Kang Chan-hee (; born January 17, 2000), also known by his stage name Chani, is a South Korean singer and actor. He began his career as a child actor, in the television dramas Listen to My Heart (2011), The Innocent Man (2012), The Queen's Classroom (2013), interactive drama Click Your Heart (2016), crime drama Signal (2016), and high-rated drama Sky Castle (2018). In 2015, he was introduced as one of the first members of NEOZ, which was a first group of FNC Entertainment's pre-debut team Neoz School. He debuted in October 2016 with the boy group SF9 and the single "Fanfare".
Kang's best-known acting role was his part in the 2018-19 hit television drama Sky Castle, where he played the role of Hwang Woo-joo, a smart and sweet high school student who lives in a high-end residential area called Sky Castle. It has also gained him a lot of fame and popularity.
Discography
Soundtrack appearances Title Year Peak position AlbumKOR "Starlight" 2021 —True Beauty OST "How Do You Do" — "Shining Star" 2022 — Miracle OST "Forever Love" — "Milky Way" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role 2016 Familyhood Hyun-bin 2017 The King's Case Note King Yejong (Young) 2019 The First Issue Hyun-jun2021 The Gossip Jung-seok White Day: The Labyrinth Hee-min 2026 Method Acting Jung Tae-min
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2009 Queen Seondeok Hwarang Three Brothers Kim Sung-tae2011 Listen to My Heart Cha Dong-joo (Young) Garden of Heaven Shin Seung-woo2012 To the Beautiful You Kang Tae-joon (Young) The Innocent Man Kang Ma-ru (Young) 2013 The Queen's Classroom Kim Do-jin 2015 Splendid Politics Ja-gyung (Young)2016 Signal Park Sun-woo Click Your Heart Kang Chan-hee2018 Coffee House 4.0 Do-yoon Cameo (Ep. 8) 2018–2019Sky CastleHwang Woo-joo 2020 Once Again Choi Ji-won Cameo (Ep. 59–66, 68) True Beauty Jung Se-yeon Cameo (Ep. 1, 4–5, 11, 12, 16)2021 Must You Go? Park Yeon Imitation Lee Eun-jo 2022Under the Queen's Umbrella Prince Ui-seong
Web series Year Title Role 2019 Love In Your Taste Yoon Dan 2021 Jinx Gyu-han 2022 MiracleLouis 2025The Scandal of ChunhwaJang-won 2026 The Scandal In-ho
Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2016 d.o.b (Dance or Band)Contestant 2021 Kingdom: Legendary War Survival Show as SF9 2021–2022 Teacher of Narat Teacher
Hosting Year Title Notes 2019–2021Show! Music CoreFebruary 16, 2019 – July 17, 2021 2022 2022 KBS Entertainment Awards with Seol In-ah and Moon Se-yoon
Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result APAN Music Awards 2020 Entertainer of the Year – Male Kang Chan-hee Brand of the Year Awards 2021 Male Idol Actor of the Year MBC Entertainment Awards 2020 Rookie Award in Variety Category – Male Show! Music Core Soompi Awards 2019 Best Idol Actor Award Sky Castle
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