Kim Seong Joo (1972)

Other name: 김성주 金聖柱 Gim Seong Joo Kim Sung Joo Gim Sung Joo

Age: 52

Birthday: October, 10, 1972

Nationality: Deokchon-ri, Cheongwon-gun, South Korea

Height: 176 CM

Biography: Kim Sung Joo is a South Korean television host and a former announcer. Born and raised in North Chungcheong Province, Kim is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He attended high school in Cheongju and moved to Seoul, where he graduated from Chung-Ang University. Kim started his broadcasting career in 1995 as a public service announcement reader with the government channel KTV. He then went into sports broadcasting, joining Korea TV Sports (now SBS Sports) and then MBC. While with MBC he became popular as a current affairs presenter and covered the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. In 2007, he left MBC to be a freelancer after seven years with the station. As a freelancer, Kim has hosted various popular variety shows ranging from singing competitions like Mnet's "Superstar K" and MBC's "King of Mask Singer" to the cooking show "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator". He also returned to sports broadcasting covering the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. (Source: Wikipedia)