KIMSOO-YONG

The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 25, he won an encouragement prize at the first KBS college comedy festival and became a comedian in KBS’s 7th open-recruitment class. Sports Kyunghyang writes that Team Potato (Gamjagol), with Kim Gook-jin, Kim Yong-man and Park Soo-hong, was recognized as the top team on television in the early 1990s.

In January 1993, Team Potato’s four members left the programs they appeared in. In 2001, he was a regular panelist on SBS’s Jinsil Game (a truth game show) when it reached episode 100. In 2002, he appeared as a panelist on KBS1’s Mysterious World of Quiz Exploration for its episode 800 special.

In 2007, he was appointed adjunct professor in the Broadcasting Entertainment Department at Daegu Science University. The year he turned 42, he married in May, and in December Team Potato’s four members reunited on MBC’s Cheerful Hero after six years. In 2009, a daughter was born.

In 2011, he appeared on Radio Star with the other Team Potato members and talked about their 1993 retirement. In 2013, he appeared on Qualifications of Men. In 2014, he appeared on a Happy Together 3 special for KBS’s 7th-class comedians. In late 2017, he was introduced on Radio Star as a rising star for 27 years.

In 2019, he appeared on the radio show Mr. Radio. In 2020, he appeared on Kim Soo-mi’s Babeun Meokgo Daninya? and talked about what happened after 1993. In 2021, he appeared on Jjeondangpo and cleared up misunderstandings about the press conference on Team Potato’s broadcast suspension.

In 2023, he signed an exclusive contract with Song Eun-i’s Media Lab Siso. In 2024, he launched the YouTube channel Jodongari with Jee Seok-jin and Kim Yong-man.

In December 2025, the year he turned 59, he appeared on tvN’s You Quiz on the Block and shared how he has been. In 2026, he appeared on Gag Concert and in July started his personal YouTube channel Yukgam. In September, news came of his appearance on Netflix’s Ant Kim Won-hoon: The World of Stocks.

Kim Soo-yong debuted on May 5, 1991, the year he turned 25, at the first KBS college comedy festival, and became known as one of Team Potato’s four members with Kim Gook-jin, Kim Yong-man and Park Soo-hong. On Dec 10, 2025, the year he turned 59, he appeared on You Quiz on the Block, and on Jul 11, 2026 he started his personal YouTube channel Yukgam.

Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.