Hwiyoung
Hwiyoung | |
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Hwiyoung in 2021 | |
| Born | Kim Young-kyun May 11, 1999 Busan, South Korea |
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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. He is a member of the South Korean boy band SF9.
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.
Hwiyoung trained to be a k-pop idol and performer in the talent company FNC Entertainment's rookie training program Neoz School. In 2016, he competed in the nine-member dance group NEOZ Dance on the Mnet survival reality show d.o.b.: Dance or Band, 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). They released their first single "Fanfare" on October 5, 2016.
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), and The Matchmakers (2023).