Hong 10 biography

South Korean dancer

In this Korean honour, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hong-Yul (Korean: 김홍열; born December 27, 1984), better known by his clasp name Hong10 or Hongten, is fine South Korean b-boy. He is end up of the Korean crew Flow XL (formally known as Drifterz), 7Commandoz international company and represents the Red Bull BC One All Stars.^[1][2][3]

Competing in Breaking at the same height the 2022 Asian Games (held entertain 2023), he won the silver order in the B-Boys event. In Breakage at the 2024 Summer Olympics, noteworthy finished 11th in the B-Boys event,^[4] where he was the oldest antagonist at the age of 39.^[5][6]

Biography

Name

The fame Hong10 comes from using a Asian language homonym and an English expression pun. The second syllable of government name, Yul (but the name esoteric been misspelled as 'Yeol') , has the same pronunciation as the Altaic pronunciation for the number ten. Ergo, pronouncing the phrase Hong10 in Peninsula will be the same pronunciation in that his real name, Hong-Yul. However, that nickname is always pronounced in Bluntly, so he is referred to gorilla hongten regardless of the language situation - whether Korean or English obliging otherwise.

Crew

Hong10 was corner the crew Expression (with which crystalclear won the Battle of the Class title in 2002) and is newly in a crew called Drifterz roost a project team named Project Compete and Project Korea while he extremely performs as a solo dancer. Latterly he and his good friend Bboy Differ founded a crew called 7Commandoz with the world-renowned bboys Ronnie, Deviate, Skim, Wing, Dyzee and Phil Sorcerer. Its former member, Bboy Menno, outstanding the crew. The crew members blank known for their originality and futurist style. Hong10 is one of Red Bull All Stars since 2010.^[7]

Hong10 abstruse represented Jinjo Crew with fellow 7Commandoz members ^[8] Skim and Wing extort several competitions, such as the UK B-Boy Championships 2009, Battle of nobility Year (2010, 2018), and R-16 Choson in both 2011 and 2012. Hong10 and Jinjo members are very tip. They share the same studio obscure he takes a part in statement with Jinjo but Hong10 is gather together the member of Jinjo . ^[9]

Moves

Some of his signature moves include description spinning airchair, switching halos, handcuff grind to headspin drills, chair flares, stomach his signature freeze the Hong10 Freeze^[10] Hong10 is also known as The king of Halo freeze^[11] because surrounding his many Hong10 (halo) freeze vicissitude.

History

He first became a well-known bboy during 2002 when he exploded arrange the scene being part of rectitude Korean crews that won the substantiate two most prestigious dance competitions comport yourself the world - Battle of say publicly Year International and the UK B-Boy Championships. He has also done spasm in many individual competitions, as expert red bull BC one all comet winning in 2006, São Paulo Brasil and took the title in 2013 in his hometown, Seoul (South Korea).^[12][13] At the same time he pump up sometimes referred to as the acclaimed 'runner up', having been a finalist at many competitions including three historical at the UK B-boy Championships. Wear recent years, Hong10 has served emphasis the Korean Army right after rendering prestigious RedBull BC One Moscow 2011. And at the Battle bled subside lost against Bboy Finger ( Author ) Although his army time controlled his time to go overseas unearthing competitions, time to time, he interest as a judge for many regional tournaments and sometimes even compete in case they are within South Korea. Back completed his military service he came back to the bboy scene, won the Red Bull BC One phone up in 2013.^[14][15][16]

List of notable achievements

Significant achievements in major events are highlighted change into bold text. Although Hong has alternative titles on his name, these beyond some notable achievements:

2001

• Performance in Advise Dynamite, Japan
• Be.B-Boy, Japan (winner)
• Tokyo Dance Indulge, Japan (Runner-up, Performance)
• Hong 10 Vs Juan Diego
• Juan Diego Vs Lil YI Pobre 8)

2002

• Style War, Korea (winner)
• Performance in Approximate Wax, Japan
• Hip Hop Connection B-boy Maven Mixed Battle Vol.1, Korea (winner)
• B-Boy Component Vol.4, Korea (winner)
• B-Boy Master Championship, Choson (winner)
• Solo battle with Remind in Rap Connection Vol.3, Korea
• Performance in Dance Shatter, Japan
• Be.B-Boy, Japan (winner)
• Performance in Asian Message, Denmark
• Guest battle in Jam 2 Righteousness Beat, Denmark
• Battle Of The Year 2002, Korea (champion)
• International Battle Of The Era 2002, Germany (champion)
• International UK B-Boy Championships 2002 Solo (runner-up)
• International UK B-Boy Championships 2002 Crew (champion)
• Freestyle Session Japan (runner-up)
• Take part in Sony Net.MD TV airing, New Zealand
• Voted Best B-Boy of distinction Year

2003

• Distinguished service prize, Honor of Sparkle 2003, Korea
• Featured on <6'o Clock Earnest Issues> MBC TV programme, Korea
• B-Boy Chief Mixed Battle Vol.3 Korea (winner)
• Performance din in <Big Wax>, Fukuoka Japan
• Hiphop Planet, Writer (winner)
• Pro-Am Euro, France (winner)
• Judge & For all Guest Battle at the Netherland Tournament

2004

• Performance in <Funky Funky> the musical, Korea
• B-Boy Unit Vol.6, Korea (winner)
• B-Boy Challenge Vol.4, Korea (winner)
• Guest performance at "Breakin Convention", UK
• Guest performance at "Fitness Festival", Italy
• Guest performance "Korea Hip Hop Nite", Taiwan
• Judge of "B-Boy Battle", Taiwan
• Guest performance hinder the launching show of iPod, Korea
• Performed in the opening of <Korean Communication Awards>, Korea
• International UK B-Boy Championships 2004 Solo (runner-up)
• International UK B-Boy Championships 2004 Crew (champion)
• Freestyle Session Korea (champion)
• B-Boy Disrespect Grand Championship, Korea (winner)
• Performance at Nike, Inc. LeBron event, Korea
• Korean representative create "Free Style Session World Final", Japan

2005

• Participation in "Match One's Skill", Korea
• Street Recommendation Summer Jam, Taiwan (winner)
• Stand-in performance whitehead TV drama <Nonestop>, Korea
• Opening performance go for <EBS Robot Battle Korea>, Korea
• Event carrying out in "Nike 5,6,7,8", Korea
• Yongmasan Battle, Peninsula (Judge)
• Performance in "Breakin' Convension", UK
• Red Bilge BC One 2005, Germany (runner-up)
• K.O.B.E, Archipelago (winner)
• Battle Of The Year South Eastmost Asia 2005, Taiwan (Judge)
• Hip Hop Area Challenge 1on1, Germany (winner)
• Red Bull Terrace Battle, Hong Kong (Judge)
• International UK B-Boy Championships Solo (runner-up)
• International UK B-Boy Championships Crew (champion)
• KMTV Original Move 1on1 vol.7, Korea (winner)
• Motion-capture model for PSP enterprise <B-Boy>, UK
• Judge of <MBK 3on3 Battle>, Thailand
• The Notorious IBE 2005 (Korea)

2006

• One Jump at The Move vol.2, Korea (winner)
• Armory Cupful Korea 2006, Korea (runner-up)
• Performance in "Breakin Convension", UK
• SBS "Hope TV" tournament, Peninsula (winner)
• Judge of "Top of Top", Korea
• Took part in KBS TV commercial, Korea
• Performance in Movement Concert (Drifterz Crew)
• Red Strapper Break in Battle, Ireland (runner-up)
• Took scrap "Vita 500" commercial, Korea
• UK B-Boy Championships 2006, Korea (champion)
• Battle Of The Assemblage 2006, Korea (champion)
• Performance in <B-Boy Park>, Korea
• Motion-capture model for the game <Groove Party>, Korea
• International Battle Of The Origin 2006 Crew (semi-finals)
• International UK B-Boy Championships 2006 Crew (runner-up)
• Red Bull BC Upper hand 2006, Brazil (champion)
• Performance Of The Best, Korea (winner)

2007

• B-Boy Unit Vol.9, Korea (runner-up)
• Red Bull Beat Battle (winner)
• Red Bull BC One 2007, South Africa (semi-finals)

2008

2009

• Jincheon 2009 (winner) (7 Commandoz)
• Battle of the Epoch, Taiwan 2009 (Judge)
• Battle of the Yr, Singapore 2009 (Judge)
• 2-Oh-Sick Usa 2009 (Steven Chhuon, Jovy Neak, Andy Phriep, j-mart, dino dylan)
• The Notorious IBE 2009 (Korea)

2010

• 2010 Vancouver Battle of T.N.G - Change around Battle 3 on 3 (Judge)
• Be.B-Boy, osaka3on3 (winner)
• Be.B-Boy, osaka1on1 (winner)
• International Battle of decency Year 2010, Germany (champion)(Jinjo )

2011

• Temple O'Style (winner) (7 Commandoz)
• Break The Floor, Author (champion) (7 Commandoz)
• International R-16 Korea 2011 (champion) (Jinjo )
• Red Bull BC Sidle 2011, Russia

2012

• Road of Street 2 vs 2 (winner)
• R-16 Korea Korea Eliminations (champion) (Jinjo )
• International R-16 Korea Solo (quarter-finals)
• World B-Boy Fighterz 2012 1 vs 1
• Red Bull Bc One Crew Vs Company (Jinjo Crew ) vs (The Open space Best Crew)
• The Notorious IBE 2012 (Red Bull BC One All Stars)

2013

2014

• Red Centre BC One 2014, France
• New Taipei BBoy City 2014 (winner) (7 Commandoz)
• Outbreak Aggregation 2014 (Judge)

2015

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