Photo: 티비텐 TV10 / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Kang Daniel is one of those rare cases where a reality show actually launched someone worth paying attention to — he won Produce 101 Season 2 back in 2017 with the highest votes in the show's history, which is wild when you think about it, and he didn't just coast on that momentum. He went on to found his own label KONNECT Entertainment rather than stay locked into a big agency deal, which takes serious guts for someone barely in his twenties. The Busan roots show too — there's something grounded and no-nonsense about how he carries himself, and juggling a solo music career, acting, television hosting, and running an actual business while studying at Kyung Hee Cyber University is legitimately impressive. He's the kind of guy who makes you realize the "idol-to-full-artist" pipeline can actually work when the person has both the drive and the talent to back it up.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kang Daniel
- Name (Japanese)
- カン・ダニエル
- Reading
- かん・だにえる
- Born
- December 10, 1996 (age 29)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat
- Origin
- Busan, South Korea
- Occupation
- singer / entrepreneur / actor / songwriter / businessperson
2. Background
- University
- Kyung Hee Cyber University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Kang Daniel born?
Born December 10, 1996 (age 29).
Where is Kang Daniel from?
Kang Daniel is from Busan, South Korea.
What does Kang Daniel do?
Kang Daniel works as singer, entrepreneur, actor, songwriter, businessperson.
Singer — see all → · Entrepreneur — see all → · More people from South Korea →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.