Anson Kong

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Kong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Anson Kong and the Chinese-style name is Kong Ip-sang.

Anson Kong Ip-sang (Chinese: 江𤒹生; born 16 October 1992), also referred to as AK, is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, actor, and a member of the Hong Kong boy group Mirror. Apart from his group activities, Anson Kong has released solo music and starred in television dramas.

Anson Kong
江𤒹生
Born	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 32) British Hong Kong
Other names	AK 畢生江 江爆生 爆爆 山下一群羊 上等靚豬兜
Occupations	Singer dancer actor
Agent	Makerville
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Musical career
Genres	Cantopop dance pop
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2018–present
Labels	Music Nation
Member of	Mirror Jappers
Chinese name
Chinese	江𤒹生
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Yèshēng Wade–Giles Ch'iang Yeh-sheng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gong1 Jip6 Sang1
YouTube information
Channel	ansonkong1016
Years active	2016-present
Subscribers	106,000[1]
Views	13.1 million[1]
Last updated: 6 January 2023

Life and career

Kong was born in Hong Kong on 16 October 1992. He attended SKH Li Ping Secondary School, an Anglican school in Tsuen Wan. Kong auditioned for the Chinese singing competition Super Boy in 2013, at the age of 18.^[2] Realising his passion for performing, Kong invested his free time and resources to singing and dancing, eventually winning a contract with a record label.^[3] He was sent to Seoul, South Korea to undergo training for a potential debut in a boy group. When his debut was canceled half a year later, Kong returned to Hong Kong to work as a backup dancer.^[3] As a dancer, Kong accompanied many Hong Kong singers and made television appearances as an extra, most notably in Barrack O'Karma (2018) as Selena Lee's dancing partner.^[4]

In 2018, Kong auditioned for ViuTV's reality talent competition Good Night Show - King Maker and finished fifth place, earning him a spot in the twelve-member boy group Mirror. The group debuted on 3 November 2018^[5] with the single "In a Second" (一秒間).^[6] Kong was appointed as the band's deputy captain.

Kong made his acting debut in television drama Retire to Queen (2019) with a guest appearance in the first episode. He then starred in the martial arts drama Warriors Within (2020), co-starring Stephen Au and Hedwig Tam.

In February 2020, Kong debuted as a solo artist with his first single Intentional (特登), which peaked at number eight on the 903 Top 20 and number three on the Metro Radio Chart. In August 2020, he dropped his second single Snail (蝸牛), written by his bandmate Ian Chan. The duet version with Ian topped the Chill Club Chart. His third single Venus Girl (金星女孩) was released 14 October 2020.

His fourth solo single Black Breath (黑之呼吸), released in March 2021, peaked at number two on the 903 Top 20 and Metro Radio Chart. A teaser of a collaboration between Kong and Lokman Yeung was first released on Mirror's Instagram account, as part of their summer project. The single and music video for "Stage Door" (虎道門) was released 20 August 2021.^[7] Kong's sixth single "Three Words" was released on November 8.

Kong hosted the variety show Have a Sweet Gym, which premiered on 22 November 2021.^[8]

In 2022 Kong's seventh single "Rebound" was released on March 3. This song was a collaboration with Mirror member Alton Wong. Following after, another single Shinnomaki (信之卷) was released in May 2022. Kong's first movie appearance is in Love Suddenly (2022). Movie was released on November 17 in Hong Kong. In November 2022, Kong's first drama series as main role, Rope a Dope (繩角) was aired on ViuTV. Kong was starred as Chun Au-Yeung, who becomes a professional boxer. Kong also wrote the music for one of the theme song, Differences Between Us (我們的相差), for this drama series.

On Dec 1st, 2022, Kong arrived in Vancouver, Canada to film the 5th season of the Hong Kong idol reality show "King Maker". Kong is one of the judges for the North American audition of this show.^[9]

In addition, Kong also runs his own YouTube channel with over 100k subscribers.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
2022	One Piece Film: Red	-	Red-Haired Shanks	Cantonese dub[11]
2022	Love Suddenly	忽然心動	Chung Wong	[12]
2023	Back Home	七月返歸	Heung-Wing	World Premiere at New York Asia Film Festival
2024	We 12	12怪盜	A.K.	[13]

Television series

Year	Title	Chinese title	Role	Network	Notes
2019	Retire to Queen	退休女皇	Muscular guy	ViuTV	Cameo appearance (Episode 1)
	Barrack O'Karma	金宵大廈	Dancer	TVB	Extra[14] (prior to debut)
2020	Warriors Within	打天下	Chi Ho Kwan	ViuTV	Supporting role
	We are the Littles	男排女將	Gym instructor		Cameo appearance (Episode 20)
2022	Rope A Dope	繩角	Chun Au-Yeung		Main role
2024	Warriors Within 2	打天下2	Chi Ho Kwan		[15]

Variety show

Year	Title	Chinese title	Role	Network	Notes
2018	Good Night Show: King Maker	Good Night Show 全民造星	Contestant	ViuTV	Contestant no. 23, finished fifth place
	Mirror Go	—	Cast member		with Mirror
2019	Mirror Go 2	—	Cast member		with Mirror
2021	Battle of the Throne	擊戰	Host		with Kevin Lee and Yoshi Yu
	Know Your Ingredients	今餐有料到	Host		Ep 35-79
	Battle Feel	考有Feel	Cast member		with Mirror and Error
	Be a Better Mirror	調教你MIRROR	Cast member		with Mirror
	Have a Sweet Gym	—	Host
2023	Shiny Summer - MIRROR+	全星暑假 - MIRROR+	Cast member		with Mirror
2023–2024	MIRROR Time	—	Cast member		with Mirror
2024	Mirror Chef	—	Cast member		with Mirror

Discography

See also: Mirror (group) § Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Chinese title	Music	Lyrics	Arrangement	Producer	Notes
2020	"Intentional"	特登	Terry Chui	林寶	Terry Chui/ Hirsk	Terry Chui
	"A Hundred Billions of Maybe"	千億個或許	Anson Kong	Oscar	Hilson.C	Ahfa Wong/ Anson Kong	Theme song of Warriors Within
	"Snail"	蝸牛	Ian Chan	Riley	Terry Chui	Terry Chui
	"Venus Girl"	金星女孩	Terry Chui	Oscar	Terry Chui	Terry Chui
2021	"Breath of Blackness"	黑之呼吸	Tin Hang @One Promise	Oscar	Tin Hang@One Promise	Terry Chui
	"The Three Words"	三個字	Tin Hang @One Promise	Oscar	Tin Hang@One Promise	Terry Chui
2022	"Shin no maki"	信之卷	Van @Nowhere Boys	Oscar	Nowhere Boys	Carl Wong
2023	"Keep Rollin'"	-	Terry Chui & Anson Kong	Oscar	Jeffrey Yip	Terry Chui
	"Blue Monkey"	-	Ian Chan	Oscar	Jeffrey Yip	Terry Chui
	"Moonlight"	月色	Takase Toya			Terry Chui	Cantonese version of "White Love"
2024	"Guilt Machine"	-	Gareth.T	Oscar	Gareth.T	Terry Chui
	"A Fake Trailer"	偽映畫預告	Jay Fung / Anson Kong	Oscar	Nick Wong	Terry Chui

Collaborations

Year	Title	Chinese title	Music	Lyrics	Arrangement	Producer	Notes
2020	"Snail (Duet Ver.)" (with Ian Chan)	蝸牛	Ian Chan	Riley	Terry Chui	Terry Chui
2021	"Stage Door" (with Lokman Yeung)	虎道門	Carl Wong	Oscar/ Lokman/ AK	Carl Wong	Carl Wong
2021	"Stage Door" Acoustic version (with Lokman Yeung, Nowhere Boys)	虎道門	Carl Wong	Oscar/ Lokman/ AK	Nowhere Boys	Nowhere Boys
2022	"Rebound" (with Alton Wong)	-	Carl Wong	Oscar/ Alton Wong	Carl Wong	Carl Wong
2022	"Fight Your Corner" (with Lokman Yeung)	-	Tin Hang@One Promise	Oscar/ Lokman Yeung	Tin Hang@One Promise	Randy Chow	Theme song of Rope A Dope
2022	"Differences Between Us" (with Ashley Lin)	我們的相差	Anson Kong	Oscar	Nekothemeow/Terry Chui/Nick Wong	Terry Chui	Ending theme song of Rope A Dope
2023	"White Love" (with Takase Toya)	白愛	Takase Toya			Terry Chui

Videography

See also: Mirror (group)

Music videos

Year	Music Video	Director(s)	Co-star(s)
2020	"Intentional" (特登)	Himtos Lam	Kate Ng
	"Intentional" Dance Version (特登)	Himtos Lam
	"A Hundred Billions of Maybe" (千億個或許)
	"Snail" (蝸牛)	Himtos Lam	Shirley Shum
	"Snail" Duet Version (蝸牛)	Bart Pau	Ian Chan
2021	"Breath of Blackness" (黑之呼吸)	Water Chan
	"Stage Door" (虎道門)	Himtos Lam, Tin Po	Lokman Yeung
	"Stage Door" Acoustic Ver. (虎道門)	Bart Pau	Lokman, Nowhere Boys
	"The Three Words" (三個字)	Maggie Leung, Sheng Wong	Leung Chung Hang, Carol To
2022	"Rebound"	Himtos Lam	Alton Wong
	"Shin no Maki" (信之卷)	吳啟忠, Tsui Brothers

Music film

Year	Music Film	Director(s)	Co-star(s)
2020	"Intentional" (特登)	Himtos Lam	Kate Ng

Cameo

Year	Music Video	Singer
2020	蒙著嘴說愛你	Keung To
2022	東京一轉	LaiYing Tang

Concerts

Solo

Year	Date	Name	Venue	Note
2024	29–30 July	ANSON KONG "THE GAME OF LIFE" IN MY SIGHT SOLO CONCERT 2024	AsiaWorld–Arena	[16]

Collaborations

Year	Date	Name	Venue	Collaborating Artist(s)
2021	7–8 December	MOOV LIVE Music on the Road	Hall 5BC, HKCEC	Anson Lo, Edan Lui, Ian Chan, Jer Lau, Keung To
2023	14 May	903 Music is Live Concert	AsiaWorld–Arena	Ian Chan, Panther Chan

Awards and achievements

Music awards

Year[a]	Award	Nominee / Work	Category	Result	Ref.
2021	Chill Club Awards	"Snail (Duet Ver.)" (with Ian Chan)	Top Ten Songs of the Year	Won	[17]
		Anson Kong	Male Singer of the Year	Nominated	[18]
			New Artist of the Year	Nominated
2020	JOOX Top Music Awards	Anson Kong	Top Recommended New Singers of the Year	Won
2021			Artist Recommended by Editors	Won	[19]
2020	Metro Radio Music Awards	Anson Kong	Best New Performer	Won	[20]
2021			Popular Idol	Won	[21]
2022			Popular Idol	Won	[22]

Film awards

Year[b]	Award	Nominee / Work	Category	Result	Ref.
2024	Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards	Warriors Within 2	Rising Star of the Year	Won	[23]
			Best Newcomer Actor	Nominated	[24]

Notes

1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
2. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.