Kang Nam

Kang Nam

Kang Nam (滑川康夫) was born on March 23, 1987 in Japan. Kang Nam movies and tv shows: Let's Only Walk The Flower Road, Pinocchio, Store Struck by Lightning, I Hear Your Voice...
Kang Nam is a member of Japan

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First Name: Yasuo
Family Name: Namekawa
Native Name: 滑川康夫
Also Known As: 강남;Kangnam;나메카와 야스오;Ya-Cha
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: March 23, 1987
Age: 31
Yasuo Namekawa, better known by his stage name Kangnam, is a Korean-Japanese singer, television personality and model. He was the vocalist and oldest member of the South Korean hip-hop group, M.I.B. He made his recording debut in South Korea with the single, "Say My Name," just before his debut as a member of M.I.B.
His mother is Korean and his father is Japanese. Being an only child, he spent most of his childhood in Japan, and also spent some years in Hawaii. In March 2008, Kangnam debuted with the stage name Ya-Cha as a new member of the Japanese band Kick Chop Busters (KCB). However, he left the band in 2010 for unknown reasons, without his parents' knowledge. Kangnam has stated in interviews that his family is wealthy, but he does not receive financial support from them.
Kangnam attended Hawaiian Mission Academy in Honolulu for a period before transferring to another school to finish high school. He then returned to Japan to finish his studies. Kangnam briefly attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was majoring in Communications, but he left the school to pursue music instead.
In South Korea, Kangnam debuted as the main vocalist and dancer of the boy group M.I.B under the label Jungle Entertainment on October 25, 2011, with the title track "G.D.M" aka "Girls, Dreams, Money." His solo song "Say My Name" was released on October 17, 2011 as part of a spin-off promotion to prove that each member is capable of standing alone. Kangnam is also an accomplished guitarist and pianist. Also in 2012, Kangnam took on his first acting role in the tvN sitcom "21st Century Family", and he became the host of the Japanese rendition of Mnet's Jjang.
On July 14, 2017 Kangnam's agency confirmed he and Uee are dating. They appeared together in a South Korean documentary based reality show Law of the Jungle. On August 1, 2017, the couple was confirmed to have broken up after three months of dating.