Eddy Kim

For other people named Kim Jung-hwan, see Kim Jung-hwan (disambiguation).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Eddy Kim
Kim in 2014
Kim in 2014
Background information
Birth nameKim Jung-hwan
Born (1990-11-23) November 23, 1990 (age 33)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • guitarist
Years active2014–present
LabelsMystic Story
Korean name
Hangul
김정환
Revised RomanizationKim Jeong-hwan
McCune–ReischauerKim Chŏnghwan
Stage name
Hangul
에디 킴
Revised RomanizationEdi Kim
McCune–ReischauerEdi K'im

Kim Jung-hwan (Korean: 김정환; born November 23, 1990), known professionally as Eddy Kim (Korean: 에디 킴), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and guitarist.[1] He rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show Superstar K 4 in 2012.[2] He released his first EP, The Manual, in 2014.[3]

On April 5, 2019, Kim was booked by the police for circulating illegally taken pictures of women in the Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms, a mobile chat with fellow celebrities in 2016; a police investigation is ongoing into the Burning Sun scandal. On April 11, 2019, he admitted to spreading hidden camera photos taken without consent which he had downloaded from the internet.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Eddy Kim (에디킴)". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sojin of Girl's Day, Eddy Kim confirm relationship". Yonhap News Agency. June 28, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "에디킴 앨범" [Eddy Kim Albums]. Mnet (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Kim, Seung-jae (April 5, 2019). "More K-Pop Stars to Be Questioned in Hidden Cam Scandal". Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Roy Kim, Eddy Kim & Choi Jong Hoon admit to sharing illegally taken photos". SBS Australia. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.