Welcome to Waikiki 2

Welcome to Waikiki 2 is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Yi-kyung, Kim Seon-ho, Shin Hyun-soo, Moon Ga-young, Ahn So-hee, and Kim Ye-won. It is the sequel to the 2018 series Welcome to Waikiki. It aired on JTBC on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 (KST) from March 25 to May 14, 2019.

Main

 * Lee Yi-kyung as Lee Joon-ki
 * CEO of the Waikiki Guesthouse. He dreams of becoming a famous actor.


 * Kim Seon-ho as Cha Woo-sik
 * Joon-ki's high school friend who invested in the Waikiki Guesthouse. He dreams of becoming a musician.


 * Shin Hyun-soo as Kook Ki-bong
 * Joon-ki's high school friend who invested in the Waikiki Guesthouse. He dreams of becoming a baseball player.


 * Moon Ga-young as Han Soo-yeon
 * Joon-ki, Woo-sik, and Ki-bong's first love. After her wedding is called off, she has to learn how to earn money for herself.


 * Ahn So-hee as Kim Jeong-eun
 * Joon-ki's university friend who dreams of becoming an actress. In the meantime, she does part-time jobs. She falls for Joon-ki.


 * Kim Ye-won as Cha Yoo-ri
 * Woo-sik's elder sister. She's manipulative and knows how to use others' weaknesses to get what she wants. Dreams of having her own restaurant, she later falls in love with Ki-bong.

Supporting

 * Jeon Soo-kyeong as owner of Waikiki Guesthouse (Ep. 1–2, 16)
 * Song Young-jae as baseball team's coach
 * Jung Eun-woo as Min-seok, Soo-yeon's ex-fiancée (Ep. 1–2)
 * Jung In-gi as Soo-yeon's father (Ep. 1–2, 16)

Special appearances

 * Lee Jun-hyeok as director with amnesia (Ep. 1)
 * Kim Hyeong-beom as director (Ep. 2)
 * Kim Young-dae as Kook Ki-bong's successful baseball junior at the baseball academy (Ep. 2)
 * Joo Sang-wook as Kang Min-ho, top star (Ep. 2)
 * Jung Man-sik as lender (Ep. 2)
 * Oh Na-ra as lender's wife (Ep. 2)
 * Moon Hee-kyung as Min-seok's mother (Ep. 2)
 * Lee Si-eon as producer (Ep. 3)
 * Lee Jung-eun as Kimbap Heavenly owner (Ep. 3)
 * Kim Young-woong as zookeeper (Ep. 3)
 * Im Kang-sung as Yu-min, top star (Ep. 4)
 * Byeon Woo-seok as Yoon Seo-jun (Ep. 4)
 * Park Ah-in as Da-young (Ep. 5)
 * In Gyo-jin as Kwak Ha-ni (Ep. 5)
 * Kim Yeon-woo as Woo-sik's senior (Ep. 6)
 * Shim Hyung-tak as Byeong-cheol sunbae (Gi-bong's senior in baseball academy) (Ep. 6–7)
 * Kim Ki-cheon as a beggar (Ep. 7)
 * Shin Hyun-jong as protester (Ep. 7)
 * Oh Hee-joon as a pervert (Ep. 7)
 * Yoon Ji-won as Waikiki guest (Ep. 7)
 * Kim Kwang-sik as Park Yong-pal, gangster boss (Ep. 8)
 * Lee Hee-jin as Kang Mi-young, boss's wife (Ep. 8)
 * Heo Tae-hee as Sang-woo, news anchor (Ep. 8–9)
 * Kim Jong-pal as Park Cho-rong, a sheep-rancher (Ep. 9)
 * Kim Joo-ryoung as speech teacher (Ep. 9)
 * Kim Il-jung as quiz show host (Ep. 10)
 * Yang Joo-ho as Waikiki guest (Ep. 10)
 * Yeom Dong-heon as Jang Jun-hyeok (Ep. 11)
 * Yoon Hee-seok (Ep. 12)
 * Bang Jun-ho (Ep. 12)

Production

 * One of the female lead roles was offered to Kang Han-na, but she declined.
 * Kim Jung-hyun, who starred in the first season, declined an offer to return.
 * Lee Yi-kyung is the only lead actor from the original series who reprised his role in the second season.
 * The first script reading took place on January 21, 2019, at JTBC Building in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea.