Kang Daniel Profile

Kang Daniel Profile and Facts

Kang Daniel (강다니엘) is a South Korean soloist under ARA (Artistic Round Alliance) and a former member of Wanna One. On July 25, 2019 he debuted as a soloist, with the single “What Are You Up To”.

Fandom Name: FLOWD (플로디) (Previously DANITY)
Fandom Color: Rainbow Light

Kang Daniel’s Official Signature:

Official SNS:
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Stage Name: Daniel (다니엘) / Kang Daniel (강다니엘)
Birth Name: Kang Euigeon (강의건), but he legally changed his name to Kang Daniel (강다니엘)
Birthday: December 10, 1996
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rat
Height: 181.5 cm (5’11″)
Weight: 67 kg (145 lbs)
Blood Type: A
MBTI Type: ENFJ

Kang Daniel Facts:
– He was born in Wonju city, Gangwon province, South Korea.
– He was raised in Anyang city, then in Yeongdo district of Busan city.
– Daniel is an only child to his divorced parents.
– His birth first name was given by his father. (Yoo Huiyeol’s Sketchbook, 200807)
– He officially changed his name from Euigeon to Daniel (because a lot of people found it difficult to pronounce his name Euigeon).
– School education: Cheonghak Elementary School, Shinseon Middle School, Peniel High School of the Arts (dropped out). He successfully passed the GED.
– College education: Kyunghee Cyber University, Department of Applied Music (graduated); Sangmyung University graduate school, Department of New Media Music (postponed due to military service).
– His nicknames are King Daniel, Neri, Laughter Barrier, Samoyed, Nyeonmoyed, Kang Huihyeol, Smooth Meat, Apeach, Nieru Kanda, and others.
– He is Christian, denomination unknown. (b.stage chat March 2026)
– He likes honesty and sincerity in people. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– He thinks love is family, friends, and the people closest to oneself. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– He likes to laugh a lot, even though sometimes it’s not funny, and he likes to talk to himself. (“Happy Together”)
– He doesn’t like aegyo.
– He has/had a habit biting his nails. (NYLON April 2021)
– He sees dreams only when something bad happens. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– His shoulders’ width is 60 cm (23 inches). He achieved it by doing 100 push-ups every day.
– His legs are 111 cm (43.7 inches). (“Idol Room”)
– His feet size is 280mm.
– He doesn’t have any tattoos and doesn’t plan to have them because they don’t suit him. (Osaka Fanmeeting October 2025)
– He can play drums and blocflute. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– In cooking he specializes in beef-and-beetroot Korean soup. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– Cooking stewed dishes is his vocation passed from his mom. (Highcut Interview 2019)
– He has 3 cats now: Peter, Ori and Chan-Ah. Rooney passed away in October 2025.
– His cats Peter and Rooney are actually female cats, but he initially thought they were males.
– He loves cats a lot and often watches video content with them.
– He would like to become a cat as they are very lazy. (Anime Effect Podcast October 2025)
– He doesn’t seem to get along with dogs.
– He said he hates bugs (vLive), but he would like to get rid of this phobia (Highcut Interview 2019).
– But he is not afraid of spiders.
– He always brings his insect swatter. (“Dangerous Beyond the Blankets”)
– He is not afraid of ghosts, but of people dressed as ghosts. He thinks ghosts cannot harm anyone. (NYLON April 2021)
– For him, yellow color is cold due to him living in Busan, where the morning sun glows yellow with cold breeze. (Dazed April 2021)
– He likes showering because it is quick but he likes bathing too. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– He uses lip balm instead of lipsticks. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– He is used to wear out old torn clothes for a long time. He still keeps the old sneakers his mother had bought for him when he began B-boying. (The Star June 2020)
– He learns English by memes. (NYLON April 2021)
– His favorite video game is Party Animals.
– He also likes to play niche and hardcore games. (Cosmopolitan September 2020)
– His favorite novel is At the Mountains of Madness by H.P.Lovecraft. (b.stage chat April 2026)
– His favorite memes are those with character Elmo. (NYLON April 2021)
– His favorite Netflix show is Love, Death and Robots. (b.stage chat April 2026)
– His favorite anime characters are Rengoku from Demon Slayer and Pikachu. (b.stage chat February 2026)
– His first ever watched anime are Naruto and Bleach. He likes anime with serious plots. (Anime Effect Podcast October 2025)
– As for movies, he likes Marvel cinematic universe with Spider-Man and Deadpool as his favorite heroes.
– He likes all movie iterations of Spider-Man: Tobey McGuire as Peter Parker, Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, and Tom Holland for his cuteness. (iHeart Radio September 2025)
– He also likes Quentin Tarantino movies. His favorite Hollywood actor is Keanu Reeves.
– He also likes Brad Pitt (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021) and Ryan Gosling (b.stage chat April 17, 2026).
– When he was a child, he liked Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. (NYLON April 2021)
– He would like to play a role of a walker in The Walking Dead. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– He likes fantasy and horror genres. He loved to watch American Horror Story and Pan’s Labyrinth. (Cosmopolitan September 2020)
– He is a cinephile, who watched more than 1000 movies and even met Baz Lurman in person. (Highcut Interview 2019)
– He is a geek for Star Wars franchise having all kinds of merchandise. He even has his own custom lightsaber.
– His favorite Star Wars character is Darth Vader. (iHeart Radio September 2025)
– He would like to try European medieval setting. (NYLON April 2021)
– He is fond of architecture design since his father is an architect, and painting. (Cosmopolitan September 2020)
– His hobbies are Lego constructing and clay art. (Highcut Interview 2019)
– He likes skateboarding.
– He collects computer mouses and keyboards, figurines and vine bottles. (Arena Homme 2020)
– He likes stargazing since childhood. He tried to take a picture of Milky Way, but never succeeded. (Grazia Korea May 2020)
– In his spare time he likes looking up for clothes/fashion. (170828 Wanna One on Hongkira radio)
– He likes to travel alone. Once he rode a bike from Busan to Ulsan, when he was in the third grade of elementary school. (Grazia Korea May 2020)
– When travelling in Portland, Oregon, he did yoga with goats. (The Star June 2020)
– He loves visiting forests. (The Star June 2020)
– In his childhood he used to often climb the nearest mountain and breathed air on the highest point. (The Star June 2020)
– Playing videogames with friends is what that brings a sense of happiness to him. (Grazia Korea May 2020)
– The happiness for him is confidence in tomorrow and in future years. (Grazia Korea May 2020)
– He is not fond of rave parties. (b.stage chat January 2026)
– He is allergic to shellfish (shrimp, lobster, etc). (“Let’s Eat Dinner Together”)
– Out of the seafood, he can only eat squid.
– He dislikes raisins. (“Okay Wanna One” Ep 32 (Q&A Time Part 1))
– His favorite fast food is pepperoni pizza. (NYLON April 2021)
– He worked part-time in a meat restaurant.
– He dreams to open a sushi restaurant in Hong Kong.
– His first ever job was at building construction. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– His favorite TV show was Infinite Challenge. (NYLON April 2021)
– Since he hadn’t any siblings, he liked to watch daily drama Human Theater (The Star June 2020)
– He would like to appear in house-repairing reality shows. (NYLON April 2021)
– He has narcolepsy, and that he falls asleep in the shower washing his hair, or at the table while eating a meal with food in his mouth. (“It’s Dangerous Beyond the Blankets”)
– He said he prefers older women. (“Happy Together”)
– He got in love with music when he attended a rock festival in Busan. (NYLON April 2021)
– His favorite rock band is Linkin Park. (iHeart Radio September 2025)
– He would like to appear in Post Malone “Circle” MV. (NYLON April 2021)
– His favorite sad song is “Someone Like You” by Adele. (NYLON April 2021)
– His dream concert would consist of Alan Walker, Marshmello and himself. (NYLON April 2021)
– On his concerts his favorite song to perform is “Little Bit Lost”. (Anime Effect Podcast Ocotber 2025)
– He regrets about he did not have proper school and college life. (Interview Magazine April 20, 2021)
– When he suffered psychologically, he found motivation to come back by watching other artists’ performances. (Dazed April 2021)
– He began composing when he was 23 or 24 years old. He uses MIDI program for it. (Rolling Stone Korea January 2026)
– His motivation to begin music composing was opinions that artists should create something their own, not do someone’s work. (b.stage chat January 2026)
– He wants to release music in country, jazz and punk genres. Metal genre is too much for him. (Osaka Fanmeeting October 2025)
– He is friends with Jung Daehyun. Both of them went to the same dance academy in Busan.
– His role models are Seventeen because of their teamwork, BTS because they are powerful, EXO because they are cool. (“Happy Together”)
– He has been B-Boying since junior high school and even placed first in a rookie B-Boying battle in Busan.
– He would like to have saved his old Jordan and Puma shoes he danced B-Boying in. (NYLON April 2021)
– In the past he went on vacations in Canada to visit his maternal aunt who lives there.
– BTS’ Jimin, Daniel and Woojin participated (respectively) in a dance competition in Busan – “2011 Busan City Kids Vol. 2”. Jimin’s team beat Woojin’s team in the semifinal, while in the final Jimin and Daniel’s teams confronted, and Daniel’s team won.
– Along with Yoon Jisung, he was a backup dancer  for Cao Lu and Park Sihyun’s performance for the survival show Her Secret Weapon.
– He appeared in Davichi‘s “Days Without You” MV.
– He was ranked 11th on TC Candler “The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2018”.
– He had the Guinness Book record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers on Instagram before it had been broken by the British Prince Henry.
– He was a trainee at B2M Entertainment at first before it was merged with MMO Entertainment.
– His contact with MMO Entertainment expired on January 31, 2019.
– On February 2, 2019 his contract with LM Ent. started. On March 3, 2019 he asked for his contract termination with LM Ent. On March 20, 2019, he filed suspension of his contract with LM Entertainment. His request was accepted by the court on May 10, 2019.
– On June 9, 2019 Daniel has established KONNECT Entertainment. It brought together such performers like Chancellor, Yuju, WE DEM BOYS, and CL. It had three-floored small office building with a cafe in it. On June 9, 2024 it was officially closed.
– On August 5, 2019, it was confirmed that Daniel and Jihyo of TWICE are dating. On November 10, 2020, Daniel and Jihyo were announced to have broken up due to their mutually busy schedules.
– He was the MC of dance competition “Street Woman Fighter” (2021).
– He enlisted into mandatory military service on February 2, 2026 and will be discharged on August 8, 2027.
– He has health issues with lower back, one knee, and one shoulder. (b.stage chat January 2026)
– His motto: “Let’s be happy”.
– In the future, when he retires, he would become a farmer (Cosmopolitan September 2020)
– Kang Daniel’s ideal type: is someone older who he can learn from (Happy Together 170810)

PD101 S2 Information:
– He had 2 years and 1 month of practice prior to participating.
– His motto was “I will show you the honesty and cleverness of a Busan boy”.
– He named as his hobbies skateboarding and dancing.
– He named as his specialty b-boying.
– He chose to be graded B on episode 1.
– He was ranked 23rd on episode 1.
– He was graded A after the initial evaluation.
– He was ranked 23rd on episode 2.
– He performed “Sorry, Sorry” on episode 3. His position was Sub Vocalist 2
– He was ranked 12th on episode 3.
– He was ranked 5th on episode 5.
– He was ranked 2nd on episode 6.
– He performed “Get Ugly” on episode 7. His positions were Leader and Sub Dancer.
– He was ranked 8th on episode 8.
– He performed “Open It” on episode 9. His positions were Leader and Sub Vocalist.
– He performed “Hands on Me” on episode 10. His position was Sub Vocalist 1.
– He was ranked 1st on episode 10.
– He was ranked 1st on episode 11 with a total of 1,578,837 votes, and got to debut in Wanna One and was given the Center position.
– He was a trainee at MMO Entertainment with Yoon Jisung.
– He had nickname God Daniel in analogy to God Sejeong due to staying high-ranked for a long time.
– He snored the loudest, as Samuel mentioned this on “Happy Together”)

Wanna One Information:
– He was part of Triple Position sub-unit.
– If he were to stage a solo performance on his own for himself, it would be a Michael Jackson-styled performance. (Wanna One Photo Essay, 2018)
– If he were to stage a group performance, it would the most energetic one, like Seventeen’s “Clap”. (Wanna One Photo Essay, 2018)
– If he had 4 days and 3 nights of vacation, he would spend it on Hawaii with his groupmates. (Wanna One Photo Essay, 2018)
– When asked what does he carry in his bag, he answered headphones, which he often buys over and over, earrings, that are in a special box, and a lava lamp with Spider-Man design, which was gifted by fans. (Wanna One Photo Essay 2, 2018)
– If he had 5 words to one co-member, he would tell Woojin ‘you are handsome, believe it’. (Wanna One Photo Essay 2, 2018)
– His favorite Wanna One song is “12th Star”. (Wanna One Photo Essay 2, 2018)
– Wanna One members for him are 10 reliable brothers.
– When asked who would he introduce his sister to, if he had one, Daehwi said Seongwu and Daniel are dangerous. (Interview on PD101 called ‘We ask, You answer!)
– When Wanna One moved to the dorm, initially Daniel wanted to be roommate with Woojin, because they would be comfortable speaking satoori (Busan’s dialect). However, Woojin said he doesn’t use satoori. (“Wanna One Go” ep. 1)
– They chose the rooms after playing ‘Rock-Paper-Scissors’.
– Daniel, Seungwoo and Jisung used to share a room. (Wanna One’s reality show “Wanna One Go” ep. 1)
– Wanna One moved to 2 new apartments. Daniel and Seongwoo shared a room. (Apartment 2)

Kang Daniel Filmography:
– 너와 나의 경찰수업 (Rookie Cops) | Hulu / as Wi Seunghyun (2022)

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