Pengsoo

Pengsoo
Penguin character "Pengsoo" holding an instrument
First appearance
  • Tok!Tok! Boni, Hani
  • March 20, 2019
Created byLee Seulyena (EBS Producer)
In-universe information
Full namePengsoo
SpeciesGiant Penguin
GenderGenderless
OccupationContent creator (EBS Trainee)
AffiliationEducational Broadcasting System
FamilyUnnamed mother and father
OriginAntarctica

Pengsoo (Korean: 펭수, Pengsu) is a penguin character that appears on the YouTube channel Giant Peng TV, run by Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) in South Korea. Pengsoo is a ten-year-old trainee at EBS who dreams of being a universal superstar.[1]

The popularity of Pengsoo, expanding outside the initial target demographic for the character, has resulted in Pengsoo appearing in television programs, games, radio programs, advertising, government PSAs, and on multiple branded products both physical and digital.

On January 29, 2020, Giant Peng TV (자이언트 펭TV), Pengsoo's YouTube channel, reached 2 million subscribers.

  1. ^ "TV". home.ebs.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-11-29.