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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Jeong Ji-hoon (정지훈) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | March 3, 2001 (age 23) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Gen.G | |
| Contract Expires | 2024-11-18 | |
| Role | Mid Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | ji hun, Miulchi | |
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: 냥똥벌레 EUW: J1HUIV Shrimp Shark NA: Jeremy Bernstein | |
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Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon (Hangul: 정지훈) is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for Gen.G. He was previously known as ji hun.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gwangju | Nov 20172017-11-19[1] | Nov 20172017-11-21 | 2d ejel | ||
 Griffin | Mar 20182018-03-07 | Nov 20192019-11-25[2] | 1yr 8mo ejel | ||
 DRX | Dec 20192019-12-04[6] | Nov 20202020-11-16[5] | 11mo 12d ejel | ||
 Hanwha Life | Nov 20202020-11-24[9] | Nov 20212021-11-15[8] | 1yr 21d ejel | ||
| Gen.G | Nov 20212021-11-24[12] | Nov 20232023-11-20[10] | 2yr 26d ejel | ||
| Gen.G | Nov 20232023-11-29[13] | Present | 4mo 20d ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwangju | Nov 20172017-11-19[1] | Nov 20172017-11-21 | 2d ejel | ||
| Griffin | Mar 20182018-03-07 | Nov 20192019-11-25[2] | 1yr 8mo ejel | ||
 DragonX | Dec 20192019-12-04[6] | Jun 20202020-06-07[15] | 6mo 3d ejel | ||
| DRX | Jun 20202020-06-07[15] | Nov 20202020-11-16[5] | 5mo 9d ejel | ||
| Hanwha Life | Nov 20202020-11-24[9] | Nov 20212021-11-15[8] | 1yr 21d ejel | ||
| Gen.G | Nov 20212021-11-24[12] | Nov 20232023-11-20[10] | 2yr 26d ejel | ||
| Gen.G | Nov 20232023-11-29[13] | Present | 4mo 20d ej |
News
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
 KGJ | November 19, ji hun joins.[1] | |
| KGJ | November 21, Cheolmin, ji won, ji hun, young do, and seung min leave. |
 GRF | March 7, Chovy joins. | |
| GRF | May 30, Sword, Tarzan, Chovy, Rather, Viper, Lehends, and cvMax (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[16] |
| GRF | January 25, Sword, Tarzan, Chovy, Rather, Viper, Lehends, and Kabbie's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[17] | |
| GRF | November 25, STILL8 announce that they will revise existing contracts to "remove unfair clauses" or allow players to become free agents. Doran, Chovy, and Lehends leave.[2][3][4] | |
 DRX | December 4, Chovy joins.[6][7] | |
| DRX | December 5, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[18] |
 DRX | June 7, DragonX renames to DRX.[15] | |
| DRX | November 16, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria leave.[5] | |
 HLE | November 24, Chovy joins.[9] Chovy and Deft's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[19] |
| HLE | November 15, Chovy and Deft leave.[8] | |
 GEN | November 24, Chovy joins.[12] Doran, Peanut, Chovy, and Lehends' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[20] |
| GEN | June 13, Chovy's contract is extended through 2023.[21] | |
| GEN | June 15, Chovy's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[22] |
| GEN | November 20, Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Delight, Museong, Score (Head Coach), and Mafa (Coach) leave.[10][11] | |
| GEN | November 29, Kiin, Canyon, KIM (Coach), and Mata (Coach) join. Chovy, Lehends, and Helper (Coach) rejoin.[13][14] | |
| GEN | November 30, Kiin, Canyon, Chovy, Lehends, Helper (Coach), KIM (Coach), and Mata (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.[23] |
Biography[]
Trivia[]
- His ID Chovy is based on his nickname Anchovy.
- His former ID ji hun stands for his real name (Jeong Ji-hoon).
- Became the first professional League of Legends player to achieve a 100 overall KDA in a professional league in January 2019, after a 2-0 victory against SK Telecom T1 in LCK 2019 Spring brought his overall KDA to 44/1/60.
- Awarded Regular Season MVP for LCK 2019 Spring and Player of the split for LCK 2021 Spring with 1300 and 1000 MVP points respectively.
- Occasionally referred to as "Choky" by English fans when he plays poorly.
- Sometimes referred to as "88848" by Korean fans, alluding to his placements at Worlds.
- Known for his ability to gather huge minion advantages in lane.
- Reached 1000 kills in the LCK on July 1st, 2021
- Is the 15th player to reach 1000 kills in the LCK, after Faker, PraY, Bang, Score, Kuro, Smeb, Ambition, Sangyoon, Deft, Teddy, Ruler, Bdd, Ghost, and Peanut
- Was the fastest player (days since debut) in the LCK to achieve 1000 kills before ShowMaker beat this record 2 months later.
- His 1000th kill in the LCK was on DRX's ADC BAO in the LCK 2021 Summer Season with
Nocturne
- Reached 1500 kills in the LCK on February 16th, 2023.
- Reached 3000 assists in the LCK on March 6th, 2024.
- Reached 300 wins in LCK on March 12th, 2023, becoming the 9th player to do so after Score, Faker, PraY, GorillA, Deft, Ruler, Peanut, and Bdd.
- knight got his LPL 300 wins on the same day.
- Reached 500 games in the LCK on June 29, 2023, becoming the 10th player to do so, after Score, Faker, Ruler, Deft, Bdd, Teddy, Peanut, Ghost, and Kiin.
- Through his first 8 LCK seasons he lost 5 times in the LCK finals and finished in 3rd place twice before finally winning LCK 2022 Summer.
- First player to win 4 LCK titles in a row (LCK 2022 Summer, LCK 2023 Spring, LCK 2023 Summer, and LCK 2024 Spring)
Titles[]
- LCK x4 (Summer 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2024)
- KeSPA Cup x1 (2018)
- Rift Rivals x1 (2019)
- Asian Games 2022 Gold Medal
Individual Awards[]
- LCK Regular Season MVP x2 (Spring 2019, Spring 2024)
- LCK Player of the Split x2 (Spring 2021, Spring 2024)
- LCK Finals MVP x1 (Summer 2023)
- LCK 1st All-Pro Team x2 (Summer 2022, Spring 2024)
- LCK 2nd All-Pro Team x6 (Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023)
- LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x1 (Summer 2021)
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-08 | Korea | LCK 2021 Summer |  |  | Akali | Mid | W | 12/0/2 | Link | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Chovy Tournament Results | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2024-04-14 | 1 | LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs |  GEN | Kiin, Canyon, Chovy, Peyz, Lehends, KIM, Helper | |
| 2024-03-24 | 1 | LCK 2024 Spring | 17 - 1  RR | GEN | Kiin, Canyon, Chovy, Peyz, Lehends, KIM, Helper, Mata |
| 2024-01-09 | 2 | LCK 2024 Season Opening | 0 : 1  JGL | MID | Chovy, Faker, Clozer, Karis, Bdd |
| 2023-12-02 | 2 | Esports Shanghai Masters 2023 | GEN | Chovy, Toye, Dooly, Peyz, Dahlia | |
| 2023-11-03 | 5 - 8 | Worlds 2023 | GEN | Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Peyz, Delight, Score, Mafa | |
| 2023-09-29 | 1 | Asian Games 2022 |  KOR | CHOI, SEO, JUNG, LEElS, PARK, RYU, KkOma | |
| 2023-09-12 | 1 | Asian Games 2022 KOREA Pre Evaluation - TPE x KOR | KOR | Zeus, Kanavi, Chovy, Faker, Ruler, Keria, KkOma | |
| 2023-09-11 | 1 | Asian Games 2022 KOREA Pre Evaluation - VIE x KOR | KOR | Zeus, Kanavi, Chovy, Faker, Ruler, Keria, KkOma | |
| 2023-08-20 | 1 | LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs | GEN | Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Peyz, Delight, Score, Mafa | |
| 2023-08-06 | 2 | LCK 2023 Summer | 16 - 2 RR | GEN | Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Peyz, Delight, Score, Mafa |
Media[]
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- June 12, Griffin Lehends on Ryze: "He seemed like a good champion whether used in mid lane or bottom." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- June 20, GRF Chovy: "Faker’s the player that has been at the top the longest, so I’m looking forward to playing against him." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Changsik "Alle" Son, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- June 20, GRF Chovy: (Very frankly) "I have four more picks that I’m confident in." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- June 26, GRF Sword on Khan's Previous Comment: "I’ll keep my neck clean so I hope anyone comes to chop it off, if they can." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- August 19, GRF Chovy on the LCK Summer Finals: "This time, I'll be the one to punish Ucal." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- January 1, GRF Chovy on His Goal for 2019: "My goal is to lift the trophy without losing a single set. I’m going to try my best to fulfill that." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- January 9, Griffin's mid laner Chovy looking forward to 2019 LCK season with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
- January 17, GRF Sword: "SKT T1 will be so scary once they shape up more as a team. Afreeca has such a strong upper lane. Personally, I think they're tough since there's Kiin in the top lane." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- January 19, Griffin Chovy on His Goal: "Winning all matches. I’d like to get perfect wins, including Worlds. I think it’s not impossible." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
- January 23, Griffin Viper on the first Pentakill in 2019 LCK: “Before I noticed, they were all dead.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- January 31, GRF Chovy on the 100 KDA: “During the game, I try not to notice it. I’m worried it might influence my performance negatively.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- February 2, GRF Viper on his next match against KT Rolster: “As long as I don’t bring back the memories of [2018 Summer finals], I should do fine.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- February 17, GRF Chovy on his amateur days: “I wasn’t actually good at League…Yeah, I’ve learnt a lot from cvMax.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- February 20, Griffin’s Chovy striving for perfection: “If there are ways we can become even better, we will find them and do so.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- February 20, cvMax on the unreal performance of Griffin: “We are united, with five players as one.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- February 22, GRF Chovy on KT Bdd: "Other than Bdd, there weren’t any other players I found difficult to play against. Bdd always plays aggressively." with Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
- March 10, GRF Chovy: "We pucked Galio first so that we can benefit from the picks and bans." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 10, Griffin’s Sword regarding Tarzan’s Baron steal against Sandbox Gaming: ” I did not imagine he would steal it, and I only have admiration for Tarzan’s talents right now.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- March 21, Griffin Chovy: "It was fortunate that we lost now because we were able to remind ourselves of what we were beginning to forget." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 21, Griffin Tarzan: "If our performance is perfect, we can win. I’ll do my best preparing to do so." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 21, Griffin’s Tarzan on losing to Gen.G and Afreeca Freecs: “We observed that our teamwork was off and made sure to work on that.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- March 23, GRF Chovy on how he will prepare for his next series: “I think the answer is to play a lot of games.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- March 28, Balance Game with GRF Chovy: Who would he rather save from drowning, Sword or Lehends? with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- April 1, Griffin Chovy reflects on the LCK split: 'I'm just glad that I haven't burnt out' with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
- April 13, What's old is new again: Faker vs. Chovy by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- June 6, GRF Chovy on Ucal: "I think today’s match wasn’t appropriate to decide who’s better between us." with Irro and Viion on Inven Global
- June 22, GRF Chovy: "It may look easy, but there’s no easy opponent to a pro player." with Roxyy and Viion on Inven Global
- June 28, [Interview] GRF Chovy Shares How He Became a Professional Player and Gives Advice to the Would-Be's with Lasso and Ready on Inven Global
- August 2, GRF Viper: "We’ll beat Gen.G no matter what, and I would like to continue giving good performances up to the end of the season." with Viion on Inven Global
- August 9, GRF Chovy: "I was surprised that Rich's basic skills were at a very high level. He was a lot better than I thought he would be." with Viion on Inven Global
- October 14, [Worlds 2019] GRF Chovy on Mid Ezreal: "When I played against an Ezreal in solo queue, it was very oppressive. Once I’ve tried it, it was fun, so I’ve practiced Ezreal a lot." with Lasso and Quest on Inven Global
- October 15, Chovy: Griffin’s early game has been an issue at worlds with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- December 26, [KeSPA Cup] DRX Chovy: "cvMax is a lot more relaxed now. He told me that he’s a lot happier than before." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- December 26, Chovy on playing top lane, why he chose to join DragonX for 2020 LCK (Korean) with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- February 7, DRX Chovy: "I gave it a serious thought about switching to the top lane, and except for Kiin, CuVee and Summit, I think I can beat everyone else." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
- February 17, Chovy describes Deft and DRX team house, gives an English message to his fans with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- March 28, DRX Chovy on their previous losing streak: "We knew well about the reason we lost so we weren’t worried." with Haao and Viion on Inven Global
- April 4, DRX Chovy: "It wasn’t my penta, so I just quickly destroyed the Nexus." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
- April 8, Chovy reveals his favorite mid-lane champion, highlights DragonX's performance vs. KT with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- April 8, Chovy reveals his favorite mid-lane champion, highlights DragonX's performance vs. KT with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- April 12, DRX Chovy: "Our synergy, although it’s still being honed, is not on the same level as other teams, but I believe that we can only get better from here." with Quest on Inven Global
- April 20, DRX Chovy: "It feels that I’ve lost to T1 a lot. It would be awesome to win this time." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- June 17, DRX Chovy: "What other goals should a player have besides winning the championship? That’s my only goal." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- June 28, DRX Chovy on the Ezreal preference: "Our bot laner is Deft. We know that he’s going to land his skillshots." with Quest on Inven Global
- July 3, DRX Chovy: Off-meta picks are my own idea, cvMax has different thoughts [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- July 5, DRX Chovy on his insane CS: "The secret is to sneak into the enemy raptor camp to steal them. " with Quest on Inven Global
- July 15, [TMI Interview] DRX Chovy: "These days, beating Doran in solo queue makes me very happy" with Laff and Quest on Inven Global
- July 23, DRX Chovy: "I was confident that I wouldn’t fall behind too much against any champion, so we were able to pick Azir first." with Viion on Inven Global
- July 25, DRX Chovy on facing DWG: "I don’t think any special strategy will work against ShowMaker. I just need to do my best to win with my own ability." with Viion on Inven Global
- July 25, Chovy's 200IQ play-by-play on Galio 4-man taunt: DRX vs GEN post-match interview [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- August 8, DRX Chovy: "I’m a chameleon mid laner. I put on a different color suitable for every situation." with Viion on Inven Global
- August 30, DRX Chovy: "Pyosik hugged me as soon as we won. When I turned around, the bot duo was crying." with Viion on Inven Global
- September 21, Fiery showstoppers: The best mid laners at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
- September 24, DRX cvMax: "No Matter which teams we were grouped with, they all looked beatable." with Laff and Quest on Inven Global
- September 26, DRX Chovy: "Knight is considered the best mid laner in the world. I can’t guarantee that I’ll win or lose." with Viion on Inven Global
- October 4, Chovy on returning to Worlds 2020: “2019 was a great experience for me” by Andrew Amos on Snowball Esports
- October 6, [Worlds 2020] DRX Chovy on how to avoid getting executed by Baron: "Just get out of Baron's vision range." with Quest on Inven Global
- October 7, Chovy on claims he and Knight are the two best midlaners at Worlds and facing TOP Esports with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- October 13, DRX’s Chovy on DAMWON: “I want to take them down” with Joseph Asuncion on ONE Esports
- January 24, Chovy on LEGENDARY Yone carry against Gen.G "I think HLE can finish 1st place" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- March 14, HLE Chovy talks Conqueror Azir, has a message to MSF Vetheo with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- July 6, HLE Chovy wants to be "WORTHY of the name Chovy" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- August 15, 2021 서머를 돌아보며 - 한화 쵸비, 데프트 기자회견 by Ashley Kang on YouTube
- December 28, Chovy: "When you see the great mid laners play, there’s kind of a formula." with Juneau, Arra, and Viion on Inven Global
- January 4, Ranking the 5 best League of Legends mid laners of 2022 by John Popko on Inven Global
- January 10, Chovy flames Gen.G 2022 worlds uniform "2023 GEN jersey is a redemption arc" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- January 26, Will Chovy play K'Sante mid? Chovy on his Karaoke adventures with Doran with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- March 26, Chovy "T1 was stronger during support ADC meta; now, GEN can beat them" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- May 11, [MSI 2023] GENG Chovy on Caps Being Washed, Santan Dave, and His Love For Midbeast with DonJake on YouTube
- October 26, Chovy talks being God, Half Naked Dancing and Caps belonging in a Minor Region | Powered by The Sack with DonJake on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
Images[]
GRF Chovy, CK 2018 Spring
GRF Chovy, LCK 2018 Summer
GRF Chovy, LCK 2019 Spring
GRF Chovy, LCK 2019 Summer
DRX Chovy, LCK 2020 Spring
DRX Chovy, LCK 2020 Summer
DRX Chovy, Worlds 2020
HLE Chovy, LCK 2021 Spring
HLE Chovy, LCK 2021 Summer
GEN Chovy, LCK 2022 Spring
GEN Chovy, LCK 2022 Summer
GEN Chovy, 2022 Season World Championship
GEN Chovy, LCK 2023 Spring
GEN Chovy, LCK 2023 Summer
GEN Chovy, 2023 Season World Championship
GEN Chovy, LCK 2024 Spring
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2017 LoL 케스파 컵 로스터 공개, '쿠잔' 이성혁-'블레스' 최현웅 제외 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [오피셜] 스틸에잇, "선수들과 새로 계약 체결할 것...선수 원할시 FA 공시" (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Still8 promises to revise existing player contracts and “removes unfair clauses”, some Griffin players may become free agents korizon.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Griffin's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 [오피셜] 그리핀 떠난 '쵸비' 정지훈, DRX 합류 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 씨맥 오랜만에 생방 [DRX 로스터 소개] (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Gen.G’s Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Gen.G’s Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2018-05-15; after change - KR - 2018-05-30
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-01-18; after change - KR - 2019-01-25
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-12-03; after change - KR - 2019-12-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-11-23; after change - KR - 2020-11-24
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-11-23; after change - KR - 2021-11-24
- ↑ Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2022-06-14; after change - KR - 2022-06-15
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2023-11-29; after change - KR - 2023-11-30