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Lim Young-woong

イム・ヨンウン　/　いむ・よんうん

Singer from South Korea

June 16, 1991 (age 34)　・　Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Gyeonggi Province
singer

My Take

Lim Young-woong's story is the kind of comeback I genuinely admire. Born in Pocheon in 1991, he signed with Mulgogi Music in 2016 and went nowhere for years, then won Mr. Trot against seventeen thousand applicants and became a national star almost overnight. What interests me is the depth those lean years gave him. He moves fluently between ballad, pop and trot, and a voice that has passed through disappointment carries something a polished prodigy rarely manages. I think that hard-earned warmth, more than any single hit, explains why Korea holds him so close, and why his appeal travels.

Overview

Lim Young-woong (Korean: 임영웅; born June 16, 1991) is a South Korean ballad, pop, and trot singer, entertainer, and YouTuber. He signed with Mulgogi Music in 2016 and debuted as a singer with his first single "Hate You". Four years later, he rose to stardom after competing on the reality television show Mr. Trot, where he won first place out of 17,000 applicants.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lim Young-woong
Name (Japanese): イム・ヨンウン
Reading: いむ・よんうん
Born: June 16, 1991 (age 34)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Goat
Origin: Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Official sitehttp://mulgogimusic.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/im_hero____/
Xhttps://x.com/limyoungwoong
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3

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