Kite (Kim Yong-yeon)

Kite
Retired as Player
Kite
Background Information
Name	Kim Yong-yeon (김용연)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	February 6, 1995 (age 30)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠RNG
Role	; Analyst
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Kite" Yong-yeon (Hangul: 김용연) is a League of Legends esports player, currently analyst for Royal Never Give Up.

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

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠Alienware Arena	≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-14	≈May 2014≈2014-05-??	≈6mo 18d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠hyFresh Blade	Dec 20192019-12-02	Nov 20202020-11-02^[1]	11mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠BRO Challengers	Nov 20202020-11-02^[1]	Nov 20222022-11-20^[2]	2yr 18d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Fredit BRION	Mar 20222022-03-12^[5]	Mar 20222022-03-14^[4]	2d	Temp Sub ejel
APAC	⁠⁠SoftBank HAWKS	Dec 20232023-12-18^[7]	Nov 20242024-11-20^[6]	11mo 2d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	Jan 20252025-01-22^[8]	Present	5mo 28d	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
KR	⁠⁠Alienware Andromeda	≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-14	Nov 20132013-11-12	≈29d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Alienware Arena	Nov 20132013-11-12	≈May 2014≈2014-05-??	≈5mo 19d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Brion Blade	Dec 20192019-12-02	Jun 20202020-06-15^[10]	6mo 13d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠hyFresh Blade	Jun 20202020-06-15^[10]	Nov 20202020-11-02^[1]	4mo 17d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠hyFresh Challengers	Nov 20202020-11-02^[1]	Dec 20202020-12-15^[11]	1mo 13d	ejel
KR	⁠⁠BRO Challengers	Dec 20202020-12-15^[11]	Nov 20222022-11-20^[2]	1yr 11mo	ejel
KR	⁠⁠Fredit BRION	Mar 20222022-03-12^[5]	Mar 20222022-03-14^[4]	2d	Temp Sub ejel
APAC	⁠⁠SoftBank HAWKS	Dec 20232023-12-18^[7]	Nov 20242024-11-20^[6]	11mo 2d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	Jan 20252025-01-22^[8]	Present	5mo 28d	ej

News

2013
2014
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

KR	⁠⁠AWA	October 14 (approx.), Gamsu, Pera, kite, and Jelly join. Frozen joins as substitute. e
KR	⁠⁠AWA	November 12, ⁠⁠Alienware Andromeda renames to ⁠⁠Alienware Arena. e

KR

⁠

⁠AWA

May (approx.), ⁠

⁠Alienware Arena is disbanded.
Gamsu,
g4nk,
Frozen,
Kite, and
Jelly leave.

e

KR

⁠

⁠BRB

December 2, Kite (Coach) joins.

e

KR	⁠⁠BRB	June 15, ⁠⁠Brion Blade rebrands as ⁠⁠hyFresh Blade following sponsorship by Korea Yakult.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠BRB	November 2, BanBazi (Head Coach) and Kite (Coach) leave for LCK CL roster.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠BRB.C	November 2, BanBazi (Head Coach) and Kite (Coach) join from main roster.^[1] BanBazi (Head Coach) and Kite (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[12] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO.C	December 15, ⁠⁠hyFresh Challengers rebrands as ⁠⁠BRO Challengers.^[11] e

KR	⁠⁠BRO.C	November 15, Kite (Coach) and MintTea (Coach)'s contracts are extended.^[13] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO.C	November 17, Kite (Coach) and MintTea (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[14] e

KR	⁠⁠BRO	March 12, Soboro, Listo, Feisty, Gamin, Loopy, Kite (Coach), and MintTea (Coach) join as temporary substitutes for LCK 2022 Spring.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO	March 14, Soboro, Listo, Feisty, Gamin, Loopy, Kite (Coach), and MintTea (Coach) leave for academy roster.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO.C	November 20, HighDin (Coach)'s contract is extended. Kite (Coach) leaves.^[2]^[3] e

APAC

⁠

⁠SHG

December 18,
Evi,
Forest, VicaL (Head Coach), and Kite (Coach) join.
DasheR,
Vsta, and Tussle (Manager,Coach)'s contracts are extended.
Marble will remain with the team for 2024.
Kinatu and SuDal (Positional Coach) leave.^[7]

e

APAC	⁠⁠SHG	August 4, Evi, Forest, DasheR, Vsta, VicaL (Head Coach), Kite (Coach), and Tussle (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024. ankochan's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 24 October 2024.^[15] e
APAC	⁠⁠SHG	October 28, VicaL (Head Coach) and Kite (Coach) are allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[16]^[17] e
APAC	⁠⁠SHG	November 20, ankochan, VicaL (Head Coach), Kite (Coach), and Tussle (Manager,Coach) leave.^[6] e

CN

⁠

⁠RNG

January 22,
Niket, Kite (Analyst), Fafa (Manager), Liangfeng Youxin (General Manager), Long Gang (Supervisor), and Son (Leader) join. Heart (Supervisor to Head Coach) changes position. Comet (Head Coach), May (Analyst), Pencil (Manager), and Stms (General Manager) leave.^[8]^[9]

e

Biography

Trivia

Tournament Results

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

Kite (Kim Yong-yeon) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-09-01	2	PCS 2024 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠PSG	⁠⁠SHG	Evi, Forest, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, VicaL, Tussle, Kite
2024-07-28	1	LJL 2024 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠DFM	⁠⁠SHG	Evi, Forest, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, VicaL, Kite, Tussle
2024-07-14	1	LJL 2024 Summer	9-1-0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHG	Evi, Forest, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, VicaL, Kite, Tussle
2024-03-03	1	LJL 2024 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠DFM	⁠⁠SHG	Evi, Forest, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, VicaL, Kite, Tussle
2024-02-18	2	LJL 2024 Spring	7-2-1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHG	Evi, Forest, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, Tussle, Kite, VicaL
2022-08-12	10	LCK CL 2022 Summer	10 - 26⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO.C	Soboro, Raptor, Listo, Lody, Feisty, Gamin, TLong, Enosh, Loopy, Pollu, Kite
2022-03-20	6	LCK 2022 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, Sw0rd, Soboro, UmTi, Raptor, Listo, Lava, Feisty, Hena, Gamin, Delight, Loopy, Edgar, Drinker, Kite, MintTea
2022-03-19	9	LCK CL 2022 Spring	13 - 23⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO.C	Soboro, Raptor, Listo, Feisty, Gamin, Loopy, Kite
2021-12-12	2	KeSPA Cup 2021	1 : 3⁠⁠DK.C	⁠⁠BRO.C	Soboro, Raptor, Feisty, Gamin, Loopy, Kite, MintTea
2021-08-10	7	LCK CL 2021 Summer	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO.C	TaNa, Jin0, Roamer, Bini, JeongHoon, Kite, BanBazi