Hwiyoung
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May 11, 1999
- Singer
- rapper
- actor
Hwiyoung | |
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_(cropped).png) Hwiyoung in 2021 | |
| Born | Kim Young-kyun May 11, 1999 Busan, South Korea |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Labels | FNC |
| Member of | SF9 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김영균 |
| RR | Gim Yeonggyun |
| MR | Kim Yŏnggyun |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 휘영 |
| RR | Hwiyeong |
| MR | Hwiyŏng |
Kim Young-kyun (Korean: 김영균; born May 11, 1999), also known by his stage name Hwiyoung (휘영), is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actor.[1][2][3] He is a member of the South Korean boy band SF9.[4]
He debuted as a solo artist on August 13, 2023, with the digital single "Drive5" and released his first single album Traveling Fish on June 20, 2024.[5][6]
Hwiyoung trained to be a k-pop idol and performer in the talent company FNC Entertainment's rookie training program Neoz School.[7][8] In 2016, he competed in the nine-member dance group NEOZ Dance on the Mnet survival reality show d.o.b.: Dance or Band,[9][unreliable source?] where he and his group mates competed for a chance to debut as FNC's first boy dance group. They won the competition, and debuted as FNC's first male dance group with the group name SF9 (short for Sensational Feeling 9).[10] They released their first single "Fanfare" on October 5, 2016.[11]
As an actor, Hwiyoung began his career as a supporting role in the interactive web drama Click Your Heart (2016), later played a support character in the drama Imitation (2021), web drama Miracle (2022),[12] and The Matchmakers (2023).
In 2015, he was a part of a pre-debut team, "Neoz School", under FNC Entertainment as a member of the group called NEOZ.[13] In May 2016, he participated as a member of "NEOZ Dance" in FNC Entertainment's survival show d.o.b : Dance or Band, competing against NEOZ Band (later known as Honeyst). "NEOZ Dance" won the competition with 51% of the votes and received the opportunity to debut. He debuted with group SF9 on October 5, 2016, with their debut album Feeling Sensation, featuring their first single "Fanfare".[14][15]
Discography
Single album
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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| KOR [16] | |||
| Traveling Fish |
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28 |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Down. [18] | ||||
| "Drive5" | 2023 | — | Traveling Fish | |
| "HBD" | — | |||
| "It Is Love ♥" | 2024 | 95 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory | ||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Burn" (4bout and Hemo featuring Hwiyoung) |
2022 | Omnibus |
| "Workin" (24 Flakko & Cribs featuring Hwiyoung) |
2023 | Lotto, Pt. II |
Soundtracks
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Love Gradation" (with Inseong) |
2020 | DokGoBin Is Updating OST |
| "Malo" (with Lee Jun-young, Kang Chan-hee, Ahn Jeong-hun, Park Yu-ri, and Choi Jong-ho)[a] |
2021 | Imitation OST |
| "Amen" (with Lee Jun-young, Kang Chan-hee, Ahn Jeong-hun, Park Yu-ri, and Choi Jong-ho)[a] | ||
| "Your Sign" (별자리; Shax version) (with Lee Jun-young, Kang Chan-hee, Ahn Jeong-hun, Park Yu-ri, and Choi Jong-ho)[a] | ||
| "Mini Date" (미니데이트) (with Kim Min-seo)[b] | ||
| "Your Sign" (별자리) (with Lee Jun-young, Kang Chan-hee, Ahn Jeong-hun, Park Yu-ri, Choi Jong-ho, Jung Ji-so, Kim Min-seo, Lim Na-young, Jeong Yun-ho, Lee Su-woong, Park Seong-hwa, Choi San, and Park Ji-yeon)[c] | ||
| "Milky Way" (with Chani and Kang Min-ah) |
2022 | Miracle OST |