Kang Chan-hee
Kang in 2021
Born (2000-01-17) January 17, 2000 (age 24)[1]
Daejeon, South Korea
EducationSchool of Performing Arts Seoul
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
  • dancer
Years active2009–present
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Years active2016–present
LabelsFNC
Member ofSF9
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGang Chan-hui
McCune–ReischauerKang Ch'anhŭi
Stage name
Hangul
찬희
Revised RomanizationChan-hui
McCune–ReischauerCh'anhŭi

Kang Chan-hee (강찬희; born January 17, 2000), also known by his stage name Chani, 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'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

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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 (썰) 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 Chunhwa Love Story 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]

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