Hong 10

Kim Hong-Yul (born 1984), better known by his stage name Hong 10, is a Korean B-Boy.

He is part of the Korean crew Flow XL (formally known as Drifterz), 7Commandoz worldwide and represents the Red Bull BC One All Stars.

The name Hong10 comes from using a Korean language homonym and an English language pun.

The second syllable of his name, Yul (but the name had been misspelled as 'Yeol') , has the same pronunciation as the Korean pronunciation for the number ten.

Therefore, pronouncing the phrase Hong10 in Korean will be the same pronunciation as his real name, Hong-Yul.

However, this nickname is always pronounced in English, so he is referred to as hongten regardless of the language context - whether Korean or English or otherwise.

Hong10 was in the crew Expression (with which he won the Battle of the Year title in 2002) and is currently in a crew called Drifterz and a project team named Project Soul and Project Korea while he also performs as a solo dancer.

Recently he and his good friend Bboy Differ founded a crew called 7Commandoz with the world-renowned bboys Ronnie, Differ, Skim, Wing, Dyzee and Phil Wizard.

Its former member, Bboy Menno, left the crew.

The crew members are known for their originality and futuristic style.

He first became a well-known bboy during 2002 when he exploded onto the scene being part of the Korean crews that won the then two most prestigious dance competitions in the world - Battle of the Year International and the UK B-Boy Championships.

He has also done well in many individual competitions, as a red bull BC one all star winning in 2006, São Paulo Brazil and took the title in 2013 in his hometown, Seoul (South Korea).

At the same time he is sometimes referred to as the famous 'runner up', having been a finalist at many competitions including three times at the UK B-Boy Championships.

Hong10 had represented Jinjo Crew with fellow 7Commandoz members Skim and Wing in several competitions, such as the UK B-Boy Championships 2009, Battle of the Year (2010, 2018), and R-16 Korea in both 2011 and 2012.

'''Hong10 and Jinjo members are very close.

They share the same studio and he takes a part in performance with Jinjo but Hong10 is not the member of Jinjo.

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Some of his signature moves include the spinning airchair, switching halos, handcuff mills to headspin drills, chair flares, and his signature freeze the Hong10 Freeze Hong10 is also known as The king of Halo freeze because of his many Hong10 (halo) freeze variations.

Hong10 is one of Red Bull All Stars since 2010.

In recent years, Hong10 has served in the Korean Army right after the prestigious RedBull BC One Moscow 2011.

And at the Battle bled he lost against Bboy Finger ( France )

Although his army time restricted his time to go overseas to competitions, time to time, he acted as a judge for many local tournaments and sometimes even compete if they are within South Korea.

After completed his military service he came back to the bboy scene, won the Red Bull BC One title in 2013.

Significant achievements in major events are highlighted in bold text.

Although Hong has more titles on his name, these are some notable achievements: