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Young-ho
Young-ho, also spelled Yong-ho, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 49 hanja with the reading " ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Young-ho was a highly popular name in the mid-20th century: according to South Korean government data, it was the most common name for newborn boys in 1940, falling to second place by 1950 and third place in 1960. People with this name include: Entertainers *Kim Young-ho (actor) (born 1967), South Korean actor *Flash (gamer) (born Lee Young-ho, 1992), South Korean professional StarCraft player Sportspeople *Kim Young-ho (born 1971), South Korean foil fencer * Pak Yong-ho (born 1974), South Korean football defender (J2 League) *Jung Young-ho (born 1982), South Korean freestyle wrestler Other *Ri Yong-ho (general) (born 1942), North Korean military officer *Thae Yong-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash (gamer)
Lee Young-ho (, born 5 July 1992) is a South Korean '' StarCraft: Brood War'' and ''StarCraft II'' player who played Terran for the Korean pro-gaming team KT Rolster under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. He made his debut as a StarCraft: Brood War player in 2007 and retired on December 19, 2015. Lee began playing ''StarCraft II'' competitively in 2011, until his retirement in December 2015. He subsequently returned to playing ''Starcraft: Brood War'', and started his personal broadcast in February 2016 on the AfreecaTV personal broadcasting platform. Since returning to ''Brood War'', Lee has won first place in Seasons 2, 3, 4, and 8 of the Afreeca Starleague. As of 2020, he is still broadcasting personal broadcasts. He is, along with BoxeR, NaDa, Iloveoov, and SAviOr, regarded as the fifth, final, and greatest of the Bonjwas, a title for players who dominated the Korean Brood War scene over long periods of time. He is considered the greatest player of all-time in the Brood Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Young-ho (actor)
Kim Young-ho (born May 27, 1967) is a South Korean actor and singer. Kim was a vocalist for underground rock band Ji-poong-woo in Cheongju in 1988, and performed at the River Music Festival in 1990. He made his musical theatre debut in 1994, and began acting onscreen in 1999. Kim has since appeared in film, television and stage, notably in ''Club Butterfly'' (2001), ''Blue'' (2003), '' Night and Day'' (2008), ''Portrait of a Beauty'' (2008) and ''City of Fathers ''City of Fathers'' () is a 2009 South Korean film written and directed by Park Ji-won. Plot Kang-soo is a third-rate street thug in Busan; he's an alcoholic and gambling addict who's always on the run from loan sharks. But when his rebellious te ...'' (2009). Filmography Film Television series Variety show Music video Theater Discography Books Awards and nominations References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Young-ho 1967 births Living people South Korean m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Young-ho
Kim Young-ho (born April 9, 1971 in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean foil fencer. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, he won the gold medal in individual foil, defeating Ralf Bissdorf of Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... in the final. He became the first Olympic Champion in fencing from Korea, and the first Asian man to win an Olympic Gold medal in fencing. At the 1997 World Championships he had perhaps one of the most heroic losses in top level fencing. With approximately 2 minutes left in the final period, Kim was down 11-3 to Sergei Golubitsky of Ukraine. As direct elimination fencing bouts go to 15 touches, most fencers would presume Kim was about done and was fencing for pride. 8 touches later Kim had tied the score. He and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heo Young-ho
Heo Young-ho (born 2 July 1986) is a Korean professional Go player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is .... Biography Heo became a 5 dan in 2006. Also in 2006, he won his first title, the BC Card Cup. His record for 2006 was 58 wins and 25 losses (75%). Promotion record Career record *2006: 58 wins, 25 losses *2007: 64 wins, 24 losses *2008: 33 wins, 18 losses *2009: 35 wins, 18 losses *2010: 66 wins, 20 losses Titles and runners-up Korean Baduk League References External linksGoBase Profile 1986 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Young-ho
Yoo Young-ho ( ko, 유영호, born 1965) is a South Korean sculptor. Career He graduated in 1991 from the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University. Later he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany. One of his sculptures is located in Seoul's Digital City subsection. It is known as Square-M Communication, a piece of large-scale installation art that resembles a man looking at his own image on a screen. It is 7m in length, 6m in width, and 6m in height using blue-painted stainless steel, representing peace and neutrality. The sculpture is seen briefly in Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron. He became famous with his ''Greetingman'' project, consisting in huge blue-colored statues of a bowing person. One statue was installed in Montevideo, Uruguay. Yoo's intention was to start the project at the farthest place from Korea. Yoo's idea is to promote peace around the world with his artistic concept; one of his statues has been erected near the Korean Demilitariz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young (Korean Name)
Young, also spelled Yeong, or Yong, Yung, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja one could be moon for example. used to write it. There are 44 hanja with the reading "''young''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Family name As a Korean family name, Young can be written with three different hanja, indicating different lineages. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, a total of 259 people had these family names. * (길 영 ''gil yeong'', meaning "eternal"): 132 people and 40 households. Reported ''bon-gwan'' (clan hometowns) included Gangnyeong, Gyeongju, and Pyeonghae. Although the family name was found in numerous historical records, it was recorded under the census for the first time in the 1930 survey with one family living in Seoul. More families bearing the surname has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Korean Given Names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a small number of one-syllable names. Originally, there was no legal limitation on the length of names, but since 1993, regulations in South Korea have prohibited the registration of given names longer than five syllable blocks, in response to some parents giving their children extremely long names such as the 16-syllable Haneulbyeollimgureumhaennimbodasarangseureouri (). Lists of hanja for names are illustrative, not exhaustive. Names by common first and second syllables G or k (ㄱ), n (ㄴ), d (ㄷ) M (ㅁ), b (ㅂ) S (ㅅ) Vowels and semivowels (ㅇ) J (ㅈ) and ch (ㅊ) T (ㅌ) and h (ㅎ) Native Korean names ''Goyueo ireum'' are Korean given names which come from native Korean vocabulary, rather than Sino-Korean root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho (Korean Name)
Ho is a Korean family name, a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name As a family name, Ho may be written with three different hanja. Those with the family name meaning " retinue" () may belong to one of four different ''bon-gwan'': *Naju, Jeollanam-do * Boan, Buan, Jeollabuk-do * Baekcheon, Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do *Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do The 2000 South Korean census found 6,106 people with these family names. Given name There are 49 hanja with the reading "ho" (with variant forms of three of them) on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; common ones are listed in the table at right. People with the single-syllable given name Ho include: *Kim Ho (born 1944), South Korean football manager *Im Ho (born 1970), South Korean actor * Lim Ho (footballer) (born 1979), South Korean football striker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and (, ) refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja never underwent any major reforms, they are mostly resemble to ''kyūjitai'' and traditional Chinese characters, although the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters. In Japan, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pak Yong-ho
Pak Yong-ho (born May 29, 1974) is a former South Korean football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... player. Club statistics References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pak, Yong-ho 1974 births Living people South Korean footballers South Korean expatriate footballers J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Sagan Tosu players Expatriate footballers in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan Association football defenders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Young-ho
Jung Young-Ho (born July 13, 1982) is a male freestyle wrestler from South Korea. He participated in the men's freestyle 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the 1/8 of final losing against Serafim Barzakov. He also participated in the men's freestyle 60 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ... where he was ranked 7th. External links Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com* * * * Living people 1982 births Olympic wrestlers for South Korea South Korean male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Yong-ho (general)
Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho (; 5 October 1942 – ) was a North Korean military officer who was Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army from 2009 to 2012, as well as a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea from September 2010 to July 2012. Early life and education Born in Tongchon County, Kangwon Province on 5 October 1942, Ri Yong-ho joined the Korean People's Army in August 1959. He graduated from the Kim Il-sung Military University. Career After graduation, Ri Yong-ho worked as chief of staff of a division, director of the operations department of an army corps, head of a training center, vice-director of the operations department of the general staff, its deputy chief and head of a training center of the KPA. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 2002, and served as commander of the Pyongyang Defense Command from 2003-09. He became a rising star in 2003 as a result of his appointment as the head of the military unit guarding the capital city an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
