Lee Yong-jin

Lee Yong-jin (이용진) came up through the Korean comedy grind, not a shortcut lane. After debuting in 2005 through SBS's comedian recruitment system, he built his reputation on timing, restraint, and the kind of reactive wit that makes ensemble variety formats breathe. Comedy Big League turned him into a familiar face, but the bigger story is how durable he has been as Korean entertainment moved from studio sketch work into faster, personality-led digital formats.

That adaptability is why Lee still lands cleanly across broadcast and streaming. On Netflix's Agents of Mystery, he plays the stabilizer without flattening the energy in the room, reading puzzles, feeding cast rhythm, and landing the joke a beat later than everyone expects. His YouTube series Yong Tarot pushed that skill into a more direct creator lane, giving him a sharper one-to-one presence with viewers beyond traditional TV scheduling.

Now under Story9Works, Lee sits in a useful middle ground between comedian, host, and digital personality. He still carries the instincts of a live-room comic, but his career in 2026 looks broader than that: streaming cast member, interview-format anchor, and one of the cleaner examples of how Korean comedy talent has translated into platform-era relevance.