My Roommate Is a Gumiho

My Roommate Is a Gumiho (Korean: 간 떨어지는 동거) is a 2021 South Korean television drama series starring Jang Ki-yong and Lee Hye-ri. The series tells story of romance between a 999-year-old nine-tailed fox named Shin Woo-Yeo and a female college student named Lee Dam who accidentally swallows Shin Woo-Yeo's bead. It premiered on streaming platform iQIYI worldwide and cable channel TVN on May 26, 2021, and aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22.40 (KST) for 16 episodes till July 15.^[1][2]

My Roommate Is a Gumiho
Promotional poster
Hangul	간 떨어지는 동거
Hanja	肝 떨어지는 同居
Literal meaning	Frightening Cohabitation
Revised Romanization	Gan Tteor-eojineun Donggeo
Genre	Romantic comedy Fantasy
Created by	Studio Dragon iQIYI
Based on	My Roommate Is a Gumiho (webtoon) by Na
Written by	Baek Sun-Woo Choi Bo-Rim
Directed by	Nam Sung-Woo Park Joon Hwa
Starring	Jang Ki-yong Lee Hye-ri Kang Han-na
Composer	Moon Sang-nam
Country of origin	South Korea China
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Jang Jeong-do
Producers	Park Joon-seo Han Seok-won
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Drama House Contents Zium JTBC Studios
Original release
Network	TVN
Release	May 26 (2021-05-26) – July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)

The series ended on July 15, 2021, with its last episode recording an average nationwide viewership ratings of 4%. It attained an average viewership of 948 thousand per episode during its run.^[3]

Synopsis

Gumiho, literally "nine-tailed fox", is a creature that appears in the folktales and legends of Korea.

It is based on an original webtoon. It tells the story of a male Gumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human being that has his fox beads taken away by a female college student in an accident, so they live together in his house to solve this problem.

Cast

Main

• Jang Ki-yong as Shin Woo-yeo^[4]

A 999-year-old Gumiho who wants to become a human.

• Lee Hye-ri as Lee Dam^[5]

A college student born in 1999 who accidentally swallows a fox bead. She has never been in a relationship before.

• Kang Han-na as Yang Hye-sun^[6]

Shin Woo-yeo's friend who used to be Gumiho for 700 years but has now turned into a human. She's slow-witted but an expert in romance.

• Kim Do-wan as Do Jae-jin

Has a history of being dumped and eventually develops a relationship with Yang Hye-sun. He is Dam and Choi Soo-kyung's best friend.

Supporting

• Bae In-hyuk as Gye Sun-woo

Lee Dam's senior in college who is a ladies' favorite. He develops interest on Lee Dam because she keeps on avoiding him. Later they also get tied by a red thread of destiny but eventually it cuts off as Sun-woo leaves the country for higher study.

• Park Kyung-hye as Choi Soo-kyung

Lee Dam's and Do Jae-jin's best friend.

• Choi Woo-sung as Lee Dan

Lee Dam's younger brother

• Kim Do-yeon as Gye Seo-woo^[7]

Gye Sun-woo's younger sister.

• Kim Kang-min as Jung Seok^[8]

Lee Dam, Choi Soo-kyung and Do Jae-jin's senior.

• Bang Eun-jung as Jeon Da-young^[9]

Special appearances

• Lee Kyu-sung as Mountain Spirit Transformation^[10]
• Jung So-min as Seo-hwa

The woman Shin Woo-yeo loved in the past and left a lasting impression. She was his first love who lost her life because of the fox bead Woo-yeo transferred into her.^[11]

• Kim Eung-soo as Shin Woo-yeo's transformation (ep. 1)^[12]
• Han Ji-eun as leader of publishing company (ep. 1, 5–6)^[13]
• Go Kyung-pyo as Sansin – a mountain spirit that watches over Shin Woo-yeo and Lee Dam (ep. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14)^[14]
• Jang Sung-kyu as Lee Dam's blind date and Do Jae-jin's senior. (ep. 6)

He was arrogant and self-obsessed. He looked down on Dam during their first meet and as a result, fell down on the floor due to Shin Woo-yeo's magic.^[15]

• Oh Hyun-kyung as Kim Hyun-kyung (ep. 6)^[16]

Lee Dam and Lee Dan's mother, and a fashion magazine editor.

• Kang Mi-na as Choi Jin-ah (ep. 8, 11)^[17]

Do Jae-jin's ex-girlfriend.

• Son Seong-yoon as Seo Young-joo, a professor of ancient history at Seogwan University^[18]
• Lee Jun-hyuk as Professor Park Bo-gum

The professor was famous for his rigor in the history department.^[19]

• Oh Jung-se as Do Jae-gang, Jae-jin's brother ^[20]
• Shim Hyung-tak as Gye Sun-woo's uncle, owner of a restaurant

Production

This is the first Korean TV series produced by iQIYI.^[21] It is a joint production between China and South Korea.^[22] Lee Hye-ri and Jang Ki-yong both starred in Schoolgirl Detectives previously. Lee and Park Kyung-hye also previously worked together in a workplace themed drama Miss Lee. Kang Han-na and Kim Do-wan previously starred together in the 2020 drama Start-Up.

Original soundtrack

My Roommate Is a Gumiho
Soundtrack album by Various
Released	2021
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	JTBC Studios Kakao

Part 1

Released on May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27)^[23]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"DOOR (Your Moon)"	Park Jang-hyun (Somebody's Tale) Kim Jae-won Glody	Park Jang-hyun (Somebody's Tale) Glody	Jeong Se-woon	3:49
2.	"DOOR (Your Moon)" (Inst.)		Park Jang-hyun (Somebody's Tale) Glody		3:49

Part 2

Released on June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)^[24]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"My All" (우연이 아닌것만 같아서)	Hana	Tom With Jerry Choi Jae-hyuk Lee Yong-min Moon Sung-hye	Kim Na-young	3:34
2.	"My All" (Inst.)		Tom With Jerry Choi Jae-hyuk Lee Yong-min Moon Sung-hye		3:34

Part 3

Released on June 10, 2021 (2021-06-10)^[25]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Drawing of the Beginning" (시작의 드로잉)	PINKMOON	PINKMOON	Yoo Yeon-jung (WJSN)	3:24
2.	"Drawing of the Beginning" (Inst.)		PINKMOON		3:24

Part 4

Released on June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18)^[26]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"One Step Closer" (한 걸음 가까이)	Kim Seung-jun (Psycho Tension)	Psycho Tension (Kim Seung-jun, Choi Mi-hyun, Yoon Seok-ju)	Choi Nakta	4:06
2.	"One Step Closer" (Inst.)		Psycho Tension (Kim Seung-jun, Choi Mi-hyun, Yoon Seok-ju)		4:06

Part 5

Released on June 24, 2021 (2021-06-24)^[27]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Nothing Left To Say" (어떤 말도 할 수가 없는 나인데)	Yountoven Doctor Son	Doctor Son Yountoven Yoon Da-eun	Kassy	4:16
2.	"Nothing Left To Say" (Inst.)		Doctor Son Yountoven Yoon Da-eun		4:16

Part 6

Released on July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)^[28]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Next To You" (그댈 담은 밤)	Hana	Tom With Jerry	Yang Da-il	4:35
2.	"Next To You" (Inst.)		Tom With Jerry		4:35

Part 7

Released on July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08)^[29]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"You & I" (그대와)	Kim Dong-joon Yoo Min-gyu	Kim Dong-joon Yoo Min-gyu	Youngjae (Got7), Soyeon (Laboum)	3:38
2.	"You & I" (Inst.)		Kim Dong-joon Yoo Min-gyu		3:38

Part 8

Released on July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)^[30]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Moon" (달 (치즈))	Moonchong	Moonchong Midnight	Cheeze	3:53
2.	"Moon" (Inst.)				3:53

Part 9

Released on July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)^[31]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Big Change"	Moon Seong-nam	Moon Seong-nam	Jung Yu-ji	3:18
2.	"Big Change" (Inst.)				3:18

Viewership

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	1239	1057	923	1165	1069	886	786	949	839	867	845	854	820	871	909	1091	948

My Roommate Is a Gumiho : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea^[32]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[32][33]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 26, 2021	5.282% (1st)	5.888% (1st)
2	May 27, 2021	4.279% (1st)	4.838% (1st)
3	June 2, 2021	4.123% (2nd)	4.769% (2nd)
4	June 3, 2021	4.354% (1st)	4.670% (1st)
5	June 9, 2021	4.304% (1st)	4.882% (1st)
6	June 10, 2021	3.688% (2nd)	4.000% (2nd)
7	June 16, 2021	3.159% (2nd)	3.564% (2nd)
8	June 17, 2021	4.238% (2nd)	5.200% (2nd)
9	June 23, 2021	3.374% (1st)	3.460% (1st)
10	June 24, 2021	3.772% (2nd)	4.101% (2nd)
11	June 30, 2021	3.691% (1st)	4.092% (1st)
12	July 1, 2021	3.476% (2nd)	4.193% (2nd)
13	July 7, 2021	3.234% (2nd)	3.932% (2nd)
14	July 8, 2021	3.549% (2nd)	4.418% (2nd)
15	July 14, 2021	3.625% (2nd)	4.321% (2nd)
16	July 15, 2021	3.982% (2nd)	4.571% (2nd)
Average		3.883%	4.431%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).