Danny Ahn

Career Beginnings Ahn's professional career began with his debut in the K-pop industry as a rapper for singer Uhm Jung-hwa. He was also part of a mixed-gender project group along with his friend Son Ho-young, Shoo and Kim Hwan-sung but it fell through; Kim was later recruited as the final member of NRG and Shoo joined S.M. Entertainment where she would debut as part of girl group S.E.S.

In 1997 Ahn was recruited by his cousin Joon for a project group he was forming. Between 1997 and 1998, Son, Yoon Kye-sang and Kim Sun-a were recruited through auditions while Park Jin-young joined the group as their producer and mentor. However, Kim Sun-a left to pursue acting and was replaced with Kim Tae-woo, then still a high school student. The group eventually became a five-man boy band and named g.o.d, short for "Groove Over Dose".

1999–2005: Success with g.o.d After a lukewarm response to their debut performance in January 1999, the group went on to become one of the most popular K-pop groups in the 2000s. Ahn occasionally composed his own rap lyrics. The group later switched from SidusHQ to JYP Entertainment, with two members switching agencies while Ahn and Yoon renewed their individual contracts at SidusHQ. In 2004, Yoon left the group and g.o.d continued as a quartet until December 2005.

2006–2013: Solo activities and projects Ahn ventured into the radio industry prior to g.o.d going on hiatus in late December 2005. He became as a radio DJ on KBS Cool FM and was the first host of Kiss the Radio before taking over Lee Soo-young as host of the long-running afternoon program Music Show. He was invited back to be a guest DJ for the "Homecoming Day" special in 2015, in honor of KBS Cool FM's 50th anniversary.

Ahn released his solo single album on May 28, 2007 "If It Were A Dream", which featured a cappella group Sweet Sorrow. He has since largely done guest vocals for other artists such as Rain, his bandmate Kim Tae-woo, SG Wannabe and Kim Dong-wan of fellow first-generation group Shinhwa. Alongside his music career, Ahn also took roles in TV shows and films. In 2008, he appeared in Crazy Waiting, also known as The Longest 24 Months. He appeared as Baek-ho in the KBS drama, The Slave Hunters. He appeared in KBS Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2, and was the leader of the team. He also appeared as Manager Baek Nam-jung in The Fugitive: Plan B alongside Rain, Lee Jung-jin, Daniel Henney and Lee Na-young, and in The Innocent Man with Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won. He was a permanent guest on SBS's talk show Strong Heart.

Despite g.o.d going on hiatus, Ahn has reunited with his bandmates several times for collaborations. Ahn, Son Ho-young and Park Joon-hyung were featured in the song "Memories and Remembrance", from Kim Tae-woo's mini album T-Virus. He also joined Kim and Son to perform their song "Lies" on the Music Bank special celebrating 600 episodes and at the 2012 Korean Music Festival in Los Angeles.

In May 2012, Ahn starred opposite Dave K. Wong as Gye Dong-hee, a friend to Ryu's Seung-hyuk in Channel A's Goodbye Dear Wife. He served as a commentator/host on We Got Married along with Lee Ji-hye, with hosts Park Mi-sun and Kim Jung-min before leaving the show on May 31, 2014. In 2013 he joined Top Gear Korea to host the fourth season.

Ahn was part of a project group called HOTSechgodRG, which comprises himself and four other members of first-generation idol groups who were born in 1978. The group was first conceived after former H.O.T member Moon Hee-joon invited Ahn, Tony An (H.O.T), Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies) and Chun Myung-hoon (NRG) to create a reality show version of the television series Reply 1997 in which they would meet up at a rented house to chat and reflect on their heyday. The show was called Handsome Boys of the 20th Century and also featured special guests, mainly their former bandmates and contemporaries. The group has also launched a music video and performed on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend. The following year, in 2014, they starred in Where is My Superhero? on OnStyle.

2014–present: g.o.d reunion and other activities Ahn's contract with his previous agency SidusHQ expired, and he signed with Box Media in March 2014. He reunited with his g.o.d bandmates to prepare for their eighth album to celebrate the fifteen anniversary of their debut. Following the release of the album in July, the group embarked on a nationwide concert tour.

Ahn starred in the SBS drama Witch's Castle, in which he portrayed the antagonist. His appearances on television are largely on variety shows such as Infinite Challenge, Fantastic Duo, King of Mask Singer and The Friends in Chiang Mai. He reunited with HOTSechgodRG members Chun Myung-hoon and Tony An on Eun Ji-won's new travel reality show Plan Man. The group, except Eun, most recently met up at Moon Hee-joon's bachelor party, part of which was shown on My Little Old Boy, the reality show Tony An was participating in.

In July 2018, Ahn re-signed with former agency SidusHQ. He had joined New Able Entertainment in 2016 but it was acquired by SidusHQ and he was one of several artists who opted to transfer to SidusHQ.

From August 2019 until January 2023, Son and Ahn have co-hosted a radio-style talk show g.o.d's Lunch Attack which aired on Naver's streaming app Naver NOW. at noon on weekdays.

In June 2022, Ahn renewed his contract with Cuz-9 Entertainment. In June 2024, he and fellow g.o.d member Kim Tae-woo signed with Gemstone E&M.

Personal life He has one older sister.

As a featured artist Year Track Album Peak positions NotesKORWeeklyKORMonthly 2002 "What's Love"(Rain feat. Danny, Lexy, Byul and JYP) Bad Guy 2006 사랑했어요(SG Wannabe feat. Danny Ahn) The 3rd Masterpiece 2009 기억과 추억 (Kim Tae-woo feat. Park Joon-hyung, Danny Ahn and Son Ho-young) T-Virus 2010 "I'm Sorry"(The Film feat. Danny Ahn) 2nd Episode 68 — 2011 크게 라디오를 켜고 (remake) (The Koxx and KBS Cool FM DJs: Lee Hyun-woo, Choi Kang-hee, Danny Ahn, Leeteuk and Eunhyuk) 2015 "Memories"(Kim Bo-kyung feat. Danny Ahn) 0516 "Hometown" (Kim Tae-woo feat. Danny Ahn) T-Road "My Friend" (Kim Dong-wan feat. Danny Ahn) D

Lyrics and composition Year Song Artist Album Note 1999 "Say g.o.d" g.o.d Chapter 2 lyricsco-written with Park Jin-young, Park Joon-hyung, Yoon Kye-sang, Son Ho-young and Kim Tae-woo 2000 "g.o.d Party" Chapter 3 "Sky Blue Balloon" 2001 "Sad Love" Chapter 4 lyricsco-written with Park Joon-hyung, Yoon Kye-sang, Son Ho-young and Kim Tae-woo "134-14" lyrics and musicco-written with Park Joon-hyung, Yoon Kye-sang, Son Ho-young and Kim Tae-woo 2002 "Us" Chapter 5: Letter lyrics and music "What's Love" Rain Bad Guy lyrics and music 2003 슬픈 이별 뒤로 Cha Tae-hyun The Book lyrics 2004 "Familiar Strangers" g.o.d An Ordinary Day Music and arrangement 2014 "Sky Blue Promise" Chapter 8 lyricsco-written with Duble Sidekick "Smile" "Stand Up" lyricsco-written with Black Eyed Pilseung and Son Ho-young "I Like It" lyricsco-written with Kiggen and Hanhae "The Lone Duckling" rap lyricsco-written with Duble Sidekick "One Day" Son Ho-young ft. Danny Ahn Marriage, Not Dating OST rap lyrics co-written with Kim Won and Jang Jung-woo 2015 뽀레버막내 Kim Tae-woo T-Road lyrics 2016 "My Friend" Kim Dong-wan K lyricsco-written with Song Yang-ha, Kim Dong-yeol and Brand Newjiq

Filmography

Television series Year Title RoleNotes 2006 Banjun Drama 2008 Innocent You Kang Eun-hwan 2009 High Kick Through the Roof Ahn Shin-won Cameo2010 The Slave Hunters Baek-ho The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry Kim Bu-ki's ex-boyfriend Cameo The Fugitive: Plan B Baek Nam-jung 2011 Real School! Cameo Lie to Me Hyun Ki-joon's friend Cameo When Women Powder Twice Han Sun-woo 2012 Goodbye Dear Wife Gye Dong-hee The Innocent Man Kim Jung-hoonCameo (Ep. 2, 15) 2013 Fantasy Tower Dal-soo 2014 12 Years Promise Yoo Soo-han KBS Drama Special – "Pitch Black" Park Hyun-tae 2015 Romance of 7 Days Ahn Jun-seo The Three Witches Baek Eun-yong 2017 Bravo My Life Audition judge Cameo Justice Team 2 Lee Dae-ho 2019 Level Up Park Gi-woo 2021 Imitation Ji-hak 2022 O'PENing – "Don't Announce Your Husband's Death" Yoon Chan-bum 2023The Escape of the Seven Cameo

Film Year Title Role 2008 Crazy Waiting Seo Min-cheol 2011 Head Kang Seung-wan 2023 Chabak - Night of Murder and Romance Soo-won

Variety shows Year Title Notes 2009–2010 Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 Regular cast; 25 episodes 2013 Handsome Boys of the 20th Century Regular cast; 29 episodes 2014 Where Is My Superhero? Regular cast 2015 The Friends in Chiang Mai With Park Joon-hyung and Ryohei Otani

Web shows Year Title Role Notes 2017 Travel For Me Cast Member With Ryu Seung-soo, Choi Philip and Park Gyu-ri 2022 Let's Watch Soccer Together Host

Music videos Year Title Artist 2015 "Lonely Funk" Kim Tae-woo

Radio Year Name 2004–2006 Danny Ahn's Kiss the Radio 2011–2013 2020–presentg.o.d's Lunch Attack (with Son Ho-young)

Awards Year Category Work Result 2004 KBS Entertainment Awards Danny Ahn's Kiss the Radio