Retired as Player | ||
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KaKAO | ||
Background Information | ||
Name | Lee Byung-kwon (이병권) | |
Country of Birth | South Korea | |
Birthday | December 7, 1995 (age 29) | |
Residency | Korea | |
Competitive | ||
Role | Analyst | |
Favorite Champs | ||
Soloqueue IDs | EUW: ıaöçcı, Zafer Bayram KR: MSF KaKAO xXz, 케이티 KaKAO, KT KaKAO, KT KaKAO, 병권좌 | |
Social Media & Links | ||
Lee "KaKAO" Byung-kwon (Hangul: 이병권) is a League of Legends esports player, previously analyst for Riot Games Inc.. His name was previously stylized Kakao, KAKAO, and KaKA0.
Team History
Team | Start | End | |||
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KT Rolster B | Oct 20122012-10-10[2] | Feb 20132013-02-27[1] | 4mo 17d ejel | ||
KT Rolster A | Feb 20132013-02-27[4] | May 20132013-05-31[3] | 3mo 4d ejel | ||
KT Rolster Bullets | May 20132013-05-31[6] | Feb 20142014-02-11[5] | 8mo 11d ejel | ||
KT Rolster Arrows | Feb 20142014-02-11[8] | Oct 20142014-10-06[7] | 7mo 23d ejel | ||
Invictus Gaming | Dec 20142014-12-18[10] | Dec 20152015-12-29[9] | 1yr 11d ejel | ||
Wan Yoo | Jan 20162016-01-25[12] | May 20162016-05-18[11] | 3mo 24d ejel | ||
WYDream | May 20162016-05-18[14] | Dec 20162016-12-13[13] | 6mo 26d ejel | ||
Misfits Gaming | Dec 20162016-12-13[18] | May 20172017-05-09[16] | 4mo 27d ejel | ||
Dark Passage | Dec 20172017-12-22[20] | May 20182018-05-08[19] | 4mo 17d ejel | ||
Jin Air Green Wings | May 20182018-05-08[22] | Nov 20182018-11-19[21] | 6mo 11d ejel | ||
APK Prince | Dec 20182018-12-11[24] | Nov 20192019-11-19[23] | 11mo 8d ejel | ||
Seorabeol Gaming | Jan 20202020-01-27[26] | Apr 20202020-04-30[25] | 3mo 3d ejel | ||
Papara SuperMassive | Jun 20202020-06-14[28] | Nov 20202020-11-20[27] | 5mo 6d ejel | ||
Riot Games Inc. | Jun 20232023-06-04 | Jan 20242024-01-13[29] | 7mo 9d ejel |
Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
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KT Rolster B | Oct 20122012-10-10[2] | Feb 20132013-02-27[1] | 4mo 17d | ejel | ||
KT Rolster A | Feb 20132013-02-27[4] | May 20132013-05-31[3] | 3mo 4d | ejel | ||
KT Rolster B | May 20132013-05-31[6] | Jun 20132013-06-20[30] | 20d | ejel | ||
KT Rolster Bullets | Jun 20132013-06-20[30] | Feb 20142014-02-11[5] | 7mo 21d | ejel | ||
KT Rolster Arrows | Feb 20142014-02-11[8] | Oct 20142014-10-06[7] | 7mo 23d | ejel | ||
Invictus Gaming | Dec 20142014-12-18[10] | Dec 20152015-12-29[9] | 1yr 11d | ejel | ||
Wan Yoo | Jan 20162016-01-25[12] | May 20162016-05-18[11] | 3mo 24d | ejel | ||
WYDream | May 20162016-05-18[14] | Dec 20162016-12-13[13] | 6mo 26d | ejel | ||
Misfits Gaming | Dec 20162016-12-13[18] | May 20172017-05-09[16] | 4mo 27d | ejel | ||
Dark Passage | Dec 20172017-12-22[20] | Apr 20182018-04-18[31] | 3mo 27d | ejel | ||
Dark Passage | Apr 20182018-04-18[31] | May 20182018-05-08[19] | 20d | ejel | ||
Jin Air Green Wings | May 20182018-05-08[22] | Nov 20182018-11-19[21] | 6mo 11d | ejel | ||
APK Prince | Dec 20182018-12-11[24] | Jun 20192019-06-05 | 5mo 25d | ejel | ||
APK Prince | Jun 20192019-06-05 | Jul 20192019-07-12 | 1mo 7d | Inactive ejel | ||
APK Prince | Jul 20192019-07-12 | Nov 20192019-11-19[23] | 4mo 7d | ejel | ||
Seorabeol Gaming | Jan 20202020-01-27[26] | Apr 20202020-04-30[25] | 3mo 3d | ejel | ||
Papara SuperMassive | Jun 20202020-06-14[28] | Nov 20202020-11-20[27] | 5mo 6d | ejel | ||
Riot Games Inc. | Jun 20232023-06-04 | Jan 20242024-01-13[29] | 7mo 9d | ejel |
News
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- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2023
- 2024
KT B | October 10, KT Rolster B is formed and acquires the slot of StarTale. Ragan, KaKAO, Ryu, Score, Mafa, Lee Ji-hoon (Head Coach), and Oh Chang-jong (Coach) join.[2] |
KT B | February 27, ssumday and inSec join. Ragan and KaKAO leave.[1] | |
KT A | February 27, KaKAO and Me5 join.[4] | |
KT A | May 31, MakNooN, Lira, Sonstar, and Olleh join. Vitamin, KaKAO, Hiro, and Me5 leave.[3] | |
KT B | May 31, KaKAO rejoins.[6] | |
KT.B | June 20, KT Rolster B renames to KT Rolster Bullets.[30] |
KT.A | February 11, KaKAO rejoins. Zero leaves.[8] | |
KT.B | February 11, Zero joins. KaKAO leaves.[5] | |
KT.A | October 6, KaKAO and RooKie leave.[7] | |
iG | December 18, KaKAO, RooKie, MaFa (Coach), and PoohManDu (Coach) join.[10] |
iG | December 29, Kid (Bot to Jungle) and YongSoo (Sub/Top to Sub/Jungle) change positions. Time moves to starting roster. KaKAO leaves. Pokemon moves to trainee.[9] |
WY | January 25, KaKAO and Poems join. sixsix9 and Seok1 move to substitutes.[12] | |
WY | May 18, yueyueyue, KaKAO, Nagne, Poems, SLEEK, Maps9, Aggro, z1hao, sixsix9, Seok1, and Destiny leave.[11] | |
WYD | May 18, Zoom, KaKA0, Nagne, mushroom, xintai, and PanDa (Head Coach) join. 0ri and Xu join as substitutes.[14][15] | |
WYD | December 13, KaKA0 leaves.[13] | |
MSF | December 13, KaKAO joins.[18] |
MSF | May 9, Maxlore and InnerFlame (General Manager) join. KaKAO leaves.[16][17] | |
DP | December 22, KaKAO joins.[20] |
DP | April 18, Marshall, KaKAO, and Ruvelius move to substitutes.[31] | |
DP | May 8, KaKAO leaves.[19] | |
JAG | May 8, KaKAO and Nova join.[22] | |
JAG | November 19, SoHwan, KaKAO, Justice, Teddy, and Fly (Coach) leave.[21] | |
APK | December 11, erssu, KaKAO, and X join. Troy rejoins.[24] |
APK | June 5, Kuma and Haeseong join. KaKAO becomes inactive. | |
APK | July 12, KaKAO becomes active. Kuma moves to substitute. Paladin becomes inactive. | |
APK | November 19, Kuma moves to starting roster. KaKAO leaves.[23] |
SRB | January 27, KaKAO joins. Lira leaves.[26] | |
SRB | April 30, KaKAO, DanChung, Sangyoon, and Nova leave.[25] | |
SUP | June 14, KaKAO joins. SnowFlower and GBM (Coach) rejoin.[28] | |
SUP | June 15, KakaO, SnowFlower, and GBM (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[32] | |
SUP | October 13, KaKAO, GBM (Coach), and Pades (Coach) are allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[33][34][35] | |
SUP | November 20, KaKAO leaves.[27] |
Biography[]
Season 3[]
Lee "KaKAO" Byung-kwon joined the newly formed KT Rolster B roster alongside Ragan, Ryu, Mafa, and Score. KaKAO and KTB played their first tournament as a team during OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013. The team actually found quite a bit of success, placing third after losing two best of 5s, 3-1 and 3-0, to NaJin Sword but beating Azubu Blaze 3-0. KaKAO was moved to KTB's sister team, KT Rolster A. KTA played in OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 but they failed to make it past the group stage. KaKAO left the team to join the newly named KT Rolster Bullets. The Bullets made it all the way to the finals of HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 and played what's considered to be the best series of all time against SK Telecom T1. Unfortunately, the Bullets lost 3-2 and placed second. KTB attended the Season 3 Korea Regional Finals and met SKT in the finals. Once again they lost, this time 3-1.
2014 Season[]
The new season began for KaKAO and his team at PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014. The Bullets placed third after losing to SKT K 3-0 in the semifinals but beating NaJin White Shield 3-1 in the third place match. KaKAO was moved to the KT Rolster Arrows shortly afterwards as their new jungler. This new KTA team played their inaugural OGN in HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014. They managed to upset SKT K in the group stage and made it to the quarterfinals but they lost 3-1 to CJ Entus Blaze. HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 was KTA's breakthrough season, upsetting Samsung Blue 3-2 in the finals to win the OGN Championship. KTA managed to qualify for the 2014 Season Korea Regional Finals but they lost 3-0 to NaJin White Shield in the second round. KaKAO left the Arrows in October to join Invictus Gaming in December alongside his teammate from KTA, RooKie.
2015 Season[]
KaKAO played in his first full tournament with the team during the 2015 Demacia Cup Spring Season where they managed to make the finals but lost 3-0 to EDward Gaming. IG placed fifth in the 2015 LPL Spring Regular Season but placed third in the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs after losing 3-0 to EDG in the semifinals but beating Snake eSports 3-1 in the third place match. In the 2015 Demacia Cup Summer Season, IG placed fourth by making it to the semifinals but losing 3-1 to EDG and then 3-2 to Snake. IG placed third in the 2015 LPL Summer Regular Season and managed to play third in the 2015 LPL Summer Playoffs by losing 3-2 to the Qiao Gu Reapers but beating EDG 3-1. IG qualified for the 2015 Season China Regional Finals and placed second by beating Qiao Gu 3-0 to take the third and final Chinese seed for the 2015 Season World Championship. IG was placed in a group alongside Cloud9, Fnatic, and AHQ e-Sports Club. Unfortunately, they ended with a 2-4 record and were knocked out of the tournament in last place.
2016 Preseason[]
KaKAO left iG in December 2015.
Trivia[]
- Only plays in windowed mode.
- Known for his peculiar laugh.
- Known for his very relaxed body language on stage.
- Known for his Leopard-print glasses.
- Regarded as one of the best Lee Sin jungler in Korea.
- Had excellent synergy with Ryu and inSec allowing for well coordinated tower dives.
- Known for his trademarked Kakackle.
- MVP of HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014, winning $9,766.
- Dislikes sparkling water.
Individual Awards[]
- 1x EU 3rd All Pro Team (Spring 2017)
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2013
- 2019
- 2020
- 2023
- August 20, inSec & KaKAO: Champions of Korea [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
- September 10, APK KaKAO: "I watch a lot of replays from Clid... I’ll become a jungler that’s also aggressive, but doesn’t throw the game." with Lasso and Quest on Inven Global
- July 26, How Bad Luck and a Big Ego Ruined the Career of League’s Most Promising Superstar by theScore Esports on YouTube
- September 26, [Worlds 2020] SUP KaKAO: "In the case of Hecarim-Shen, I was inspired much by the EU players." with Viion on Inven Global
- September 28, Kakao explains why Worlds quarantine made him lose a lot of weight with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- September 28, [Worlds 2020] SUP KaKAO on MAD: "They’re not grasping the latest trend of the current meta... Kind of like us." with Quest on Inven Global
- October 2, SuperMassive’s KaKAO: ‘I will never give up’ with Kristine Tuting on ONE Esports
- January 9, The Rise and Fall of Esports’ Greatest Players by theScore esports on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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2020-09-05 | TCL 2020 Summer Playoffs | 5R vs SUP | Link |
2019-09-10 | LCK 2020 Spring Promotion | JAG vs APK |
Interviews[]
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013
- January 20, Dark Passage KaKAO - "No matter where you go, the ultimate goal is to win the league you are in" with Ashley Kang on The Shotcaller
- December 21, Lee “KaKAO” Byung-kwon reflects on joining Misfits and transitioning to the EU LCS. with Hollywood Esports
- January 16, LPL IG vs. WE Winner Interview from TeamLiquid
- October 4, IG vs AHQ - Rookie and Kakao Interview with Twitch
- October 10, Kakao: "I Think It Might Be Kind of Fun to Win 3 Games in a Row and Make It out of Groups, I'll T… with Gamespot
- October 11, KaKAO on iG's Worlds: "there was a little bit of hope, but it seems like we faded into darkness" with theScore
- October 13, Kakao on Why IG Won at the End, Time's Success, and Responds to Tabe Leak with Gamespot
- August 20, inSec & KaKAO: Champions of Korea with MachinimaVS
Articles[]
- 2017
- 2015
- January 14, EU LCS: 5 players to watch in 2017 by Xing Li on Dot Esports
- February 14, KaKAO: 'I think Misfits play smart. I like this playstyle' by Adel Chouadria on ESPN
- January 14, Will KaKAO wow China? by LoL Esports
- September 10, King of the Jungle: An In-depth look at KaKao from Gold Per 10
- September 25, King KAKAO by Follow eSports
Other Content[]
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- February 28, "A day with: KaKAO" by Team Misfits
- April 10, Hans Sama talks about how he grew in his League career with support from his family and fans with Blitz Esports
- April 12, Misfits' Hans sama: In season 3, I started watching anime and I really didn't want to start playing LoL again theScore esports
- November 18 - True LoL Show EP.17 - KaKAO, Rookie OGN Global
Images[]
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 '인섹' 최인석, KT롤스터 B팀 간다… '카카오' 이병권은 A팀으로 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 KT 롤스터, LOL팀 창단 공식 발표 (Korean) dailygame.co.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 '막눈'은 KT A 입단, '카카오'는 KT B로…KT롤스터 A 리빌딩 완료 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 '인섹' 최인석, KT롤스터 B팀 간다… '카카오' 이병권은 A팀으로 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 [롤 마스터즈] SKT LTE-A 마스터즈 2014 로스터 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 '막눈'은 KT A 입단, '카카오'는 KT B로…KT롤스터 A 리빌딩 완료 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 '카카오' 이병권-'루키' 송의진, KT 떠난다 (Korean) dailygame.co.kr
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 [롤 마스터즈] SKT LTE-A 마스터즈 2014 로스터 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 2016赛季LPL春季赛战队大名单汇总 (Chinese) lol.qq.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Invictus Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Wan Yoo buy MF Gaming's LSPL spot, will field KaKAO and Nagne on rebranded team thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Report: KaKAO to join Wan Yoo (previously POP187 Club) thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Misfits' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Wan Yoo buy MF Gaming's LSPL spot, will field KaKAO and Nagne on rebranded team thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 网鱼电子竞技俱乐部's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Misfits replace KaKAO with Maxlore teammisfits.gg
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Misfits welcome Joe “InnerFlame” Elouassi as General Manager teammisfits.gg
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Misfits' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Jin Air Green Wings' Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Dark Passage's Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Jin Air Green Wings' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Jin Air Green Wings' Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 KaKAO's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 kenzi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 굿바이 서라벌, 6개월간의 기록. youtube.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Sangho's AfreecaTV Post (Korean) afreecatv.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 SuperMassive Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 #SUP20 Yaz Mevsimi Kadro Duyurusu youtube.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 리플레이2 Ep.0 롤판 최강야구..? 무한도전..? 런닝맨..? 암튼 렛츠고! (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 KT 롤스터 LOL팀, “이젠 ‘애로우’와 ‘블리츠’로 불러주세요” (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Dark Passage's Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - TUR - 2020-06-14; after change - TUR - 2020-06-15
- ↑ KaKAO's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ GBM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Pades' Tweet twitter.com