Chovy (gamer)
Jung Ji-hoon (Korean: 정지훈; born March 3, 2001), better known as Chovy, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player for Gen.G. Throughout his career, he has won four League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) titles and one KeSPA Cup title.
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Chovy at MSI 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Gen.G | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Mid | ||||||||||||||
| Game | League of Legends | ||||||||||||||
| League | LCK | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | 정지훈 (Jung Ji-hoon) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | March 3, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | KeG Gwangju | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Griffin | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | DRX | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Hanwha Life Esports | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Gen.G | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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His career began in 2017 when he played for KeG Gwangju in the 2017 KeSPA Cup. The next year, he joined Griffin. He reached the 2017 LCK Finals in his rookie season, and at the end of the year, he won the 2018 KeSPA Cup. From 2019 to 2021, Chovy played on a different team each year: Griffin in 2019, DRX in 2020, and Hanwha Life Esports in 2021. In that time, he made three LCK finals appearances and three World Championship appearances. In 2022, Chovy signed with Gen.G. In his first year with the team, he reached the finals in both of the LCK splits, winning the 2022 Summer Split, and reached the semifinals of the 2022 World Championship. He picked up two more LCK titles with Gen.G in 2023, played in his first Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), and played in his fifth consecutive World Championship. He also represented the South Korean national team at the 2022 Asian Games, earning a gold medal. In 2024, Chovy picked up another LCK title and became the first player in LCK history to win four consecutive LCK titles.
Chovy's individual accomplishments include accolades such as two LCK Season MVP awards, an LCK Finals MVP award, two LCK First All-Pro Team designations, and two LCK Player of the Split awards. He also became the fastest player in the LCK to reach 1,000 kills.