Kang Hoon

What draws me to Kang Hoon is restraint. Rather than chasing flashy stardom, he seems to build characters through stillness and presence, leaving a quiet afterimage in period pieces and tender dramas alike. Roles in The Red Sleeve, A Time Called You and The Secret Romantic Guesthouse suggest a performer trusted with emotionally delicate material. I tend to believe actors who accumulate work this patiently are the ones who eventually surprise everyone with a breakout. The public record is still thin, but my instinct says his most defining role is still ahead of him, and I am genuinely curious to see it.

Name (English)

Kang Hoon

Name (Japanese)

カン・フン

Reading

かん・ふん

Born

May 23, 1991 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

South Korea

Occupation

actor

University

University of Suwon

• Official sitehttps://www.npioe.com/post/kang-hoon
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/khoonyy/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang%20Hoon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56692015

Tags

• actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

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.