Kim Down

Kim Down
Kim Down
Background Information
Name	Ethan Song
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	December 19, 1999 (age 26)
Residency	NANorth America
Prev Residencies	AMEAmericas; NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Zenshi Gaming
Role	; Support
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	NA: sup line#NA1
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Ethan "Kim Down" Song is a League of Legends esports player, currently support for Zenshi Gaming.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠UC Irvine	≈Feb 2019≈2019-02-??	Aug 20222022-08-03	≈3yr 6mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Rex Regalis	Jun 20192019-06-17^[2]	Aug 20192019-08-01^[1]	1mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Wildcard Gaming	May 20202020-05-31^[4]	Jul 20202020-07-08^[3]	1mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Mercenaries	≈Jul 2021≈2021-07-02	≈Sep 2021≈2021-09-02	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Pending	Aug 20222022-08-04	Aug 20222022-08-10	6d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Zenigma	Sep 20222022-09-19^[5]	Oct 20222022-10-21	1mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Dec 20222022-12-06^[7]	Jan 20232023-01-11	1mo 5d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠TL Challengers	Jan 20232023-01-11	Nov 20242024-11-26^[8]	1yr 10mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Peach Cats	Dec 20232023-12-15	Dec 20232023-12-15		Temp Sub ejel
AME	⁠⁠Straw Hat Crew	Sep 20242024-09-22^[10]	Dec 20242024-12-05	2mo 13d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Galaxy Gaming	Feb 20252025-02-24^[11]	Jun 20252025-06-01	3mo 5d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Zenshi Gaming	Aug 20252025-08-22	Present	5mo 1d	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠UC Irvine	≈Feb 2019≈2019-02-??	Jan 20202020-01-25^[12]	≈11mo 24d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Rex Regalis	Jun 20192019-06-17^[2]	Aug 20192019-08-01^[1]	1mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠UC Irvine	Jan 20202020-01-25^[12]	Aug 20222022-08-03	2yr 6mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Wildcard Gaming	May 20202020-05-31^[4]	Jul 20202020-07-08^[3]	1mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Mercenaries	≈Jul 2021≈2021-07-02	Jul 20212021-07-07^[13]	≈5d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Mercenaries	Jul 20212021-07-07^[13]	≈Sep 2021≈2021-09-02	≈1mo 26d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Pending	Aug 20222022-08-04	Aug 20222022-08-10	6d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Zenigma	Sep 20222022-09-19^[5]	Oct 20222022-10-21	1mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Dec 20222022-12-06^[7]	Jan 20232023-01-11	1mo 5d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠TL Challengers	Jan 20232023-01-11	Nov 20242024-11-26^[8]	1yr 10mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Peach Cats	Dec 20232023-12-15	Dec 20232023-12-15		Temp Sub ejel
AME	⁠⁠Straw Hat Crew	Sep 20242024-09-22^[10]	Dec 20242024-12-05	2mo 13d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Galaxy Gaming	Feb 20252025-02-24^[11]	Jun 20252025-06-01	3mo 5d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Zenshi Gaming	Aug 20252025-08-22	Present	5mo 1d	ej

News

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

NA	⁠⁠UCI	February (approx.), JPQ, MultiTasker, and Kim Down join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠REX	June 17, Captain Nuke, Im Avi, Descraton, Youngbin, Kim Down, and Raafaa (Owner) join. Lattman joins as substitute.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠REX	August 1, Captain Nuke, Im Avi, Descraton, Eclipse, Kim Down, Lattman, Youngbin, and Raafaa (Owner) leave.^[1] e

NA	⁠⁠UCI	January 25, Kim Down moves to starting roster.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠WC	May 31, aaron and Kim Down join as substitutes. Slooshi and Gweiss leave.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠WC	July 8, ⁠⁠Wildcard Gaming is disbanded. Dragoon, ShorterACE, Command Attack, TiaxWillRuleAll, Joey, aaron, Kim Down, ArgentumSky (Coach), and Lolly (Manager) leave.^[3] e

NA	⁠⁠MERC	July 2 (approx.), Naymore and Kim Down join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠MERC	July 7, Kim Down moves to starting roster. SweatyToast moves to substitute. Naymore leaves.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠MERC	September 2 (approx.), Berik, Rourke, Cinnamon Bread, sahori, Kim Down, and SweatyToast leave. e

NA	⁠⁠UCI	August 3, Kim Down leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠TBA	August 4, porsche and Kim Down join. Topo and Chookies move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠TBA	August 10, porsche, Kitzuo, RobbyBob, Massu, Kim Down, Topo, Arguments, Chookies, and Tohka (Head Coach) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠ZEN	September 19, Cozy, Baekho, TOWN, hoooing, Kim Down, and xav (Head Coach) join.^[5]^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠ZEN	October 21, Cozy, Baekho, TOWN, hoooing, Kim Down, Youngbin, and xav (Head Coach) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	December 6, Arrow and Kim Down join. Mir and APA's joining is confirmed.^[7] Arrow's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Kim Down's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.^[14] e

NA	⁠⁠TLC	January 11, ⁠⁠TL Academy renames to ⁠⁠TL Challengers. Bradley and Arrow's contracts are transferred to ⁠⁠TL Challengers in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Mir, APA, and Kim Down's contracts are transferred to ⁠⁠TL Challengers in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠TLC	December 8, Jenkins, Keel, Roamer, Spawn, and Mash (Head Coach) join. Kim Down will remain with the team. Bradley leaves. Mir and Haeri's departures are confirmed.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠PC	December 15, Kim Down joins as temporary substitute for Grand Finals of ACL 2023 Fall Playoffs. MooseHater, Keel, Onat, Wixxi, Isles, existence, OddOrange, ChickenNugget, rjs, Rast (Analyst), and Griffin (Head Coach) leave. Kim Down (temporary substitute) leaves. e

NA	⁠⁠SHC	September 22, calculus, Frost4, XiaoDanny, Sushee, Kim Down, Lynzu (Head Coach), and Keter Class SCP (General Manager) join. RoseThorn joins as substitute.^[10] e
AME	⁠⁠SHC	October 31, Kim Down changes residency from NA North America to AME Americas. e
AME	⁠⁠TLC	November 26, Team will no longer participate in the NACL. Jenkins, Spawn, Kim Down, and Mash (Head Coach) leave.^[8]^[9] e
AME	⁠⁠SHC	December 5, DrCalculus, Frost4, XiaoDanny, Sushee, Kim Down, Bio, Zan, Cinna, Daption, Lynzu (Head Coach), and Keter Class SCP (General Manager) leave. e

AME	⁠⁠GG	February 24, Cozy, Kaido, Ariendel, InoriB, Kim Down, Kouke (Head Coach), and miliana (Manager) join. Cinna and Likable join as substitutes.^[11] e
AME	⁠⁠GG	June 1, Cozy, Ariendel, and Kim Down leave. e
AME	⁠⁠ZNG	August 22, Berik, Nxi, Cupic, Globby, Kim Down, Comp9 (Head Coach), and Kaisen (Manager) join. e
NA	⁠⁠ZNG	November 17, Kim Down changes residency from AME Americas to NA North America. e

Biography

Kim Down is from Daejeon, South Korea. In 2019, he joined UC Irvine as their junior varsity support, playing behind ex-LCS pro BloodWater. After BloodWater graduated at the end of the school year, Kim Down moved up to the varsity support position. He would remain as UCI's varsity support until he graduated at the end of the 2022 school year. He then competed in Team Liquid's scouting combine and was on the winning team. Due to his performance in the combine, he was signed to Team Liquid Academy for the 2023 season.

Trivia

Studied computer engineering at University of California Irvine.
Began playing League of Legends in 2014.
Reached Rank 1 on the North American server on October 7, 2021.^[17]

Tournament Results

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

Kim Down Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-12-15	5 - 6	ACL 2025 Fall Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠DOG	⁠⁠DOGB	Cozy, Munchy, shochi, Daption, Kim Down
2025-09-17	NQ	NACL 2026 Split 1 Promotion	1 : 3⁠⁠CPD	⁠⁠ZNG	Berik, Nxi, Cupic, Globby, Kim Down, Comp9
2025-08-30	Q	NACL 2026 Split 1 Open Qualifier	3 : 1⁠⁠LTS	⁠⁠ZNG	Berik, Nxi, Cupic, Globby, Kim Down, Comp9
2025-05-31	NQ	NACL 2025 Split 2 Open Qualifier	1 : 2⁠⁠THE	⁠⁠GG	Cozy, crackadon, Ariendel, InoriB, Kim Down, Hermes
2025-03-09	NQ	NACL 2025 Split 1 Qualifier	0 : 2⁠⁠CTG	⁠⁠GG	Cozy, Kaido, Ariendel, InoriB, Kim Down, Kouke
2024-12-06	7 - 8	ACL 2024 Fall Playoffs	0 : 2⁠⁠PP	⁠⁠SHC	calculus, Bio, Frost4, XiaoDanny, Sushee, ROCKBOOM, Kim Down, Lynzu
2024-11-19	3	ACL 2024 Fall - Noxus	5 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHC	DrCalculus, Frost4, Bio, Zan, XiaoDanny, Cinna, Sushee, ROCKBOOM, Kim Down, Lynzu
2024-08-24	7 - 8	NACL 2024 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠DSG	⁠⁠TLC	Jenkins, Keel, Roamer, Spawn, Kim Down, Mash
2024-08-11	6	NACL 2024 Summer	4 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TLC	Jenkins, Keel, Roamer, Spawn, Kim Down, Mash
2024-03-24	3	NACL 2024 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠MU	⁠⁠TLC	Jenkins, Keel, Roamer, Spawn, Kim Down, Mash

Media

Post-Match Interviews

2023
2024

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-02-05	NACL 2023 Spring	TLC vs TLF	Link
2023-02-25	NACL 2023 Spring	TLC vs EGC	Link
2023-03-11	NACL 2023 Spring Playoffs	WC vs TLC	Link
2023-06-18	NACL 2023 Summer	TLC vs SN
2023-06-24	NACL 2023 Summer	TLC vs WC
2023-07-17	NACL 2023 Summer	EGC vs TLC

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-07-05	NACL 2024 Summer	TLC vs CCG	Link

Images

UCI Kim Down, West Conference 2019
UCI Kim Down, CLOL 2022 Championship
TLC Kim Down, NACL 2023 Spring

Redirects

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rex Regalis' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rex Ragalis' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ShorterACE's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 RCL Roster Sheet docs.google.com
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Zenigma's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 UPL Fall 2022 docs.google.com
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Americas Tier 2 Primer lolesports.com
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Team Liquid's X Post x.com
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ACL Fall 2024 Spreadsheet docs.google.com
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Galaxy Gaming's X Post x.com
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 UPL 2021 Summer Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2022-12-05; after change - NA - 2022-12-06
↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-01-10; after change - NA - 2023-01-11
↑ Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
↑ Kim Down's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-07-28_ref_76-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rex Regalis' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-06-17_ref_15-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rex Ragalis' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-07-05_ref_37-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ShorterACE's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-05-31_ref_10-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 RCL Roster Sheet docs.google.com

[News/2022-09-18_ref_15-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Zenigma's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2022-09-18_ref_16-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 UPL Fall 2022 docs.google.com

[News/2022-12-06_ref_20-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2024-11-26_ref_45-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Americas Tier 2 Primer lolesports.com

[News/2024-11-26_ref_46-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Team Liquid's X Post x.com

[News/2024-09-22_ref_15-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ACL Fall 2024 Spreadsheet docs.google.com

[News/2025-02-24_ref_6-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Galaxy Gaming's X Post x.com

[News/2020-01-25_ref_5-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 UCI Esports' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2021-07-04_ref_65-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 UPL 2021 Summer Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com

[News/2022-12-06_ref_25-14] Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2022-12-05; after change - NA - 2022-12-06

[News/2023-01-11_ref_13-15] Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-01-10; after change - NA - 2023-01-11

[TLC_Roster_Dec_2023-16] Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com

[17] Kim Down's Tweet twitter.com

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