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2020 Olympics South Korea Roster

Archery

Je-Deok Kim (Gyeongbuk)

Woojin Kim (Iwon)

Jin-Hyek Oh (Incheon)

San Ahn (Pyeongchang)

Min-Hee Jang (Seoul)

Chae-Young Kang (Gwangju)

Athletics

Wilson Erupe (Lodwar, Kenya)

Jong-Seop Sim (Seoul)

Byeong-Gwang Choi (Hwaseong)

Sang-Hyeok Woo (Seoul)

Min-Sub Jin (Busan)

Seulgi An (Seoul)

Kyung-Sun Choi (Seoul)

Badminton

Kwang-Hee Heo (Seoul)

Sol-Gyu Choi (Seoul)

Seung-Jae Seo (Buan)

Se-Young An (Gwangju)

Ga-Eun Kim (Gyeonggi-Do)

So-Yeong Kim (Incheon)

Hee-Yong Kong (Jincheon)

So-Hee Lee (Ulsan)

Seung-Chan Shin (Gochang-Gun)

Yoo-Jung Chae (Suwon)

Baseball

Won-Joon Choi (Seoul)

Woo-Suk Ko (Ganghwa-Gun)

Min-Woo Kim (Seoul)

Eui-Lee Lee (Gwangju)

Tae-In Won (Daegu)

Woo-Chan Cha (Gunsan)

Sang-Woo Cho (Uijeongbu)

Seung-Hwan Oh (Jeongeup)

Young-Pyo Ko (Gwangju)

Se-Woong Park (Daegu)

Jin-Uk Kim (Suwon)

Min-Ho Kang (Pohang)

Eui-Ji Yang (Gwangju)

Joo-Hwan Choi (Gwangju)

Kyoung-Min Hur (Gwangju)

Jae-Gyun Hwang (Seoul)

Baek-Ho Kang (Incheon)

Hye-Seong Kim (Seoul)

Jae-Il Oh (Guri)

Ji-Hwan Oh (Gunsan)

Hyun-Soo Kim (Seoul)

Jung-Hoo Lee (Gwangju)

Hae-Min Park (Seoul)

Kun-Woo Park (Seoul)

Basketball

Ji-Hyeon Sin (Seoul)

Lee-Seul Kang (Sacheon)

Ye-Bin Yoon (Boryeong)

Hye-Ji Ahn (Busan)

Hye-Jin Park (Busan)

Ji-Hyun Park (Seongnam)

Dan-Bi Kim (Bupyeong-Gu)

Hye-Yoon Bae (Seoul)

Jung-Eun Kim (Cheonan)

Min-Jeong Kim (Seoul)

Ji-Su Park (Seongnam)

Han-Byul Kim (Sacheon)

Boxing

Aeji Im (Hwasun-Gun)

Yeon-Ji Oh (Incheon)

Cycling

Ah-Reum Na (Naju)

Hye-Jin Lee (Geonggi)

Diving

Yeong-Nam Kim (Seoul)

Yeong-Taek Kim (Seoul)

Ha-Ram Woo (Busan)

Halim Kwon (Seoul)

Su-Ji Kim (Seoul)

Equestrian

Dong-Seon Kim (Seoul)

Fencing

Young-Jim Kweon (Iksan)

Segeon Ma (Seoul)

Sang-Young Park (Jinju)

Kwanghyun Lee (Seoul)

Bon-Gil Gu (Daegu)

Jung-Hwan Kim (Seoul)

Sang-Uk Oh (Daejeon)

Se-Ra Song (Seoul)

In-Jeong Choi (Geumsan)

Young-Mi Ko (Gwangju)

Hee-Sook Jeon (Seoul)

Soo-Yeon Choi (Ansan)

Ji-Yeon Kim (Busan)

Ji-Su Yoon (Busan)

Soccer

Bum-Keun Song (Seongnam)

You-Hyeon Lee (Gwangyang)

Jae-Woo Kim (Seoul)

Ji-Soo Park (Myungyeong)

Tae-Wook Jeong (Jeju)

Seung-Won Jeong (Jeonju)

Chang-Hoon Kwan (Seoul)

Kang-In Lee (Incheon)

Min-Kyu Song (Chungju)

Dong-Gyeong Lee (Seoul)

Dong-Jun Lee (Busan)

Young-Woo Seol (Ulsan)

Jin-Ya Kim (Daegun)

Dong-Hyun Kim (Seoul)

Du-Jae Won (Seoul)

Ui-Jo Hwang (Seongnam)

Won-Sang Um (Gwangju)

Joon-Soo Ahn (Uijeongbu)

Yoon-Sung Kang (Daegu)

Sang-Min Lee (Busan)

Changi An (Seoul)

Jin-Kyu Kim (Pohang)

Golf

Sung-Jae Im (Jeju Seom)

Si-Woo Kim (Seoul)

Jin-Young Ko (Seoul)

Park Inbee (Seoul)

Sei-Young Kim (Seoul)

Hyo-Joo Kim (Seoul)

Gymnastics

Jun-Ho Lee (Seoul)

Han-Sol Kim (Seoul)

Sung-Hyun Ryu (Seoul)

Hak-Seon Yang (Gwangju)

Jae-Hwan Shin (Jecheon)

Yun-Seo Lee (Seoul)

Seo-Jeong Yeo (Yongin-Si)

Handball

Yu-Ra Yung (Seoul)

Jun-Hui Jeong (Tongyeong)

Yun-Ji Kim (Seoul)

Kyun-Ming Kang (Seoul)

Hui Ju (Seoul)

Seon-Pil Won (Jeongseon)

Eun-Hee Ryu (Incheon)

Su-Min Choi (Seoul)

Hae-In Sim (Seoul)

Eun-Hye Kang (Seoul)

Ha-Rang Jo (Gwangju)

Mi-Gyeong Lee (Seoul)

Jin-Yi Kim (Taebaek)

Ji-In Jung (Busan)

Karate

Heejun Park (Busan)

Judo

Won-Jin Kim (Seoul)

Baul An (Anyang)

Shōrin An (Seoul)

Dong-Han Gwak (Pohang)

Gu-Ham Jo (Gangwon)

Min-Jong Kim (Seoul)

Yu-Jeong Kang (Yeosu)

Da-Sol Park (Seoul)

Ji-Su Kim (Seoul)

Hee-Ju Han (Seoul)

Seong-Yeon Kim (Gwangju)

Hyun-Ji Yoon (Seoul)

Mi-Jin Han (Seoul)

Pentathlon

Ung-Tae Jeon (Seoul)

Jin-Hwa Jun (Ulsan)

Se-Hee Kim (Seoul)

Sun-Woo Kim (Gyeonggi)

Rowing

Hye-Jung Jung (Seoul)

Rugby

Chang Yong (Seoul)

Jeong-Min Jang (Seoul)

Yon-Sik Jeong (Incheon)

Hyun Kim (Seoul)

Kun-Kyu Han (Seoul)

Nam Kim (Seoul)

Seong Lee (Seoul)

Won Park (Seoul)

Jin Lee (Seoul)

Andre Coquillard (Seoul)

Seong-Min Jang (Seoul)

Seong Choi (Seoul)

Gwong-Min Kim (Seoul)

Shooting

Dae-Yoon Han (Seoul)

Mo-Se Kim (Seoul)

Sang-Do Kim (Seoul)

Jong-Jun Lee (Seoul)

Jong-Oh Jin (Chuncheon)

Tae-Yun Nam (Seoul)

Jong-Ho Song (Seoul)

Eun-Young Cho (Seoul)

Ga-Eun Choo (Seoul)

Eun-Ji Kwon (Seoul)

Hee-Moon Park (Seoul)

Bo-Mi Kim (Seoul)

Min-Ji Kim (Ansan)

Min-Jung Kim (Seoul)

Climbing

Jongwon Chon (Seoul)

Chae-Hyun Seo (Seoul)

Swimming

Sungjae Cho (Seoul)

Seungwoo Moon (Seoul)

Yoo-Yeon Lee (Seoul)

Woo-Min Kim (Seoul)

Sun-Woo Hwang (Suwon)

Ju-Ho Lee (Asan)

Ho-Joon Lee (Gwangju)

Eunji Lee (Seoul)

Hyun-Young Jung (Seoul)

Da-Kyung Han (Gwangju)

Seo-Yeong Kim (Gyeonggi-Do)

Se-Hyeon An (Seoul)

Table Tennis

Woo-Jin Jang (Daejeon)

Young-Sik Jeoung (Seoul)

Sangsu Lee (Busan)

Ji-Hui Jeon (Seoul)

Yubin Shin (Seoul)

Hyo-Ju Choi (Busan)

Taekwondo

Jun Jang (Seoul)

Dae-Hoon Lee (Seoul)

Kyo-Don In (Incheon)

Jae-Young Sim (Seoul)

Ah-Reum Lee (Seoul)

Da-Bin Lee (Incheon)

Tennis

Soon-Woo Kwon (Sangju)

Volleyball

Eun-Jin Park (Seoul)

So-Young Lee (Asan)

Hye-Seon Yeom (Mokpo)

Hui-Jin Kim (Busan)

Hye-Jin An (Seoul)

Ji-Young Oh (Daegu)

Yeon-Gyeong Kim (Ansan)

Su-Ji Kim (Ansan)

Jeong-Ah Park (Seoul)

Hyo-Jin Yang (Busan)

Ji-Yun Jeong (Seoul)

Seung-Ju Pyo (Ulsan)

Weightlifting

Meong-Mok Han (Changwon)

Dong-Ju Yu (Jinan-Gun)

Yun-Seong Jin (Goyang)

Eunji Ham (Wonju)

Seon-Mi Lee (Gyeongsan)

Su-Hyeon Kim (Seoul)

Yeoun-Hee Kang (Seoul)

Wrestling

Han-Su Ryu (Busan)

Min-Seok Kim (Busan)

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Actual history and Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

I mentioned in a chat a while back that the King and Crown Prince in Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung reminded me of King Taejong and King Sejong.  Taejong is known for, among other things, being a tyrant and solidifying power and rule,  while Sejong is known for being a progressive reformer and creating Hangul.  It’s easy to see that replicated to a degree with the King and Crown Prince here.  Taejong also abdicated in favor of Sejong, but served as regent with Sejong effectively a puppet king for the first 4 years of Sejong reign.  In Rookie Historian, the King has made the Crown Prince his regent fro a time for training, but in many ways it’s in-name-only, with the King stepping in to overrule when the Crown Prince tries to, you know, change anything.

The show likes it’s references to actual history even though it’s about fictional royalty, of particular note is Hae Ryung’s reference to Yeonsan’s literati purges.  Another thing that I THINK might be a reference but I’m not sure are the mysterious Ho Dam and his book, which I suspect might be somewhat based on Heo Gyun and Hong Gil Dong.  The show hasn’t told us much about Ho Dam or his book (personally theory that might be a bit to much on the “secret babies” front:  Yi Rim is the son of the former king or crown prince who was overthrown/murdered by the current king, as I’ve mentioned before, and Hae Ryung is the daughter of Ho Dam) only that his mysterious book is sought after, and could possibly destroy the King.  Heo Gyun was a scholar and official during the reigns of Seonjo and Gwanghae.  He as a progressive thinker who dreamed of a radically reformed society.  His book Hong Gil Dong (well  there’s some dispute over whether or not he’s the actual author, but he’d still generally considered the author, as far as I know), very very loosely based on the historical thief of the same name, as well as the rebel, Im Kkeokjeong* was built around those ideas, and included the titular lead eventually founding a kingdom based on those ideas.  Anyway, Heo Gyun got exiled a few times for, well, sticking his nose where the kings didn’t think it belonged, and eventually was executed by Gwanghae for treasons.  (You can see this in an earlier episode of Hwajung.  If that was an accurate representation of how he was executed, then yipes.)  I may be completely off base with that one, and whether I’m right or wrong probably doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of the show, but it’s something I’ve thought of every time Ho Dam is mentioned.

Anyway, I got off track there.  Getting back to the possibility that the King and Crown Prince are based on Taejong and Sejong (also worth noting that Taejong murdered his own brothers to keep them from the throne, and it’s highly probable that the King murdered his own brother as well), I was reading recently about Taejong’s OTHER sons.  Specifically, Prince Yangnyeong, Taejong’s oldest son and original crown prince.  Yangnyeong was known for his calligraphy and literature skills (sound half familiar?) who very strongly believed that he didn’t have what it takes to be king (also sound familiar?).  He was, however, completely convinced the third prince, the future Sejong, was destined to be a great king (Still sounding familiar?).  For the record, prince #2 also thought their younger brother would be the best choice and took himself out of the running and potentially being sucked into plotting by running away to be a monk when Sejong’s elevation was pretty sure.  Given Taejong’s tendency to murder his and his kids’ in-laws, he was probably also hoping to avoid yet another murder spree if he stuck around.  Anyway, Yangnyeong was originally the crown prince, but got out of it by, well, pissing people off in court, marrying a peasant woman and causing so much ruckus that he got disowned, stripped of rank and kicked out of the capital.  At which point he pretty much went “good luck bro” in Sejong’s general direction and peaced out to the countryside, presumably with his latest wife (And others?  He had around two dozen kids with 6 women, and his descendants are, I think, supposed to be one of the larger Yi clans in modern Korea.) and spent the next 40+ years wandering Joseon.

While Yi Rim is younger and most likely a cousin instead of brother, there are definitely some similarities, whether deliberate or coincidental  (a benefit of your show involving a fake generation of royals is that you can cherry pick what historical figures you want to have bits and pieces of, as opposed to having to mostly operate within the confines of the royals you’re making an AU of), and I think we’re universally in agreement that Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung needs to end with the Crown Prince as king and Yi rim peacing out to the countryside where he can write his Joseon smut in peace.  (Presumably with Hae Ryung, though I also don’t want her to give up her position as historian, unless she finds another career to replace it.  We’ll see what happens.)

As a sidenote, I realized today well technically yesterday now) that this is the third sageuk where Shin Se Kyung’s character’s literacy is a core element of the show’s plot, though Boon Yi and Dahm were both much lower of the social ladder than Hae Ryung is.  I don’t recall literacy being as important with Cheonmyeong in Queen Seon Deok, but she was also smart and clever with spies and secret identities and whatnot, so it’s close to counting.

*Like Robin Hood, these commoners got gentrified over the years, including this particular book making the lead a nobleman’s son who becomes a king.