Kwon

Kwon
Retired
Kwon
Background Information
Name	Kevin Kwon (권구혁)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Nationality	; South Korea; ; United States
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ;
Competitive IDs	KonKwon
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kevin "Kwon" Kwon (Hangul: 권구혁) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was previously known as KonKwon.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠GamesterGear	≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-??	≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-??	≈2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Jan 20152015-01-07^[2]	≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-16^[1]	≈1mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Final Five	Mar 20152015-03-03	Mar 20152015-03-13^[3]	10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Coast	Mar 20152015-03-13^[5]	Nov 20152015-11-16^[4]	8mo 3d ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Esports	Nov 20152015-11-16^[7]	Apr 20162016-04-26^[6]	5mo 10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Gaming	May 20162016-05-20^[10]	Jul 20162016-07-07^[9]	1mo 18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Pride	Jun 20162016-06-03	Jul 20162016-07-07^[11]	1mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Big Gods Jackals	Dec 20162016-12-08^[13]	Feb 20172017-02-16^[12]	2mo 8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Feb 20172017-02-16^[15]	Nov 20172017-11-18^[14]	9mo 2d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-14	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-16	≈2d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	Dec 20172017-12-17^[17]	May 20182018-05-08^[16]	4mo 22d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	May 20182018-05-08^[19]	Jun 20182018-06-28^[18]	1mo 20d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest Academy	Jun 20182018-06-28^[21]	Nov 20182018-11-02^[20]	4mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Uni. of Nevada, LV	≈Nov 2019≈2019-11-??	Mar 20202020-03-06	≈4mo 5d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠GamesterGear	≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-??	≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-??	≈2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dragon Knights	Jan 20152015-01-07^[2]	≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-16^[1]	≈1mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Final Five	Mar 20152015-03-03	Mar 20152015-03-13^[3]	10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Coast	Mar 20152015-03-13^[5]	Nov 20152015-11-16^[4]	8mo 3d ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Esports	Nov 20152015-11-16^[7]	Apr 20162016-04-26^[6]	5mo 10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Gaming	May 20162016-05-20^[10]	Jun 20162016-06-04	15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Pride	Jun 20162016-06-03	Jul 20162016-07-07^[11]	1mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Gaming	Jun 20162016-06-04	Jul 20162016-07-07^[9]	1mo 3d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Big Gods Jackals	Dec 20162016-12-08^[13]	≈Jan 2017≈2017-01-??	≈1mo 13d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Big Gods Jackals	≈Jan 2017≈2017-01-??	Feb 20172017-02-16^[12]	≈26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Feb 20172017-02-16^[15]	Jun 20172017-06-24	4mo 8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-14	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-16	≈2d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jun 20172017-06-24	Nov 20172017-11-18^[14]	4mo 24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	Dec 20172017-12-17^[17]	May 20182018-05-08^[16]	4mo 22d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	May 20182018-05-08^[19]	Jun 20182018-06-28^[18]	1mo 20d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest Academy	Jun 20182018-06-28^[21]	Nov 20182018-11-02^[20]	4mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Uni. of Nevada, LV	≈Nov 2019≈2019-11-??	Mar 20202020-03-06	≈4mo 5d ejel

News

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

NA	⁠⁠GSG	July (approx.), WizFujiiN and KonKwon join. e
NA	⁠⁠GSG	September (approx.), KonKwon leaves. e

NA	⁠⁠TDK	January 7, kina, Kez, Kyle, and KonKwon join.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠TDK	February 16 (approx.), KonKwon leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠F5	March 3, KonKwon joins. Rule18 moves to substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠CST	March 13, WTHeaven and KonKwon join. Impaler and Sheep leave.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠F5	March 13, Impaler and Sheep join. heavenTime and KonKwon leave.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠CST	November 16, Team Coast transfers its LCS spot to NRG eSports. KonKwon leaves.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠NRG	November 16, NRG eSports acquires the LCS spot of Team Coast. Impact, Moon, GBM, Altec, KonKwon, Charlie (Head Coach), Hermit (Strategic Coach), Archon (Analyst), and Empyre (Analyst) join.^[7]^[8] e

NA	⁠⁠NRG	April 26, Quas, Santorin, and KiWiKiD join. Impact, Moon, and KonKwon leave.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠APX	May 20, Ray, Diamondprox, Roar, and KonKwon join. Saintvicious (Head Coach/Sub/Jungle to Head Coach) and BlisS (Assistant Coach/Sub/Mid to Assistant Coach) change positions. Big ol Ron and BrandonFTW leave.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠APP	June 3, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, and KonKwon join. Thal, ShrimP, Apollo, and Xpecial join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠APX	June 4, Cris, Diamondprox, Roar, and KonKwon move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠APP	July 7, KonKwon retires.^[11] e
NA	⁠⁠APX	July 7, KonKwon retires.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠BGJ	December 8, RF Legendary, Wiggily, Pekin Woof, Tails, and KonKwon join. Fiku joins as substitute.^[13] e

NA	⁠⁠BGJ	January (approx.), Baiano moves to starting roster. KonKwon moves to substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠BGJ	February 16, KonKwon leaves.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	February 16, KonKwon joins as substitute.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	April 14 (approx.), ⁠⁠Team Liquid Academy is formed. Ron, Chorong, Arcsecond, Youngbin, and KonKwon join. Saintvicious and TheOddOrange join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	April 16 (approx.), ⁠⁠Team Liquid Academy is disbanded. Ron, Chorong, Arcsecond, Youngbin, KonKwon, Saintvicious, and TheOddOrange leave. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	June 24, KonKwon moves to starting roster. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	November 18, KonKwon leaves.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM	December 17, KonKwon (Translator) joins.^[17] e

NA	⁠⁠TSM	May 8, KonKwon (Translator) leaves.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	May 8, Santorin and KonKwon join. AnDa leaves for academy roster.^[19] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	May 10, KonKwon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Saintvicious (Strategic Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018.^[22] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY.A	June 28, Kwon joins from main roster. JayJ leaves for main roster.^[21] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	June 28, JayJ joins from academy roster. Kwon leaves for academy roster.^[18] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY.A	November 2, Kwon leaves.^[20] e

NA

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⁠UNLV

November (approx.),
Jusae,
Winfield, and Kwon (Head Coach) join. Mahad (Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position.
Kaplan and
Fibber leave.

e

NA

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⁠UNLV

March 6, Kwon (Head Coach) leaves.

e

Biography

Kevin "KonKwon" Kwon was born in Seoul, South Korea and was raised in Tokyo, Japan. After 8th grade, Kevin moved to New Jersey and lived there until summer of 2014 and moved to California. He is taking a break from completing his business degree at Rutgers University to pursue a professional League of Legends career.

2014 Season

KonKwon played on GamesterGear with Flaresz, Thinkcard, Yusui and WizFujiiN but the team never managed to qualify for any major tournaments before he left the team in September of 2014.

2015 Season

KonKwon joined Team Dragon Knights in January of 2015. The team played in the 2015 NA CS Spring Qualifier where they 2-0'd Team Frostbite and Storm to qualify for the 2015 NA CS Spring Season. He left the team in February, prior to the start of the regular season.^[23] Just before the third week of play, KonKwon joined Final Five, replacing Rule18 as their starting support.

On March 15, KonKwon joined Team Coast and replaced Sheep as part of a larger roster change that included swapping Impaler and Sheep to Final Five.^[24] Prior to the roster change, Coast were at a 1-13 record but they still lost their remaining games, ending the split with a 1-17 record. Because Coast ended in last place, they were automatically relegated to the 2015 NA CS Summer Season. In the NACS, they won the round robin by beating Renegades in a tiebreaker match. However in the 2015 NA CS Summer Playoffs, they lost 3-2 to Renegades in the finals to finish in second place. They still qualified for the 2016 NA LCS Promotion Tournament, where they played against Enemy. Coast beat NME 3-0 and requalified for the 2016 NA LCS Spring Season.

2016 Season

Coast's LCS slot was bought out by NRG eSports in November 2015. KonKwon was the only member of the Coast to be on the NRG starting roster. NRG started the LCS strong, tied for either first or second place through the first four weeks, but after the fifth week they fell down to fifth place and remained there for the rest of the season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

KonKwon joined Apex Pride for the NACS Summer Season in June and was also listed as a substitute for sister team Apex Gaming. After a fifth-place finish left them short of the Summer Playoffs, KonKwon announced his retirement from League of Legends, stating "I think I'm not good enough to be where I want to be."^[25]^[26] He remained a substitute on the main roster. However, in December he joined Big Gods Jackals, who had acquired Eanix's NACS 2017 Spring Qualifiers slot, and helped them to qualify for the NACS 2017 Spring with a 3-0 victory over Team Secret.

2017 Season

KonKwon remained with Big Gods Jackals until February as a substitute but did not play in a game. He then joined Team Liquid as a substitute, but was again not called upon. KonKwon did play in the NACS 2017 Summer Open Qualifier for a reformed Team Liquid Academy but failed to reach the finals.

He remained as a sub with Liquid for the NA LCS 2017 Summer, and with the team struggling, was moved to the active roster for Week 4. Liquid went 1-1 in series with him playing but after a loss to Echo Fox in the first game of Week 5, Matt was subbed back in. Liquid would finish in ninth and have to play in the promotion tournament to retain their LCS slot, but KonKwon would not be called upon again. He then left the team in November.

2018 Season

KonKwon joined TSM as a translator for the NA LCS 2018 Spring. However, in the midseason, he was picked up by FlyQuest for the NA LCS 2018 Summer, and renamed to Kwon. Unfortunately, his LCS return would be brief, as after a 1-3 start he was demoted to FlyQuest Academy and JayJ was promoted to take his place. Kwon played out the remainder of the academy season with FQA, who finished 10-8, good enough for fifth place. They defeated Clutch Gaming Academy in the playoff quarterfinals, but then lost to first-seeded Cloud9 Academy, ending their season. Kwon then left the team and again announced his retirement as a player, electing to return to college.

Trivia

Speaks Korean, Japanese, and English fluently.

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Kwon Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2020-03-06	3 - 4	MW 2020 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠UNR	⁠⁠UNLV	Iwasawa, Denma, Quirkey, Cleanse, Winfield, Kwon
2020-02-22	2	MW 2020 - West	4 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠UNLV	Iwasawa, Denma, Jusae, Quirkey, Cleanse, Winfield, Kwon
2018-08-24	3 - 4	NA Academy 2018 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠C9.A	⁠⁠FLY.A	Ngo, Meteos, Pekin Woof, Erry, Kwon, Invert
2018-08-20	6	NA LCS 2018 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Flame, Santorin, Keane, WILDTURTLE, Kwon, JayJ, Saintvicious
2018-08-10	5	NA Academy 2018 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY.A	Ngo, AnDa, Meteos, Pekin Woof, Erry, JayJ, Kwon, Invert
2017-08-06	9	NA LCS 2017 Summer	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, Reignover, Inori, Dardoch, Goldenglue, Slooshi, Mickey, Piglet, Matt, konkwon, David Lim, Cain
2017-04-23	NQ	NACS 2017 Summer Open Qualifiers	0 : 2⁠⁠8.1	⁠⁠TL.A	Ron, Chorong, Arcsecond, Youngbin, KonKwon
2016-12-14	Q	NACS 2017 Spring Qualifiers	3 : 0⁠⁠SEC	⁠⁠BGJ	RF Legendary, Wiggily, Pekin Woof, Tails, KonKwon
2016-07-07	5	NACS 2016 Summer	1-3-1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠APP	Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, KonKwon
2016-04-17	5 - 6	NA LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠NRG	Impact, Moon, GBM, Altec, KonKwon, Hermit