Hwiyoung

Kim Young-kyun (; born May 11, 1999), also known by his stage name Hwiyoung , is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band SF9.

He debuted as a solo artist on August 13, 2023, with the digital single "Drive5" and released his first single album Traveling Fish on June 20, 2024.

Hwiyoung trained to be a k-pop idol and performer in the talent company FNC Entertainment's rookie training program Neoz School. In 2016, he competed in the nine-member dance group NEOZ Dance on the Mnet survival reality show d.o.b.: Dance or Band, where he and his group mates competed for a chance to debut as FNC's first boy dance group. They won the competition, and debuted as FNC's first male dance group with the group name SF9 (short for Sensational Feeling 9). They released their first single "Fanfare" on October 5, 2016.

As an actor, Hwiyoung began his career as a supporting role in the interactive web drama Click Your Heart (2016), later played a support character in the drama Imitation (2021), web drama Miracle (2022), and The Matchmakers (2023).

Career

In 2015, he was a part of a pre-debut team, "Neoz School", under FNC Entertainment as a member of the group called NEOZ. In May 2016, he participated as a member of "NEOZ Dance" in FNC Entertainment's survival show d.o.b : Dance or Band, competing against NEOZ Band (later known as Honeyst). "NEOZ Dance" won the competition with 51% of the votes and received the opportunity to debut. He debuted with group SF9 on October 5, 2016, with their debut album Feeling Sensation, featuring their first single "Fanfare".

Discography

Single album + List of albums, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures Title Details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Traveling Fish Released: June 20, 2024 Label: FNC Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 28 KOR: 4,339

Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORDown. "Drive5" 2023 — Traveling Fish "HBD" — "It Is Love ♥" 2024 95 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, and name of the album Title Year Album "Burn" 2022 Omnibus "Workin" 2023 Lotto, Pt. II

Soundtracks + List of soundtracks, showing year released, and name of the album Title Year Album "Love Gradation" 2020 DokGoBin Is Updating OST "Malo" 2021 Imitation OST "Amen" "Your Sign" (; Shax version) "Mini Date" "Your Sign" "Milky Way" 2022 Miracle OST

Filmography Television series Year Title Role Notes 2018 Coffee Society 4.0 Jhoo Cameo (Ep.8) (Thailand) 2020 Was It Love? Hwiyoung SF9 cameo (Ep.6) 2021 Imitation Kang Leehyun Support role (Shax member) 2023 The Matchmakers Lee Jwarang Support role

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2016 Click Your Heart Hwiyoung SF9 debut drama 2018 Dingo K-Drama Support role 2020 Dok Go Bin is Updating Dok Gobin Main role Mermaid Prince: The Beginning Yoon Gun 2021 Replay: The Moment Lee Jihoon 2022 Miracle Min Shiwoo