Kangin

Xanadu was a 1980s musical film starring Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John.

Xanadu has also been reproduced as a Broadway musical.

Heechul and Kangin, along with Choi Sungwon, performed the same character, Sonny, according to their time slot, and auditions and casting picks were chosen in a process through reality television.

Kim Young-woon (born January 17, 1985), better known by his stage name Kangin (lit. meaning: "strong benevolence"), is a South Korean former singer, actor, television host and radio personality.

He is best known as a former member of Super Junior and its subgroups Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H.

Kangin officially debuted as part of 12-member project group Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005 on SBS' music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)".

Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on December 5, 2005 and debuted at number three on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.

In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation.

However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations.

Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.

The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on June 7, 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.

After he debuted with Super Junior, Kangin became a regular on MBC variety show, Image Survival until February 2006.

In 2006, Kangin frequently acted as an MC at fan meetings for SM artists such as DBSK and BoA and MC for channel EBS TV.

In 2006 and 2007, he went on many variety show as a guest and sometimes as a regular cast member on shows such as Love Triangle, KBS Star King, KBS Vitamin and MBC Driving School with Leeteuk as a regular cast member.

His television appearances and hosting gigs earned him the highest salary in Super Junior.

Five days after Super Junior 05's debut performance, Kangin became the MC of Mnet's M!Countdown along with Leeteuk and Shindong.

The trio stayed as the hosts throughout the remaining year until Kangin was replaced by Eunhyuk in mid-2006 due to his busy schedule from hosting EBS Reckless Radio and MBC's music program, ''Show!

Music Core''.

In February 2007, he was placed in the trot-singing Super Junior-T.

A year later, he became a member of Super Junior-H.

Kangin's silver-screen debut was in the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, which premiered on July 26, 2007.

Kangin left Reckless Radio in June 2007 to host MBC's Good Friend Radio with Cho Jungrin.

This was the first MBC variety show Kangin participated in after the time-slot dispute between MBC and SM Entertainment regarding Kangin's job as host on SBS Super Junior Exploration of Human Body in 2007.

In 2008, Kangin was chosen to take the role of 'Kang Soo' in the Korean language film, Hello, Schoolgirl.

Kangin also became the television host for two of MBC's popular entertainment programs, Sunday Sunday Night Dong-An Club and Nothing is Impossible.

On channel Mnet, Kangin starred in 'Band of Brothers 2008' with Heechul, Jay and Jungmo.

On channel MTV, Kangin was an MC for 'Class Up' in 2008.

Kangin was one of four MCs for SBS 'Change' variety show in 2008.

From September 9 to November 9, 2008, Kangin, along with bandmate Heechul, debuted as musical actors through the musical, Xanadu.

In April 2008, Cho's hosting spot was replaced by Kim Tae-yeon.

From December 2008 to May 2009, Kangin and actress Lee Yoon-ji played a low-income college couple for the popular MBC reality show We Got Married.

This also marked the first time he appeared with Super Junior in three years since October 2009.

On June 25, his teaser photo was released showing a slim downed Kangin with a frosty look and a net-like veil over his head.

Kangin's last day of hosting the program was on April 19, 2009.

In 2009, Kangin with other few Super Junior members hosted television show for charity named 'Miracle'.

Kangin was also cast to take on the role of 'Hotae' for MBC's cable comedy drama, Romance Zero.

With a total of sixteen episodes, the drama ended in late May 2009 with acceptable reviews and ratings.

In June, 2012, SM Entertainment announced that Kangin will rejoin Super Junior for the group's sixth album, Sexy, Free & Single, which was released on July 1, 2012.

On July 11, 2019, Kangin withdrew from Super Junior, having been on hiatus since 2015 as a result of his second DUI offense.

However, he will continue his contract with SM.