The year he turned 16, he began his career as a support at Najin Shield. In October 2013 he joined SK Telecom T1 S and formed a bot lane duo with Bae Jun-sik. The year he turned 18, SKT T1 S reached its first Champions semifinal that summer.
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 19, he won his first Champions title, then beat KOO Tigers to win the World Championship.
The year he turned 20, he won MSI and then the World Championship, his second in a row. In May he won MSI and was named finals MVP. In the November Worlds final he lost 0-3 to Samsung.
The year he turned 22, he played the jungle for the first time in January, and his SK Telecom contract ended in November. In December he joined Super Massive in Turkey. He officially retired on Nov. 29.
The year he turned 24, he signed with T1 as a streamer and appeared as a mentor on LoL THE NEXT. In 2021 he appeared as an individual streamer in Inven’s interview feature on players’ second acts.
On Jan. 10, 2022, T1 held an online retirement ceremony for him. In April 2023 he worked on the MSI broadcast.
In 2024 he donated 30 million won to support children without meals in Bucheon. In 2025 he kept streaming on Chzzk and took part in a PUBG Weekly Series watch party and the Chzzk Cup.
In August 2026 he hosted a T1 Home Ground event.
Wolf (Lee Jae-wan, born in 1996) debuted as a pro with Najin Shield in 2012, the year he turned 16, and became known when he won the World Championship as SK Telecom T1’s support on Nov 1, 2015, the year he turned 19. He won it again the next year.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.
Began his professional career as a League of Legends support. Inven says he joined Najin Shield in winter 2012.
Source 01 · OSEN (Korean) · Rat-year star Wolf, Lee Jae-wan · opens in a new tabSource 02 · Inven (Korean) · Bang and Wolf take off their SKT T1 name tags · opens in a new tabSource 07 · Daily eSports (Korean) · Joins Super Massive · opens in a new tab The articles do not give the date he joined.Joined SK Telecom T1 S and formed a bot lane duo with Bae Jun-sik.
Source 02 · Inven (Korean) · Bang and Wolf take off their SKT T1 name tags · opens in a new tabSource 03 · OSEN (Korean) · Bang and Wolf leaving SK Telecom · opens in a new tab The articles do not give the day.After beating Najin Sword in the quarterfinal, SKT T1 S reached its first semifinal as a team. He played the bot lane with Bae Jun-sik.
Source 04 · Inven (Korean) · SKT T1 S reaches its first semifinal in Champions Summer · opens in a new tabSource 02 · Inven (Korean) · Bang and Wolf take off their SKT T1 name tags · opens in a new tabWon a title for the first time since his debut. That year SK Telecom’s two teams were merged into one.
Source 05 · Inven (Korean) · Champions final, the sorrow of having no title · opens in a new tabSource 07 · Daily eSports (Korean) · Joins Super Massive · opens in a new tabSKT T1 beat KOO Tigers in Berlin, Germany, to win the title. TV Daily says SK Telecom T1 became the first team to win the League of Legends World Championship twice.
In the final in Shanghai, China, SKT T1 beat CLG 3-0.
Source 08 · Inven (Korean) · 2016 MSI final, interview with Lee Sang-hyeok · opens in a new tabIn the final in Los Angeles, his team beat Samsung Galaxy 3-2. Daily eSports says it was the first time a team had won the World Championship two years in a row.
Source 09 · Sports Chosun (Korean) · Back-to-back Worlds titles · opens in a new tabSource 07 · Daily eSports (Korean) · Joins Super Massive · opens in a new tabIn the final in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SKT T1 beat G2 3-1, and Inven says Lee Jae-wan was named MVP.
Source 10 · Inven (Korean) · 2017 MSI MVP selected · opens in a new tabSource 16 · OSEN (Korean) · MSI official broadcast · opens in a new tabLost 0-3 to Samsung in the final in Beijing, missing out on a third straight title.
Source 11 · OSEN (Korean) · 2017 Worlds final · opens in a new tabSource 07 · Daily eSports (Korean) · Joins Super Massive · opens in a new tabPlayed the jungle in game 3 against Rox Tigers. He had played only as a support since his 2012 debut.
Source 12 · Daily Game (Korean) · Wolf used as a jungler · opens in a new tabSK Telecom announced on its official social media that the contracts of Bae Jun-sik, Lee Jae-wan and other players had ended, five years after he joined.
Source 03 · OSEN (Korean) · Bang and Wolf leaving SK Telecom · opens in a new tabJoined Super Massive, a team in the Turkish league. Daily eSports says he was the only player in the Turkish league with a Worlds title.
Source 07 · Daily eSports (Korean) · Joins Super Massive · opens in a new tabEnded his seven-year professional career.
Source 01 · OSEN (Korean) · Rat-year star Wolf, Lee Jae-wan · opens in a new tabT1 said on its official social media that he had signed as a content creator and streamer.
Source 13 · Inven (Korean) · Wolf signs with T1 as a streamer · opens in a new tabAppeared as one of four mentors on a League of Legends survival audition program.
Source 14 · Xportsnews (Korean) · Mentor on LoL THE NEXT · opens in a new tabAppeared with Lee Seong-jin as an individual streamer in Inven’s feature on the second acts that players chose for their lives.
Source 22 · Inven (Korean) · [After the player] Wolf and Cube · opens in a new tabT1 announced it would hold a retirement ceremony for him together with Bae Jun-sik. It was held online because of COVID-19.
Source 15 · Daily eSports (Korean) · Retirement ceremony for Bae Jun-sik and Lee Jae-wan · opens in a new tabT1 told OSEN that Lee Jae-wan would work on the MSI broadcast.
Source 16 · OSEN (Korean) · MSI official broadcast · opens in a new tabDonated to the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea, and a presentation ceremony was held at Bucheon City Hall on the 19th.
Source 17 · The Fact (Korean) · Donation for children without meals in Bucheon · opens in a new tabWatched the opening match of the 2025 PWS, which began on Mar. 4, with viewers on his Chzzk channel.
Source 18 · Gameple (Korean) · PWS opening watch party · opens in a new tabTook part as a streamer in the Chzzk Cup, the first esports tournament Naver held itself.
Source 19 · Newsis (Korean) · SOOP and Chzzk esports tournament · opens in a new tab The date follows the Newsis article (Dec. 6). The result of his team could not be confirmed in news reports.Served as host of the event held at the KSPO DOME in Olympic Park, Seoul.
Source 20 · STN News (Korean) · T1 Home Ground Talk Wave · opens in a new tabEND OF SELECTED RECORDSSelected records, 2012–2026 · not a complete list of work. “Key moment” is an editorial label, not a measure of success.
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