Nongshim RedForce

Nongshim RedForce^{[n 1]} (Korean: 농심 레드포스) is a South Korean esports organization owned by food and beverage company Nongshim. The team's name and logo are a reference to Nongshim's popular instant noodle brand Shin Ramyun.^[1] The organization initially started as a League of Legends team before branching out into other esports.

Nongshim RedForce

Short name	NS RedForce, NS
Game	League of Legends Valorant PUBG Mobile Honor of Kings
Founded	15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) (as I Gaming Star)
League	LCK (LoL) VCT Pacific (Valorant) Pro Series Korea (PUBG Mobile)
Location	South Korea
Owner	Nongshim
CEO	Oh "Evans" Ji-hwan
Manager	Ko Jin-seob
General manager	Cha Min-kyu
Website	www.ns-esports.com

History

League of Legends

For most of its history the team competed in Challengers Korea (CK), the second division of professional League of Legends in South Korea.^[2] However, as Team Dynamics, the team qualified for South Korea's primary league, League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), after winning the 2020 LCK Summer promotion tournament.^[3] In late 2020 Riot Games Korea announced that Team Dynamics would be one of ten permanent franchise partners of the LCK.^[4] Nongshim became the main sponsor of Team Dynamics on 17 June 2020, and stated that it would acquire the team after the 2020 LCK season. On 17 December 2020, Team Dynamics was rebranded as Nongshim RedForce.^[1]

Valorant

On 25 November 2024, while owning a Valorant team in Challengers Korea, Nongshim RedForce acquired Sin Prisa Gaming, who had recently promoted to the Valorant Champions Tour via winning the Ascension Pacific tournament. As such, they also acquired their spot into the VCT Pacific League.^[5] Their Challengers team was transferred to FearX.

League of Legends

Current roster

Nongshim RedForce League of Legends roster
Players	Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality Top Kingen Hwang Seong-hoon South Korea Top Kangin Choi Kang-in South Korea Jungle GIDEON Kim Min-seong South Korea Jungle Sylvie Lee Seung-bok South Korea Jungle Carim Oh Jae-seong South Korea Mid Calix Syun Hyun-bin South Korea Mid Fisher Lee Jeong-tae South Korea Bot Jiwoo Jung Ji-woo South Korea Support Lehends Son Si-woo South Korea Support vital Ha In-seong South Korea	Head coach Park "Chelly" Seung-jin Assistant coach(es) Kim "Crazy" Jae-hee
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Substitute Injury / Illness	Roster updated 7 June 2025.

Valorant

Current roster

Nongshim RedForce Valorant roster
Players	Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality Xross Jung Hwan South Korea Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu South Korea Francis Kim Mu-bin South Korea Ivy Park Sung-hyeon South Korea margaret Kim Ji-woo South Korea Persia Yang Zi-on South Korea Rb Goo Sang-min South Korea	Head coach Kim "SilKanon" Gyeong-min Assistant coach(es) Ma "ValAnalysis" Hyun-sung So "sungmin" Seong-min
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Substitute Injury / Illness

Tournament results

Placement	Event	Final result (W–L)
1st	2019 CK Summer Split	11–3
NQ	2020 LCK Spring Promotion	1–3 (against Hanwha Life Esports)
9th–12th	2019 KeSPA Cup	0–2 (against Gen.G)
2nd	2020 CK Spring Split	9–5
1st	2020 CK Spring Playoffs	3–1 (against Spear Gaming)
Q	2020 LCK Summer Promotion	2–0 (against Seorabeol Gaming)
8th	2020 LCK Summer Split	5–13
2nd	2020 KeSPA Cup	0–3 (against DAMWON Gaming)
6th	2021 LCK Spring Split	7–11
6th	2021 LCK Spring Playoffs	2–3 (against Hanwha Life Esports)
3rd	2021 LCK Summer Split	12–6
4th	2021 LCK Summer Playoffs	0–3 (against DWG KIA)

Notes

1. Formerly known as:

   • I Gaming Star (15 May 2016 – 12 January 2018)
   • ES Sharks (12 January 2018 – 27 May 2019)
   • Team Dynamics (27 May 2019 – 17 December 2020)