Kim Jong-min

For other people named Kim Jong-min, see Kim Jong-min (disambiguation).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Jong-min (Korean: 김종민; born September 24, 1979)^[2] is a South Korean singer, dancer and television personality. He has been a member of the K-pop group Koyote since 2000^[3] and a cast member of the variety show 2 Days & 1 Night since 2007.^[4]

Kim Jong-min
Kim Jong-min at a press conference for Busted! in April 2018
Born	(1979-09-24) September 24, 1979 (age 45) Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
Occupations	Singer dancer television personality
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2025)​
Musical career
Genres	K-pop dance
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Labels	KYT Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	김종민
Hanja	金鍾旼
RR	Gim Jongmin
MR	Kim Chongmin

Kim has won numerous awards including the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards for his work on 2 Days & 1 Night.^[5]

Career

Pre-debut

Before debuting as a member of Koyote, Kim worked as a backup dancer for Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Jung Hyun, Kim Wan-sun, R.E.F and many other artists.^{[6][unreliable source?][7][unreliable source?]} He was on the dance team "Friends" for five years.

Variety appearances

Kim is known for being a mainstay of many Korean variety shows (such as KBS' Heroine 6 and Choi Hong Man Strong Friends and formerly SBS' Real Romance Love Letter), as he has become a goofy, naïve on-screen character known for silly comments and actions. He was also an assistant soccer coach on KBS' FC Shoot Dori and has also made appearances on MBC's King Saturday Driving School and Happy Shares Company, SBS' Love Choice (Selection Couple), X-Man, and Ya Shim Man Man, and KBS' Star Golden Bell and Happy Together Friends.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Kim became a cast member of KBS' Happy Sunday lineup as part of 1 Night 2 Days and has been with the program to date, being the only pioneer member who witnessed 1 Night 2 Days from Season 1 till Season 4.^[8] From November 2007 until December 2009, he served his mandatory military service as a public service worker.^[9][10][11] He was initially due to enlist in March but received a six-month postponement as his medical examination revealed a herniated disc, leading to him being assigned as a public service worker rather than in an army unit.^[12]

Kim won multiple awards during his television career, including the Best Entertainer Award at the 2013 SBS Entertainment Awards for Star King in 2013,^[13] the Top Excellence Award at the 2015 KBS Entertainment Awards for 1 Night 2 Days,^[14] and the Grand Prize Award for his commitment and loyalty with KBS 1 Night 2 Days at the 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards.^[15]

In September 2017, it was confirmed that Kim would be a fixed cast member in Netflix's variety show Busted!.^[16]

Solo career

In the first quarter of 2011, he released his very first single entitled "Oppa Find Strength". His promotional clip from the MV depicted the negative comments that he received after his return from military service.^{[citation needed]}

He made his solo comeback on September 3, 2014, as he released his third single, "Sali Go Dali Go", an electronic dance music composed by DanDi. The music video of featured Chun Myung-hoon (NRG) and comedian Ahn Young-mi. His new track peaked at ranking number eight on China's popular music video sharing site, Yinyuetai.^[17]

Personal life

Kim married his non-celebrity girlfriend, who is 11 years younger than him, on April 20, 2025.^[18]

Discography

See also: Koyote discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
		KOR [19]
"Oppa Find Strength" (오빠 힘내요)	2011	60	KOR: 173,004[20]	Non-album singles
"Pit-A-Pat" (두근두근) feat. Gilmi	2012	—	KOR: 39,986[21]
"Sali Go Dali Go" (살리고 달리고)	2014	—	—
"The Path I Choose" (내가 선택한 길) feat. YDG	2021	—
"—" denotes release did not chart.

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
		KOR [19]
"I Need Your Love"[22] with Tak Jae-hoon, Nine Muses	2012	—	—	Music and Lyrics Season 2 OST
"Could I Love Again" (다시 만날 수 있을까)[23]	2018	—		Love Alert OST
"Happy People" (행복을 주는 사람)[24]		—		Hometown Sounds Samcheok OST
"—" denotes release did not chart.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Emergency Act 19	None	Cameo; Appeared with Koyote.
2010	Autumn Destiny	Cheongmin

Music Videos

• Kang Ho-dong & Jeong Chae-eun — Look Out of the Window
• VASIA — Love Story
• Aurora [ko] — 따따블 ^[25]
• Charlie & Shinba — Good Zombie (feat. Zingo)

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Can We Refill the Love?		Cameo
2012	Reply 1997		Cameo (episode 5)
	My Husband Got a Family	Kim Jong-min	Cameo (episode 46)	[26]
	Seoyoung, My Daughter	Lee Seo-young's fake boyfriend	Cameo (episode 1)	[27]
2013	Reply 1994	Doctor and Senior of Garbage	Cameo (episode 5)
2014	Plus Nine Boys	Gu Kwang-soo's younger generation	Cameo (episode 2)	[28]
2017	Idol Drama Operation Team	Deliveryman	Cameo (episode 4)
	Hit the Top		Cameo (episode 8)
2020	Gracious Revenge		Cameo (episode 103)	[29]

Variety shows

Present shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018–present	Brain-fficial	MC	[a]
2019–present	Those Who Cross the Line S3	Cast Member	[b]
	Happy Sunday: 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4	Main Cast	[c]
2021–2022	Tteokbokki House That Brother	Co-host	with Lee Yi-kyung and Jee Seok-jin[34][35]
2021–Present	My Little Old Boy	Main Cast	[d]
2022–2023	Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies	Contestant	Season 4–5[36]
2023	Show King Night	Judge	[37]

Former shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Happy Sunday: Heroine 6	Main Cast	[e]
2005	Happy Sunday: Shooting Kid Season 1		[f]
2006	Happy Sunday: Choi Hong-man and Strong Friends		[g]
2007	Happy Sunday: Are You Ready?		[h]
	Happy Sunday: 2 Days 1 Night Season 1		[i]
2010	Sweet Night		[j]
	Three Suspicious Men		[k]
	Dream Island	Cast	[l]
2011	Sumiok	Main Cast	[m]
2012	Happy Sunday: 2 Days 1 Night Season 2		[n]
	Three Fools [ko]		[o]
2013	Escape Crisis No. 1	Special MC	[p][38]
2014	I'm Going to School	Cast Member	Appeared on Episodes 1–5 (Sunjung High School) • 6–9 (Shinjang High School)
2015	Shin Dong Yup's Bachelor Party	Cast	Episodes: 1–12
	Law of the Jungle in Indochina	Cast Member	Part of second half tribe member. Episode 158–162.
2016	Good Life [ko]	Host	Appeared on Episode 53–103.
	God's Workplace	Pilot Cast	SBS 2016 Pilot Program
	Go PD Lee Kyung-kyu [ko]	Cast Member	Appeared on Episode 1–10 [q]
	Master of Straight		Appeared on Episode 1–6 [r]
2017	My Little Old Boy	Special Host	[s]
	Boat Horn Clenched Fists (Pilot Program)	Pilot Cast	SBS 2017 Pilot Program
	Just Friends (Pilot Program)		[t]
	Order & Cook	Main Cast	[u]
	Countryside Bakery		[v][41]
	My Little Old Boy	Special Cast	[w]
	Master Key	Main Cast	Episode: 1–3 • 8–9 • 11–12.
	1% Friendship (Pilot Program)	Pilot Cast	[x]
	One Night Sleepover Trip (Pilot Program)		[y]
2018	Box Life		Pilot program [z][42]
	Live a Good Life [ko]	Main Cast	The program premiered on January 19, 2018, and ended on March 16, 2018.[43]
	One Night Sleepover Trip		[aa]
	Law of the Jungle in Patagonia	Cast Member	Part of second half tribe member. Episodes: 305–310[45]
	Great Escape Season 1		[ab][46]
	Human Intelligence
	Hometown Sounds Samcheok (동네앨범)		[ac]
2018 – 2019	My English Puberty 100 Hours		[ad]
	Taste of Dating Season 1		[ae]
2019	Gotcha!	MC	[af]
	We Will Channel You		[ag]
	Great Escape Season 2	Main Cast	[ah]
	Earthian Live	Cast Member	[ai][54]
	Prison Life of Fools	Cast	[aj]
	The Night of Hate Comments	MC	[ak]
2013 – 2019	Happy Sunday: 2 Days & 1 Night Season 3	Main Cast	Season 3 [al]
2019 – 2020	Naturally	Cast	[am]
2020	K-pop Cultural Center [ko]	Host	[an]
	Great Escape Season 3	Main Cast	[ao][59]
	Idol on Quiz	Fixed Cast/Temporary MC	Episode 7-18 (Senior-dols) & 19-20 (Temporary MC) [ap]
2020 – 2021	Hangout with Yoo	Guest	[aq]
2021	Upgrade Human	MC	[60]
	Great Escape Season 4	Main Cast	[ar]
	I'm Going to Meet You	Host	[62]
2022–2023	Saturday Meals Love	Cast Member	[63]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018–2021	Busted!	Main Cast	Season 1–3 [as][at]	[65]
2018	We Have a New Dad		Season 2–3	[au][67][68]
2020–2021	Kim Dumb	Host	with Kim Jun-ho	[av]
2021	Sold Out King	Host		[69]
	Pong Disparue		with Lee Chan-won	[70][71]
2022	Idol Hit Song Festival		with Shin Ji	[72]
	The Door: To Wonderland	Cast Member	Season 1–2[73]	[74]
2022–2023	Benefit	Host	with Satire	[75]

Other activities

PR Ambassador

• 2016 – PR Ambassador of Dobong-gu for two years.^[76]

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.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2017	Best Variety Performer – Male	2 Days & 1 Night	Nominated	[77]
Brand Customer Loyalty Awards	2020	Entertainer Award	Kim Jong-min	Won	[78]
KBS Entertainment Awards	2006	Top Entertainer Award	Happy Sunday: Heroine 6	Won
	2011	Grand Prize (Daesang) (shared with other cast members)	2 Days & 1 Night	Won
	2014	Top Excellence Award for Variety Show		Nominated
	2015			Won
	2016	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Won	[79]
	2018	Top Excellence Award for Variety Show		Nominated	[80][81]
		Best Couple Award	Kim Jong-min with Kim Joon-ho 2 Days & 1 Night	Won
	2020	Grand Prize (Daesang)	2 Days & 1 Night Idol on Quiz	Nominated
	2021		2 Days & 1 Night Season 4	Nominated	[82]
		Entertainer of the Year		Won	[83]
	2022	Entertainer of the Year
		Grand Prize (Daesang)		Nominated
	2023	Entertainer of the Year (shared with other cast members)		Won	[84]
		Grand Prize (Daesang) (shared with other cast members)
	2024	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Nominated	[85]
		Entertainer of the Year		Won
Producer Special Award		Won
MBC Entertainment Awards	2019	Excellence Award in Variety Category (Male)	Those Who Cross the Line	Nominated
	2020	Best Couple Award	Kim Jong-min with Jung Jae-hyung Hangout with Yoo	Nominated	[86]
		Excellence Award in Music/Talk Category (Male)	Those Who Cross the Line Hangout with Yoo The People of Trot [ko]	Won
	2021	Popularity Award	Those Who Cross the Line Hangout with Yoo	Won	[87]
	2023	Popularity Award (Show/Variety)	One Top (with Yoo Jae-suk, Haha (entertainer), Lee Yi-kyung, Young K and Joo Woo-jae) Hangout with Yoo	Won	[88]
SBS Entertainment Awards	2013	Best Entertainer Award	Star King	Won
	2023	Top Excellence Award (Male Category)	My Little Old Boy, Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies	Won	[89]

Listicle

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	List	Placement	Ref.
KBS	2023	The 50 people who made KBS shine	15th	[90][91][92]

Notes

1. This is Kim Jong-min solo MC program. The show is broadcast on YouTube, Naver TV, and Facebook of History Korea. The program premiered on July 19, 2018.^[30][31]
2. The program premiered on August 18, 2019.^[32]
3. Season 4 premiered on December 8, 2019.^[33]
4. Kim Jong-min was invited back to the show in Episode 273, which aired on December 26, 2021.
5. The show originally aired on August 13, 2004 and ended on October 29, 2006.
6. Kim Jong-min was given role as assistance coach.
7. The program originally aired on August 13, 2006 and ended on April 29, 2007.
8. The program originally aired on May 6, 2007 and ended on July 29, 2007.
9. Season 1 premiered on August 5, 2007 and ended on February 26, 2012.
10. The program premiere on January 10, 2010 and ended on May 9, 2010.
11. Episodes aired from June 23 to August 5, 2010.
12. Episodes aired from November 27 to December 18, 2010.
13. First episode aired in April 2011.
14. Season 2 premiered on March 4, 2012 and ended on November 24, 2013.
15. Kim Jong-min reunited with his former colleagues from 2 Days 1 Night Season 1 (Lee Soo-geun & Eun Ji-won). The first episode aired on October 7, 2012.
16. Appeared on Episode 394 (July 29, 2013).
17. (From September 7 to November 9, 2016).
18. (Broadcast began from September 29, 2016).
19. Kim Jong-min appeared as Special Host on Episode 21–22 (January 20 & January 27, 2017).^[39][40]
20. Broadcast date is July 12 to 26, 2017. Kim Jong-min cast with Shin Ji (Koyote) for a filming in Thailand (Khao Lak).
    Just Friends — A program where male and female celebrities who are known for their friendship are going on a honeymoon trip to Khao Lak, Thailand. In this reality show, the age-old question of male-female friendship validity will be tested on a whole new level.
21. Aired on March 13 to April 17, 2017.
22. The program premiered on September 7, 2017 and ended on November 25, 2017.
23. Kim Jong-min appeared as special cast on Episode 56–57 (October 1 & October 7, 2017). These episodes focus on Kim Jong-min clumsy image and concerns about his health. Thus taking numerous of supplements and vitamins.
24. Chuseok Special. Aired on October 5, 2017. The show became permanent on March 3, 2018. However Kim Jong-min did not participate on permanent program.
25. Chuseok Special. Aired on October 9, 2017. (This episode was not aired at KBS World's YouTube channel)
26. Aired on January 10, 2018 and ended on January 11, 2018.
27. The first episode aired on February 27, 2018.^[44]
28. The series premiered on July 1, 2018 and ended on September 23, 2018.
29. The program premiered on October 28, 2018 and ended on November 17, 2018.^[47]
30. The program premiered on December 20, 2018 and ended on February 21, 2019.^[48][49]
31. The program premiered on September 16, 2018 and ended on February 21, 2019.^[50]
32. The program premiered on March 11 and ended on April 1, 2019.^[51]
33. Kim Jong-min joined the show on March 7, 2019 to May 9, 2019.^[52]
34. The program premiered on March 17 and ended on June 9, 2019.^[53]
35. The program premiered on March 29 and ended on June 14, 2019.
36. The program premiered on March 16, 2019 and ended on September 7, 2019.^[55]
37. The program premiered on June 21 and ended on October 11, 2019.^[56]
38. premiered on December 1, 2013 and ended on March 10, 2019.
39. The program premiered on August 3, 2019 and ended on May 30, 2020.^[57]
40. The program premiered on February 10 and ended on March 23, 2020.^[58]
41. The program premiered on March 1 and ended on June 14, 2020.
42. The program premiered in 2020.
43. Appeared on Episode 59-68 (Manager for Refund Sisters), 69 (Kimchi Expedition Team), 70-71 (H&H Corporation), 72-present (Winter Songs Resurrection Plan).
44. The program premiered on July 11, 2021 and ended on October 3, 2021.^[61]
45. Season 1 The program premiered on May 4, 2018 and ended on June 1, 2018.
46. Season 2 The program premiered on November 8, 2019.^[64]
47. Season 3 The series premiered on July 9, 2018 and ended on August 30, 2018.^[66]
48. The program premiered on May 1, 2020 and the last episode was published on February 26, 2021.