Lil King

DoHwi Kim (born: ), also known online as Lil King (or referred to as Lil or King), is a South Korean YouTuber.
==Early Life== 
DoHwi was born on September 15, 1994 in South Korea. In his first year of Elementary/Primary school, his teacher told him about serial kidnappings in the area. A stranger later approached DoHwi and his friend and asked if they liked ice cream. DoHwi took his friend's wrist and ran away. He knew that nobody lived in the houses on that street, but shouted that there is a kidnapper just to scare him. In his Birthday Livestream 2020, he shared that his parents are divorced and that he received seaweed soup, (a traditional Korean birthday food), from his father. He also revealed that in the past he did not celebrate his Birthday, as he simply saw it as another passing day, claiming that the day was lonely. During the Birthday livestream he was so overwhelmed with donations and messages from fans that he was moved to tears!
During practice exams for university, he got perfect scores, leading him to be confident in his scores for the real test. In his university exams, he had a Perfect score in logical thinking about Korean, and a nearly perfect score in Mathematics! Despite his English skills, he fell asleep during the English part of an exam, and this negatively impacted his scores. He took the exam a second time, but was not able to get into his dream university, SNU. Instead, he majored in Philosophy in another university, which he said helped him become a better man.
* He has stated that he has worked as a model in the past.
* He was once an idol in training, but stopped due to health reasons.
==Lil King Channel History== 
In March of 2020, DoHwi and his friend, Jin, created a YouTube Channel known as Lil x Big Korean. The first video on the Lil King/Lil x Big Korean channel entitled "Korean React to Twerk City Girls" was uploaded on March 27, 2020. With over 650,000 views, the video garnered a large following to the channel. The video set a standard for the Lil x Big Korean YouTube channel, which was mainly the premise of Lil (DoHwi) and Big (Jin) reacting to trending American videos. Among their other popular videos are "Anaconda" Reaction by Nicki Minaj. The reaction video has over 1.5 million views. Many viewers were entertained by DoHwi's uniquely hilarious reactions during the video. On August 27, 2020, the channel uploaded a video titled, "I have to tell you something". In the video, DoHwi explained that Jin had left the channel to pursue his other channel, Jin and Hattie. DoHwi also made a community post about this, which shocked many fans. Shortly afterwards, the channel was renamed to Lil King.
In his efforts to grow his channel, Lil King announced that he would be collaborating with various people in the Korean entertainment industry. On April 6, 2021, Lil King published his first collab video with former K-pop idol, Xiweol of Varsity. The reaction video garnered over 370,000 views, with the second collab video doubling their first video's views at over 700,000. Lil King continued to have more guests appear on his channel, including Seonghoon and Kovi. This would soon be known as the initial development of DoHwi's new company, DH Entertainment.
==DH Entertainment==
DH Entertainment was founded by DoHwi in the first half of 2021. DoHwi's company currently has several members featured throughout their videos, including: Xiweol, Seonghoon, Kovi, Bambi, Zeberget, Youyoung, Gwonhee, Jun, and Dayeon. The former variants of the reaction channels from Lil x Big label are currently being rebranded to DH Entertainment. Currently, the other YouTube channels actively part of DH Entertainment are:
* Bambi Show
* Coreano91 Show
* FoodRoad
* Honey Island
* Pun Relax Music
* The Show Zeberget
* Xiweol Show
* YU Korean Reaction
==Livestreaming History==
When DoHwi first started livestreaming in September 2020, he mainly did Let's Plays (Among Us, Fall Guys, ARK Survival, Final Fantasy, Outlast, and many more), had chats and had a Q&A segment on both YouTube and Twitch.
DoHwi later focused his livestreams on music video reactions that viewers recommended through donations. However, in April of 2021, Lil King's channel received a final copyright warning that would put his channel at risk if he continued to play music videos on his livestreams. Lil King decided that he could not risk losing his YouTube channel, and looked for a new livestreaming platform where he could continue his reactions. On April 12, 2021, Lil King had his last reaction livestream on YouTube.
After consulting with Crowns and testing out different livestreaming platforms, it was decided that DLive would be the new platform for DoHwi's live reactions. On April 14, 2021, DoHwi had his first livestream on DLive. Due to his busy and unpredictable schedule, he does not have set days or times when he goes live. Currently, he generally goes live between 9am to 10am Korean Time. Crowns are always notified when he goes live through the Lil Kingdom discord server. 
Lil King still does random livestreams on his YouTube channel from time to time. They are mainly vlog style lives, where he shows viewers around Korea, or when he hangs out with the DH Entertainment crew.
==Lil Kingdom Overview==
The original name for Lil King's fanbase was DoRongs. During the livestream on 09/08/20, Lil King announced that he wanted to change the fandom name to keep up with some of the changes he has been making in general (09/08/20 Discussion). In keeping with Lil King’s name, most suggestions centered on royal court titles such as knights, nobles, and queens. A segment even suggested that the fandom be called peasants, or horses. In the end, during the 09/09/20 Live (start at 01:32:00), DoHwi formally named the fanbase Lil Kingdom. Titles were based on platform and roles: 
* Lil Crowns: All members of Lil Kingdom are Crowns
* Lil Princess/Lil Princes: Those who donate 
* Peasants: Lil King's title for trolls 
Unofficially, the Lil Kingdom contains Crowns who refer to themselves as "peasants," but this is understood by fellow Crowns to be a joke, and not an indicator that the Crown in question is a troll. Only those that Lil King dubs "Peasants" are regarded as trolls and spammers.
==Trivia== 
* His height is 174cm or 5'7".
* He is a Virgo.
* His Myers Briggs Type (MBTI) is ENTJ.
* His signature color is red, though he also likes silver and black.
* He is an only child.
* He has two cats named Cheetah and Kant.
==Subscriber Milestones==
===Lil King===
*130,000 subscribers: September 13, 2020
*230,000 subscribers: August 10, 2021
==Gallery==
File:DoHwiInstaPic.jpg
File:Lil King.jpg|Lil King
File:DoHwiAndCheetah.jpg|DoHwi holding Cheetah
File:Cheetah.jpg|Cheeto during livestreaming
File:DoHwiAndKant.jpg|DoHwi holding Kant
File:DHEnt.jpg|Kovi, Xiweol, Seunghoon, and DoHwi during a livestream
File:Kanto.jpg|Kanto and DoHwi during the livestream
File:DoHwi.jpg
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:South Korean YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020