Canyon

Canyon
Canyon
Background Information
Name	Kim Geon-bu (김건부)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	June 18, 2001 (age 20)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠DWG KIA
Role	; Jungler
Soloqueue IDs	KR: JUGKlNG; 챔피언연습용아뒤; EUW: Eventual victory; CN: doyouknowkimchi
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team		Start	End
KR	⁠⁠DWG KIA		Sep 20182018-09-12^[1]	Present	2yr 10mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠DAMWON	Sep 20182018-09-12^[1]	Jan 20212021-01-06^[2]	2yr 3mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DWG KIA	Jan 20212021-01-06^[2]	Jun 20212021-06-17	5mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DWG KIA	Jun 20212021-06-17	Jul 20212021-07-01	14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DWG KIA	Jul 20212021-07-01	Present	29d ej

News

2018

KR

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⁠DWG

September 12,
Canyon joins.^[1]

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2019

KR	⁠⁠DWG	January 10, Nuguri, Canyon, Punch, ShowMaker, Aries, Nuclear, BeryL, Hoit, Micro (Head Coach), and Travel (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Kim (Coach) and Morning (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠DWG	December 8, Canyon and ShowMaker's contracts are extended through 2021.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠DWG	December 12, Canyon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[5] e

2021

KR	⁠⁠DK	January 6, ⁠⁠DAMWON rebrands as ⁠⁠DWG KIA following sponsorship by KIA.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠DK	June 17, Canyon (Jungle to Mid) and ShowMaker (Mid to Bot) change positions. Malrang moves to starting roster. Ghost moves to substitute. e
KR	⁠⁠DK	July 1, Canyon (Mid to Jungle) and ShowMaker (Bot to Mid) change positions. Ghost moves to starting roster. Malrang moves to substitute. e

Biography[edit]

Trivia[edit]

His pentakill on July 24th, 2020 was the first ever pentakill for a jungler in the LCK.
Often named Polar Bear by teammates and fans.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2020-12-21	KR Korea	KeSPA Cup 2020			Graves	Jun	W	9/1/7	Link	Link
2020-07-24	KR Korea	LCK 2020 Summer			Nidalee	Jun	W	11/1/3	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[edit]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Canyon Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-05-23	2	MSI 2021	2 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠DK	Khan, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, kkOma, PoohManDu
2021-04-10	1	LCK 2021 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠DK	Khan, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, kkOma, PoohManDu
2021-03-28	1	LCK 2021 Spring	16 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DK	Khan, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, kkOma, PoohManDu
2021-01-02	1	KeSPA Cup 2020	3 : 0⁠⁠NS	⁠⁠DWG	Khan, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, kkOma, PoohManDu, Ares
2020-10-31	1	Worlds 2020	3 : 1⁠⁠SN	⁠⁠DWG	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, Zefa, Daeny
2020-09-05	1	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠DRX	⁠⁠DWG	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, Zefa, Daeny
2020-08-23	1	LCK 2020 Summer	16 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DWG	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, Zefa, Daeny
2020-05-28	5 - 6	Mid-Season Cup 2020	1 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DWG	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, Zefa, Daeny
2020-04-20	4	LCK 2020 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠DRX	⁠⁠DWG	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, Zefa, Daeny
2020-04-16	5	LCK 2020 Spring	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DWG	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Nuclear, Ghost, Hoit, BeryL, Zefa, Travel, Daeny

Media[edit]

2018
2019
2020
2021

December 27, DWG Nuguri: "I still can't believe we've won. I'm stunned; defeating SKT is like a dream come true." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
e

February 28, Damwon Canyon on synergy with Flame, his performance on JUGKING and becoming a professional with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
e
March 2, DWG Canyon on Afreeca's Roster: "I really don't understand why Afreeca put a Brook in the mid lane." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Gobal
e
March 2, DWG Canyon's Thoughts on Flame: "Whenever I am jungling, Flame makes my life so much easier. Flame organizes my thoughts for me." with Beom "Nswer" Park and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
e
August 15, DWG Showmaker on the MVP of the Split: "I wish Canyon gets it. If he does, since we’re teammates, he’ll at least do something nice for me." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
October 6, Canyon says DAMWON is unchallenged in scrims, haven't shown full potential at Worlds 2019 with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
e

February 20, DWG Canyon on 10.4 jungle changes: "I don’t know about Garen or Darius, but Zed and Talon seems fun, so I wanna try them out in solo queue." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
March 28, DWG Canyon: "I told Nuguri that we’re taking Akali away from him." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
July 1, Canyon on T1 vs DWG, how "scrim DWG" got unleashed, talks about Ghost's "boomer jokes" [Korean] with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
e
July 9, DWG Canyon on opponent's Malzahar: "ShowMaker was overly happy that Voidlings also grant TF passive gold." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
July 24, DWG Canyon: "I'm going to buy all my teammates ice cream for making me the first LCK jungler to score a penta." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Byungho "Haao" Kim, and Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
August 16, DWG Canyon explains why Lillia is good, wants to face Schalke 04 at worlds | Ashley Kang with Korizon Esports on YouTube
e
August 22, DWG Canyon: "I lost to Karsa during the Mid Seasons Cup, so I want my rematch." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
September 6, DWG Canyon on winning LCK, wants to 3-0 G2 at 2020 Worlds with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
September 24, [Worlds 2020] DWG Canyon: "I’m the best Nidalee player in the world." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
October 3, [Worlds 2020] DWG Canyon: "Our performance tonight (against JDG) was at about 70-80% of our scrim level." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
October 5, Canyon talks Damwon Gaming's win streak in Worlds 2020 groups with Arda Ocal on YouTube
e
October 6, DWG Canyon on JDG-Rogue-PSC, wants to face G2 or TES at the quarterfinals with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
October 26, Canyon on DWG vs G2, making it to 2020 Worlds finals, wants to face G2 again next year with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
December 18, Canyon on crazy picks at 2020 All-Star, Faker's Yone and Deft Yasuo with Ashley Kang (Korizon Esports) on YouTube
e

January 15, Canyon DWG KIA vs T1 post-match interview "Damwon is still better, but ..." with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
e
March 28, DWG KIA Canyon on whether he'd play Volibear or Lee Sin on stage with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
e
May 7, Canyon on DWG KIA being regarded as heavy favorites for MSI; thoughts on RNG with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
e
May 15, DWG Canyon explains exactly what he thinks of Cloud9 and their chances of getting out of Rumble with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
June 12, DK Canyon wants to meet RNG again, BEAT them at ALL COSTS with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-07-24	LCK 2021 Summer	DK vs DRX	Link
2021-07-10	LCK 2021 Summer	HLE vs DK	Link
2021-07-07	LCK 2021 Summer	LSB vs DK	Link
2021-05-15	MSI 2021	PGG vs DK	Link
2021-04-10	LCK 2021 Spring Playoffs	DK vs GEN	Link
2021-03-14	LCK 2021 Spring	DK vs NS	Link
2021-03-06	LCK 2021 Spring	DK vs AF	Link
2021-02-20	LCK 2021 Spring	HLE vs DK	Link
2021-02-17	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs DK	Link
2021-02-07	LCK 2021 Spring	DK vs DRX	Link
2021-01-27	LCK 2021 Spring	DK vs GEN	Link
2020-12-19	All-Star 2020	LCK vs LPL	Link
2020-10-31	Worlds 2020 Main Event	SN vs DWG	Link
2020-09-05	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	DWG vs DRX	Link
2020-08-22	LCK 2020 Summer	KT vs DWG	Link
2020-08-15	LCK 2020 Summer	DYN vs DWG	Link
2020-08-06	LCK 2020 Summer	DWG vs GEN	Link
2020-07-30	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs DWG	Link
2020-07-24	LCK 2020 Summer	SB vs DWG	Link
2020-07-15	LCK 2020 Summer	DYN vs DWG	Link
2020-07-09	LCK 2020 Summer	AF vs DWG	Link
2020-06-27	LCK 2020 Summer	KT vs DWG	Link
2020-03-28	LCK 2020 Spring	DWG vs APK	Link
2019-10-20	Worlds 2019 Main Event	DWG vs ahq	Link
2019-09-07	LCK 2019 Regional Finals	DWG vs KZ	Link
2019-08-18	LCK 2019 Summer	DWG vs GEN	Link
2019-08-15	LCK 2019 Summer	SKT vs DWG	Link
2019-08-08	LCK 2019 Summer	DWG vs KT	Link
2019-07-28	LCK 2019 Summer	DWG vs JAG	Link
2019-07-11	LCK 2019 Summer	SB vs DWG	Link
2019-06-27	LCK 2019 Summer	DWG vs AF	Link
2019-06-16	LCK 2019 Summer	JAG vs DWG	Link
2019-01-16	LCK 2019 Spring	DWG vs GEN	Link
2018-12-27	KeSPA Cup 2018	DWG vs SKT	Link
2018-12-25	KeSPA Cup 2018	Seoul vs DWG	Link