Korean Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

A South Korean football player who since 2003 has played for FC Seoul (formerly Anyang LG Cheetahs).

A South Korean football player who since 2003 has played for FC Seoul (formerly Anyang LG Cheetahs).

Is a South Korean film director of low-brow teenager comedies. His debut My Boss, My Hero is about a

Is a South Korean film director of low-brow teenager comedies. His debut My Boss, My Hero is about a gangster who is sent back to school, while Sex Is Zero has been compared with American Pie.

Is a South Korean weightlifter. She ranked 3rd in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 Junior World Champio

Is a South Korean weightlifter. She ranked 3rd in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 Junior World Championships in Busan, South Korea, lifting 206 kg in total. She also competed in the Women's 58 kg at the 2005 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and reached th

Is a South Korean football player who since 2009 has played for Changwon City FC.

Is a South Korean football player who since 2009 has played for Changwon City FC.

Is a South Korean football Midfielder, who plays for Busan I'Park in K-League. His previous club was

Is a South Korean football Midfielder, who plays for Busan I'Park in K-League. His previous club was Daegu FC, Incheon United and Chunnam Dragons.

Is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Gangwon FC.March 8, 2009, He scored debut

Is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Gangwon FC.March 8, 2009, He scored debut goal and the final goal in the 1-0 against Jeju United. This goal is the first goal of club, too. He made three goal from first game against Jeju to third

A South Korean former football player. In Korea, He started his professional football career at Buch

A South Korean former football player. In Korea, He started his professional football career at Bucheon SK and played at Jeonbuk FC for two seasons( 2004,2005- 13goals 4assists). He played most notably for Cerezo Osaka in Japan. His last club was Sagan Tosu in Japan.

Is a South Korea football former player. He played only one club Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso that predece

Is a South Korea football former player. He played only one club Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso that predecessor of FC Seoul. He was famous for first 100 goal scorer in K-League. He did 3 Hat-tricks in the Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul. So Many fans called him Man of

A South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.

A South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.

A Korean actress, singer and television personality (gaijin tarento). She is signed onto Sony Music

A Korean actress, singer and television personality (gaijin tarento). She is signed onto Sony Music Japan's SME Records division. Since making her debut in the MBC dramas, she has acted in Korea and Japan, probably due to her fluency in Japanese as well as in her native Korean, where she has gained popularity from starring in the Fuji TV drama, Fighting Girl with co-star Kyoko Fukada. In Japan, however, she is known as Yun Sona (????).

A South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.

A South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.

Is a South Korean football player who since 2009 has played for Chunnam Dragons.

Is a South Korean football player who since 2009 has played for Chunnam Dragons.

Is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Incheon United in the K-League. He also pl

Is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Incheon United in the K-League. He also played for Suwon Samsung, Daegu FC.

A South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.His previous club is Incheon United.

A South Korean football player who has played for Daegu FC.His previous club is Incheon United.

A female South Korean classical pianist.Han's parents are not professional musicians, but her mother

A female South Korean classical pianist.Han's parents are not professional musicians, but her mother was a church accompanist so the family had a piano at home. Han went to church every Sunday and enjoyed the music. She started playing with the piano as a speaking toy and it became her best friend. She soon found music was a good method that allowed her to be free to express herself. Because of her apparent music talent and since her family lived in the Korea countryside without music schools, her mother took her to music school in Seoul.[3]

Is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.

Is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.

Is a South Korean female professional golfer.Kim was born in Chunchon, South Korea. She currently pl

Is a South Korean female professional golfer.Kim was born in Chunchon, South Korea. She currently plays in the LPGA where she won the 2007 LPGA Corning Classic. Since arriving on tour in 2003, Young has never finished second in an LPGA tournament. She doe

The founder of Daegu University in Daegu, South Korea, a pioneer of special education in Korea and a

The founder of Daegu University in Daegu, South Korea, a pioneer of special education in Korea and a Korean independence movement leader in Daegu, Korea.In September 1919, Young Shik Rhee was imprisoned for 18 months in Daegu Prison by the Japanese coloni

Younha made her debut as an artist at the young age of sixteen. Nicknamed the "Oricon comet" for her

Younha made her debut as an artist at the young age of sixteen. Nicknamed the "Oricon comet" for her success in Japan,[1] she has currently released eight singles and two albums in that country with varying degrees of success. Also, many of her songs have been featured in anime/dramas.Younha is signed to Epic Records, owned by Sony Music Japan.In order to accomplish her dreams, Younha began to audition within Korea. She says that she went through as many as 20 auditions. She also commented in an interview that certain companies refused to sign her to their labels because they believed she was not "pretty" enough, although she sang very well.[3] At one audition, she made an overwhelming impression and signed a contract with a Japanese company

Is a South Korean entertainer, known mostly for his MC-ing roles and comic routines. He has hosted s

Is a South Korean entertainer, known mostly for his MC-ing roles and comic routines. He has hosted several variety television shows in Korea, including the hugely popular program Muhan Dojeon. Nicknamed "The Grasshopper", due to early appearances dressed

Is a South Korean former 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion. He, together with Jung-Koo Chan

Is a South Korean former 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion. He, together with Jung-Koo Chang, were considered as the best boxers South Korea has ever produced. Yuh made 17 successful title defenses during his first reign, the record for the 108-p

Was a Korean politician who argued that Korean independence was essential to world peace. His pen-na

Was a Korean politician who argued that Korean independence was essential to world peace. His pen-name was Mongyang, the Chinese characters for "dream" and "light." He is rare among politicians in modern Korean history in that he is revered in both South

Is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Kintaro Kanemura . He is a

Is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Kintaro Kanemura . He is also known as W*ING Kanemura. He is best known for his death matches in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He has also wrestled fo

Was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962.Yun graduated with an M.A. from the University of

Was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962.Yun graduated with an M.A. from the University of Edinburgh in 1930. He entered politics after Japanese occupation ended in 1945, with Syngman Rhee being his mentor. In 1948, Yun was appointed by Rhee as

Is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul

Is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event. Everybody liked him.