45 Notable alumni of
Kyonggi University
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Kyonggi University is 878th in the world, 183rd in Asia, and 18th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from Kyonggi University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ju Ji-hoon
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- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Ju Ji-hoon is a South Korean actor and model. He first gained international recognition with his leading role in the television series Princess Hours (2006) and has achieved further prominence with the series Mask (2015), Kingdom (2019–2020), Hyena (2020), Light Shop (2024), and The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025), for which he won Best Actor at the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards. Ju has also garnered acclaim for his performances in the films Asura: The City of Madness (2016), Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) and its 2018 sequel, The Spy Gone North (2018), and Dark Figure of Crime (2018).
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Yoon Shi-yoon
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- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Yoon Shi-yoon, also known professionally as Yun Si Yun, is a South Korean actor and television personality. He is best known for his leading roles in Bread, Love and Dreams (2010), My Cute Guys (2013), Hit the Top (2017), Grand Prince (2018) and Your Honor (2018), Nokdu Flower (2019), Psychopath Diary (2019–2020), and Train (2020). From 2016 to 2019, he was a member of the third season of variety show 2 Days & 1 Night.
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Ki Sung-yueng
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- association football player
- Biography
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Ki Sung-yueng is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club Pohang Steelers.
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Chun Woo-hee
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Chun Woo-hee is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2004, but first drew attention with her supporting role as a rebellious teenager in the box-office hit Sunny (2011). Her other notable roles include the films Han Gong-ju (2013) and The Wailing (2016), as well as the television series Be Melodramatic (2019) and The 8 Show (2024).
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Kim Keon Hee
- Enrolled in Kyonggi University
- In 1996 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Kim Keon Hee is a South Korean businesswoman who served as the first lady of South Korea from 2022 to 2025, as the wife of Yoon Suk Yeol, the 13th president of South Korea. From 2009 to 2022, she was the chief executive officer and president of the art exhibition company Covana Contents that closed down shortly after her husband took office.
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Kim Seung-su
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Kim Seung-soo is a South Korean actor.
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Moon Hee-joon
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- songwriteractorsingerrecord producer
- Biography
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Moon Hee-joon, also spelled Moon Hee-jun, is a South Korean pop rock singer-songwriter and dancer signed under SidusHQ. He initially rose to fame as the leader of former boy band H.O.T. under SM Entertainment.
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Lee Yong-dae
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- badminton playerOlympic competitor
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Lee Yong-dae is a South Korean professional badminton player who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in men's doubles, and Lee Hyo-jung in mixed doubles. He won a total of 43 Superseries titles, 37 in the men's doubles, the most of any doubles player in one discipline, and 6 in mixed doubles. He was ranked world number 1 in men's doubles for 117 consecutive weeks with his last partner, Yoo Yeon-seong.
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Lee Tae-gon
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Lee Tae-gon is a South Korean actor.
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Jun Jin
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- singeractor
- Biography
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Park Choong-jae, known professionally as Jun Jin, is a South Korean singer, actor and entertainer, known as a member and rapper of six-member boy band Shinhwa. He debuted as a dancer and rapper in Shinhwa in 1998 but started singing small parts in 2002; the release of Shinhwa's fifth album. He debuted as a solo artist in November 2006 with the single Love Doesn't Come.
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Han Hye-jin
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- modeltelevision actor
- Biography
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Han Hye-jin is a South Korean fashion model and TV personality. She has been on the covers of many fashion magazines, including the May 2008 and June 2009 Korean editions of Vogue. She walked in the NYFW for 3 years (2006–08).
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Jang Woo-hyuk
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- choreographerdancerrappersinger
- Biography
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Jang Woo-hyuk is a South Korean singer and rapper. He debuted in 1996 as a member of the best-selling K-pop boy band H.O.T. After the band broke up due to a contract dispute, Jang and two other former members formed the boy band jtL, which was active from 2001 to 2003. Jang also released two full-length albums and two extended plays as a solo artist. He is the founder of talent agency WH Entertainment.
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Yoon Ji-on
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- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
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Yoon Ji-on is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in television series such as Be Melodramatic (2019), Memorist (2020), You Are My Spring (2021), Love Catcher 1 (2018), Tomorrow (2022), and Love Next Door (2024).
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Shin Ji
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- actorsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Lee Ji-seon, known professionally as Shin Ji (Korean: 신지), is a South Korean singer, lyricist and actress. She attended Dongduk Women's University – Department of Popular Music. She made her debut in 1998 in the group, Koyote, and wrote lyrics for some of the group's songs including "I Love Rock & Roll". She is the only female and original member of the group.
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Lee Jin
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- actorsingerfilm actor
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Lee Jin is a South Korean singer and actress. She made her entertainment debut as a member of the K-pop girl group Fin.K.L, along with Lee Hyori, Ock Joo-hyun, and Sung Yu-ri. After Fin.K.L came to an unofficial end in 2002, Lee became an actress.
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Lee Won-jong
- Enrolled in Kyonggi University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Public Administration
- Occupations
- television actorstage actoractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Lee Won-jong is a South Korean actor.
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Kan Mi-youn
- Occupations
- singeractor
- Biography
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Kan Mi-youn is a South Korean singer, actress, radio host, model, fashion designer, and businesswoman. Kan joined the South Korean girl group Baby V.O.X. in October 1997, which went on to become one of the most popular girl groups of that time. Kan went on to become a solo artist after the group disbanded in February 2006.
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Jo Sungmo
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- singertelevision actor
- Biography
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Jo Sung-mo is a South Korean pop ballad singer. He debuted in 1998 with the album To Heaven, and went on to release several of the all-time best-selling albums in South Korea.
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Kim Gook-jin
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- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Kim Gook-jin, is a South Korean comedian and presenter. In September 2009, he became the host of MBC's Radio Star.
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Lee Jae-won
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- disc jockeyrapperactorsinger
- Biography
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Lee Jae-won is a South Korean singer, rapper and DJ. He is the former member of Korean groups H.O.T. and jtL.
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Nam Hyun-Hee
- Enrolled in Kyonggi University
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Nam Hyun-Hee is a South Korean foil fencer. She is left-handed.
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Son Sung-yoon
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Son Seong-yoon is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in the film The Wrath (2018), and The Prisoner (2020), and in the television series Touch Your Heart (2019), Once Again (2020), Bossam: Steal the Fate (2021), Love Twist (2021–2022), and Elegant Empire (2023).
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Oh Jong-hyuk
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- television actoractorsingerfilm actor
- Biography
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Oh Jong-hyuk is a South Korean singer and member of South Korean boy band Click-B.
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Kang Kyun-sung
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Kang Kyun-sung is a South Korean singer and television personality. He is a member of the boy band Noel and is a cast member in the variety show Off to School. He also appears in the music videos for Sistar's "Shake It" and Bestie's "Excuse Me". He has made appearances on Korean variety shows such as Knowing Bros, Running Man, and more recently South Korean Foreigners.
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Ryu Seung-min
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- table tennis player
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Ryu Seung-min is a South Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from the Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner with 4–1. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze and silver medals respectively. Ryu is ranked twenty-fifth in the world as of July 2013. In 2016, Ryu became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he was a member and Chair of the Athletes' Commission of the South Korean National Olympic Committee from 2016 to 2019. Since 2018, he counts among the ITTF Foundation Ambassadors, promoting sport for development and peace.
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Yoon Hae-young
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Yoon Hae-young is a South Korean actress. She began acting after passing the SBS Open Auditions in 1993, and has starred in television dramas such as See and See Again (1998), This Is Love (2001), Elephant (2008), The Tale of Janghwa and Hongryeon (also known as Love and Obsession, 2009), Special Task Force MSS (2011) and Only Because It's You (2012).
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Go Na-eun
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- actorsingerfilm actor
- Biography
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Kang Se-jung is a South Korean actress. She made her entertainment debut as a singer for the K-pop girl group Papaya in 2000; the group released two albums before disbanding in 2001. Kang began acting full-time in 2004, and has appeared in television series such as Assorted Gems (2009) and Heartless City (2013). Upon turning to acting, she used the stage name Go Na-eun (고나은) before reverting to use of her birth name in 2017.
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Shim Eun-jin
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- singeractor
- Biography
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Shim Eun-jin is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of South Korean girl group Baby V.O.X.
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So Chan-Whee
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- singerfilm actor
- Biography
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Kim Kyoung-hee, better known by her stage name So Chan-whee (Korean: 소찬휘), is a South Korean singer, best known for her 2000 song, "Tears".
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Moon Sung-min
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- beach volleyball playervolleyball player
- Biography
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Moon Sung-min is a male volleyball player from South Korea. He currently plays as an opposite spiker for the Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers in the V-League.
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Chae Young-in
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- singerfilm actor
- Biography
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Chae Young-in is a South Korean singer and actress.
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Choi Jung-won
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- singertelevision actor
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Choi Jung-won is a South Korean singer and actor. He initially rose to fame as a member of South Korean duo UN debuting with the single "Voice Mail" in 2000. After the duo disbanded in 2005, his fame increased as an actor.
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Hwang Yeon-joo
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- volleyball player
- Biography
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Hwang Youn-joo is a South Korean volleyball player.
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Yozoh
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- singersinger-songwriterwriteractorfilm actor
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Shin Su-jin, also known as Yozoh (요조), is a South Korean singer and actress. Yozoh released her first album My Name Is Yozoh in 2007. For contributing much to bringing Hongik University district's indie music to the mainstream, she is also known as the "singing goddess of Hongdae district". In 2010, she ventured into acting, appearing in Sogyumo Acacia Band's Story, Cafe Noir and Come, Closer.
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Kim Jin Pyo
- Years
- 1977-.. (age 49)
- Occupations
- photographerrapper
- Biography
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Kim Jin-pyo is a South Korean MC, rapper, singer, songwriter, television presenter and professional race car driver. He began his career in 1995 as one half of the duo Panic, together with his childhood friend Lee Juck, and went on to release music both as a solo artist and as a member of the rock group Nova Sonic. In 2003, he won the Mnet Music Video Festival award for Best Hip Hop Performance. He is currently the host of Top Gear Korea and of Show Me The Money.
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Jeon Ki-young
- Occupations
- judoka
- Biography
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Jeon Ki-young is a retired judoka who competed in the –78 kg and –86 kg divisions.
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Jeong Bo-Kyeong
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- judoka
- Biography
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Jeong Bo-kyeong is a South Korean judoka. As of 7 August 2016, she was ranked number 8 in the world.
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Lee Sook-ja
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- volleyball player
- Biography
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Lee Sook-ja is a South Korean retired volleyball player. She was part of the team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She participated in the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix.
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Song Myung-geun
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- volleyball player
- Biography
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Song Myung-geun is a volleyball player from South Korea. He currently plays as an outside hitter for the Ansan OK Savings Bank. As a sophomore at Kyonggi University in 2012, Song made his first appearance for the South Korean national team and competed in the 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League, where the team finished in 14th place. He also competed in the World League in 2013 and 2014, and won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship.
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Shin Yung-suk
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- volleyball player
- Biography
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Shin Yung-Suk is a South Korean male volleyball player. He was part of the South Korea men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB World Championship in Poland. He currently plays for the Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm.
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Shin Young-chul
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- volleyball player
- Biography
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Shin Young-chul is a former South Korean male volleyball player. He was part of the South Korea men's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.1992 Summer Olympics He played for Kepco.
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Kim Kyu-min
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- volleyball player
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Kim Kyu-min is a volleyball player from South Korea. He currently plays as a middle blocker for the Incheon Korean Air Jumbos club in V-League.
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Lee Min-gyu
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Lee Min-gyu is a volleyball player from South Korea. He currently plays as a setter for the Ansan OK Savings Bank. Lee made his first appearance for the South Korean national team in 2012 and played all of the team's six matches at the 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship, where the team finished in fifth place. In 2013, he also completed in the Summer Universiade as a member of the collegiate national team. Since the 2013 FIVB World League, Lee has been a regular member of the South Korean national team.
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Yoon Shin-young
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Yoon Shin-Young is a South Korean former football player who plays as a defender.
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Song Hui-chae
- Years
- 1992-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Song Hui-chae is a South Korean volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Seoul Woori Card WooriWON in the South Korean V-League. Song made his first appearance for the South Korean national team in 2012 and played all of the team's six matches at the 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship, where the team finished in fifth place. In 2013, he also completed in the Summer Universiade and East Asian Games as a member of the collegiate national team.
