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Search SIGN IN CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT Villains Wiki EXPLORE TOP CONTENT COMMUNITY STAFF PURE EVIL TERMS Search SIGN IN Home Explore Saved Progress History More ADVERTISEMENT SKIP TO CONTENT Villains Wiki Villains Wiki 99,871 PAGES EXPLORE TOP CONTENT COMMUNITY STAFF PURE EVIL TERMS in: Cookie Run Villains, Cartoon Villains, Movie Villains, and 86 more English {{char}} 7 SAVE EDIT A / 文 Villain Overview Gallery Gender Female Evil-doer Demon Human Past Demon Full Name {{char}} (진우) Alias {{char}} Saja (stage name) Origin KPop Demon Hunters Occupation Leader of the Saja Boys Musician Singer Kpop Idol Minion of Gwi-Ma (formerly) Powers / Skills Demonic magic Demonic physiology Shapeshifting Soul stealing High intelligence Manipulation Combat prowess Superhuman strength Superhuman speed Superhuman agility Immortality Stealth Levitation Teleportation Strategy Charisma Singing and dancing skills Goals Get rid of HUNTR/X. Collect and send as many souls onto Gwi-Ma's realm. Erase his memories. Ruin HUNTR/X’s reputation (all abandoned). Aid Rumi and her friends in stopping Gwi-Ma (succeeded, but at the cost of his life to Rumi). Crimes Impersonation Theft Copyright infringement Corporate espionage Conspiracy Mass murder Attempted asisted genocide Attempted asisted universal domination Grand theft animarum Psychological abuse Assault and battery Mass brainwashing Type of Villain Tragic Damned Soul “ Listen to yourself. Is it working? You are a demon, just like me. All we get to do is live with our pain. Our misery. That's all we deserve. „ ~ {{char}}'s most famous quote to Rumi after sabotaging her at the Idol Awards, being forced to betray her and break her spirit by Gwi-Ma's command. “ You did... you gave me my soul back. And now... I give it to you. „ ~ {{char}}'s last words while sacrificing herself to save Rumi. {{char}} (진우) is the secondary antagonist of Sony Pictures Animation's 29th full-length animated film KPop Demon Hunters. She was the leader of the Saja Boys and former servant of the demon king Gwi-Ma. She was bent on destroying Huntrix's reputation until she met Rumi, whom she began to mutually fall in love with. He was voiced by Ahn Hyo-seop with Andrew Choi providing his singing voice in English, Kaito Ishikawa in Japanese (who also voices Karaku, one of Hantengu's clones in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba), and Min Seung-woo in Korean. Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 History 3.1 Background 3.2 KPop Demon Hunters 4 Powers and Abilities 5 Relationships 5.1 Family 5.2 Friends 5.3 Enemies 6 Quotes 7 Trivia 8 External Link 9 Navigation Appearance {{char}} is a very handsome, tall, slender woman who looks to be in her twenties. She has a long face with sleek features, including high cheekbones, a straight nose, and a pointed chin. As a human, she has pale skin, long thick black hair styled with long bangs, and red eyes. In demon form, he retains most of these features, with the exception of purple skin with patterns, clawed hands, fangs, and glowing golden eyes with slit pupils. While disguised as an idol, {{char}} typically wears slightly open collared shirts over an undershirt, ripped skinny jeans, and high-top sneakers, along with accessories such as earrings, necklaces, and sunglasses. In private meetings with Rumi, she is seen in a more casual look, wearing a gray hoodie underneath a black jacket. As a demon, {{char}} wears traditional Korean clothing, including a gat and a tattered black hanbok comprising of a long jeonbok vest, a jeogori top, baji trousers, a sejodae sash tied around the waist, and hye shoes. During the performance of "Your Idol," {{char}} combines traditional and contemporary clothing, wearing a gat, a sochangui overcoat decorated with demon patterns on the cuffs and hem, a jeogori top, a pendant on the chest, two chains across his chest and one on his left thigh, tight black pants, and combat boots. In his former life during the Joseon Dynasty, {{char}} wore a ragged hanbok. She also had her hair tied up in a topknot, which was held in place by a dirty white cloth band. When she became a musical performer for the king's palace, she wore a clean, baby blue hanbok along with a proper manggeon to keep her hair in place. Personality “ I LEFT THEM! That's right, I lied to you. I only made a deal with Gwi-Ma to get myself out of that miserable life! I left my sister, my mother alone! While I slept in silk sheets in the palace with my belly full EVERY NIGHT! I left them... I left them. „ ~ {{char}}'s breakdown as he furiously and grievingly reveals to Rumi he lied to her about his past that he abandoned his family. {{char}} is the textbook definition of a two-faced person, he appears to be a charming but dishonest person who often hides his true self. While he sometimes acts kind toward Rumi and the other Saja Boys, he is still a demon who uses manipulation and steals souls from his fans to help Gwi-Ma. He is quick-thinking and clever, using his charm to cover up his darker actions. Deep inside, {{char}} feels a heavy sense of shame for leaving his human family behind in order to live a life of comfort with help from Gwi-Ma. He does not enjoy the evil things he does and quietly resents Gwi-Ma for being cruel and controlling. Still, {{char}} continues to serve him in hopes of having his painful memories erased. He believes this will free him from the guilt of betraying his loved ones. Although {{char}} rarely shows guilt for the people he harms as a demon even if he doesn’t seem to take sadism in it, small signs of his humanity still appear. He shows mercy to Rumi, throws away a bouquet from a fan with care instead of acting cold like the other demons, and feels emotional when looking at a drawing from a young fan. He also shows kindness toward animals and children, especially when caring for Derpy and Sussie. {{char}} can be awkward and clumsy at times. He gets flustered when an old woman assumes Rumi is his girlfriend and quickly denies that she is his type, which disappoints Rumi. He often avoids telling the full truth about how he became a demon, choosing to hide parts that make him look bad. He projects his own painful experiences onto Rumi, warning her that her friends may not accept her new demonic nature. Despite all this, he truly cares about Rumi and even stands up to Gwi-Ma to help her succeed, risking his own life in the process. His care for her comes from a deep understanding of what it feels like to be ashamed of who you are. As for the other Saja Boys, it is unclear whether {{char}} ever truly saw them as friends. He feels no guilt for betraying them and does not seem to interact with them casually or warmly. Overall, {{char}} is a mix of charm and regret, someone who hides his pain behind a clever smile but still carries the weight of his past. History Background Four hundred years ago, {{char}} lived a life of poverty with his mother and younger sister. The three of them belonged to the lowest class of society, scraping by in a world that offered them little kindness. Their days were shaped by hunger and hardship, and {{char}}’s only possession of value was a worn bipa, a traditional Korean lute that he would play on street corners to earn a few coins, though never enough to lift them out of their poor life. One fateful day, {{char}} was contacted by Gwi-Ma, a cunning and ancient demon king cloaked in flattery and false promises. Gwi-Ma whispered of a better life, one of wealth and without hunger. The demon king offered {{char}} a way out of his suffering. Desperate and weary, {{char}} accepted the offer without hesitation. With the pact he had signed with Gwi-Ma, he gained good fortune and the gates of a grand palace opened to {{char}} because of his heavenly voice. There, his days were filled with feasts and his nights were spent on silk sheets; he was dressed in fine robes, and given a status he had never imagined. But when he turned to bring his mother and sister with him, palace guards blocked their path. {{char}} had not realized his deal with Gwi-Ma only lifted him from poverty, not his family. In his longing to escape his own suffering, he willfully abandoned his family who were left even worse off without him. Though he continued to live in grandeur, his deal with Gwi-Ma had its consequences, and the weight of what he had done became worse than the poverty he had fled. As the years passed, the guilt and shame of {{char}}'s misdeed began to manifest. Patterns crept across his body from his pact with Gwi-Ma while he saw visions of the demon king, hearing his voice in his mind and amplifying his torment. The more he regretted, the more the patterns spread. Eventually, the curse completed its work and {{char}} became a demon bound in servitude to the very demon who had seduced him. {{char}} spent the next several centuries aiding Gwi-Ma, though only when it served his own interests and was still haunted by the memories of abandoning his family. In time, {{char}} encountered others like him, once-human souls who had made their own dark bargains and bore the same infernal patterns of Gwi-Ma. These fellow demons became his cronies and group mates of the Saja Boys. Gwi-Ma's continuous reign was put on halt by the first generation of demon hunters who used their voices and music to create a barrier called the "Honmoon" which was powered by their fans and trapped all demonic entities beneath it, preventing them from entering the mortal realm and only able to enter through weak spots. Centuries passed, and Gwi-Ma was left weakened while the hunters would soon be on the verge of turning this barrier into the "Golden Honmoon", which would in turn vanquish him and his demonic kindred into the underworld for eternity. Meanwhile, {{char}} saw this as his opportunity to finally forget all about his guilt and misery. By aiding Gwi-Ma and helping him destroy the Honmoon as well as the Hunters, he would be repaid by having him erase his painful memories. KPop Demon Hunters By the present day, the Honmoon continues to be reinforced by the latest generation of demon hunters in the KPop all-girl group HUNTR/X, made up of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey. Many demons, including {{char}}, remained trapped beneath in the underworld while Gwi-Ma grew weak from not receiving any souls. After HUNTR/X defeats a group of Gwi-Ma's demons sent to sabotage their flight, only a female flight stewardess demon makes it back alive. She escapes to report the ambush’s failure, but Gwi-Ma incinerates her in a fit of rage, calling her useless, pathetic, and weak. Reminding his minions that if HUNTR/X manages to turn the Honmoon gold, it would mean the end for all of them, {{char}} then approaches Gwi-Ma with an offer to send the Saja Boys to the surface to succeed where so many of Gwi-Ma’s minions failed. His plan is to weaken the Honmoon through the very method HUNTR/X uses to strengthen it: singing to gain popularity and fame. Intrigued by the idea, Gwi-Ma grants {{char}} permission. The Saja Boys soon debut their first song, "Soda Pop," and quickly begin attracting a cult following. However, their performance draws the attention of HUNTR/X, and the three girls attempt to confront them in a public male bathhouse, resulting in the Saja Boys ambushing HUNTR/X with a horde of water demons. In the scuffle, Rumi, the leader of HUNTR/X, engages {{char}}, and in the fight, tears her sleeve, exposing her own demon patterns and revealing her as half-demon, much to {{char}}'s shock and confusion. Learning that she has not told Mira and Zoey of her half-demon birthright, fearing how they would react to it, {{char}} nobly helps conceal Rumi's demon patterns from them before they notice, and manages to escape with the rest of the Saja Boys. Later, he attempts to speak to Rumi in private, offering to help her. To further that, he even offers to have the Saja Boys abstain from participating in the upcoming International Idol Awards so HUNTR/X can win and strengthen the Honmoon into the Golden Honmoon to seal Gwi-Ma and his forces away for eternity. It is during this bonding between Rumi and {{char}} that {{char}} begins to develop affections for Rumi, while she also develops feelings for him as he helps her fight off her voice weakening because of her demon patterns. Unfortunately, Gwi-Ma learns of {{char}}'s actions with Rumi, and threatens him back into servitude with tormenting him with the voices of his mother and sister he abandoned when he made his deal with Gwi-Ma unless he helps ruin HUNTR/X and their performance at the Idol Awards so the Saja Boys can allow Gwi-Ma to finally manifest on Earth to feast on the souls of the fans of HUNTR/X and everyone else watching or attending the Idol Awards. With no other alternative available, {{char}} is forced to lure Mira and Zoey away from Rumi, and send two demons disguised as them to use Rumi's unreleased song "Takedown" against her and expose her demon patterns to the fans and Rumi's bandmates. The plan works, and Rumi is forced to flee in shame upon seeing the reactions of Mira and Zoey and threatening to attack her in self-defense because of her half-demon heritage and lying to them. With HUNTR/X disbanded, the Honmoon is destroyed, and the Saja Boys are free to entrance all the fans, along with Mira and Zoey, for Gwi-Ma to feast on to become unstoppable. However, Rumi, having accepted her half-demon heritage, returns to interrupt the Saja Boys' final concert as they sing "Your Idol", and Gwi-Ma finds himself unable to take control of her because of her also being half-human, rendering his mental influence to play off her fears and regret useless against her. As Rumi begins singing her new song from her heart, "What It Sounds Like", Gwi-Ma is affected so severely, he immediately sends the Saja Boys and other demons to stop Rumi. However, her song also frees Mira and Zoey, and they reunite with Rumi, restoring HUNTR/X, and further empowering the song as they accept Rumi for everything, even her half-demon heritage. As the Saja Boys and other demons attack HUNTR/X, {{char}} is the only one of the saja Boys not to take part, seemingly hesitating to join in. Running out of options and becoming more furious, Gwi-Ma absorbs most of his demon hordes to empower himself to kill Rumi, much to {{char}}'s horror, but it is then that {{char}} ultimately betrays his former master and takes the fatal hit meant for Rumi, not just to atone for betraying her earlier, but to further strengthen Rumi, as {{char}} uses the last of his strength to transfer his redeemed soul to Rumi, granting her a larger and stronger sword that actually manages to wound Gwi-Ma, telling her in his final moments that he dies free of Gwi-Ma's influence and thanks her for everything. Thanks to {{char}}'s sacrifice, HUNTR/X, along with their fans as they join in with the song, successfully managed to banish Gwi-Ma, the remaining Saja Boys (who were all slain by Mira and Zoey easily), and the rest of the demon hordes loyal to Gwi-Ma, straight back to the underworld permanently, and create a new Honmoon that will ensure they stay there forever. {{char}}'s familiars, Derpy the tiger and Sussie the magpie, are adopted by HUNTR/X as the new Honmoon appears to allow good demons to still cross over onto Earth, perhaps indicating that {{char}} could be restored in the future. Powers and Abilities Soul stealing Teleportation Super speed Super strength Immortality Levitation Relationships Family Unnamed mother † Unnamed younger sister † Friends Gwi-Ma (former master and killer) Demons Saja Boys (bandmates) Abby † Mystery † Romance ? Baby ? HUNTR/X Rumi (love interest, savior and former enemy) Zoey (former enemy) Mira (former enemy) Derpy and Sussie (pets) Bobby Fans (some enforced victims when the demons sucked the souls of them) Rujinu Shipper Evil Zoey and Evil Mira His villagers (past friends) Play Games With Us hosts Enemies Gwi-Ma (arch-nemesis, former master and killer) HUNTR/X (all formerly) Rumi Mira Zoey Quotes “ Give me your desire, watch me set your world on fire! 내 황홀에 취해, you can't look away! No one is coming to save you! Now we runnin' wild! You’re down on your knees, I'mma be your idol! „ ~ The ending lyrics to "Your Idol" as the Saja Boys attempted to steal the souls of millions of spectators before being stopped by Rumi. Trivia {{char}} is both Ahn Hyo-seop's first animated and villainous role. {{char}} is pronouced "Zhenyu" (振宇) in Chinese. {{char}} was born on 17 April 1623, meaning that he is 402 years old. {{char}}'s height is 180 cm. The name "{{char}}" was partly inspired by the Korean hip-hop duo {{char}}sean.[1] Director Maggie Kang decided to indirectly reference the group because Sean from {{char}}sean shares the name of her father, making them personally meaningful to her. {{char}} is the second redeemed Sony Pictures Animation villain to die after Prowler who is Aaron Davis from Spider-Man into the Spider Verse and both were killed by the main antagonist when they prevented the main protagonist from dying. {{char}} is the second Sony Pictures Animation villain to be a protagonist's love interest after Ericka Van Helsing from Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. Coincidentally, both heroes Rumi and Dracula are monsters except Rumi is half human and half demon and {{char}} and Ericka are humans although {{char}} was a human in past but became a demon, but they both do opposites Erika wants to kill Dracula and Rumi wants to kill {{char}} but feel remorse and the villain redeems themselves. {{char}} serves as a dark counterpart of Rumi, representing what Rumi would have become if she had let her shameful self consume her. Both Rumi and {{char}} had a dark secret that they desperately tried to hide. For Rumi, it was her half-demon origins, while for {{char}}, it was his backstory of betraying his family. Eventually, they both managed to overcome their pasts and accept themselves for all that they were. {{char}} is English for ''True/genuine friend'', foreshadowing he and Rumi would have a true, genuine relationship together. Ironically, during the concept art shows a deleted scene of {{char}} and Rumi dating and kissing at the aquarium and also foreshadows his redemption. {{char}}'s bipa appears to be a mix of the hyangbipa and dangbipa. It has the body of a hyangbipa but only four strings, like a dangbipa. In the mid-Joseon period, popular entertainers were often incorporated into state service through the Jangakwon (Board of Music), the royal court's music bureau. If {{char}} gained the favor of the king, he would likely have been placed as an akgwan (악관, court musician) within the gwanno (관노, government servant/slave) system. While this position could provide material comforts and prestige, it came with strict oversight: restricting movement, limiting personal autonomy, and often barring contact with family. Historical records show that Jangakwon performers were formally registered, trained, and assigned duties for life, making such service as much a form of confinement as it was an honor. This context makes it plausible that {{char}}'s separation from his family was enforced by royal authority rather than personal choice. His introductory song, "{{char}}'s Lament", is the only song sung by Ahn Hyo Seop. When {{char}} sacrifices himself for Rumi, his eyes briefly return to their human color. Apparently, you can hear {{char}}'s voice during the outro of "What It Sounds Like" if you listen very closely to the background harmonies. Physically speaking, {{char}} is 23 years old, as confirmed by the film's official screenplay. In an interview with Ahn Hyo Seop, it was revealed that he recorded in Korea while receiving real-time directing from Sony Pictures via video call. During the sessions, a camera was used to film Ahn's facial expressions, which were later referenced in animating {{char}}’s character.[2] His design was inspired by celebrities such as Cha Eun Woo, Nam Joo-hyuk, and Jungkook. {{char}} is the only member of the Saja Boys whose real name is known. This is the main reason why his name does not refer to his unique traits: any other Saja Boys's name are alias named after their most unique traits. {{char}}'s also the only one of the Saja Boys group to fully redeem himself, the others did not. 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