Kino (singer)

Before his K-pop debut, he was a member of a dance team called Urban Boyz.[8] He appeared in G.NA’s ‘Secret’ MV and promotional activities.[9] He also appeared in Rain’s "Rain Effect".

In 2016, he competed in the reality program Pentagon Maker.[10][11]

With the released of "Young", Cube entertainment confirm Kino to debut with Pentagon.[12] He helped in creating the choreography for their debut track, Gorilla.[13] Kino makes a cameo in the drama Hello, My Twenties! 2 with his bandmates as a member of Asgard.[14] He also helped choreograph for Like This.[15][16] During Pentagon's second self produced album Demo_02, Kino help choreograph "Runaway" alongside Jay Black.[17] He also produced the song Violet in the album which got a Korean music video following the title track "Runaway" and later became the title track for their second Japanese mini album, Violet.

In 2018, Kino broke the start with "In My Feelings Challenge" or also known as "Kiki Challenge" in South Korea which unveiled as official SNS on the 14th of July. Kino who appeared in the video with a hat on, grabbed fans as much as possibly drawing a killing part heart in "In My Feeling" and a basketball dribble dance.[18] On July 17, he was cast with Gongchan of B1A4 and Yoo Seung Woo as the MC for "Bus King", a program where musicians surprise the bus passengers by performing series of songs to comfort the weary souls of youth in this age of daily life.[19] Kino is part of the group M.O.L.A. (Make Our Lives Awesome), which originally consist of Park Ji-min of 15&, Woodz of UNIQ and Nathan. He and Vernon of Seventeen joined later. The group is made up of several close friends who shares the same passion in music. They released an unofficial song "Chillin" on SoundCloud.[20] Kino participated in his label mate, A Train To Autumn debut track, "That Season You Were In".[21]

On January 30, 2019, Cube Entertainment released an official statement through Pentagon's official Twitter account. The statement stated that Kino suffered an ankle injury.[22] He contributed in composing "Always Difficult Always Beautiful" with Nathan for Wooseok x Kuanlin's debut extended play titled 9801 after he felt inspired by the San Junipero episode from British drama Black Mirror season 3.[23] On March 27, the group held the comeback showcase for their eight mini album Genie:us. He participated all scheduled activities with the exception of performances.[24] Pentagon continued promoting with a follow up song "Spring Snow". He was able to participate in the promotions for a week.[25]

In 2020, Kino debuted as a radio host on the Casper Radio's radio program, "Kino's KiSingBooth (Korean:키Sing부스)". Casper Radio's production crew said they chose Kino to host because of his taste in a variety of music genres and books he likes and has helped a lot in this round's radio project.[26] With the release of Pentagon's first studio album Universe: The Black Hall on February 12, Kino co-composed "Die for You" with Nathan. He wrote the song using Harley Quinn from the movie Suicide Squad as an inspiration.[27][28]