Kael (Kim Jin-hong)

Kael
Kael
Background Information
Name	Kim Jin-hong (김진홍)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	February 11, 2004 (age 21)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend
Contract Expires	2027-11-16
Role	; Support
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Khael
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 봄방학기간#KR1 ; 카 엘#0211 ; NA: 7 DAY#2025
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Kael" Jin-hong (Hangul: 김진홍) is a League of Legends esports player, currently support for Anyone's Legend.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Kael. One other player shares this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G Academy	Sep 20202020-09-10^[2]	Dec 20202020-12-16^[1]	3mo 6d ejel
KR	⁠⁠GEN Challengers	Dec 20202020-12-16^[4]	Nov 20212021-11-26^[3]	11mo 10d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX	Nov 20212021-11-26^[10]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[5]	2yr 24d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend	Dec 20232023-12-12^[11]	Present	2yr 1mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G Academy	Sep 20202020-09-10^[2]	Dec 20202020-12-16^[1]	3mo 6d ejel
KR	⁠⁠GEN Challengers	Dec 20202020-12-16^[4]	Nov 20212021-11-26^[3]	11mo 10d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Liiv SANDBOX	Nov 20212021-11-26^[10]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[5]	2yr 24d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend	Dec 20232023-12-12^[11]	Present	2yr 1mo ej

News

2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
2026

KR	⁠⁠GEN.A	September 10, Khael joins.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN.A	December 16, Dice, Ophelia, and Khael leave for LCK CL roster.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN.C	December 16, Lonely, Yeongjae, Envy, and Dokgo (Coach) join. Dice, Ophelia, and Khael join from academy roster.^[4] e

KR	⁠⁠GEN.C	January 11, Khael renames to Kael.^[16] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN.C	January 14, Lonely, Youngjae, and Envyy's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021. Dice, Ophelia, and Kael's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[17] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN.C	November 26, Kael leaves.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB	November 26, Kael joins. Envyy joins as substitute.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠LSB	November 28, Kael's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Envyy's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[18] e

KR	⁠⁠LSB	November 20, DooTi (Coach) joins from sister team ⁠⁠LSB Challengers. Seobi (Assistant Coach to Coach) changes position. Clear and Willer's contracts are extended through 2025. Burdol, Clozer, Teddy, Kael, and Lyn (Assistant Coach) leave.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠AL	December 12, Hery, Croco, Kael, Joker (Head Coach), and Renzhe (Coach) join. Relife joins as substitute from academy roster. fishball (Assistant Coach to Analyst) changes position. Harder leaves for academy roster.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] e

CN	⁠⁠AL	January 9, Hery, Croco, Hope, Kael, and Relife's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025. Shanks' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.^[19] e
CN	⁠⁠AL	December 12, Hope and Kael will remain with the team for 2025.^[20] e

CN

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⁠AL

December 9, Helper (Head Coach) and Teacherma (Coach) join.
Flandre,
Tarzan,
Shanks,
Hope, and
Kael's contracts are extended.^[21]^[22]^[23]

e

CN

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⁠AL

January 15,
Flandre and
Shanks' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2026.
Tarzan,
Hope, and
Kael's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2027.^[24]

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Biography

Trivia

Individual Awards

LPL 1st All-Pro Team x2 (Split 1 2025, Split 2 2025)
LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x1 (Summer 2022)

Tournament Results

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

Kael (Kim Jin-hong) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-10-31	5 - 8	Worlds 2025	2 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-09-20	3	LPL 2025 Grand Finals	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-08-28	4	LPL 2025 Split 3 - Group Ascend	8 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-07-20	2	Esports World Cup 2025	2 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠AGAL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-07-11	3	MSI 2025	2 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-06-14	1	LPL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-05-22	2	LPL 2025 Split 2 - Group Ascend	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-03-28	Q	LPL 2025 Split 2 Placements	5 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-03-01	2	LPL 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai
2025-02-16	1	LPL 2025 Split 1 - Group A	3 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Xiaobai

Kael (Kim Jin-hong) Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-12-27	1	2025 Puyuan Esports Festival	3 : 2⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠AL	Flandre, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Helper, Teacherma

Media

Post-Match Interviews

2021
2022
2023
2025

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-02-02	LCK CL 2021 Spring	GEN.C vs LSB.C	Link
2021-03-16	LCK CL 2021 Spring	GEN.C vs NS.C	Link
2021-06-28	LCK CL 2021 Summer	GEN.C vs NS.C	Link
2021-07-27	LCK CL 2021 Summer	GEN.C vs DRX.C	Link
2021-08-27	LCK CL 2021 Summer Playoffs	GEN.C vs AF.C	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-07-07	LCK 2022 Summer	HLE vs LSB	Link
2022-08-03	LCK 2022 Summer	LSB vs DK	Link
2022-08-12	LCK 2022 Summer	BRO vs LSB	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-02-01	LCK 2023 Spring	NS vs LSB	Link
2023-03-18	LCK 2023 Spring	LSB vs HLE	Link

Date	Tournament	Match
2025-02-10	LPL 2025 Split 1	WE vs AL
2025-04-08	LPL 2025 Split 2	AL vs iG
2025-05-01	LPL 2025 Split 2	iG vs AL
2025-06-14	LPL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	AL vs BLG
2025-08-17	LPL 2025 Split 3	WBG vs AL