King Kong by Starship (), formerly known as King Kong Entertainment () before the merge in 2017, is a South Korean actors agency that was founded in 2009. History It was founded in 2009 by Lee Jin-sung, then an employee of IHQ Inc., and having Kim Bum as the company's first artist. In 2015, the company was acquired by Starship Entertainment, a subsidiary of Kakao M (now Kakao Entertainment). In 2017, upon the merger of the businesses of the two companies, the company was relaunched as "King Kong by Starship". Artists List adapted from official website. Ahn So-yo Bona Chae Soo-bin Cheon Young-min Cho Yoon-woo Choi Hee-jin Choi Won-myeong Go Ara Han Min Hyungwon Jeon So-min Jo Yoon-hee Jung Joon-won Jung Won-chang Kang Eun-ah Kim Bum Kim Seung-hwa Kim Shana Lee Da-yeon Lee Dong-wook Lee Kwang-soo Lee Jin Lee Jong-hwa Lee Ruby Lee Seung-hun Oh Ah-yeon Oh So-hyun Park Jubi Ryu Hye-young Shin Hyun-soo Shin Seung-ho Shownu Song Ha-yoon Song Ji-yeon Song Seung-heon Son Woo-hyeon Woo Hyun-jin Yoo Yeon-seok Former artists Han Chae-ah (2011–2012) Im Soo-jung (2018–2022) Jang Hee-jin (2012–2014) Ji Il-joo Ji Woo (2019–2022) Jung Dong-hyun Kim Da-som (2010–2021) Kim Ji-an (2015–2017) Kim Ji-won (2014–2019) Kim Min-ji (2019–2021) Kim Sun-a (2011–2014) Lee Chung-ah (2009–2014) Lee Elijah (2017–2021) Lee Ha-nui (2012–2014) Lee Mi-yeon Lee Young-yoo (2013–2014) Lim Ju-eun (2013–2018) Oh Hye-won (2016–2023) Park Hee-soon (2015–2021) Park Min-woo (2013–2019) Park Min-young (2010–2014) Seo Hyo-rim (2012–2014) Song Min-jung (2011–2014) Sung Yu-ri (2010–2014) Yoon Jin-yi (2012–2019) Awards Notes References Starship Entertainment Talent agencies of South Korea South Korean record labels