42 Facts About Kang Seung-yoon

Kang Seung-yoon, known mononymously as Seungyoon or Yoon, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and leader of boy band Winner.

Kang Seung-yoon served as the "122nd Masked King" on MBC's King of Mask Singer under the alias "Chow Yun-fat".

Kang Seung-yoon achieved a record-breaking six consecutive wins, earning him the titles: "The First 6-Time Idol Champion" and "The Youngest Champion" at the time.

Kang Seung-yoon was born in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea, on January 21,1994, as a Catholic with the baptismal name Don Bosco and as an only child.

Kang Seung-yoon's mother owned a business but suffered financially from balancing out the accumulated debt.

Kang Seung-yoon took the GED examination for middle school and enrolled at Busan High School of Arts with a major in classic guitar but later considered to be a singer.

Kang Seung-yoon passed the preliminaries with "This Time" by Jonathan Rhys Meyers and overall placed fourth behind Huh Gak, John Park and Jang Jae-in amongst over 1,350,000 applicants.

Kang Seung-yoon signed with them on January 12,2011, and began training on March 9.

Kang Seung-yoon released his third digital single "Stealer" ten days later with his second music video which starred rookie actress Yoon Jin-yi.

Kang Seung-yoon was allocated in "Team A" with Kim Jin-woo, Lee Seung-hoon, Song Min-ho and Nam Tae-hyun in accordance to the label.

Kang Seung-yoon became its eventual permanent leader through the appointment of Yang Hyun-suk, ensuing he witnessed growth.

Kang Seung-yoon made his official debut with the five-piece band, Winner, on August 17,2014.

Kang Seung-yoon participated in Superstar K2 judge panelist Yoon Jong-shin's Monthly project with Song for the digital single, "Wild Boy".

Kang Seung-yoon starred as its male lead with label-mate Sandara Park as his counterpart.

Kang Seung-yoon released a soundtrack for the drama, titled "You" and served as its only release.

Kang Seung-yoon was cast with a supporting role through an audition in which required him to read a portion from the script using his regional dialect on the spot.

In March 2020, Kang Seung-yoon was invited by the MBC singing competition program, King of Mask Singer, for the second time and subsequently won, earning the title as the "122nd Mask King" during his appearance as "Chow Yun-fat" after defeating South Korean singer, So Chan-whee.

Kang Seung-yoon's appearance maintained double digits in rating which placed the show on top within its time slot for five consecutive weeks.

Kang Seung-yoon's performances placed number-one and two respectively every week on the Naver TV Top 100 Popular Video Chart while his alias topped real-time on search portal site Naver in the entirety of his reign of 14 weeks hence created a buzz.

Kang Seung-yoon returned as an actor after three years since Prison Playbook with Kairos.

Kang Seung-yoon joined its main cast as "Im Gun-wook", and was often filmed with Lee Se-young and Lee Joo-myung.

Kang Seung-yoon's persona earned a nomination at the 2020 MBC Drama Awards for "Best New Actor".

Kang Seung-yoon joined the fourth season of Voice, a thriller-procedural series, and acted as "Han Woo-joo", the 4D patrol officer that was specially recruited in the cyber team.

In conjunction of it, Kang Seung-yoon held his first-ever solo concert titled "Passage" on November 21,2021.

Since King of Mask Singer, KBS2 singing competition program, Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend, had sought for Kang Seung-yoon to appear on the show; however, he declined their invitations due to his unavailability, until he was requested to compete on the "Lee Juck Special" to which he accepted with Lee personally scouting its participants.

Kang Seung-yoon performed "Rain" by Lee Juck in its latter half and was crowned the winner against veteran artists Forte di Quattro, Kwak Jin-eon, Choi Jung-in, and Jung Dong-ha.

On June 2,2019, while he carried out promotions with his band for the lead single, "Ah Yeah", Kang Seung-yoon experienced symptoms of a spinal disc herniation while stand-by for rehearsals at Inkigayo.

Kang Seung-yoon was transported to the emergency room in a nearby hospital for examination and received treatment for the said diagnosis.

Kang Seung-yoon was discharged three days later after completing his treatment and was instructed to rest; however, Kang chose to carry out scheduled activities to minimize any burden inflicted on his band in result of his absence.

On May 24,2023, YG Entertainment announced that Kang Seung-yoon will enlist as an active duty soldier.

Kang Seung-yoon entered the 5th Division Recruit Training Center on June 20,2023 and completed his basic military training on July 2023.

Kang Seung-yoon was known for being an exemplary trainee in the military, receiving Outstanding Soldier Award in December 2023 and was promoted to a corporal two months early in January 2024.

Kang Seung-yoon was discharged on December 19,2024, after completing 18 months of military service.

Kang Seung-yoon has since been a registered associate member of the Korea Music Copyright Association and was one of twenty-five with band-mate Mino, to be promoted to the status of "full member" in January 2021.

Kang Seung-yoon revealed he was born with weak vocal cords and when not kept in check, he can entirely lose his voice for a whole week.

In photography, Kang Seung-yoon cited Henri Cartier-Bresson as his main inspiration towards the art and so refers to him as the "master of black and white photography", his favorite medium.

Kang Seung-yoon became known and rose to prominence at age 16 after he competed in Superstar K2.

Kang Seung-yoon is often identified for his powerful baritone voice and usage of guitar and so he was often dubbed as a "rocker kid".

Since 2010, Kang Seung-yoon appeared as an endorsement model for LG U+ and its International Call 002 range, CJ Group and the new corporate campaign in six years, "Different ideas that change the world", with Superstar K2 contestants Huh Gak, John Park, Jang Jae-in and YG Family artists Big Bang, 2NE1 and Psy, and for the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Kang Seung-yoon showcased black and white photographs taken amidst various trips.

In March 2023, it was announced that Kang Seung-yoon would be holding his first solo photography exhibition, Sky Roof, which would run from March 23 to April 19.

Kang Seung-yoon donated the entire earning he received from recording the audio guide to fund the education of children whose families are part of the Siloam Center for the Blind.