Peanut

Peanut
Peanut
Background Information
Name	Han Wang-ho (한왕호)
Country of Birth	South Korea
Birthday	February 3, 1998 (age 21)
Residency	KR Korea
Competitive
Team	Gen.G
Role	Jungler
Favorite Champs
Soloqueue IDs	Jon Sn0w, 나진 피넛
Social Media & Links
Team History
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015	NaJin e-mFire
Feb 2015 - Dec 2015	NaJin e-mFire
Jan 2016 - Nov 2016	ROX Tigers
Nov 2016 - Nov 2017	SK Telecom T1
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018	Longzhu Gaming
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018	Kingzone DragonX
Nov 2018 - Present	Gen.G

Biography

2015 Season

Han "Peanut" Wang-ho joined the Najin organization in late 2014 but was only announced as an official sub for NaJin e-mFire later in December. He finally turned 17 in February and played in his first competitive match at SBENU Champions Spring 2015 against SK Telecom T1 later that month. He shared the starting jungle position with Watch for the rest of the tournament, where NaJin finished 6th overall. NaJin placed fifth in the regular season of SBENU Champions Summer 2015 and qualified for the playoffs but they lost in the first round 2-1 to the KOO Tigers. However, Peanut did not play in any of these games. They earned enough circuit points to make it to the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals but lost 3-0 in the first round to the Jin Air Green Wings.

2016 Preseason

NaJin played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2-1 to Rebels Anarchy in the first round. Peanut left NaJin in December and joined ROX Tigers in January.

2016 Season

During the 2016 LCK Spring Split, the ROX Tigers dominated domestically in similar fashion to 2015. They finished the regular season with a 16-2 match record, losing only to KT Rolster and Samsung Galaxy. Earning first place in the regular season gave them a bye to the finals of the Spring Playoffs, where they faced SK Telecom T1. ROX entered as the favorites this time, but still lost 3-1, earning themselves second place for the spring split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, the Tigers once again placed first in the regular season with an impressive 15-3 scoreline in Bo3s, with two losses to SK Telecom T1 and one loss to Samsung Galaxy. This seeded them in the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs directly into their third domestic finals, where they eventually met KT Rolster. In an epic series, the ROX Tigers won the set 3-2, claiming 1st place in the Summer Split and giving them Korea's first seed into the 2016 Season World Championship.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, the ROX Tigers were placed into Group A, along with G2 Esports, Counter Logic Gaming, and Albus NoX Luna.

Trivia

Changed his legal name from Yoon Wang-ho (윤왕호) to Han Wang-ho (한왕호) in April 2016.
Known for his Olaf, Nidalee, and Elise.
- He went 11/0/6 on Olaf during a match against SK Telecom T1 during the LCK 2018 Spring Season.

Tournament Results

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

Peanut Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2019-03-31	0070007	LCK 2019 Spring	5 - 13RR	GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, Life, Edgar, oDin, TrAce
2018-12-31	0020002	KeSPA Cup 2018	0 : 3GRF	GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, Life, Edgar, oDin, TrAce
2018-09-16	0020002	Korea Regional Finals 2018	0 : 3GEN	KZ	Khan, Rascal, Peanut, Cuzz, Bdd, PraY, GorillA, Hirai, ActScene, Supreme
2018-08-29	0020002	2018 Asian Games Main Event	1 : 3CHN	KOR	Kiin, Score, Peanut, Faker, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar, Zefa
2018-08-15	0040004	LCK 2018 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3AF	KZ	Khan, Peanut, Bdd, PraY, GorillA, Hirai, ActScene, Supreme
2018-08-09	0030003	LCK 2018 Summer	13 - 5RR	KZ	Khan, Rascal, Cuzz, Peanut, Bdd, PraY, GorillA
2018-07-08	0020002	Rift Rivals 2018 LCK-LPL-LMS	2 : 3LPL	KZ	Khan, Peanut, Bdd, PraY, GorillA
2018-06-10	aaaaaaQ	Asian Games 2018 Q - EA	8 - 2RR	KOR	Kiin, Score, Peanut, Faker, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar, Zefa
2018-05-20	0020002	2018 Mid-Season Invitational	1 : 3RNG	KZ	Khan, Peanut, Cuzz, Bdd, PraY, GorillA, ActScene
2018-04-14	0010001	LCK 2018 Spring Playoffs	3 : 1AF	KZ	Khan, Peanut, Bdd, PraY, GorillA

Peanut 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2018-12-08	0090169 - 16	All-Star 2018 Las Vegas		LCK	0 : 1 Evi
2015-03-08	02104821 - 48	The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament		NaJin	0 : 2 bengi

Articles

2019
2018
2017
2016

January 27, Gen.G Peanut on Their First Victory: "It Was a Victory We Didn’t Get for a Long Time so It Tasted Sweet." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok,Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global

February 23, GEN Peanut: "Our communication used to be really awkward... no one made definite calls. We decided that I'll be making the main calls" with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global

March 14, GEN Ruler: "The champions that are weak in lane like Vayne need good pilots." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

March 16, [Video interview] Balance Game with Gen.G Peanut: Love vs. Friendship, What Are Peanut's Priorities? with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok,Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global

February 12, KZ Peanut: Road to Becoming the Perfect Jungler by Changsik "Alle" Son,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

December 28, Gen.G's Peanut open to exploring new regions by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN

May 22, Peanut is our MVP of the Mid Season Invitational by Mike Stubbs on Red Bull Esports

December 3, Peanut enhances Longzhu's strengths, but weaknesses remain by Kelsey Moser on ESPN

August 11, The world's top 10 players in League of Legends by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN

December 5, Carries everywhere: How Huni and Peanut fit around SKT’s roster of stars by Xing Li on The Daily Dot

December 5, What to expect from SKT Peanut and Huni by Austen Goslin on The Rift Herald

Interviews

2019
2018
2017
2016

January 10, Peanut on staying within LCK, which team poses the biggest threat to Gen.G with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports

January 27, GEN Peanut: “I hope to perform better…change the criticism to praise.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon

January 31, GEN Peanut: "The word, 'cheer up' gave me a feeling of 'thanks' but at the same time, it showed me a glimpse of how serious our situation is at." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok,Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global

March 14, Gen.G Ruler on his Vayne pick: “For champions such as Vayne that have a weak lane phase, the pilot has to be worthy of her.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon

March 14, Gen.G Peanut on the victory against Griffin: "We had nowhere to retreat." with Ashley Kang on Korizon

March 25, Peanut on Gen.G's playstyle: We have to prepare with goal of winning games with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports

January 31, KZ Peanut on Khan: "He's not what he may seem like... he heeds his teammates' words and often thinks alone" with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Woo "Ready" Hyun,,Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global

February 10, KZ Peanut: "PraY kept on complaining on Teddy's attack damage, the Gathering Storm was too much." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

February 28, KZ Bdd: "If the player thinks it’s good, and does research and practice, any champion is good enough." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

March 3, KZ Peanut: "I asked Huni and coach Ssong about Olaf before playing him." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

March 6, Peanut: "Bdd was concerned about playing against Faker's Cassiopeia since yesterday. They banned the champion themselves" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong,Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global

March 13, Peanut on KZ Making Finals: "I'd be the very first player to make LCK Finals 5 times in a row" with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Woo "Ready" Hyun,,Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global

March 13, KZ Peanut: "I used to play the FIFA series and was a fan of Chelsea when Drogba was there." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

March 15, KZ PraY: "I was afraid that we might have the worst case scenario like last year's KT." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

May 11, KZ Peanut: "Our chances of winning this tournament is about 25%. We'll do our best to stay at a fast pace until the very end." with Woo "Ready" Hyun,Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global

May 12, KZ Peanut: "We made too many mistakes... we should go back and have feedback to have better performance in the upcoming matches." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

May 14, Peanut says that he would try playing in NA in the future if he was given a chance with on Travis Gafford

May 15, KZ Peanut: "My English is not good but better than last year. Next year my English will be better and I'll try to do more interviews in English." with Alexandre "DrPuppet" Weber on Inven Global

June 15, KZ Khan on His 'Bow Down and Kneel' Comment: "I said that out of my own will, so the flaks were inevitable, really" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong,Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global

June 24, KZ Peanut: "Viper is really really good.... He has an insanely wide range of champions that he’s good at." with Yeonjae "Arra" Shin, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

July 26, KZ Peanut: "Our recent performance has been very poor. I think our ability to navigate throughout the map and decision-making was affected by it and was put in very bad shape." with Byungho "Haao" Kim,Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global

August 5, KZ Peanut: "Although it is fun because it is so competitive, it is so intense that it is killing me (laughs)." with Hongje "Koer" Kim,James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global

December 9, Peanut Reveals the Possibility of a Future Cosplay with Broxah, being Underage in Las Vegas, and More with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global

January 18, Peanut on his move to SKT: “I’ll work hard since I moved here with winning worlds in mind.” Translation on Slingshot

January 18, SKT Huni-Peanut: "I'm happy to have won our first match" with on Inven Global
February 12, Peanut: “I’m confident that I can win against all the other junglers as Lee Sin.” Translation on Slingshot

March 11, SKT T1 Peanut: "Rengar and Graves will continue to be top tier in the 7.5 patch" with on Inven Global
March 15, Peanut (playfully): “I guess if you’re Diamond 1, you’re stuck there because you’re not good enough.” Translation on Slingshot

March 22, SKT Peanut: "I couldn't help thinking: 'Man, I'm so good!'" with on Inven Global

March 23, Peanut: “(In Round 1) PraY and GorillA told me that they’ll be coming after me no matter what.” with on Slingshot Esports

April 1, SKT T1 Peanut: "I'll do my best to prove that I can also play well even in playoffs." with on Inven Global

April 22, Peanut: “I heard a lot of criticism that I don’t perform on the large stages, so I was mostly concerned about that, but I think I managed to overcome that.” with on Slingshot Esports

April 25, SKT T1 Peanut: "We prepared surprise picks and have some left which we might be able to show in MSI" with on Inven Global

May 11, SKT Peanut: "I'll say that G2, FW and WE will move on to semis." with on Inven Global

May 12, SKT Peanut on Day 2 of MSI: 'I think I was at my best' with on Yahoo Esports

May 12, SKT Peanut: "It had been way easier than I thought to play against Svenskeren yesterday." with on Inven Global

May 13, SKT Peanut on being focus-banned: "I've been expanding my champion pool since last year." with on Inven Global

May 14, Peanut updates prediction on who will win groups, talks FW game, commentary on Kkoma’s love life with on Yahoo Esports

May 21, [MSI2017]|title=SKT Peanut: "All I needed to do was just focus on my plays" with on LoLEsports, transcription by Inven Global

July 2, Peanut: “I’m not worried even if I’m not the starting jungler choice.” with on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports

July 2, SKT Peanut: "I, and only I, have to do well to get more chance to play." with on Inven Global

July 26, Peanut on SKT’s losing streak: “It was hard because this was the first time both I and the team have lost this much.” with on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports

August 2, Peanut says kkOma points out every SKT player’s individual mistakes, which “prevents any (negative) personal feelings between players.” with on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports

August 7, SKT T1 Peanut on Cho'Gath, Gauntlet against 2016 ROX and old K-POPs with on Inven Global

August 12, SKT Peanut: "I gave Untara the same advices that I've got from my ROX teammates last year." with on Inven Global

August 14, Peanut: “I want to beat each team from the perspective of a challenger going through gym battles. It’s more fun to do so on a large stage.” with on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports

August 16, SKT Peanut on beating SSG: "Faker came over to me and said 'Tomorrow, I, will, carry.'" with on Inven Global

October 2, SKT T1 Peanut, “First time using contact lenses, and it’s so good that I don’t know why I have never used them before” with on Inven Global

October 7, Peanut: "in ROX Tigers the whole team was very humorous... SKT is very serious when the game starts" with on Travis Gafford

October 28, SKT T1 Peanut: "Since I got subbed in this time, I could fully focus on the series." with on Inven Global

November 29, LZ Peanut: "I got Kicked out of SKT? All these rumors are completely false." with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee,James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global

December 5, The Success and Failure of "Peanut", and a New Challenge with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Changsik "Alle" Son,,Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global