Not long after their debut, Sechs Kies became popular, and their songs were on the top on various music charts. Unfortunately, in the middle of their popularity on May 20, 2000, Sechs Kies announced that they would disband without explaining any reason. But, in 2016, Sechs Kies held a reunion concert and in the same year they signed a contract with YG Entertainment as Sechs Kies with 5 members, but now only 4 members are left. Curious to find out more about Sechs Kies? Let’s check them out!
Profile and Facts
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Jiwon
Real Name/ Hangul: Eun Ji-won/ 은지원 Nick Name: G1, G, G-One, Eun Cho-ding, Matthew Eun, Kanshi Date of Birth: June 8, 1978 Place of Birth: South Korea Zodiac Sign: Gemini Height: 174 cm Weight: 60 kg Blood Type: A Education: Hawaiian Mission Academy Occupation: Singer, rapper, actor, host, dancer, composer Position (in Sechs Kies): Leader, Main Rapper, Lead Vocalist Sub-unit: Black Kies Agency: DSP Media, GYM Entertainment, YG Entertainment Years Active: 1997-present Ideal Type: a girl with a natural, fresh look, like Kim Ji-ho
Jaejin
Real Name/ Hangul: Lee Jae-jin / 이재진 Date of Birth: July 13, 1979 Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea Zodiac Sign: Cancer Height: 175 cm Weight: 64 kg Blood Type: O Occupation: Singer, dancer Position (in Sechs Kies): Main Dancer, Sub Rapper Sub-unit: Black Kies Agency: DSP Media, YG Entertainment Years Active: 1997-present Ideal Type: A cute girl
Jaeduck
Real Name/ Hangul: Kim Jae-duk /김재덕) Nickname: Ducky Date of Birth: August 7, 1979 Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea Zodiac Sign: Leo Height: 174 cm Weight: 55 kg Blood Type: B Occupation: singer, rapper, choreographer Position (in Sechs Kies): Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer Sub-unit: Black Kies Agency: DSP Media, TN Nation Entertainment, YG Entertainment Years Active: 1997-2000, 2002-present Ideal Type: Kind girl, someone who catches his eyes the first time
Suwon
Real Name/ Hangul: Jang Su-won / 장수원 Date of Birth: July 16, 1980 Place of Birth: South Korea Zodiac Sign: Cancer Height: 176 cm Weight: 52 kg Blood Type: A Occupation: Singer Position (in Sechs Kies): Sub Vocalist, Maknae Sub-unit: White Kies Agency: DSP Media, JS Entertainment, A&G Mods, YG Entertainment Years Active: 1997-2000, 2002-present Ideal Type: A Small, cute girl who has a lot of charm.
Sunghoon
Real Name/ Hangul: Kang Sung-hoon/ 강성훈 Nickname: Hoony, Ricky Kang, Koma Date of Birth: February 22, 1980 Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea Zodiac Sign: Pisces Height: 175 cm Weight: 60 kg Blood Type: B Occupation: Singer Position (in Sechs Kies): Main Vocalist, Visual Sub-unit: White Kies Agency: DSP Media, YG Entertainment Years Active: 1997-present Ideal type: A small and cute girl who would be interested in only him
Jiyong (former member)
Real Name/ Hangul: Ko Ji-yong /고지용 Date of Birth: July 1, 1980 Place of Birth: Zodiac Sign: Cancer Height: 180 cm Weight: 66 kg Blood Type: O Family: wife, son, older sister Occupation: singer, businessman Position (in Sechs Kies): Lead Vocalist Sub-unit: White Kies Agency: DSP Media Years Active: 1997-2000 Ideal Type: A girl who would love only him
Discography
Studio Albums
Compilation Albums
Music Videos
Awards and Nominations
Disbandment
Sechs Kies disbandment on May 20, 2000, was such a tragedy at the time. They disband without any explanation to the fans, resulting in various rumors spread which pursed on DSP Media high involvement. This made an unforgettable incident where at Sechs Kies last performance, reporter Jo Young-goo’s car was mistaken by fans as Lee Ho-yeon’s, the CEO of DSP, and the angry fans destroyed the car completely. Given the young age of fans, the reporter did not file a complaint against them, but Lee Ho-yeon paid him 11 million won as compensation. After the disbandment, each member talked about it several times in various tv show. Most of them said that it would be best if they disband at the peak of their career, but Jaejin said that they actually wanted to change their agency but ended in disbandment.
Reunion and Signing with YG Entertainment
Through the variety show Infinity Challenge, Sechs Kies held the reunion concert after 16 years of their disbandment at Sangnam World Cup Stadium on April 30, 2016. Around 6,000 Yellow Kies attend that concert because they miss the legend so much. Besides that, Ko Ji-yong attendance made this concert more emotional since his hiatus from the entertainment industry to focus on business.
On May 11, 2016, YG Entertainment announced that Sechs Kies had signed contracts with the company without Ko Ji-young. Jaejin and Sunghoon also signed the individual contracts with YG Entertainment. After their signing with YG, in 2017 they launched album titled Another Light by involving YG teams like Epik High Tablo, WINNER Mino, and WINNER Seunghoon. Their songs back to peak the music charts.
Sunghoon’s Departure
Previously, he was involved in some scandals. First, he was accused in fan meeting scam that stole money from Taiwanese fans. Taiwan’s media keeps bringing down Sunghoon to play the story. A rumor also spread that Sunghoon’s fans club, Hoony World, were the ones in charge of the fan meeting. Fans suspected Sunghoon and the club work together for this fan meeting scam, as Sunghoon rumored to be dating one of the Hoony World’s admin. Due to the heat up situation, Kang Sunghoon released his statement. He said, “The company holding the event, Forever 2228, tried to continue with the event, even if it meant that we would be losing money. However, the Taiwanese company tricked us, so the Taiwanese government denied our visa applications. That’s the fact.” He continued, “I’ll continue to keep updated on this issue to make sure it gets resolved, so please don’t stress over this and wait for me to give you an update at a later time.” Well, let’s hope the truth will be revealed soon. Not only that fan meeting scam, but Sunghoon was also caught up in more scandals. His ex-manager reported Sunghoon and his female stylist for breaking and entering his house. The situation seemed already settled down after the police arrived, but the witness said that Sunghoon and the stylist began harassing the ex-manager as soon as the police left, resulting the second batch of policemen to come again to the scene. The case continued in the term of law. The police discovered that the motivation behind Sunghoon’s case is his ex-manager is the key suspect in his recent fraud scandal, the fan meeting scam. Kang Sunghoon and his stylist had repeatedly requested to meet the ex-manager since he left the agency back in August. Due to his scandals, Sunghoon was in indefinite hiatus. After the Sechs Kies members uploaded photos from their 2019 Season’s Greeting, the fans speculated Sunghoon’s departure because it only consisted of four members. Sunghoon also caught to unfollowed Sechs Kies members on Instagram, as well as Yang Hyun-suk’s. But, Jiwon and Suwon still follow him, while Jaeduck not following anyone and Jaejin doesn’t own Instagram account. Due to this rumors, YG Entertainment has not released the clarification yet because Sechs Kies are preparing for their concert.
