Zeka (Kim Geon-woo)

Zeka
Zeka
Background Information
Name	Kim Geon-woo (김건우)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	November 28, 2002 (age 22)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Hanwha Life
Contract Expires	2025-11-17
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Dean, ZEKA
Soloqueue IDs	KR: dlwldms#iuiu ; EUW: Dkdldb#516
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Zeka" (▶️ listen) Geon-woo (Hangul: 김건우) is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for Hanwha Life Esports. He was previously known as Dean and ZEKA.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Zeka. Two other players share this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠KT Academy	May 20192019-05-06	Nov 20192019-11-20	6mo 14d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-17^[2]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[1]	11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20202020-12-16^[6]	Nov 20212021-11-18^[3]	11mo 2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Dec 20212021-12-04^[8]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[7]	11mo 17d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20222022-11-24^[12]	Present	3yr 22d ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠KT Academy	May 20192019-05-06	Nov 20192019-11-20	6mo 14d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Vici Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-17^[2]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[1]	11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Bilibili Gaming	Dec 20202020-12-16^[6]	Nov 20212021-11-18^[3]	11mo 2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Dec 20212021-12-04^[8]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[7]	11mo 17d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20222022-11-24^[12]	Present	3yr 22d ej

News

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

KR	⁠⁠KT.A	May 6, Dean joins. e
KR	⁠⁠KT.A	November 20, Dean leaves. e
CN	⁠⁠VG	December 17, Zeka joins.^[2] e

CN	⁠⁠VG	January 6, Zdz's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021. Chieftain's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Forge, iBoy, and Maestro's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022. Zeka's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[13] e
CN	⁠⁠VG	November 17, Zeka leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠BLG	December 16, Zeka joins.^[6] e

CN	⁠⁠BLG	June 22, Biubiu's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Weiwei, Zeka, Aiming, and ppgod's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Rise's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[14] e
CN	⁠⁠BLG	November 18, Zeka, Aiming, and Kim (Head Coach) leave.^[3]^[4]^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 4, Zeka, BeryL, Kim (Head Coach), Mowgli (Coach), and Shine (Coach) join. Deft rejoins.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 5, Zeka, Deft, BeryL, Mowgli (Coach), and Shine (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. Kim (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[15] e

KR	⁠⁠DRX	November 21, BeryL's contract expires but departure is not confirmed. Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, and Deft's contracts expire.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 24, Kingen and Zeka join.^[12] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 27, Kingen, Clid, Zeka, and Life's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[16] e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	January 4, Zeka renames to ZEKA.^[17] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	May 25, ZEKA renames to Zeka.^[18] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 20, Zeka's contract is extended. Kingen, Life, and Polt (Leader of Analysis Unit) leave.^[19]^[20] Zeka's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Viper, DanDy (Head Coach), and Mowgli (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[21] e

KR

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⁠HLE

November 25, DanDy (Head Coach)'s contract is extended through 2025.
Peanut,
Zeka, and
Delight will remain with the team for 2025.^[22]^[23]

e

Biography

Trivia

He got the nickname "Supersoldier" (슈퍼솔져) from Korean fans.
He is known as "Game 5 Devil" for almost always winning game 5 in a BO5 match.
He is famous for his melee champions, especially his Akali, Sylas, and Yone.
He is good friends with Kingen.^[24]
Finished S2023 S2 Rank 1 in Korean Solo Queue with 1955 LP.
Reached 1000 kills in the LCK on August 8th, 2024.
- Was the 28th player and 7th Mid-Laner to reach 1000 kills in the LCK.
- His 1000th kill in the LCK was on OKSavingsBank BRION's Jungler YoungJae with Jayce.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2025-04-19	KR Korea	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2			Azir	Mid	W	7/2/0	Link	Link
2025-02-08	KR Korea	LCK Cup 2025			Galio	Mid	W	8/1/15	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Individual Awards

First Stand Finals MVP x1 (2025)
LCK Player of the Year x1 (2022)
LCK Mid-Laner of the Year x1 (2022)
LCK Finals MVP x1 (Summer 2024)
LCK Player of the Split x1 (Summer 2023)
LCK 2nd All-Pro Team x1 (Summer 2024)
LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x2 (Summer 2023, Spring 2024)

Tournament Results

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

Zeka (Kim Geon-woo) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-10-28	5 - 8	Worlds 2025	1 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2025-09-28	2	LCK 2025 Season Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli, Shine
2025-08-31	2	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5 - Legend Group	20 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli, Shine
2025-07-17	5 - 8	Esports World Cup 2025	1 : 2⁠⁠AGAL	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2025-06-15	3	LCK 2025 Road to MSI	0 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Shine, Mowgli
2025-06-04	2	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Shine, Mowgli
2025-03-16	1	First Stand 2025	3 : 1⁠⁠KC	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2025-02-23	1	LCK Cup 2025	3 : 2⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠HLE	Zeus, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Shine, Mowgli
2024-12-07	3 - 4	KeSPA Cup 2024	1 : 2⁠⁠BRO	⁠⁠HLE	Rooster, Grizzly, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli
2024-10-18	5 - 8	Worlds 2024	1 : 3⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠HLE	Doran, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli

Zeka (Kim Geon-woo) Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-04-21	1 - 2	2025 Unicef LCK Package	1 : 1⁠⁠2025	⁠⁠2025	Rich, Pyosik, Zeka, Hype, Keria

Media

2022
2023
2024
2025

January 28, Zeka leaks how Kingen came to his HOUSE and recruited him to DRX with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
July 29, [Ep.3] DRX Zeka Rookies on the Rift with LCK on YouTube
e
August 6, DRX Zeka: I'll cosplay Galio or Sylas if I beat T1/GEN with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
October 25, Zeka: My form was 80% against EDG; I'll have to go 100% to beat Chovy with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
December 22, [LCK Awards] Zeka: "Since I didn’t do well during the regular season, I thought it would be Zeus or Keria..." with Viion on Inven Global
e

January 2, ZEKA vs the LoL ELITE 4 (Pokemon parody) by Last Free Nation on YouTube
e
January 4, Ranking the 5 best League of Legends mid laners of 2022 by John Popko on Inven Global
e
January 19, Zeka confident HLE can beat T1 or GEN "DRX was also an underdog, and I won the whole thing" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
January 27, HLE Overrated? Zeka "The team mental boomed after losing to LSB" with KORIZON Esports on YouTube
e
February 28, WHY Zeka prefers HLE is underperforming now "It's better to fix things now, then worlds" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
March 23, HLE Zeka "I didn't know how Yasuo ult works, I'd just press R" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
June 18, HLE Zeka RATES 2023 Worlds Akali skin with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
June 30, Ep.11 HLE Viper, Zeka LCK Review Desk with LCK on YouTube
e

September 30, Zeka "G2 is the one team I want to face at Worlds" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
October 19, HLE Zeka "Now I support Gen.G and T1; bring the Worlds trophy home!" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e

February 6, Zeka’s Most UNFORGETTABLE Plays of All Time | Ultimate List with LoL Esports on YouTube
e
March 15, Zeka, de Hanwha Life: "Tenemos que afrontar el partido con la mentalidad de que siempre podemos perder" (Spanish) with Jona Valenzuela on Prensa Esports
e

Post-Match Interviews

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-01-22	LPL 2021 Spring	RA vs BLG	Link
2021-07-11	LPL 2021 Summer	RW vs BLG

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-01-23	LCK 2022 Spring	KDF vs DRX	Link
2022-01-26	LCK 2022 Spring	DRX vs BRO	Link
2022-01-29	LCK 2022 Spring	NS vs DRX	Link
2022-02-17	LCK 2022 Spring	DK vs DRX	Link
2022-03-06	LCK 2022 Spring	LSB vs DRX	Link
2022-06-18	LCK 2022 Summer	DRX vs BRO	Link
2022-06-24	LCK 2022 Summer	HLE vs DRX	Link
2022-07-20	LCK 2022 Summer	BRO vs DRX	Link
2022-08-05	LCK 2022 Summer	DRX vs NS	Link
2022-08-07	LCK 2022 Summer	KDF vs DRX	Link
2022-09-03	LCK 2022 Regional Finals	LSB vs DRX	Link
2022-10-10	Worlds 2022 Main Event	DRX vs TES	Link
2022-10-30	Worlds 2022 Main Event	GEN vs DRX	Link
2022-11-06	Worlds 2022 Main Event	T1 vs DRX	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-01-19	LCK 2023 Spring	KDF vs HLE	Link
2023-02-23	LCK 2023 Spring	HLE vs BRO	Link
2023-03-23	LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs	DK vs HLE	Link
2023-06-14	LCK 2023 Summer	HLE vs DRX	Link
2023-06-17	LCK 2023 Summer	HLE vs KDF	Link
2023-06-23	LCK 2023 Summer	HLE vs LSB	Link
2023-06-25	LCK 2023 Summer	BRO vs HLE	Link
2023-07-15	LCK 2023 Summer	HLE vs BRO	Link
2023-07-27	LCK 2023 Summer	HLE vs NS	Link
2023-07-29	LCK 2023 Summer	DRX vs HLE	Link
2023-08-05	LCK 2023 Summer	DK vs HLE	Link
2023-08-08	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	HLE vs DRX	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-01-24	LCK 2024 Spring	FOX vs HLE	Link
2024-02-15	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs BRO	Link
2024-02-21	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs KT	Link
2024-02-23	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs NS	Link
2024-03-01	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs FOX	Link
2024-03-03	LCK 2024 Spring	DRX vs HLE	Link
2024-03-08	LCK 2024 Spring	BRO vs HLE	Link
2024-03-15	LCK 2024 Spring	T1 vs HLE	Link
2024-03-23	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs DK	Link
2024-03-30	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	HLE vs KDF	Link
2024-04-04	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	T1 vs HLE	Link
2024-06-23	LCK 2024 Summer	KT vs HLE	Link
2024-07-17	LCK 2024 Summer	KDF vs HLE	Link
2024-07-27	LCK 2024 Summer	HLE vs DK	Link
2024-08-15	LCK 2024 Summer	BFX vs HLE	Link
2024-08-29	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	HLE vs T1	Link
2024-09-07	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	HLE vs T1	Link
2024-09-08	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	GEN vs HLE	Link
2024-10-03	Worlds 2024 Main Event	HLE vs PSG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2025-01-19	LCK Cup 2025	KT vs HLE	Link
2025-02-08	LCK Cup 2025	HLE vs DRX	Link
2025-02-19	LCK Cup 2025	DK vs HLE	Link
2025-02-23	LCK Cup 2025	HLE vs GEN	Link
2025-03-10	First Stand 2025	HLE vs TES
2025-03-14	First Stand 2025	TL vs HLE
2025-03-16	First Stand 2025	HLE vs KC	Link
2025-04-09	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	DNF vs HLE	Link
2025-04-12	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	HLE vs T1	Link
2025-04-27	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	DK vs HLE	Link
2025-05-28	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	T1 vs HLE	Link
2025-08-29	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5	HLE vs NS	Link
2025-09-20	LCK 2025 Season Playoffs	KT vs HLE	Link