meaning: "strong benevolence"), is a South Korean former singer, actor, television host, and radio personality.

Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.

[7] In June, 2012, SM Entertainment announced that Kangin will rejoin Super Junior for the group's sixth album, Sexy, Free & Single, which was released on July 1, 2012.

[9] On June 25, his teaser photo was released showing a slim downed Kangin with a frosty look and a net-like veil over his head.

After he debuted with Super Junior, Kangin became a regular on MBC variety show, Image Survival until February 2006.

[12] Five days after Super Junior 05's debut performance, Kangin became the MC of Mnet's M!Countdown along with Leeteuk and Shindong.

Heechul and Kangin, along with Choi Sungwon, performed the same character, Sonny, according to their time slot, and auditions and casting picks were chosen in a process through reality television.

[15] From December 2008 to May 2009, Kangin and actress Lee Yoon-ji played a low-income college couple for the popular MBC reality show We Got Married.

In May 2019, Kangin starred in the ongoing web drama What Happened to Mirae?, which was his first project since his DUIs in 2016; the first episode premiered on May 31.

The entertainment director for MBC claimed that the ban on Super Junior was never official, but a decision made by the programs' producers.

[22] On 16 September 2009, Kangin was arrested for his involvement in a fight between two men that took place outside a bar in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

An eye-witness reported that two men entered a room where Kangin and his friend were present and began arguing heatedly.

[32][unreliable source] On January 13, 2010, Kangin was indicted for drunk driving, hit-and-run and fined ₩8 million by the Seoul Central District Court.

[34][35] He entered the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on June 15, 2016, to face questioning over causing a traffic collision while under the influence of alcohol.

[36][37][38] On November 17, 2017, police responded after receiving a call that Kangin was drunk and assaulting a woman at an escort bar in the Nonhyeon neighborhood of Seoul.