[PROFILE] Running Man (update 2012)

Name              : Yoo Jaesuk (유재석)

Nickname         : Grasshopper (메뚜기), Yooruce Willis, Yoo Hyuk, Nation’s MC, Dumb

Special Feature: Tight Pants

Speciality          : Dancing

DOB                : Seoul, August 14, 1972

Occupation      : MC, Comedian

Debut               : 1991, KBS College Comedian Festival

Career              : hosted TV program called  Live and Enjoy Together, Happy Together, X-Man (2000), Infinity Challenge (since 2005),  Come to Play (since 2004), Happy Together season 3, Family Outing (2008-2010), Running Man (2010-present)

Awards            :

·                     1991 Inaugural KBS College Student Gag Competition

·                     2003 Best TV Presenter, KBS Entertainment Award

·                     2003 Best Excellence Award in show/variety category, MBC Entertainment Award

·                     2005 Grand Award, KBS Entertainment Award

·                     2006 Best TV MC, 18th Korean Broadcast Producers’ Award

·                     2006 Awarded in TV Entertainment, 42nd Baeksang Arts Award

·                     2006 ‘Speech Award’ from Blue Media

·                     2006 Grand Award, MBC Entertainment Award

·                     2007 Grand Award, MBC Entertainment Award (with Infinite Challenge members)

·                     2008 Mnet 20′s Choice Awards (Variety Star Category)

·                     2008 Grand Award, SBS Entertainment Award

·                     2009 Grand Award, MBC Entertainment Award

·                     2009 Grand Award, SBS Entertainment Award (with Lee Hyo-ri)

·                     2010 Grand Award, MBC Entertainment Award

Name              : Ji Suk Jin (지숙진)

Nick Name      : Big Nose Hyung, Impala

Speciality          : Easy Brothers Combo Play, Continous Investment

DOB                : 10 May 1968

Occupation       : MC, Comedian

Debut               : 1992 1st Album [Smile In The Gloomy Afternoon]

Key Programs  :

SBS (Truth Game)

KBS (Yuyoomanman), (Star Golden Bell), (Happy Sunday), (Roadshow Quiz), (Golden Ladder)

Name                          : Kim Jong Kook (김종국)

Nickname                     : Trainer Kook, Kim KookJong, Sparta Kook, Commander, Kookie, Tiger

Speciality                      : Sharp Inference + Power

DOB                            : April 25, 1976 (age 35)

Debut                           : 1995, as a Member of duo group called TURBO

Occupation      : Singer

Career                          : TURBO (1995-2001), Solo Singer (2001-present), X-Man, Family Outing (2008-2010), Running Man (2010-present)

Awards                        :

1995-1998

·                     KBS 가요대상 (KBS Music Awards)

·                     SBS 가요대전 (SBS Music Awards)

·                     MBC 가요대전 (MBC Music Awards)

·                     서울가요대상 (Seoul Music Awards)

2004

·                     KBS 가요대상 (KBS Music Awards) 본상

·                     SBS 가요대전 (SBS Music Awards) 본상

·                     MBC 10대 가수가요제 (MBC Best 10 Music Awards) 본상

·                     서울가요대상 (Seoul Music Awards) 본상

·                     골든디스크 인기가수상 (Golden Disk Popularity Awards)

2005

·                     MBC 가요대제전 (MBC Music Awards) 최고인기가수상 (Most Popular)

·                     KBS 가요대상 (KBS Music Awards) 대상 (Best Artist)

·                     SBS 가요대전 (SBS Music Awards) 대상 (Best Artist)

·                     KBS 연예대상 (KBS Acting Awards) Best Entertainer

·                     골든디스크 (Golden Disk Awards) 본상

·                     MNET Best Male Solo Artist

·                     Korean Entertainer Awards Ballad Award

2006-2010

·                     골든디스크 (Golden Disk Awards) 본상

·                     BBF Popular Singer Award

·                     서울가요대상 (Seoul Music Awards) 본상

·                     SBS 연예대상 (SBS Entertainment Awards) Best TV Star Award

Name              : Kang Gary (강개리)

Nick Name      : Gaecholas Cage, Jihyo’s Monday Boyfriend, Mr. Gary, Peaceful Gary

Real Name       : Kang Hee Gun

Speciality          : Talking Rubbish

Special Feature: Ex Boyfriend on Monday

DOB               : 24 February 1978

Occupation      : Singer (Leesang)

Debut              : 1999 Honey Family’s 1st Album [A Man’s Story] as a member of a group called LEESSANG

Career              : Runnning Man, still a freshman in variety program.

Name              :Song Joong Ki (송중기)

Nick Name      : Running Man’s Flower Boy, Brain Joongki, Song-song Sibling, Ambitious Joongki, Active Joongki

Speciality          : Acting, Drawing (?)

DOB               : 19 September 1985

Occupation      : Actor

Debut              : 2008 Movie “A Frozen Flower”

Career              : KBS Music Bank host, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors, Frozen Flower, Case of Itaewon Murder, Five Sense of Eros, Triple, My Precious Child, Will It Sow at Chirstmas?, Running Man (2010-2011)

Awards            :

·                     2010 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (Sungkyunkwan Scandal)

·                     2010 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Yoo Ah In (Sungkyunkwan Scandal)

Name                          :Lee Gwang Soo (이광수)

Nick Name                  : Kwang-vatar, Giraffe, Sad Gwang Soo, Framer Gwang Soo

Special Feature : Poor

Speciality                      : Being abused by the tiger, Annoying the tiger

DOB                           : 14 July 1985

Occupation      : Actor, Model

Debut                          : 2008 MBC (That Person Is Coming)

Key Programs             :

MBC (That Person Is Coming), (Highkick Through The Roof), Drama (Dongyi)

Name              : Haha (하하)

Nick Name      : Haroro, Harad Pitt, Penguin

Speciality          : Indiscriminating date

Special Feature: Saying “I Love You”

Real Name       : Ha Dong Hoon (하동훈)

DOB               : 20 August 1979

Occupation      : Singer

Debut              : 2001 Jikiri’s 1st Album [A/K/A Check Up]

Key Programs :

SBS (Xman), (Hajago), (OldTV), (Hahamongshow)

KBS (Music Bank)

MBC (Nonstop3), (Happy Shares Company), (Infinity Challenge)

Running Man

Name                          :Song Ji Hyo (송지효)

Nick Name                  : Ace Jihyo, Song-song sibling, Mong JiHyo, Miss Blank, Blank JiHyo, Monday Girlfriend

Real Name                   : Cheon Seong Im

Special Feature : Sleeping, turning to bad Jihyo

Speciality                      : Sharo Observation

DOB                            : 15 Agustus 1981

Occupation      : Actress, Model

Debut                           : Kiki Fashion Model (2001)

Key Programs              :

Drama                         :

Crime Squad (KBS2, 2011) (sbg Jo Min Joo)

Jumong (MBC, 2006) (sbg Lady Yesoya)

Goong (MBC, 2006) (sbg Min Hyo Rin)

Movies                       :

Late Blossom/ I Love You (2010) (sbg Kim Yeon Ah)

Frozen Flower (2008) (sbg Queen)

Sex Is Zero 2 (2008) (sbg Kyeong Ah)

Yoga Class (2006)

Some (2004) (sbg Seo Yoo Jin)

Whispering Corridors 3/ Wishing Stairs (2003) (sbg Yoo Jin Seong)

TV Show                     :

Running Man (SBS, 2010)

Night Of TV Entertainment (SBS, 2010)

Sunday Nights (MBC, 2010)

Good Sunday: Family Outing (SBS, 2009)

MV                             :

Suyoung Lee’s 3rd album – ‘And I Love You’

JTL’s 1st album – ‘Just Say Good Bye’

Stay – ‘An Unbelievable Word’

Advertisement            :

Amore Pacific Greentea Powder, Lotteria, LG Telecom Phone & Fun, Binggrae Banana Milk, Lotte Natuur, Nongshim Fresh Udon, P&G Korea Pantene Hair Health System, etc.

Ambassador               :

Chuncheon World Leisure Congress and the Tournament Ambassador

Awards                        :

2010 SBS Awards: Special Performing Arts