# Anson Kong

Anson Kong Ip-sang (Chinese: 江𤒹生; born 16 October 1992), also referred to as AK, is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, actor, and a member of the Hong Kong boy group Mirror. Apart from his group activities, Anson Kong has released solo music and starred in television dramas.

## Life and career

Kong was born in Hong Kong on 16 October 1992. He attended SKH Li Ping Secondary School, an Anglican school in Tsuen Wan. Kong auditioned for the Chinese singing competition Super Boy in 2013, at the age of 18. Realising his passion for performing, Kong invested his free time and resources to singing and dancing, eventually winning a contract with a record label. He was sent to Seoul, South Korea to undergo training for a potential debut in a boy group. When his debut was canceled half a year later, Kong returned to Hong Kong to work as a backup dancer. As a dancer, Kong accompanied many Hong Kong singers and made television appearances as an extra, most notably in Barrack O'Karma (2018) as Selena Lee's dancing partner.
In 2018, Kong auditioned for ViuTV's reality talent competition Good Night Show - King Maker and finished fifth place, earning him a spot in the twelve-member boy group Mirror. The group debuted on 3 November 2018 with the single "In a Second" (一秒間). Kong was appointed as the band's deputy captain.
Kong made his acting debut in television drama Retire to Queen (2019) with a guest appearance in the first episode. He then starred in the martial arts drama Warriors Within (2020), co-starring Stephen Au and Hedwig Tam.
In February 2020, Kong debuted as a solo artist with his first single Intentional (特登), which peaked at number eight on the 903 Top 20 and number three on the Metro Radio Chart. In August 2020, he dropped his second single Snail (蝸牛), written by his bandmate Ian Chan. The duet version with Ian topped the Chill Club Chart. His third single Venus Girl (金星女孩) was released 14 October 2020.
His fourth solo single Black Breath (黑之呼吸), released in March 2021, peaked at number two on the 903 Top 20 and Metro Radio Chart. A teaser of a collaboration between Kong and Lokman Yeung was first released on Mirror's Instagram account, as part of their summer project. The single and music video for "Stage Door" (虎道門) was released 20 August 2021. Kong's sixth single "Three Words" was released on November 8.
Kong hosted the variety show Have a Sweet Gym, which premiered on 22 November 2021.
In 2022 Kong's seventh single "Rebound" was released on March 3. This song was a collaboration with Mirror member Alton Wong. Following after, another single Shinnomaki (信之卷) was released in May 2022. Kong's first movie appearance is in Love Suddenly (2022). Movie was released on November 17 in Hong Kong. In November 2022, Kong's first drama series as main role, Rope a Dope (繩角) was aired on ViuTV. Kong was starred as Chun Au-Yeung, who becomes a professional boxer. Kong also wrote the music for one of the theme song, Differences Between Us (我們的相差), for this drama series.
On Dec 1st, 2022, Kong arrived in Vancouver, Canada to film the 5th season of the Hong Kong idol reality show "King Maker". Kong is one of the judges for the North American audition of this show.
In addition, Kong also runs his own YouTube channel with over 100k subscribers.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
| 2022 | One Piece Film: Red | - | Red-Haired Shanks | Cantonese dub |
| 2022 | Love Suddenly | 忽然心動 | Chung Wong | |
| 2023 | Back Home | 七月返歸 | Heung-Wing | World Premiere at New York Asia Film Festival |
| 2024 | We 12 | 12怪盜 | A.K. | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Chinese title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2019 | Retire to Queen | 退休女皇 | Muscular guy | ViuTV | Cameo appearance (Episode 1) |
| 2019 | Barrack O'Karma | 金宵大廈 | Dancer | TVB | Extra (prior to debut) |
| 2020 | Warriors Within | 打天下 | Chi Ho Kwan | ViuTV | Supporting role |
| 2020 | We are the Littles | 男排女將 | Gym instructor | ViuTV | Cameo appearance (Episode 20) |
| 2022 | Rope A Dope | 繩角 | Chun Au-Yeung | ViuTV | Main role |
| 2024 | Warriors Within 2 | 打天下2 | Chi Ho Kwan | ViuTV | |

### Variety show

| Year | Title | Chinese title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2018 | Good Night Show: King Maker | Good Night Show 全民造星 | Contestant | ViuTV | Contestant no. 23, finished fifth place |
| 2018 | Mirror Go | — | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror |
| 2019 | Mirror Go 2 | — | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror |
| 2021 | Battle of the Throne | 擊戰 | Host | ViuTV | with Kevin Lee and Yoshi Yu |
| 2021 | Know Your Ingredients | 今餐有料到 | Host | ViuTV | Ep 35-79 |
| 2021 | Battle Feel | 考有Feel | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror and Error |
| 2021 | Be a Better Mirror | 調教你MIRROR | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror |
| 2021 | Have a Sweet Gym | — | Host | ViuTV | |
| 2023 | Shiny Summer - MIRROR+ | 全星暑假 - MIRROR+ | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror |
| 2023–2024 | MIRROR Time | — | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror |
| 2024 | Mirror Chef | — | Cast member | ViuTV | with Mirror |

## Discography
### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Year | Title | Chinese title | Music | Lyrics | Arrangement | Producer | Notes |
| 2020 | "Intentional" | 特登 | Terry Chui | 林寶 | Terry Chui/ Hirsk | Terry Chui | |
| 2020 | "A Hundred Billions of Maybe" | 千億個或許 | Anson Kong | Oscar | Hilson.C | Ahfa Wong/ Anson Kong | Theme song of Warriors Within |
| 2020 | "Snail" | 蝸牛 | Ian Chan | Riley | Terry Chui | Terry Chui | |
| 2020 | "Venus Girl" | 金星女孩 | Terry Chui | Oscar | Terry Chui | Terry Chui | |
| 2021 | "Breath of Blackness" | 黑之呼吸 | Tin Hang @One Promise | Oscar | Tin Hang@One Promise | Terry Chui | |
| 2021 | "The Three Words" | 三個字 | Tin Hang @One Promise | Oscar | Tin Hang@One Promise | Terry Chui | |
| 2022 | "Shin no maki" | 信之卷 | Van @Nowhere Boys | Oscar | Nowhere Boys | Carl Wong | |
| 2023 | "Keep Rollin'" | - | Terry Chui & Anson Kong | Oscar | Jeffrey Yip | Terry Chui | |
| 2023 | "Blue Monkey" | - | Ian Chan | Oscar | Jeffrey Yip | Terry Chui | |
| 2023 | "Moonlight" | 月色 | Takase Toya | Takase Toya | Takase Toya | Terry Chui | Cantonese version of "White Love" |
| 2024 | "Guilt Machine" | - | Gareth.T | Oscar | Gareth.T | Terry Chui | |
| 2024 | "A Fake Trailer" | 偽映畫預告 | Jay Fung / Anson Kong | Oscar | Nick Wong | Terry Chui | |

#### Collaborations

| Year | Title | Chinese title | Music | Lyrics | Arrangement | Producer | Notes |
| 2020 | "Snail (Duet Ver.)" (with Ian Chan) | 蝸牛 | Ian Chan | Riley | Terry Chui | Terry Chui | |
| 2021 | "Stage Door" (with Lokman Yeung) | 虎道門 | Carl Wong | Oscar/ Lokman/ AK | Carl Wong | Carl Wong | |
| 2021 | "Stage Door" Acoustic version (with Lokman Yeung, Nowhere Boys) | 虎道門 | Carl Wong | Oscar/ Lokman/ AK | Nowhere Boys | Nowhere Boys | |
| 2022 | "Rebound" (with Alton Wong) | - | Carl Wong | Oscar/ Alton Wong | Carl Wong | Carl Wong | |
| 2022 | "Fight Your Corner" (with Lokman Yeung) | - | Tin Hang@One Promise | Oscar/ Lokman Yeung | Tin Hang@One Promise | Randy Chow | Theme song of Rope A Dope |
| 2022 | "Differences Between Us" (with Ashley Lin) | 我們的相差 | Anson Kong | Oscar | Nekothemeow/Terry Chui/Nick Wong | Terry Chui | Ending theme song of Rope A Dope |
| 2023 | "White Love" (with Takase Toya) | 白愛 | Takase Toya | Takase Toya | Takase Toya | Terry Chui | |

## Videography
### Music videos

| Year | Music Video | Director(s) | Co-star(s) |
| 2020 | "Intentional" (特登) | Himtos Lam | Kate Ng |
| 2020 | "Intentional" Dance Version (特登) | Himtos Lam | |
| 2020 | "A Hundred Billions of Maybe" (千億個或許) | | |
| 2020 | "Snail" (蝸牛) | Himtos Lam | Shirley Shum |
| 2020 | "Snail" Duet Version (蝸牛) | Bart Pau | Ian Chan |
| 2021 | "Breath of Blackness" (黑之呼吸) | Water Chan | |
| 2021 | "Stage Door" (虎道門) | Himtos Lam, Tin Po | Lokman Yeung |
| 2021 | "Stage Door" Acoustic Ver. (虎道門) | Bart Pau | Lokman, Nowhere Boys |
| 2021 | "The Three Words" (三個字) | Maggie Leung, Sheng Wong | Leung Chung Hang, Carol To |
| 2022 | "Rebound" | Himtos Lam | Alton Wong |
| 2022 | "Shin no Maki" (信之卷) | 吳啟忠, Tsui Brothers | |

### Music film

| Year | Music Film | Director(s) | Co-star(s) |
| 2020 | "Intentional" (特登) | Himtos Lam | Kate Ng |

### Cameo

| Year | Music Video | Singer |
| 2020 | 蒙著嘴說愛你 | Keung To |
| 2022 | 東京一轉 | LaiYing Tang |

## Concerts
### Solo

| Year | Date | Name | Venue | Note |
| 2024 | 29–30 July | ANSON KONG "THE GAME OF LIFE" IN MY SIGHT SOLO CONCERT 2024 | AsiaWorld–Arena | |

### Collaborations

| Year | Date | Name | Venue | Collaborating Artist(s) |
| 2021 | 7–8 December | MOOV LIVE Music on the Road | Hall 5BC, HKCEC | Anson Lo, Edan Lui, Ian Chan, Jer Lau, Keung To |
| 2023 | 14 May | 903 Music is Live Concert | AsiaWorld–Arena | Ian Chan, Panther Chan |

## Awards and achievements
### Music awards

| Year | Award | Nominee / Work | Category | Result |
| 2021 | Chill Club Awards | "Snail (Duet Ver.)" (with Ian Chan) | Top Ten Songs of the Year | Won |
| 2021 | Chill Club Awards | Anson Kong | Male Singer of the Year | Nominated |
| 2021 | Chill Club Awards | Anson Kong | New Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| 2020 | JOOX Top Music Awards | Anson Kong | Top Recommended New Singers of the Year | Won |
| 2021 | JOOX Top Music Awards | Anson Kong | Artist Recommended by Editors | Won |
| 2020 | Metro Radio Music Awards | Anson Kong | Best New Performer | Won |
| 2021 | Metro Radio Music Awards | Anson Kong | Popular Idol | Won |
| 2022 | Metro Radio Music Awards | Anson Kong | Popular Idol | Won |

### Film awards

| Year | Award | Nominee / Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards | Warriors Within 2 | Rising Star of the Year | Won | |
| 2024 | Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards | Warriors Within 2 | Best Newcomer Actor | Nominated | |