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KaKAO
SG KaKAO Legend Cup Season 2
Background Information
NameLee Byung-kwon (이병권)
Country of Birth
South Korea
BirthdayDecember 7, 1995 (age 29)
Residency
KR
Korea
Competitive
Role
Analyst
Favorite Champs


Soloqueue IDsEUW: ıaöçcı, Zafer Bayram
KR: MSF KaKAO xXz, 케이티 KaKAO, KT KaKAO, KT KaKAO, 병권좌
Social Media & Links
Infobox Facebook Fanpagelogo std
Infobox LOLProslogo std
Infobox Twitterlogo std

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

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
KR
KT Rolster Blogo stdKT Rolster B
Oct 20122012-10-10[2]Feb 20132013-02-27[1]4mo 17d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Alogo stdKT Rolster A
Feb 20132013-02-27[4]May 20132013-05-31[3]3mo 4d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Bulletslogo stdKT Rolster Bullets
May 20132013-05-31[6]Feb 20142014-02-11[5]8mo 11d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Arrowslogo stdKT Rolster Arrows
Feb 20142014-02-11[8]Oct 20142014-10-06[7]7mo 23d
ejel
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
Dec 20142014-12-18[10]Dec 20152015-12-29[9]1yr 11d
ejel
CN
Wan Yoologo stdWan Yoo
Jan 20162016-01-25[12]May 20162016-05-18[11]3mo 24d
ejel
CN
WYDreamlogo stdWYDream
May 20162016-05-18[14]Dec 20162016-12-13[13]6mo 26d
ejel
EU
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMisfits Gaming
Dec 20162016-12-13[18]May 20172017-05-09[16]4mo 27d
ejel
TR
Dark Passagelogo stdDark Passage
Dec 20172017-12-22[20]May 20182018-05-08[19]4mo 17d
ejel
KR
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJin Air Green Wings
May 20182018-05-08[22]Nov 20182018-11-19[21]6mo 11d
ejel
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPK Prince
Dec 20182018-12-11[24]Nov 20192019-11-19[23]11mo 8d
ejel
KR
Seorabeol Gaminglogo stdSeorabeol Gaming
Jan 20202020-01-27[26]Apr 20202020-04-30[25]3mo 3d
ejel
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdPapara SuperMassive
Jun 20202020-06-14[28]Nov 20202020-11-20[27]5mo 6d
ejel
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Jun 20232023-06-04Jan 20242024-01-13[29]7mo 9d
ejel
TeamStartEnd
Notes
KR
KT Rolster Blogo stdKT Rolster B
Oct 20122012-10-10[2]Feb 20132013-02-27[1]4mo 17d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Alogo stdKT Rolster A
Feb 20132013-02-27[4]May 20132013-05-31[3]3mo 4d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Blogo stdKT Rolster B
May 20132013-05-31[6]Jun 20132013-06-20[30]20d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Bulletslogo stdKT Rolster Bullets
Jun 20132013-06-20[30]Feb 20142014-02-11[5]7mo 21d
ejel
KR
KT Rolster Arrowslogo stdKT Rolster Arrows
Feb 20142014-02-11[8]Oct 20142014-10-06[7]7mo 23d
ejel
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming
Dec 20142014-12-18[10]Dec 20152015-12-29[9]1yr 11d
ejel
CN
Wan Yoologo stdWan Yoo
Jan 20162016-01-25[12]May 20162016-05-18[11]3mo 24d
ejel
CN
WYDreamlogo stdWYDream
May 20162016-05-18[14]Dec 20162016-12-13[13]6mo 26d
ejel
EU
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMisfits Gaming
Dec 20162016-12-13[18]May 20172017-05-09[16]4mo 27d
ejel
TR
Dark Passagelogo stdDark Passage
Dec 20172017-12-22[20]Apr 20182018-04-18[31]3mo 27d
ejel
TR
Dark Passagelogo stdDark Passage
Apr 20182018-04-18[31]May 20182018-05-08[19]20d
ejel
KR
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJin Air Green Wings
May 20182018-05-08[22]Nov 20182018-11-19[21]6mo 11d
ejel
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPK Prince
Dec 20182018-12-11[24]Jun 20192019-06-055mo 25d
ejel
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPK Prince
Jun 20192019-06-05Jul 20192019-07-121mo 7dInactive
ejel
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPK Prince
Jul 20192019-07-12Nov 20192019-11-19[23]4mo 7d
ejel
KR
Seorabeol Gaminglogo stdSeorabeol Gaming
Jan 20202020-01-27[26]Apr 20202020-04-30[25]3mo 3d
ejel
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdPapara SuperMassive
Jun 20202020-06-14[28]Nov 20202020-11-20[27]5mo 6d
ejel
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Jun 20232023-06-04Jan 20242024-01-13[29]7mo 9d
ejel

News

  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2023
  • 2024
KR
KT Rolster Blogo stdKT BOctober 10, KT Rolster Blogo stdKT Rolster B is formed and acquires the slot of StarTalelogo stdStarTale.
Ragan,
KaKAO,
Ryu,
Score,
Mafa, Lee Ji-hoon (Head Coach), and Oh Chang-jong (Coach) join.
[2]
KR
KT Rolster Blogo stdKT BFebruary 27,
ssumday and
inSec join.

Ragan and
KaKAO leave.[1]
KR
KT Rolster Alogo stdKT AFebruary 27,
KaKAO and
Me5 join.
[4]
KR
KT Rolster Alogo stdKT AMay 31,
MakNooN,
Lira,
Sonstar, and
Olleh join.

Vitamin,
KaKAO,
Hiro, and
Me5 leave.[3]
KR
KT Rolster Blogo stdKT BMay 31,
KaKAO rejoins.
[6]
KR
KT Rolster Bulletslogo stdKT.BJune 20, KT Rolster Blogo stdKT Rolster B renames to KT Rolster Bulletslogo stdKT Rolster Bullets.[30]
KR
KT Rolster Arrowslogo stdKT.AFebruary 11,
KaKAO rejoins.

Zero leaves.[8]
KR
KT Rolster Bulletslogo stdKT.BFebruary 11,
Zero joins.

KaKAO leaves.[5]
KR
KT Rolster Arrowslogo stdKT.AOctober 6,
KaKAO and
RooKie leave.[7]
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiGDecember 18,
KaKAO,
RooKie, MaFa (Coach), and PoohManDu (Coach) join.
[10]
CN
Invictus Gaminglogo stdiGDecember 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]
CN
Wan Yoologo stdWYJanuary 25,
KaKAO and
Poems join.

sixsix9 and
Seok1 move to substitutes.[12]
CN
Wan Yoologo stdWYMay 18,
yueyueyue,
KaKAO,
Nagne,
Poems,
SLEEK,
Maps9,
Aggro,
z1hao,
sixsix9,
Seok1, and
Destiny leave.[11]
CN
WYDreamlogo stdWYDMay 18,
Zoom,
KaKA0,
Nagne,
mushroom,
xintai, and PanDa (Head Coach) join.

0ri and
Xu join as substitutes.
[14][15]
CN
WYDreamlogo stdWYDDecember 13,
KaKA0 leaves.[13]
EU
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSFDecember 13,
KaKAO joins.
[18]
EU
Misfits Gaminglogo stdMSFMay 9,
Maxlore and InnerFlame (General Manager) join.

KaKAO leaves.[16][17]
TR
Dark Passagelogo stdDPDecember 22,
KaKAO joins.
[20]
TR
Dark Passagelogo stdDPApril 18,
Marshall,
KaKAO, and
Ruvelius move to substitutes.[31]
TR
Dark Passagelogo stdDPMay 8,
KaKAO leaves.[19]
KR
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAGMay 8,
KaKAO and
Nova join.
[22]
KR
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAGNovember 19,
SoHwan,
KaKAO,
Justice,
Teddy, and Fly (Coach) leave.[21]
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPKDecember 11,
erssu,
KaKAO, and
X join.

Troy rejoins.
[24]
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPKJune 5,
Kuma and
Haeseong join.

KaKAO becomes inactive.
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPKJuly 12,
KaKAO becomes active.

Kuma moves to substitute.
Paladin becomes inactive.
KR
APK Princelogo stdAPKNovember 19,
Kuma moves to starting roster.
KaKAO leaves.[23]
KR
Seorabeol Gaminglogo stdSRBJanuary 27,
KaKAO joins.

Lira leaves.[26]
KR
Seorabeol Gaminglogo stdSRBApril 30,
KaKAO,
DanChung,
Sangyoon, and
Nova leave.[25]
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUPJune 14,
KaKAO joins.

SnowFlower and GBM (Coach) rejoin.
[28]
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUPJune 15,
KakaO,
SnowFlower, and GBM (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[32]
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUPOctober 13,
KaKAO, GBM (Coach), and Pades (Coach) are allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[33][34][35]
TR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUPNovember 20,
KaKAO leaves.[27]
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiotJune 4, Easyhoon (Analyst), KaKAO (Analyst), MaRin (Analyst), and Mata (Analyst) join.
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiotJanuary 13, Ambition (Analyst) and CuVee (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) rejoins. KaKAO (Analyst) and MaRin (Analyst) leave.[29]

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 SinSquareLee 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.

Minimum place

KaKAO Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2024-12-082 Legend Cup Season 2
2 : 3Blood (Chinese Team)logo stdBL
Super Gaminglogo stdSG Langx,  Kakao,  xiaocaobao,  Puff,  Heart,  X1ri
2024-06-181 Game Not Over 2024
3 : 2Gen.G Scholarslogo stdGEN.SC
하오골레비아탄logo std하오골 MaRin,  KaKAO,  Easyhoon,  Ggoggo,  Fury,  H Dragon
2020-09-3017 - 18 Worlds 2020
0 : 3Unicorns of Love.CISlogo stdUOL
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP Armut,  KaKAO,  Bolulu,  Zeitnot,  SnowFlower,  GBM,  Pades
2020-09-051 TCL 2020 Summer Playoffs
3 : 25 Roninlogo std5R
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP Armut,  KaKAO,  Bolulu,  Zeitnot,  SnowFlower,  Pades,  GBM
2020-08-023 TCL 2020 Summer
11 - 7Blanklogo stdRR
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP Skewer,  Armut,  Kituruken,  KaKAO,  Rhemio,  Bolulu,  Coldraa,  Zeitnot,  Fastlegged,  SnowFlower,  Pades,  Tacocat,  GBM
2020-04-30NQ LCK 2020 Summer Promotion
0 : 3SANDBOX Gaminglogo stdSB
Seorabeol Gaminglogo stdSRB Thal,  KaKAO,  DanChung,  Sangyoon,  Nova,  Kage,  GiZMO
2020-04-171 CK 2020 Spring
11 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
Seorabeol Gaminglogo stdSRB Thal,  KaKAO,  DanChung,  Sangyoon,  Nova,  GiZMO,  Saint
2019-09-10Q LCK 2020 Spring Promotion
3 : 1Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAG
APK Princelogo stdAPK ikssu,  KaKAO,  Cover,  Trigger,  Secret,  Sickness,  Arora
2019-08-291 CK 2019 Summer Playoffs
3 : 2VSG (Korean Team)logo stdVSG
APK Princelogo stdAPK ikssu,  KaKAO,  Cover,  Trigger,  Secret,  Sickness,  Arora
2019-08-124 CK 2019 Summer
9 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
APK Princelogo stdAPK ikssu,  Kuma,  KaKAO,  HaeSeong,  Cover,  Trigger,  Secret,  Sickness,  Arora

Media[]

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2020-09-05TCL 2020 Summer Playoffs
5 Roninlogo std5R
vs
Papara SuperMassivelogo stdSUP
Link
2019-09-10LCK 2020 Spring Promotion
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAG
vs
APK Princelogo stdAPK

Interviews[]

Articles[]

  • 2017
  • 2015

Other Content[]

Images[]

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 '인섹' 최인석, KT롤스터 B팀 간다… '카카오' 이병권은 A팀으로 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 KT 롤스터, LOL팀 창단 공식 발표 (Korean) dailygame.co.kr
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 '막눈'은 KT A 입단, '카카오'는 KT B로…KT롤스터 A 리빌딩 완료 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 '인섹' 최인석, KT롤스터 B팀 간다… '카카오' 이병권은 A팀으로 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 [롤 마스터즈] SKT LTE-A 마스터즈 2014 로스터 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 '막눈'은 KT A 입단, '카카오'는 KT B로…KT롤스터 A 리빌딩 완료 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 '카카오' 이병권-'루키' 송의진, KT 떠난다 (Korean) dailygame.co.kr
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 [롤 마스터즈] SKT LTE-A 마스터즈 2014 로스터 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  9. 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. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Invictus Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
  11. 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. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Report: KaKAO to join Wan Yoo (previously POP187 Club) thescoreesports.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Misfits' Tweet twitter.com
  14. 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. 15.0 15.1 15.2 网鱼电子竞技俱乐部's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Misfits replace KaKAO with Maxlore teammisfits.gg
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Misfits welcome Joe “InnerFlame” Elouassi as General Manager teammisfits.gg
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 Misfits' Tweet twitter.com
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 Jin Air Green Wings' Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 Dark Passage's Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 Jin Air Green Wings' Tweet twitter.com
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 Jin Air Green Wings' Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 KaKAO's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 kenzi's Tweet twitter.com
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 굿바이 서라벌, 6개월간의 기록. youtube.com
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 Sangho's AfreecaTV Post (Korean) afreecatv.com
  27. 27.0 27.1 27.2 SuperMassive Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 #SUP20 Yaz Mevsimi Kadro Duyurusu youtube.com
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 리플레이2 Ep.0 롤판 최강야구..? 무한도전..? 런닝맨..? 암튼 렛츠고! (Korean) youtube.com
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 KT 롤스터 LOL팀, “이젠 ‘애로우’와 ‘블리츠’로 불러주세요” (Korean) naver.com
  31. 31.0 31.1 31.2 Dark Passage's Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
  32. Archive Pages: before change - TUR - 2020-06-14; after change - TUR - 2020-06-15
  33. KaKAO's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  34. GBM's Tweet twitter.com
  35. Pades' Tweet twitter.com
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