Lim Young-woong

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.

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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 35)

Origin

Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Occupation

singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

• Official sitehttp://mulgogimusic.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/im_hero____/
• Xhttps://x.com/limyoungwoong
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim%20Young-woong
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90872620

Tags

• Gyeonggi Province
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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