Kang-in  | |
| Birth name | Kim Young-woon |
| Also known as | Kang-in |
| Born | January 17, 1985 Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | Pop, dance, R&B, trot |
| Occupations | Singer, dancer, actor, television host, MC, radio host |
| Instruments | Singing, piano, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 2005–2010 (on hiatus) |
| Labels | SM Entertainment |
| Associated acts | SM Town, Super Junior, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-Happy |
| Kang-in | |
| Hangul | 강인 |
| Hanja | 强仁 |
| Revised Romanization | Gang-in |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kangin |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김영운 |
| Hanja | 金永云 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeong-un |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏng'un |
Kim Young-woon (born January 17, 1985), better known by his stage name Kang-in, is a Korean pop singer, actor, MC, presenter, and a member of the super boy band Super Junior. His name Kang-in (Hanja: 强仁), meaning strong benevolence, was given to him to complement his personality. Currently, Kang-in will not be joining Super Junior for their fourth album. Kang-in officially enlisted and began his two year military service on July 5, 2010.
Musical career
Kang-in was scouted by a talent agent and was recommended to sign up for SM Entertainment's talent competitions. In 2002, Kang-in won first place on the fourth annual SM Youth Best Contest and won the best outward appearance award and signed a contract with SM Entertainment.
Along with Hero, U-Know and future band mate Heechul, SM Entertainment placed them in a small project music group called Four Seasons, with each of the four members representing the four seasons of the year. The prospective group never came through; both Hero and U-Know were chosen to join another all-male singing group TVXQ, which debuted in December 2003. With two members gone, the idea of Four Seasons dropped. Kang-in and Heechul were then placed in Super Junior along with ten other trainees under the same company. This project group managed through well, and they debuted two years later on November 6, 2005 under the name Super Junior 05, the first generation of Super Junior.
In early 2006, SM Entertainment was beginning to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation, Super Junior 06, with Kang-in still as an undergraduate member of Super Junior. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member Kyuhyun, and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior. The re-polished group hit it big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer in 2006, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.
During his career with Super Junior, Kang-in was put into two subgroups, smaller groups that is branched off of the larger Super Junior group. In February 2007, he was placed in the trot-singing Super Junior-T. A year later, he became a member of Super Junior-Happy.
Television and acting career
Before debuting as a Super Junior member, Kan Kang-in g-in went by his birth name as a stage name. He debuted as a host and an actor before being in Super Junior 05. After debut with Super Junior, Kang-in became a regular in MBC variety show for celebrity named 'Image Survival' till February 2006. In 2006, Kang-in also frequently acts as MC for SM artists such as DBSK and Boa fanmeeting and MC for EBS TV channel. In 2006 and 2007, he also goes on many variety show as guest and sometimes as a regular for a short time such as Love Triangle, KBS Star King, KBS vitamin and MBC driving school with leetuk as regular. Active in television appearances and hosting, Kang-in earns the highest salary in Super Junior.
Five days after Super Junior 05's debut performance, Ka Kang-in ng-in became the MC of Mnet's M!Countdown along with Leeteuk and Shindong. The trio stayed as the hosts throughout the remaining year until Kang-in was replaced by Eunhyuk in mid 2006 due to his busy schedule for hosting EBS Reckless Radio and MBC's music program, Show! Music Core. Kang-in also became the television host for two of MBC's popular entertainment programs, Sunday Sunday Night Dong-An Club and Nothing is Impossible. For Mnet channel, Kang-in starred in 'Band of Brothers 2008' with Heechul, Jay and Jungmo. For MTV channel, in 2008 Kang-in was a MC for 'Class Up'. In 2008, Kang-in Kangin was one of 4 MCs for SBS 'Change' variety show. From December 2008 to May 2009, Kang-in and actress Lee Yoon-ji played as a low-income college couple for the popular MBC reality show We Got Married. This was the first MBC variety show Kang-in did as a regular after the crisis between MBC variety show producer and SM company regarding Kang-in job as host in SBS Super Junior Exploration of Human Body in 2007.In 2009, Kang-in with other few Super Junior members hosts television show for charity named 'Miracle' but Kang-in was withheld from all his activities after his DUI case.
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