Haru

Haru
Haru
Background Information
Name	Kang Min-seung (강민승)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	June 3, 1998 (age 26)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	;
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 98 Haru, shirushi; EUW: MIN SEUNG; NA: Haru0304
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kang "Haru" Min-seung (Hangul: 강민승) is a League of Legends esports player, previously jungler for Papara SuperMassive.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	May 20162016-05-11^[2]	Nov 20162016-11-30^[1]	6mo 19d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	Dec 20162016-12-19	Nov 20172017-11-30^[3]	11mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KSV eSports	Nov 20172017-11-30^[5]	May 20182018-05-03^[4]	5mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	May 20182018-05-03^[7]	Nov 20182018-11-17^[6]	6mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Nov 20182018-11-22^[9]	Nov 20192019-11-19^[8]	1yr 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20192019-11-26^[11]	Oct 20202020-10-04^[10]	10mo 8d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Kaos Latin Gamers	Jun 20212021-06-11^[13]	Jul 20212021-07-19^[12]	1mo 8d ejel
EU	⁠⁠X7 Esports	Dec 20212021-12-17^[15]	May 20222022-05-16^[14]	4mo 30d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Jun 20222022-06-06^[18]	Nov 20222022-11-22^[17]	5mo 16d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Papara SuperMassive	Dec 20222022-12-21^[23]	May 20232023-05-01^[20]	4mo 11d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	May 20162016-05-11^[2]	Nov 20162016-11-30^[1]	6mo 19d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	Dec 20162016-12-19	Nov 20172017-11-30^[3]	11mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KSV eSports	Nov 20172017-11-30^[5]	May 20182018-05-03^[4]	5mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	May 20182018-05-03^[7]	Nov 20182018-11-17^[6]	6mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Nov 20182018-11-22^[9]	Nov 20192019-11-19^[8]	1yr 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20192019-11-26^[11]	Oct 20202020-10-04^[10]	10mo 8d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Kaos Latin Gamers	Jun 20212021-06-11^[13]	Jul 20212021-07-19^[12]	1mo 8d ejel
EU	⁠⁠X7 Esports	Dec 20212021-12-17^[15]	May 20222022-05-16^[14]	4mo 30d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Jun 20222022-06-06^[18]	Nov 20222022-11-22^[17]	5mo 16d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Papara SuperMassive	Dec 20222022-12-21^[23]	May 20232023-05-01^[20]	4mo 11d ejel

News

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

KR	⁠⁠CJ	May 11, Haru joins. Bubbling moves to substitute.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠CJ	November 30, Shy, Haru, Bdd, Sky, Kramer, MadLife, Untara, Bubbling, and Ghost leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠SSG	December 19, Haru joins. e

KR	⁠⁠SSG	November 30, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and January (Director) leave.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠KSV	November 30, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), and TrAce (Coach) join.^[5] e

KR	⁠⁠KSV	May 3, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Life, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) leave.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	May 3, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) join. Life joins as trainee.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 17, Haru, CoreJJ, and Mong leave.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	November 22, Khan, Clid, and Teddy join. Crazy and Haru join as substitutes.^[9] e

KR	⁠⁠SKT	February 12, Khan, Clid, Faker, Mata, Crazy, Haru, Kkoma (Head Coach), Fly (Coach), and Zefa (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Teddy and Leo's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[24] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	November 19, Haru leaves.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 26, Haru and Sake (Coach) join.^[11] Haru and Sake (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[25] e

KR

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⁠HLE

October 4,
CuVee and
Haru leave.^[10]

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LAT	⁠⁠KLG	June 11, Haru and Eunko (Head Coach) join.^[13] e
LAT	⁠⁠KLG	June 14, Nipphu's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 11 November 2021. Haru's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 October 2021. Fatorix and Pieck's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2021. Eunko (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 December 2021.^[26] e
LAT	⁠⁠KLG	July 19, Haru is removed from the GCD.^[12] e
LAT	⁠⁠KLG	July 21, Serenity leaves. Haru's departure is confirmed.^[27] e
EU	⁠⁠X7	December 17, Jaeger, Haru, Tempt, Nata, Kasing, Nias (Head Coach), Stefan (Strategic Coach), and Devilpiotr (Analyst) join. mag1cian, KT, and Twiizt join as substitutes. Trap (Head Coach) and Jaishu (Performance Coach) leave.^[15]^[16] e
EU	⁠⁠X7	December 24, Haru's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[28] e

EU	⁠⁠X7	May 16, Haru leaves.^[14] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	June 6, Haru and Spale (Assistant Coach) join. Bo joins as substitute. Selfmade becomes inactive.^[18]^[19] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	June 7, Haru's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[29] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	September 22, Haru is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[30] e
EMEA	⁠⁠VIT	November 22, Haru and Labrov are removed from the GCD.^[17] e
EMEA	⁠⁠VIT	November 24, Carzzy leaves. Alphari, Haru, and Labrov's departures are confirmed.^[31] e
EMEA	⁠⁠SUP	December 21, Juuzou, Haru, Serin, HolyPhoenix, Mia, Tacocat (Head Coach), and Rider (Coach) join.^[23] e

EMEA	⁠⁠SUP	January 12, Juuzou, Serin, HolyPhoenix, and Artenes' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Haru, Mia, tacocat (Head Coach), and Rider (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[32] e
EMEA	⁠⁠SUP	April 12, Haru and HolyPhoenix are allowed to look for opportunities with other teams. Farfetch leaves.^[33]^[34] e
EMEA	⁠⁠SUP	May 1, Zeitnot rejoins. Haru and HolyPhoenix (Coach) leave.^[20]^[21]^[22] e

Biography

2016 Season

Haru joined CJ Entus in May 2016, during the mid-season break before the LCK Summer Split.^[35] He joined the team after a disappointing Spring Split with rookie jungler Bubbling starting for the entire season.

CJ Entus had a very poor showing in the 2016 LCK Summer Season, going 3-15 total in set score. Haru's role as the new starting jungler seemed to make no difference in their abysmal results. Locked into tenth place in the LCK season, CJ Entus participated in the 2017 LCK Spring Promotion. In the first round they were swept 2-0 by Kongdoo Monster, bringing them down to the loser's bracket. There, they beat SBENU Korea 2-0 before falling to ESC Ever in a 3-0 sweep to become relegated from the LCK. This marked the first time an original Kespa team was relegated from the LCK.

Trivia

Is a huge anime fan.^[36]
- First anime he watched was Sword Art Online.
- Favorite anime character is Hanamaru Kunikida from Love Live! Sunshine!!.
- Listens to anime songs before matches to calm down.
- Received 3 Hanamaru Kunikida figurines from SPOTV and puts them next to his computer.

Tournament Results

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

Haru Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-05-11	2	Legend Cup Season 3 Korea	0 : 3⁠⁠ACM	⁠⁠PLT	Ady, Haru, Remind, Pilot, PluTo
2023-04-07	NQ	EM 2023 Spring Play-In	1 : 2⁠⁠ESB	⁠⁠SUP	Juuzou, Haru, Serin, HolyPhoenix, Farfetch, Rider
2023-03-30	3	TCL 2023 Winter Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠IW	⁠⁠SUP	Juuzou, Haru, Serin, HolyPhoenix, Mia, Rider
2023-03-17	4	TCL 2023 Winter	7 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SUP	Juuzou, Haru, Serin, HolyPhoenix, Mia, Tacocat, Rider
2022-08-14	7	LEC 2022 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠VIT	Alphari, Haru, Perkz, Carzzy, Labrov, Mephisto, Hjarnan, Spale
2022-04-28	5 - 8	EM 2022 Spring Main Event	0 : 3⁠⁠LDLC	⁠⁠X7	Jaeger, Haru, Tempt, Nata, Kasing, Nias, Stefan
2022-03-30	1	NLC 2022 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠BFR	⁠⁠X7	Jaeger, Haru, Tempt, Nata, Kasing, Nias, Stefan
2022-03-09	2	NLC 2022 Spring	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠X7	Jaeger, Haru, Tempt, Nata, Kasing, Nias, Stefan
2021-08-08	7	LLA 2021 Closing	3 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KLG	Nipphu, Haru, LiquidDiego, Cotopaco, Pieck, Serenity, Fatorix, Messi, Choisix, Eunko, Hybrid
2020-08-23	9	LCK 2020 Summer	2 - 16⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	CuVee, DuDu, Haru, CaD, Yeongjae, Lava, Mireu, Viper, Lehends, Kezman, NoFe, Max

Media

2017
2018
2020

January 17, SSG Haru says “it was the original plan” for Ambition to sit out Game 2 of LCK opener by , and on Slingshot
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January 17, SSG Haru: "We are in it to win it." with , and on Inven Global
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March 27, Haru on beating SKT: “I normally doubted whether we were a strong steam, even though we were in second place, but I have certainty this time.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
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October 12, Why Haru? Looking ahead through the lens of Samsung Galaxy’s jungle choices by , and on Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
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January 25, KSV Haru: "There were many champions that can counter Kha’zix, so I wasn’t afraid." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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February 3, Haru on Rengar-Nidalee Matchup: "If Rengar applies pressure in the early-game, he can win with ease" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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February 22, KSV Haru on Removal of Tracker's Knife: "It'll allow me to play more aggressively... it's a good patch for me" with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Woo "Ready" Hyun, , and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
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June 13, GEN Fly: "KZ's picks were kind of weird." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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June 15, GEN Fly on Becoming Friends With Ambition: "I think he opened up to me... he talks to me now" with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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June 17, GEN CoreJJ: "After losing a couple of teamfights, the game basically became, 'how to run away from Master Yi'." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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June 20, GEN Haru: "With a bit of practice, I think I can also play Kai'Sa good enough." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Changsik "Alle" Son, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 27, GEN Haru and CuVee on Their Worlds Skins: "Ezreal looks the best." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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September 27, 5 dark horse players to watch at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 9, Worlds Group Stage Top 30 2018 Players: 30-26 by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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February 7, HLE Haru: "Right now, we’d like to be called ‘Korea’s G2’, but I want the team to be glorified in our name, HLE." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

2018
2019
2020
2022

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-01-25	LCK 2018 Spring	KSV vs AF	Link
2018-02-03	LCK 2018 Spring	KSV vs bbq	Link
2018-06-13	LCK 2018 Summer	KZ vs GEN	Link
2018-06-15	LCK 2018 Summer	GEN vs SKT	Link
2018-06-17	LCK 2018 Summer	MVP vs GEN	Link
2018-06-27	LCK 2018 Summer	GEN vs bbq	Link
2018-09-14	Korea Regional Finals 2018	GRF vs GEN	Link