Kangin

Kim Young-woon (born January 17, 1985),[1] better known by his stage name Kangin (lit. meaning: "strong benevolence"), is a South Korean singer, actor, television host and radio personality. He is best known as a former member of Super Junior and its subgroup Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kangin
김영운
Kangin in 2014
Born	Kim Young-woon (1985-01-17) 17 January 1985 Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Kangin
Occupation	singer actor television host radio personality
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instruments	Piano Guitar Bass guitar
Years active	2005–present
Labels	SM Label SJ
Associated acts	Super Junior Super Junior-T Super Junior-H SM Town
Korean name
Hangul	김영운
Hanja	金永雲
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeong-un
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏng'un
Stage name
Hangul	강인
Hanja	强仁
Revised Romanization	Gang-in
McCune–Reischauer	Kangin
Signature

Career

Super Junior

See also: Super Junior

Kangin officially debuted as part of 12-member project group Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005 on SBS' music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)".[2][3] Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on December 5, 2005 and debuted at number three on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.[4]

In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.[5] The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on June 7, 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.[6]

In February 2007, he was placed in the trot-singing Super Junior-T. A year later, he became a member of Super Junior-H. Kangin's silver-screen debut was in the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, which premiered on July 26, 2007.[7]

In June, 2012, SM Entertainment announced that Kangin will rejoin Super Junior for the group's sixth album, Sexy, Free & Single, which was released on July 1, 2012.[8] This also marked the first time he appeared with Super Junior in three years since October 2009.[9] On June 25, his teaser photo was released showing a slim downed Kangin with a frosty look and a net-like veil over his head.[10]

On July 11, 2019, Kangin withdrew from Super Junior, having been on hiatus since 2015 as a result of his second DUI offense.[11] However, he will continue his contract with SM.

Solo activities

After he debuted with Super Junior, Kangin became a regular on MBC variety show, Image Survival until February 2006. In 2006, Kangin frequently acted as an MC at fan meetings for SM artists such as DBSK and BoA and MC for channel EBS TV. In 2006 and 2007, he went on many variety show as a guest and sometimes as a regular cast member on shows such as Love Triangle, KBS Star King, KBS Vitamin and MBC Driving School with Leeteuk as a regular cast member. His television appearances and hosting gigs earned him the highest salary in Super Junior.[12]

Five days after Super Junior 05's debut performance, Kangin became the MC of Mnet's M!Countdown along with Leeteuk and Shindong. The trio stayed as the hosts throughout the remaining year until Kangin was replaced by Eunhyuk in mid-2006 due to his busy schedule from hosting EBS Reckless Radio and MBC's music program, Show! Music Core. Kangin left Reckless Radio in June 2007 to host MBC's Good Friend Radio with Cho Jungrin. In 2008, Kangin was chosen to take the role of 'Kang Soo' in the Korean language film, Hello, Schoolgirl.[13]

Kangin also became the television host for two of MBC's popular entertainment programs, Sunday Sunday Night Dong-An Club and Nothing is Impossible. On channel Mnet, Kangin starred in 'Band of Brothers 2008' with Heechul, Jay and Jungmo. On channel MTV, Kangin was an MC for 'Class Up' in 2008. Kangin was one of four MCs for SBS 'Change' variety show in 2008. From September 9 to November 9, 2008, Kangin, along with bandmate Heechul, debuted as musical actors through the musical, Xanadu. Xanadu was a 1980s musical film starring Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John. Xanadu has also been reproduced as a Broadway musical. Heechul and Kangin, along with Choi Sungwon, performed the same character, Sonny, according to their time slot, and auditions and casting picks were chosen in a process through reality television.[14]

In April 2008, Cho's hosting spot was replaced by Kim Tae-yeon. Kangin's last day of hosting the program was on April 19, 2009.[15] From December 2008 to May 2009, Kangin and actress Lee Yoon-ji played a low-income college couple for the popular MBC reality show We Got Married. This was the first MBC variety show Kangin participated in after the time-slot dispute between MBC and SM Entertainment regarding Kangin's job as host on SBS Super Junior Exploration of Human Body in 2007.

In 2009, Kangin with other few Super Junior members hosted television show for charity named 'Miracle'. Kangin was also casted to take on the role of 'Hotae' for MBC's cable comedy drama, Romance Zero. With a total of sixteen episodes, the drama ended in late May 2009 with acceptable reviews and ratings.

In May 2019, Kangin starred in the ongoing web drama What Happened to Mirae?, which was his first project since his DUIs in 2016; the first episode premiered on May 31.[16]

Personal life

2010–2012: Military service

On July 5, 2010, Kangin enlisted for his mandatory military service at the Nonsan military camp in Chungcheongnam-do Province, for five weeks of basic training followed by 20 months of active duty with the Republic of Korea Army.[17] He was discharged on April 16, 2012 from the 56th army division in Namyangju-si in Gyeonggi-do.[18][19]

Controversies

2007: MBC conflict

A time-slot dispute occurred between SM Entertainment and MBC when SM insisted to have Kangin stay on SBS' Explorers of the Human Body instead of MBC's Sunday Sunday Night Dong-An Club, in which Kangin was a regular host. MBC decided to temporarily ban Super Junior from appearing in any future performances on MBC.[20] Kangin was replaced by T.O.P of Big Bang as the MC of Show! Music Core. Kangin could also no longer host MBC variety shows Nothing is Impossible and Sunday Sunday Night Dong-An Club until the conflict was resolved.[21] MBC also demanded an apology from SM Entertainment if SM artists should continue to perform on shows hosted by the channel. After Kangin left Nothing is Impossible and Sunday Sunday Night Dong-An Club, both shows were later cancelled due to low ratings.[20] A week later, MBC announced that they invited Super Junior to film an exclusive MBC segment, "Giving Children a New Life" despite their previous decision to ban Super Junior. The entertainment director for MBC claimed that the ban on Super Junior was never official, but a decision made by the programs' producers.[22]

2009: Assault case

On 16 September, 2009, Kangin was arrested for his involvement in a fight between two men that took place outside a bar in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. An eye-witness reported that two men entered a room where Kangin and his friend were present and began arguing heatedly.[23] Kangin left the bar, but the two men followed him outside and began displaying acts of violence. Another witness reported that Kangin tried to stop the fight.[24] A nearby surveillance camera caught the brawl, and it was immediately reported to the police.[25] Kangin was brought into interrogation to aid with the investigation along with four other suspects. One of the suspects insisted that Kangin assaulted him,[26] but it was later proven that Kangin only reacted in self-defense.[27]

As a result of this altercation, Kangin was dropped from being the main model of Andre Kim's fashion show.[28] After Kangin's appearance in Super Junior's Super Show 2 concert in Hong Kong, all of Kangin's future schedules became temporarily postponed.[29]

2009: DUI hit-and-run

On October 16, 2009 around 3 AM, Kangin collided into a parked taxi that held no one inside, and left the scene of the hit-and-run accident. Five hours later, Kangin turned himself in to the police. He was recorded to have a blood alcohol content of 0.082% when he arrived at the station.[30] He then failed to show up at the Seoul Gangnam Police Station at 2 PM on the same day for further investigation and had to be called in the following day.[31]

SM Entertainment and Kangin released a public apology shortly after. All of Kangin's activities were cancelled by SM Entertainment until the end of the year due to Kangin's actions. A month later, Kangin made an appearance in a new clothing company, SPAO's website. Netizens were enraged due to SM Entertainment's declaration of the suspension of Kangin's activities. It was later found out that the photos were taken prior to Kangin's DUI accident.[32] On January 13, 2010, Kangin was indicted for drunk driving, hit-and-run and fined ₩8 million by the Seoul Central District Court.[33]

2016: Second DUI hit-and-run

On May 24, 2016, Kangin was involved in another DUI hit-and-run incident, where he turned himself in after a few hours. He was then found with a blood alcohol content of 0.05%. SM Entertainment has issued a statement, stating his future activities were cancelled while he reflects on his actions.[34][35] He entered the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on June 15, 2016, to face questioning over causing a traffic accident while under the influence of alcohol. Prosecutors summarily indicted him on July 7. On September 7, 2016, Kangin was sentenced to pay a ₩7 million ($6,420) fine.[36][37][38]

Discography

See also: Super Junior discography

Singles

Year	Track	Album	Artist
2008	Suddenly	Xanadu Musical OST	Kangin
2015	Please Call My Name	The Cat Funeral OST
	Memories	D-Day OST
2016	Don't Cry, Man	Don't Cry, Man (Single)	Kangin, Kim Jang Hoon

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2007	Attack on the Pin-Up Boys	Judo Society captain
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks (Korean voice-cover)	Alvin (Korean voice-cover)
2008	Hello, Schoolgirl	Kang Sook
2015	The Cat Funeral	Dong-hoon

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2005	The Secret Lovers	Cameo	MBC
2006	Rainbow Romance	Cameo	MBC
2006	Billie Jean, Look at Me	Friend	MBC
2008	Here He Comes	Cameo	MBC
2009	Romance Zero	Na Ho-tae	MBC

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2019	What Happened to Mirae?	Dong Joon

Television shows

Year	Title	Network	Role
2004	Night of TV Entertainment	SBS	Panel
2005-2006	M!Countdown	Mnet	MC
2006-2007	Sunday Dong-an Club	MBC
	Nothing is Impossible
2007	Show! Music Core		MC
	Sprint! Hall of Records	SBS
2008	Change	KBS2
	To Be Kangin And Heechul	ETN	Cast member
2008-2009	Band of Brothers	Mnet
	We Got Married (Season 1)	MBC	Ep. 39-55
2009	Miracle	KBS
2013	Splash	MBC
2014	Show Champion		MC
	A Celebrity Lives In My Home	MBC every 1	Cast
	Clenched Fist Chef	SBS	Host
	Law of the Jungle in Brazil		Ep. 112–116 (Relay Survival)
2014-2015	Global Request Show - A Song For You (S 2, 3, 4)	KBS	MC[39]
2015	Real Man 2	MBC	Member
	Shin Dong Yup's Bachelor Party	MBC Every 1	Cast
	Baseballok	O tvN	Cast
	King of Mask Singer	MBC	Panelist (2015 Special), Contestant (Ep. 45)
2015-2016	A Man Who Feeds The Dog: Season 1	Channel A	Regular Member
2016	The Boss is Watching	SBS	Regular Member
	Law of the Jungle in Papua New Guinea	SBS	Relay Survival
	Hitmaker	JTBC	Cast

Musical

• 2008: Xanadu - Sonny Station
• 2013: Palace - Daejeon Station
• 2015: Day (Japan)

Radio DJ

Year	Title
2006–2007	Reckless Radio (천방지축 라디오)
2007–2009	Good Friend Radio (친한친구 라디오)

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Super Junior

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2007	Summer Break Mnet 20's Choice Awards	Best Bad Boy	N/A	Won
2008	MBC Entertainment Awards	Best DJ	N/A	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award in Radio	Kangin's Good Friends	Won
2019	Seoul Webfest Awards	Best Actor	What Happened to Mirae	Won

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External links

• Super Junior – Official Korean website (S.M. Entertainment)