He has also gained popularity with his most recent hit dramas, two Netflix Simulcast Original Series, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) and Crash Course in Romance (2023).

It was followed by the 25-episode makjang weekend drama Teras of Heaven (2014), starring Park Ji-young, Hong Ah-reum, Seo Jun-young and Jo Yun-seo.

[9][10] The drama was highly anticipated as it marked Park Bo-young's return to television after a seven-year hiatus, and she starred alongside Jo Jung-suk, Lim Ju-hwan and Kim Seul-gi.

In 2018, Yoo reunited with Seo In-guk for a South Korean remake of the 2002 Japanese television series Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi.

[19][20] In 2019, Yoo reunited with Park Bo-young in tvN drama Abyss, with Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Sung-jae joining as her co-stars.

The drama revolves around a man and a woman who are resurrected from death with different faces through a mysterious soul-reviving bead called Abyss.

The storyline depicts the 49-day reincarnation story of a ghost mother who reappears in front of her husband and daughter, who have already started a new life after overcoming the pain of bereavement.

[25][26] In April 2021, Studio Dragon announced that Yoo will be reunited with Shin Min-a, as director of Seaside Village Cha-Cha-Cha, a remake of 2004 South Korean film Mr.

[27] It was first announced on December 21, 2020, under the working title of Hong Ban-jang (홍반장) with Shin Min-a and Kim Seon-ho being offered the lead roles.

[29][30][31] This is a healing romance drama about a realist dentist Yoon Hye-jin (Shin Min-a) and an all-rounder, Hong Banjang (Kim Seon-ho), a sea village called Gongjin.

[36][37] It ranked first place during its entire run for eight weeks, and the last episode achieved 12.665% nationwide rating, with over 3.2 million views.

[46] Yoo reunited with Yang Hee-seung [ko] for their third collaboration in the romantic-comedy drama Crash Course in Romance which premiered on tvN in January 2023.

The series, starring Jeon Do-yeon and Jung Kyung-ho, revolved around a former national handball player who now runs a banchan shop, raising her high school daughter alone and celebrity math instructor at a popular private academy.

In line with their reputation for great teamwork, a large number of cast members of drama I am Happy [ko] also attended the wedding ceremony.

[2] Since they met in drama Oh My Ghost, Yoo was given the nickname Yoovely by Park Bo-young, a portmanteau of his surname and the English word "lovely.