Kim Jong Kook - Running Man's athletic "Tiger" with a golden personality in the midst of the hustle and bustle of showbiz

Kim Jong Kook is his real name and stage name. The male singer was born on April 25, 1976 in Yongsan, South Korea.

KPOP's first idol

Kim Jong Kook is known when he debuted as a 2-member group Turbo with Kim Jung Nam. This is an extremely popular group in the late 90s in the land of kimchi. The original purpose of forming the group was just to compete with the Deux dance group. However, Turbo quickly "dominated" the Korean music scene right with the first album "280km/speed" released in August 1995. Overcome with victory, Turbo continues to produce resoundingly successful products that help Kim Jong Kook's name quickly dominate the mass media in this country and become "the king of dances". Korea".

However, at the peak of his widely influential career, Turbo was on the verge of disbandment. Due to being unable to reconcile with the management company's arrangement, Turbo's member Kim Jung Nam decided to leave the group. To make up for the departure of Kim Jung Nam, Mikey replaced the former member of Turbo, accompanying Kim Jong Kook on the musical journey.

Both quickly "exploded" with new products as well as received an invitation to collaborate with Hollywood movie star Will Smith. However, an incident occurred when Kim Jong Kook left before the broadcast to express his disapproval to his manager. This behavior of his has been met with many criticisms, including politicians at that time. After this incident, Turbo was banned from all media for 4 months.

Brilliant solo career and 10 years with Running Man

After "dominating" the Korean entertainment industry, Turbo disbanded because Kim Jong Kook left the management company after his contract expired and Mikey had to return to the US to continue pursuing his studies. After leaving the management company, Kim Jong Kook has started to return to the music race with the orientation of developing a solo career in the ballad genre. Although he is no longer at the peak of his career as he was in Turbo, he still produces many hits.

In particular, he also attracted attention when he often became a guest on reality TV shows, including Running Man. In 2005, he was named one of the most popular Korean artists when his 3rd studio album became the best-selling album of the year with more than 300,000 copies. Not stopping there, he is also a solo singer who won all 3 Daesang awards of the 3 biggest TV stations in Korea. His career was developing, but in 2006, he suddenly quit singing to join the military service.

After completing his military service in 2008, he began to return to the entertainment industry and became a full member of the popular TV show Family Outing and then the most popular variety show in history. Korea up to the present time - Running Man. The strong coverage of this program in many Asian countries contributes to bringing Kim Jong Kook's image beyond his home country to many Asian countries. Besides, he is also considered the heaviest member thanks to his muscular body, always successfully completing all challenges in most of the recording sessions. In addition, he also held the role of coach for the show The Voice Korea 2020.

Golden personality in the midst of the hustle and bustle of showbiz

In addition to his muscular appearance, "Tiger" is also loved by his golden personality and is admired by many people. Accordingly, in addition to his talent, his colleagues also respectfully called him "respectable idol" because of his hard work, gentleness, and dedication to helping people. Many famous colleagues like Cha Tae Hyun or Gary have given him many compliments and expressed their gratitude for the help and thoughtfulness of their seniors.

Besides, Kim Jong Kook is known as a filial son. No matter how busy he is, he always tries to take his mother with him whenever he has a schedule abroad so that she has time to enjoy and visit the beautiful scenery with him. In addition, many people can't help but be touched that the reason why he learns English is because he wants to travel abroad with his mother in the most comfortable way.

The hidden corner behind the popularity

Kim Jong Kook's famous career also entailed many serious consequences and influences, especially in a competitive environment like the Korean entertainment industry. As an extremely private person, the hidden corners of the male singer are known by few people. At the time when he was a member of the group Turbo, he was forced to participate in many programs by the management company as well as robbed the salary. Not only was he forced to work so hard that he was hospitalized, he and the members of Turbo were assaulted by management.

It is the dark past that is the reason why Kim Jong Kook decided to study boxing and have a strong body like now. Although he later left the management company, he was still suppressed by this unit. During the years he just left the management company, he couldn't get any compositions from all the musicians, including the musicians he knew, because of the pressure from the old management company. However, despite the difficulties surrounding him, he still tried with extraordinary effort and quickly achieved the first successes in his solo career.

Not long ago, he was suddenly accused of taking muscle-building drugs to have the body he has today. Not letting the controversy spread, Kim Jong Kook immediately "played big" to protect his honor. Accordingly, he decided to test for doping in 391 categories to prove his body "real goods and real prices".

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