Hype (Byeon Jeong-hyeon)

Hype
Hype
Background Information
Name	Byeon Jeong-hyeon (변정현)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	September 9, 2003 (age 22)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Misa Esports
Role	; Bot Laner
Competitive IDs	KingKong
Soloqueue IDs	KR: SANDBOX KingKong
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Byeon "Hype" Jeong-hyeon (Hangul: 변정현) is a League of Legends esports player, currently bot laner for Misa Esports. He was previously known as KingKong.

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

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX Academy	Jan 20202020-01-14^[2]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[1]	11mo 4d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠LSB Challengers	Dec 20202020-12-18^[4]	May 20212021-05-25^[3]	5mo 7d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX	May 20212021-05-25^[6]	Jul 20212021-07-04^[5]	1mo 10d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠LSB Challengers	Jul 20212021-07-04^[8]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[7]	1yr 4mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Challengers	Jan 20232023-01-04^[10]	Nov 20252025-11-18^[9]	2yr 10mo	Loaned Out ejel
KR	⁠⁠OK BRION	Nov 20242024-11-22^[18]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[11]	1yr 25d	On Loan ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Misa Esports	Nov 20252025-11-20^[21]	Present	1mo 23d	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠SANDBOX Academy	Jan 20202020-01-14^[2]	Dec 20202020-12-14^[22]	11mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX Academy	Dec 20202020-12-14^[22]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[1]	4d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠LSB Challengers	Dec 20202020-12-18^[4]	May 20212021-05-25^[3]	5mo 7d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX	May 20212021-05-25^[6]	Jul 20212021-07-04^[5]	1mo 10d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠LSB Challengers	Jul 20212021-07-04^[8]	Jun 20222022-06-02^[23]	10mo 29d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠LSB Challengers	Jun 20222022-06-02^[23]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[7]	5mo 19d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Challengers	Jan 20232023-01-04^[10]	Nov 20242024-11-22^[20]	1yr 10mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Challengers	Nov 20242024-11-22^[20]	Nov 20252025-11-18^[9]	1yr 26d	Loaned Out ejel
KR	⁠⁠OK BRION	Nov 20242024-11-22^[18]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[11]	1yr 25d	On Loan ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Misa Esports	Nov 20252025-11-20^[21]	Present	1mo 23d	ej

News

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

KR	⁠⁠SB.A	January 14, KingKong joins.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.A	December 14, ⁠⁠SANDBOX Academy rebrands as ⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX Academy following sponsorship by Kookmin Bank.^[22] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.A	December 18, Howling, Cruiser, TolanD, Ice, Kingkong, HUB, FanTaSy (Head Coach), DooTi (Coach), and Nova (Coach) leave for LCK CL roster.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	December 18, Howling, TolanD, Ice, KingKong, HUB, FanTaSy (Head Coach), DooTi (Coach), and Nova (Coach) join from academy roster. Cruiser joins as substitute from academy roster.^[4] e

KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	January 14, Howling, Kingkong, Pump, Prove, and Cruiser's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Seize, Toland, and Kabbie's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[24] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	May 25, Howling and Kingkong leave for main roster.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB	May 25, Howling and Kingkong join as substitutes from academy roster.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB	July 4, Kingkong leaves for academy roster.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	July 4, Kingkong joins from main roster.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	December 7, Kingkong renames to KingKong.^[25] e

KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	June 2, Seraph joins as substitute from academy roster. Ten10 (Mid to Sub/Jungle) changes position. Duro moves to starting roster. KingKong and Prove move to substitutes.^[23] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB.C	November 21, Meaning, HamBak, Seraph, KingKong, Sherlock, FanTaSy (Head Coach), and Nova (Coach) leave.^[7] e

KR

⁠

⁠KT.C

January 4,
HamBak,
Feisty,
Hype, Lilac (Coach), and Sonstar (Coach) join.^[10]
HamBak,
Feisty, and
Hype's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Lilac (Coach) and Sonstar (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[26]

e

KR	⁠⁠KT.C	November 21, Hype's contract is extended through 2027.^[27] e
KR	⁠⁠KT.C	November 22, Hype is loaned to OK BRION.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO	November 22, Bull and GuGer (Coach) join. Hype is loaned from KT Challengers.^[18]^[19]^[20] e

KR	⁠⁠KT.C	January 17, Casting, YoungJae, Paduck, Peter, Spark (Head Coach), and Lilac (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Hype and Sero's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2027.^[28] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO	November 17, Morgan, Croco, HamBak, Clozer, Pollu, and GuGer (Coach) leave. Hype's loan from KT Challengers ends.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17] e
KR	⁠⁠KT.C	November 18, Way leaves. Hype leaves after loan to OK BRION ends.^[9] e
EMEA	⁠⁠MISA	November 20, Hype and Way join.^[21] e

Biography

Individual Awards

LCK CL Best Bot 2x (2024 Spring, 2024 Summer)

Trivia

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2025-05-04	KR Korea	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2			Ashe	Bot	W	14/0/8	Link
2023-08-04	KR Korea	LCK CL 2023 Summer			Varus	Bot	W	11/4/8	Link	Link

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

Tournament Results

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

Hype (Byeon Jeong-hyeon) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-09-06	4	LCK 2025 Season Play-In	1 : 3⁠⁠DK	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, Croco, Clozer, Hype, Pollu, Duke, GuGer
2025-08-31	3	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5 - Rise Group	11 - 19⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, Croco, Clozer, Hype, Pollu, Duke, GuGer
2025-06-04	8	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, Ellim, HamBak, Croco, Clozer, Hype, Bull, Pollu, Edgar, GuGer
2025-02-07	8 - 9	LCK Cup 2025	0 : 2⁠⁠NS	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, HamBak, Clozer, Hype, Bull, Pollu, Edgar, GuGer
2024-12-08	1	KeSPA Cup 2024	3 : 1⁠⁠DK	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, HamBak, Clozer, Hype, Bull, Pollu, Edgar, GuGer
2024-09-22	1	Asia Star Challengers Invitational 2024	3 : 0⁠⁠KDF.C	⁠⁠KT.C	Casting, HamBak, Zinie, Pout, Hype, Way, Lilac, Sonstar, Spark
2024-09-06	1	LCK CL 2024 Summer Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠DK.C	⁠⁠KT.C	Casting, HamBak, Zinie, Hype, Way, Lilac, Sonstar, Spark
2024-08-16	1	LCK CL 2024 Summer	16 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KT.C	Casting, PerfecT, HamBak, Zinie, Hype, Way, Lilac, Sonstar, Spark
2024-04-12	1	LCK CL 2024 Spring Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠DK.C	⁠⁠KT.C	Casting, HamBak, Zinie, Hype, Way, Lilac, Sonstar, Spark
2024-03-22	1	LCK CL 2024 Spring	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KT.C	Casting, HamBak, Pout, Zinie, Hype, Way, Lilac, Sonstar, Spark

Hype (Byeon Jeong-hyeon) Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-04-21	1 - 2	2025 Unicef LCK Package	1 : 1⁠⁠2025	⁠⁠2025	Rich, Pyosik, Zeka, Hype, Keria

Media

Post-Match Interviews

2022
2023
2024
2025

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-01-17	LCK CL 2022 Spring	LSB.C vs KDF.C	Link
2022-02-08	LCK CL 2022 Spring	HLE.C vs LSB.C	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-01-23	LCK CL 2023 Spring	KT.C vs BRO.C	Link
2023-01-31	LCK CL 2023 Spring	KT.C vs HLE.C	Link
2023-02-06	LCK CL 2023 Spring	KT.C vs DK.C	Link
2023-02-13	LCK CL 2023 Spring	KT.C vs GEN.GA	Link
2023-06-05	LCK CL 2023 Summer	KDF.C vs KT.C	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-02-06	LCK CL 2024 Spring	KT.C vs DRX.C	Link
2024-02-19	LCK CL 2024 Spring	KT.C vs KDF.C	Link
2024-04-11	LCK CL 2024 Spring Playoffs	KT.C vs NS.EA	Link
2024-04-12	LCK CL 2024 Spring Playoffs	DK.C vs KT.C	Link
2024-07-16	LCK CL 2024 Summer	DRX.C vs KT.C	Link
2024-07-29	LCK CL 2024 Summer	HLE.C vs KT.C	Link
2024-08-12	LCK CL 2024 Summer	BFX.Y vs KT.C	Link
2024-09-02	LCK CL 2024 Summer Playoffs	KT.C vs KDF.C	Link
2024-09-06	LCK CL 2024 Summer Playoffs	KT.C vs DK.C	Link
2024-09-19	Asia Star Challengers Invitational 2024	KDF.C vs KT.C	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2025-08-09	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5	DRX vs BRO	Link
2025-08-31	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5	DRX vs BRO	Link

Images

LSB.C Kingkong, LCK CL 2021 Spring
LSB Kingkong, LCK 2021 Summer
LSB.C KingKong, LCK CL 2022 Summer
KT.C Hype, LCK CL 2023 Summer
KT.C Hype, LCK CL 2024 Spring
KT.C Hype, LCK CL 2024 Summer
BRO Hype, LCK Cup 2025

Redirects

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 “3초 각을 캐치하라”… 샌드박스 아카데미의 ‘빡센’ 하루 (Korean) kmib.co.kr
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 LCK CL's Twitter twitter.com
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 LCK CL's Twitter twitter.com
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post x.com
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 ^20.3 ^20.4 ^20.5 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 Misa Esports' X Post (Turkish) x.com
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 2022 서머, 1주차 로스터 (Korean) lckcl.co.kr
↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-01-13; after change - KR - 2021-01-14
↑ KeSPA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2023-01-03; after change - KR - 2023-01-04
↑ KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2025-01-16; after change - KR - 2025-01-17

[News/2020-12-18_ref_5-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-01-14_ref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 “3초 각을 캐치하라”… 샌드박스 아카데미의 ‘빡센’ 하루 (Korean) kmib.co.kr

[News/2021-05-25_ref_63-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-12-18_ref_8-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2021-07-04_ref_14-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 LCK CL's Twitter twitter.com

[News/2021-05-25_ref_64-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2022-11-21_ref_51-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2021-07-04_ref_15-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 LCK CL's Twitter twitter.com

[News/2025-11-18_ref_19-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post x.com

[News/2023-01-04_ref_18-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com

[News/2025-11-17_ref_36-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2025-11-17_ref_37-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2025-11-17_ref_38-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2025-11-17_ref_39-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2025-11-17_ref_40-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2025-11-17_ref_41-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[Hype_loan_ends_Nov_2025-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2024-11-22_ref_15-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2024-11-22_ref_16-19] 19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[BRO_Hype-20] 20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 ^20.3 ^20.4 ^20.5 OKSavingsBank BRION's X Post (Korean) x.com

[News/2025-11-20_ref_5-21] 21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 Misa Esports' X Post (Turkish) x.com

[News/2020-12-14_ref_17-22] 22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com

[News/2022-06-02_ref_50-23] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 2022 서머, 1주차 로스터 (Korean) lckcl.co.kr

[News/2021-01-14_ref_59-24] Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-01-13; after change - KR - 2021-01-14

[Kespa_Cup_2021_Roster_2-25] KeSPA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com

[KR_GCD_2023-01-04-26] Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2023-01-03; after change - KR - 2023-01-04

[News/2024-11-21_ref_20-27] KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com

[News/2025-01-17_ref_30-28] Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2025-01-16; after change - KR - 2025-01-17

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