Kang Chan-hee

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Chan-hee (Korean: 강찬희; born January 17, 2000), also known by his stage name Cha ni, is a South Korean singer and actor. He began his career as a child actor, in the television dramas Listen to My Heart (2011), The Innocent Man (2012), The Queen's Classroom (2013), interactive drama Click Your Heart (2016), crime drama Signal (2016), and high-rated drama Sky Castle (2018).^[2][3][4][5] In 2015, he was introduced as one of the first members of NEOZ,^[6] which was a first group of FNC Entertainment's pre-debut team Neoz School.^[7] He debuted in October 2016 with the boy group SF9 and the single "Fanfare".^[8]

Kang Chan-hee
Kang in 2021
Born	(2000-01-17) January 17, 2000 (age 25)[1] Seo-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
Education	School of Performing Arts Seoul
Occupations	Singer actor dancer
Years active	2009–present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Years active	2016–present
Labels	FNC
Member of	SF9
Korean name
Hangul	강찬희
Hanja	姜澯熙
RR	Gang Chanhui
MR	Kang Ch'anhŭi

Kang's best-known acting role was for his part in Sky Castle, where he played the role of Hwang Woo-joo, a smart and sweet high school student who lives in a high-end residential area called Sky Castle.

Discography

For Kang's works with SF9, see SF9 § Discography.

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Peak position	Album
		KOR
"Starlight" (그리움)	2021	—[A]	True Beauty OST
"How Do You Do"		—[B]
"Shining Star"	2022	—	Miracle OST
"Forever Love"		—
"Milky Way" (with Hwiyoung)		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Familyhood	Hyun-bin
2017	The King's Case Note	King Yejong (Young)
2019	The First Issue	Hyun-jun
2021	The Gossip	Jung-seok	[12]
	White Day: The Labyrinth	Hee-min	[13][14]
TBA	Method Acting	Jung Tae-min	[15]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Queen Seondeok	Hwarang
	Three Brothers	Kim Sung-tae
2011	Listen to My Heart	Cha Dong-joo (Young)		[16]
	Garden of Heaven	Shin Seung-woo
2012	To the Beautiful You	Kang Tae-joon (Young)
	The Innocent Man	Kang Ma-ru (Young)
2013	The Queen's Classroom	Kim Do-jin
2015	Splendid Politics	Ja-gyung (Young)
2016	Signal	Park Sun-woo
	Click Your Heart	Kang Chan-hee
2018	Coffee House 4.0	Do-yoon	Cameo (Ep. 8)
2018–2019	Sky Castle	Hwang Woo-joo		[17][18]
2020	Once Again	Choi Ji-won	Cameo (Ep. 59–66, 68)
	True Beauty	Jung Se-yeon	Cameo (Ep. 1, 4–5, 11, 12, 16)[19]	[20]
2021	Must You Go?	Park Yeon		[21]
	Imitation	Lee Eun-jo		[22]
2022	Under the Queen's Umbrella	Prince Ui-seong		[23]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Love In Your Taste	Yoon Dan	[24]
2021	Jinx	Gyu-han	[25]
2022	Miracle	Louis	[26]
2024	The Scandal of Chunhwa	Jang-won	[27]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	d.o.b (Dance or Band)	Contestant
2021	Kingdom: Legendary War		Survival Show as SF9	[28]
2021–2022	Teacher of Narat	Teacher		[29]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2019–2021	Show! Music Core	February 16, 2019 – July 17, 2021	[30]
2022	2022 KBS Entertainment Awards	with Seol In-ah and Moon Se-yoon	[31][32]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
APAN Music Awards	2020	Entertainer of the Year – Male	Kang Chan-hee	Nominated	[citation needed]
Brand of the Year Awards	2021	Male Idol Actor of the Year		Nominated	[33]
MBC Entertainment Awards	2020	Rookie Award in Variety Category – Male	Show! Music Core	Nominated	[34]
Soompi Awards	2019	Best Idol Actor Award	Sky Castle	Nominated	[35][unreliable source?]

Notes

1. "Starlight" did not enter Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at position 31 and 25 on component Download Chart and BGM Chart, respectively.^[9][10]
2. "How Do You Do" did not enter Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at position 122 on component Download Chart.^[11]