birth name kang gunsoo nicknames gunner, gunnie-hyung age + dob 30, january 9th hometown gwangju, south korea residence seoul, south korea occupation front-end engineer at riot games distinguishing marks
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status single
biography THE KANGS FROM GWANGJU WEREN'T THE RICHEST NOR THE MOST WELL-RESPECTED CLAN IN SOUTH KOREA, BUT THEY HAD THEIR PRIDE. YUJIN AND GUNWOO KANG WERE THE RESULT OF AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE, BUT LUCKILY FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FUTURE CHILDREN, THEIR STORY WAS A HAPPY ONE IN THE FACT THAT THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP FALLING IN LOVE. GUNSOO KANG WAS A PEACEFUL CHILD WHEN HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS AND SMART. HE BEGAN TO LEARN TO READ BEFORE HE'D EVEN BEEN SENT TO SCHOOL, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE THINGS TO LEARN. HE ALWAYS HAD A PENCIL IN HIS HAND AND HE WAS USUALLY SKETCHING SOMETHING THAT WAS IN HIS MIND. >P? WHEN YU-RI KANG WAS BORN, GUNSOO WAS SEVEN AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT FIRST. ONCE HE LAID EYES ON THE SWEET YOUNG GIRL, THOUGH, HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER AND HAS SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE TAKING CARE OF HER. HE MOVED TO SEOUL WHEN HE WAS EIGHTEEN TO STUDY AT SNU FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN WITH THE PROMISE TO HIS FATHER-- A SOMEWHAT WEALTHY COO OF ACHAIN HARDWARE STORE-- THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AND MAKE HIM PROUD. HE WOULD MAKE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF JUST LIKE HIS FATHER HAD.

SEOUL WAS TOO SEDUCTIVE FOR HIM, THOUGH, AND HE GOT SUCKED INTO THE UNDERBELLY: THE PARTIES THE DRUGS, THE GIRLS. HE'D NEVER HAD ISSUE BEING WITH WOMEN IN GWANGJU. BUT IN SEOUL THEY FAWNED OVER HIM. HE NEARLY FAILED OUT OF SCHOOL BEFORE TRAGEDY STRUCK.

HIS AND YU-RI'S PARENTS HAD BEEN KILLED IN WHAT LOOKED AT FIRST TO BE A CAR WRECK, BUT THE FAMILY HAD THEIR SUSPICIONS. YU-RI WAS SENT TO LIVE WITH GUNSOO, OUT OF GWANGJU AND AWAY FROM THE PECULATION. HE TOOK HER IN, HER SURLY PRETEEN WAYS REMINDING HIM OF HIS OWN.

HE RAISED HER FROM THAT DAY, ALMOST TAKING HER IN AS HIS DAUGHTER BUT NOT QUITE. HE QUIT THE DRUGS AND THE WOMEN AND WENT BACK TO SCHOOL FULL TIME TO GET HIS DEGREE. THE DEVASTATION AND NEW RESPNSIBILITY MAY HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE NOW WORKS AS AN ENGINEER IN A GAME COMPANY, MAKING GOOD MONEY AND PROVIDING FOR HIS SISTER.

personality
KANG GUNSOO IS A VERY RESERVED PERSON, A LITTLE BIT JADED AND A LOT JUDGMENTAL. HE'S MORE OF A WATCHER THAN A DOER AND TENDS TO WEIGH HIS OPTIONS BEFORE HE TAKES A STEP. IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY; HE USED TO BE BIG INTO THE PARTY SCENE AND WAS SOMETIMES THE TALK OF THE ELITE CULTURE OF SEOUL.

HE USED TO DRINK AND PARTY AND SLEEP WITH GIRLS UNTIL HIS PARENTS WERE KILLED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. HE SOBERED UP QUICKLY AND TOOK HIS LITTLE SISTER INTO HIS BACHELOR STYLE APARTMENT, CARVING OUT A ROOM FOR HER TO DO WHATEVER SHE WANTED WITH IT. SINCE THEN HE'S BEEN MUCH MORE ALL-BUSINESS, STRAIGHTENING UP AND PROCURING A FRONT-END JOB AT A VIDEO GAME COMPANY, PUTTING HIS DESIGN SKILLS TO GOOD USE.

THIS ISN'T TO SAY THAT HE'S WITHOUT A SENSE OF HUMOR OR SPIRIT, OF COURSE. HE'S VERY LOYAL AND DEDICATED AND WILL DO ANYTHING HE CONSIDERS A CLOSE FRIEND. HE'S JUST USUALLY THE ONE TELLING PEOPLE THEY'RE STUPID BEFORE THEY DO IT. IT'S NOT HIS FAULT IF THEY DON'T LISTEN TO HIM OR CALL HIM PRUDISH OR STOIC.

facts
MARITAL STATUS: Single
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
PROFESSION: Front-End Engineer for Riot Games
HOMETOWN: Gwangju, South Korea
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Seoul, South Korea

PLAYED BY: Park Seo Joon



education

  • sungkyungkwan university (class of 2015)
       ba in graphic design/business