and suspect production pushed this for image building.
Comments include:
“Why fake it when you’re going to get caught so easily?”
“They really pulled every trick in the book just to debut their pick, huh.”
“I honestly feel scammed— not even lying, I voted for this person three times.”
“I mean, it’s not like they changed his identity— his name and face are basically the same — did they really think his graduation photos wouldn’t surface…?”
“Everyone that blows up turns out to be fake — it’s literally ‘Manipulation Planet.’”
The situation is gaining traction as netizens question the authenticity behind Kang Woo Jin’s image on Boys II Planet. No official response from Kang or the show yet.
