Kang Hye-won (; born July 5, 1999) is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of the South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One, formed by CJ E&M through Mnet's 2018 reality competition television show Produce 48.
On December 8, a teaser video was revealed on her YouTube channel, announcing the upcoming release of a winter special album, W. On December 22, she released the album with "Winter Poem" as the lead single.
On June 9, 2022, Kang released the single "Like A Diamond", featuring Stella Jang.
On July 6, Playlist Studio announced Kang as one of the casts in Seasons of Blossom a webdrama adaptation of webtoon of the same name. Kang will potrayed the role of Yoon Bo-mi.
On January 13, 2022, through her own YouTube channel, Kang announced a collaboration with a skincare line, Uriid, where she was in charge of the promotional design of the new product, Uriid Neroli Garden Ampoule Stick. According to Uriid, after the promotional video with Kang was released on her YouTube channel, the product started selling high on social media and online stores, particularly in Hyundai Home Shopping. On March 30, Kang collaborated with Onitsuka Tiger Korea to promote their shoes collection with a fashion pictorial on Elle Korea. On May 30, Kang was chosen by the British premium bag brand, Radley London, to promote their new 2022 Spring/Summer Collection bags Forest Way-Smoking and Duke Place through a pictorial on atstar1 magazine. On June 8, a South Korean clothing brand, General Idea, announced Kang as their new muse and fashion brand model for their 2022 Summer Collection with the theme 'Bloomy Sunday'. Kang continued working with General Idea as their muse for their '22FW Woman Part.2 Collection' by dropping new pictorials on September 13. On June 27, Nexon announced Kang as their advertising model for their online game Mabinogi. On July 18, Kang announced a collaboration with LEGO to promote their three-dimensional reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night. On October 6, ma:nyo, a Korean cosmetic brand, announced Kang Hye-won as their new ambassador for their lipstick collection, No Mercy Spell Mood Stick, and for their skincare collection, V.collagen Heart Fit.
On January 9, 2023, Korean clothing company Roem announced Kang as their 2023 Spring/Summer season campaign model. Kang continued working for Roem throughout half of 2023, also modeling for the Fall collection. Their collaboration with Kang created a new slogan for Roem, "Romantic Is Everywhere", and it was reported that Roem sales increased by 30% after choosing Kang as their muse. On March 2, 2023, Nexon announced Kang as their special character for their game Sudden Attack.
On February 8, 2024, Korean sport fashion brand announced Kang as their pictorial model for their Varsity spring collection through Vogue Korea. On April 12, 2024, Vaseline announced on their Instagram that Kang has become the model for their Lip Therapy product. On April 30, Unilever announced Kang as the official 24th brand ambassador of Vaseline Korea for their Lip Therapy campaign. On May 22, 2024, Kang was announced as Narciso Rodriguez Korea's pictorial model for their summer perfume collection. On November 15, 2024, Wacky Willy released a cinematic video featuring Kang Hye-Won and Go Kyung-Pyo for their Black Friday sales campaign.
On January 31, 2025, Nexon announced Kang as their special character for their game Sudden Attack. On February 14, 2024 A Korean Beauty Brand, MIMZ, announced Kang as their model. On April 14, 2025, Japanese Fashion Brand, SNIDEL, announced Kang as their summer collection model.
+ List of extended plays, showing selected details, selected chart positions, and sales figures ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales |
+ List of singles, showing year released, chart positions, and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region. |
+ List of other charted songs, showing year released, chart positions, and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region. |
+ List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Notes |
Seasons of Blossom | Yoon Bo-mi | |
Spirit Fingers | An Ye-rim |
Collection of Essay | 8D Entertainment | Season Greetings | |
+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination ! scope="col" | Award ceremony ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominee / Work ! scope="col" | Result ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | |
|
|