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Kangnam

South Korean-Japanese singer

PersonAge 39humanQ3571994

Also known as Namekawa Yasuo

Born: March 23, 1987
Birthplace: Tokyo
Citizenship: Japan
, South Korea
Occupation: singer
Education: Hawaiian Mission Academy
Spouse: Lee Sang-hwa(since 2019)
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1.donga.com/news/Culture/article/all/20191013/97847966/1
2.chosun.com/entertainments/broadcast/2023/10/23/JMF7L7LZTMFT2UHOMIEWYB7TWI/
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Yasuo Namekawa , better known by his stage name Kangnam, is a South Korean-Japanese singer, YouTuber, and television personality who was the vocalist and oldest member of the South Korean hip-hop group M.I.B. He made his first recording in South Korea with the single "Say My Name" just before becoming a member of M.I.B.

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Sex or gender: male
Genre: K-pop
hip-hop
J-pop
Name in kana: なめかわやすお
Label: Jungle Entertainment
Member of: M.I.B
Instrument: voice
Start of work period: 2008
Native language: Japanese
Name in native language: 滑川康男
Social media followers: 60,369(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 381924932
62,275(March 2, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 381924932
65,267(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 381924932
88,304(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 381924932

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