DanDy

DanDy
Retired as Player
DanDy
Background Information
Name	Choi In-kyu (최인규)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	January 3, 1994 (age 32)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠NS RedForce
Contract Expires	2027-11-15
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	Hi xPeke XD (NA), MVP DanDy, Ingoo, YaNkee, YaNgSin, 삼성갤럭시 DanDy, xPek2
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Choi "DanDy" In-kyu (Hangul: 최인규) is a League of Legends esports player, currently head coach for Nongshim RedForce. His name was previously stylized Dandy. He was previously known as YaNgSin and Ingoo.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name DanDy. Two other players share this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SuperStar	≈Feb 2012≈2012-02-??	May 20122012-05-07^[1]	≈3mo 6d ejel
KR	⁠⁠MVP Ozone	May 20122012-05-07^[3]	Sep 20132013-09-06^[2]	1yr 3mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung White	Sep 20132013-09-06^[7]	Oct 20142014-10-31^[4]	1yr 1mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Star Gaming	Nov 20142014-11-27^[8]	≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-??	≈1mo 13d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-??	Nov 20162016-11-25^[9]	≈1yr 10mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠eUnited	May 20172017-05-09^[10]	≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??	≈6mo 14d ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	Dec 20182018-12-19^[12]	Dec 20192019-12-16^[11]	1yr 28d ejel
CN	⁠⁠eStar	May 20202020-05-30^[13]	Sep 20202020-09-07	3mo 8d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Apr 20222022-04-20^[16]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[15]	3yr 6mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠NS RedForce	Nov 20252025-11-19^[17]	Present	2mo 4d ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SuperStar	≈Feb 2012≈2012-02-??	Apr 20122012-04-06	≈2mo 5d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SuperStar	Apr 20122012-04-06	May 20122012-05-07^[1]	1mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠MVP White	May 20122012-05-07^[3]	Feb 20132013-02-05^[18]	8mo 29d ejel
KR	⁠⁠MVP Ozone	Feb 20132013-02-05^[18]	Sep 20132013-09-06^[2]	7mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung White	Sep 20132013-09-06^[7]	Oct 20142014-10-31^[4]	1yr 1mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Star Gaming	Nov 20142014-11-27^[8]	≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-??	≈1mo 13d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-??	Nov 20162016-11-25^[9]	≈1yr 10mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠eUnited	May 20172017-05-09^[10]	≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??	≈6mo 14d ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	Dec 20182018-12-19^[12]	May 20192019-05-22^[19]	5mo 3d ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	May 20192019-05-22^[19]	Dec 20192019-12-16^[11]	6mo 25d ejel
CN	⁠⁠eStar	May 20202020-05-30^[13]	Sep 20202020-09-07	3mo 8d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Apr 20222022-04-20^[16]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[21]	7mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20222022-11-21^[21]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[15]	3yr 26d ejel
KR	⁠⁠NS RedForce	Nov 20252025-11-19^[17]	Present	2mo 4d ej

News

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KR	⁠⁠SS	February (approx.), ⁠⁠SuperStar is formed. Devil, NK Adonis, SunJa, gDeveloper, and YaNgSin join. e
KR	⁠⁠SS	April 6, YaNgSin (Support to Jungle) and NK Adonis (Jungle to Support) change positions. e
KR	⁠⁠SS	May 7, Devil, YaNgSin, and SunJa leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠MVP.W	May 7, ⁠⁠MVP White is formed. Homme, Ingoo, MIma, 4seasons, SmallBrain, Dopani (Head Coach), and Choi (General Manager) join.^[3] e

KR	⁠⁠MVP.O	February 5, ⁠⁠MVP White renames to ⁠⁠MVP Ozone.^[18] e
KR	⁠⁠MVP.O	September 6, Homme, DanDy, dade, imp, Mata, Looper, Dopani (Head Coach), BanBazi (Coach), and Choi (General Manager) leave.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠SSW	September 6, Looper, DanDy, dade, imp, Mata, Choi (Head Coach), and DoGGi (Coach) join. Homme joins as substitute.^[7] e

KR	⁠⁠SSW	October 31, DanDy, PawN, and imp leave.^[4]^[5]^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠VG.S	November 27, DanDy, Skatch, Heart, and Mata join. x1aolong and Apollo leave.^[8] e

CN	⁠⁠VG.S	January (approx.), Carry, DanDy, Hetong, Vasilii, Mata, Yh, and Homme (Coach) leave. Skatch and Heart leave for academy roster. e
CN	⁠⁠VG	January (approx.), Carry, DanDy, Hetong, Vasilii, Mata, and Homme (Coach) join. Yh joins as substitute. e

CN

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⁠VG

November 25,
DanDy leaves.^[9]

e

NA	⁠⁠EUN	May 9, DanDy and GBM join.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠EUN	November (approx.), ⁠⁠eUnited is disbanded. DanDy, Deftly, Potluck, bobqinXD, Papa Chau, and Hermit (Head Coach) leave. e

CN

⁠

⁠RNG

December 19, DanDy (Head Coach) joins.^[12]

e

CN	⁠⁠RNG	May 22, Steak (Head Coach) joins. DanDy (Head Coach to Coach) changes position.^[19]^[20] e
CN	⁠⁠RNG	December 16, Steak (Head Coach) and DanDy (Coach) leave.^[11] e

CN	⁠⁠ES	May 30, Dandy (Head Coach) joins.^[13]^[14] e
CN	⁠⁠ES	September 7, DanDy (Head Coach) leaves. e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	April 20, DanDy (Coach) joins. Key (Coach) rejoins from academy roster.^[16] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	May 10, Dandy (Coach) and Key (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[22] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 21, DanDy (Coach to Head Coach) and Kezman (Head Coach to General Manager) change positions. SuDal (Coach) leaves.^[21] e

KR

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⁠HLE

November 20, DanDy (Head Coach) and Mowgli (Coach)'s contracts are extended.^[23]
Zeka's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.
Viper, DanDy (Head Coach), and Mowgli (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[24]

e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	January 12, DanDy (Head Coach) is fined ₩800,000 for in-game verbal abuse.^[25] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 25, DanDy (Head Coach)'s contract is extended through 2025. Peanut, Zeka, and Delight will remain with the team for 2025.^[26]^[27] e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	January 17, Zeus, Viper, DanDy (Head Coach), and Shine (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[28] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 17, DanDy (Head Coach), Shine (Coach), and Bibra (Analyst) leave.^[15] e
KR	⁠⁠NS	November 19, DanDy (Head Coach) joins. Chelly (Head Coach to Coach) changes position.^[17] e

KR

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⁠NS

January 11,
Sponge,
Scout,
Taeyoon, and Crazy (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026. DanDy (Head Coach) and Chelly (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2027.^[29]

e

Biography

Season 2

Choi "DanDy" In-kyu initially made his debut in Azubu The Champions Spring 2012 under the name YaNgSin as the support player for SuperStar. The team managed to win a game against NEB but they still failed to make it through groups. SuperStar disbanded a short time later and YaNgSin joined MVP White as a jungler under the name Ingoo.

Season 3

Ingoo changed his name to DanDy prior to start of OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013. White made it to the quarterfinals but lost 3-0 to NaJin Sword. About a month later, White was renamed to MVP Ozone. They competed in the GIGABYTE StarsWar League Season 2 in China but failed to make it past the group stage. With the additions of dade and Mata, Ozone managed to win the OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 finals 3-0 against CJ Entus Blaze in one of the biggest upsets in League of Legends history. They did fairly well in HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013, placing third after losing 3-1 to SK Telecom T1 but beating CJ Entus Frost 3-2 in the third place match. Ozone earned enough circuit points to qualify automatically to the Season 3 World Championship as the second seed from Korea. A week later, both Ozone and their sister team, MVP Blue, were bought by the Samsung organization, forming Samsung Galaxy Ozone and Samsung Galaxy Blue. Ozone disappointed at worlds, dropping out in groups after losing a tiebreaker to Gambit Gaming.

2014 Season

Ozone began the new year with PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 where they managed to make it to the finals but were swept by the undefeated SKT K to end in second place overall. They placed similarly at HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014, losing 3-1 to Blue in the semis but beating Blaze 3-2 in the third place match to finish in third. A month later, Ozone changed their name to Samsung White. HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 was not much different for the team. They lost 3-1 again to Blue in the semis but they managed to sweep SK Telecom T1 S in the third place match. They were forced to play a tiebreaker against SKT K for the second Korean seed at the 2014 Season World Championship and they managed to sweep them 3-0 for the spot. White came into worlds as the heavy favorites and impressed, only dropping two games the whole tournament. They played a fairly one-sided final against Star Horn Royal Club and took the title with a 3-1 victory. On October 31, 2014, DanDy announced his departure from Samsung White.^[30] On November 27, 2014, DanDy, Skatch, Heart and Mata all together joined Vici Stand Gaming.^[31]

2015 Season

At the beginning of the year, Mata and DanDy were moved to the main Vici Gaming roster to compete in the 2015 LPL Spring Regular Season. They competed in the 2015 Demacia Cup Spring Season first and fell in the round of 16 with a 3-0 loss to Invictus Gaming. They ended in fourth in the LPL regular season but they lost in the first round of the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs, dropping 3-1 to IG. During the 2015 LPL Summer Regular Season, DanDy switched to top after Carry was hospitalized. He played in this new role in the 2015 Demacia Cup Summer Season where Vici made it to the quarterfinals but they forfeited their series against IG. They ended in sixth in the LPL and made it to the quarterfinals of the 2015 LPL Summer Playoffs but they lost 3-2 here to IG.

2016 Season

DanDy switched back to jungle in November of 2015.

Trivia

Came to prominance for his Lee Sin "Pentakick", where he hits the entire enemy team using Lee Sin's ultimate.^[32]
Considers Diamondprox, inSec, and himself as the top three junglers in the world.
Is sure his Rumble is better than Cheonju's, who is known for being a good rumble player.
Rates Lee Sin, Elise, and Evelynn as the best junglers.

Tournament Results

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DanDy Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-12-11	4	KeSPA Cup 2025	0 : 2⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠NS	Kingen, Sponge, Scout, Taeyoon, Lehends, DanDy, Chelly, Crazy
2025-10-28	5 - 8	Worlds 2025	1 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2025-09-28	2	LCK 2025 Season Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli, Shine
2025-08-31	2	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5 - Legend Group	20 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli, Shine
2025-07-17	5 - 8	Esports World Cup 2025	1 : 2⁠⁠AGAL	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2025-06-15	3	LCK 2025 Road to MSI	0 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Shine, Mowgli
2025-06-04	2	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Shine, Mowgli
2025-03-16	1	First Stand 2025	3 : 1⁠⁠KC	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2025-02-23	1	LCK Cup 2025	3 : 2⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Shine, Mowgli
2024-12-07	3 - 4	KeSPA Cup 2024	1 : 2⁠⁠BRO	⁠⁠HLE	Rooster, Grizzly, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli