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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Hwang Seong-hoon (황성훈) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | March 11, 2000 (age 25) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  NS RedForce | |
| Contract Expires | 2026-11-16 | |
| Role | Top Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: Kingen, 갯벌타워 EUW: babo123 | |
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Hwang "Kingen" (▶️ listen) Seong-hoon (Hangul: 황성훈) is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for Nongshim RedForce.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 APK Prince | Nov 20172017-11-19[1] | Jan 20182018-01-17 | 1mo 28d ejel | ||
 KT Academy | ≈Jan 2018≈2018-01-?? | Jul 20182018-07-09[2] | ≈5mo 22d ejel | ||
| KT Rolster | Jul 20182018-07-09[4] | Nov 20192019-11-18[3] | 1yr 4mo ejel | ||
 Bilibili Gaming | Dec 20192019-12-08[6] | Nov 20202020-11-27[5] | 11mo 19d ejel | ||
 DRX | Nov 20202020-11-28[8] | Nov 20222022-11-21[7] | 2yr 23d ejel | ||
 Hanwha Life | Nov 20222022-11-24[11] | Nov 20232023-11-20[9] | 1yr 26d ejel | ||
 Dplus KIA | Nov 20232023-11-23[13] | Nov 20242024-11-18[12] | 1yr 25d ejel | ||
| NS RedForce | Nov 20242024-11-21[16] | Present | 4mo 29d ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APK Prince | Nov 20172017-11-19[1] | Jan 20182018-01-17 | 1mo 28d ejel | ||
| KT Academy | ≈Jan 2018≈2018-01-?? | Jul 20182018-07-09[2] | ≈5mo 22d ejel | ||
| KT Rolster | Jul 20182018-07-09[4] | Jan 20192019-01-10[21] | 6mo 1d ejel | ||
| KT Rolster | Jan 20192019-01-10[21] | Nov 20192019-11-18[3] | 10mo 8d ejel | ||
| Bilibili Gaming | Dec 20192019-12-08[6] | Nov 20202020-11-27[5] | 11mo 19d ejel | ||
| DRX | Nov 20202020-11-28[8] | Nov 20222022-11-21[7] | 2yr 23d ejel | ||
| Hanwha Life | Nov 20222022-11-24[11] | Nov 20232023-11-20[9] | 1yr 26d ejel | ||
| Dplus KIA | Nov 20232023-11-23[13] | Nov 20242024-11-18[12] | 1yr 25d ejel | ||
| NS RedForce | Nov 20242024-11-21[16] | Present | 4mo 29d ej |
News
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
 APK | November 19, kingen, Medic, tae sang, and H.O.T-Forever (Head Coach) join. Speed rejoins. EHTEL and Nova become inactive. Cube, Hoglet, Press, ZergMaN (Head Coach), Laden (Coach), and MorninG (Coach) leave.[1] |
| APK | January 17, Mizz and Fix Ma (Head Coach) join. kingen, Speed, Medic, tae sang, and H.O.T-Forever (Head Coach) leave. | |
 KT.A | January (approx.), Kingen joins. | |
| KT.A | July 9, Kingen leaves for main roster.[2] | |
| KT | July 9, Mia joins as substitute. Kingen joins as substitute from academy roster. PawN becomes active.[4] |
| KT | January 10, Kingen moves to starting roster.[21] | |
| KT | February 8, Smeb, Score, BDD, Snowflower, Kingen, Zenit, Mia, ZanDarC (Head Coach), NoEX (Coach), and Sonstar (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Umti and Gango's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[22] | |
| KT | November 18, Kingen, Smeb, Score, Bdd, PraY, SnowFlower, and Zenit leave.[3] | |
 BLG | December 8, Kingen joins. ADD moves to substitute.[6] |
| BLG | January 6, Kingen, FoFo, and Moonlight's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[23] | |
| BLG | November 27, Kingen leaves.[5] | |
 DRX | November 28, Kingen joins. Destroy joins as substitute. BAO and Pleata join from academy roster. Quad moves to starting roster.[8] | |
| DRX | November 29, Kingen, SOLCA, Destroy, and Museong (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[24] |
| DRX | November 21, BeryL's contract expires but departure is not confirmed. Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, and Deft's contracts expire.[7] | |
 HLE | November 24, Kingen and Zeka join.[11] | |
| HLE | November 27, Kingen, Clid, Zeka, and Life's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[25] |
| HLE | November 20, Zeka's contract is extended. Kingen, Life, and Polt (Leader of Analysis Unit) leave.[9][10] | |
 DK | November 23, Kingen and Aiming join. Lucid joins from sister team DK Challengers. Bubbling (Coach) rejoins from sister team DK Challengers. Kellin's contract is extended. ShowMaker's contract is extended through 2026.[13][14][15] | |
| DK | November 27, Kingen, Kellin, and Bubbling (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. ShowMaker's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026. Aiming and Zefa (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.[26] |
Biography
Trivia
- His role model is Nuguri.
- He is good friends with Zeka.[28]
- The first player to get his own prestige skin.
- His name Kingen comes from the japanese word 謹厳 meaning 'stern'.
- His MBTI is ESTJ.[29]
- He is a fan of Korean-American K-Hip Hop artist and producer TOIL.[30]
Individual Awards
- LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x2 (Spring 2021, Summer 2024)
- Worlds Finals MVP x1 (2022)
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media
- 2019
- 2021
- 2022
- 2024
- March 23, Score’s thoughts on KT Rolster’s current situation: “I know a lot of people have lowered expectations for us, but despite that, we will do our best” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- June 5, KT Kingen on Top Pyke: "During practice, we thought that he went well with our team style... so we were considering to pick Pyke during the Picks & Bans." with Akiin on Inven Global
- January 15, DRX Kingen on Pyosik's leadership, looking for a "miracle run to worlds" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- October 3, DRX Kingen HONESTLY rates Zeka's performance at Worlds 2022 with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- November 8, DRX Kingen's World finals interview "I felt possessed when I was playing Aatrox" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- November 20, Story of Kingen: 10th Place Top Laner to 2022 Worlds Champion with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- October 4, Kingen's BIG Comeback! The 2022 Champion Talks His Return to Worlds with Pedro Romero on YouTube
- October 13, DK Kingen: "Both of my parents weren’t happy about me going pro. One was supportive, the other wasn’t. I went to a gaming high school to prove I could make it" with Armand Luque on Sheep Esports
Post-Match Interviews
Images
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KT Kingen, Worlds 2018 Main Event -
KT Kingen, LCK 2019 Summer -
BLG Kingen, LPL 2020 Spring -
BLG Kingen, LPL 2020 Summer -
DRX Kingen, LCK 2021 Spring
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DRX Kingen, LCK 2021 Summer
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DRX Kingen, LCK 2022 Summer
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HLE Kingen, LCK 2023 Summer
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DK Kingen, LCK 2024 Spring
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DK Kingen, LCK 2024 Summer
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NS Kingen, LCK Cup 2025
Name Pronunciation
| Kingen | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | LPL Production |
| Voiced By | Candice |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2017 LoL 케스파 컵 로스터 공개, '쿠잔' 이성혁-'블레스' 최현웅 제외 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bilibili Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Hanwha Life Esports’ Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Dplus KIA's X Post x.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Nongshim RedForce's X Post x.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Nongshim RedForce's X Post x.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Nongshim RedForce's X Post x.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Nongshim RedForce's X Post x.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Nongshim RedForce's X Post x.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-01-30; after change - KR - 2019-02-08
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-12-18; after change - CN - 2020-01-06
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-11-28; after change - KR - 2020-11-29
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2022-11-26; after change - KR - 2022-11-27
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2023-11-26; after change - KR - 2023-11-27
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2025-01-16; after change - KR - 2025-01-17
- ↑ [1] youtube.com
- ↑ 킹겐의 50문 50답 youtube.com
- ↑ 킹겐의 50문 50답 youtube.com