Hyungwuk Shin

**Producer**

* The Queens (Webtoon)
* Jungle Juice (Webtoon)

**Producer**

* To Not Die
* Reality Quest

Hyungwuk Shin is the author of **Kangtawoo (Webtoon)** and producer of **Jungle Juice (Webtoon)** and **The Queens (Webtoon)**.

## Biography Summary

Nothing is quite known of his personal life. Although he was interviewed and left a quote: *"Focus on people can change… It’s okay if only 1 out of 100 people change."*

In addition, There is one older sister (estimated to be younger) with a small age difference. Seeing that he occasionally uploads pictures of himself with his young nephew, on Instagram, he seems to be very fond of his nephew.

## Career Background

He participated in the 2015 Naver Webtoon Contest and said he finished last. After that, he attended the Y Lab Academy, and Inwan Youn , the general producer of Y Lab, said he liked it after seeing his continuity. In 2016, he was hired as Ylab 's exclusive story writer, and in 2018, he debuted with Kangtawoo (Webtoon). After that, he is in charge of his second work, "*Study Group*," and is gaining great popularity overseas.

As of 2022, six years have passed since joining Y Lab, and he is currently also a producer for his junior writers. If you look at his interviews, you can see that he likes the growth of characters, such as those of his other works.

Among the current Y-Lab story writers, Dongwoo Han and Yongtaek Chae are among the writers who receive favorable reviews along with Hyungwuk. It can be seen that the skill compared to the career is quite good. Even considering that Dongwoo is evaluated as having a difference in story quality depending on the genre, and that Yongtaek is sometimes liked or disliked for playing villains such as Katarina or Ye-ri Han. Hyungwuk has not been criticized for this as his work avoided those problems.

The characters he designed are also well-received for their attractive character. In particular, since he is a writer who mainly writes male-oriented works, the favorable reviews for female characters stand out among readers.

## Superstring Work

### The Queens

He is the producer of this webtoon. He advertised heavily on his Instagram. However, upon the release of the webtoon; , the evaluation of the story is very poor. He apparently felt responsible as he is the producer but reminded himself that since it is the story writer's job to create the story, there is no opinion to hold him accountable. In the first place, the role of the producer is not to be involved in the story.

## Trivia

* He's quite the hustler, and he calls himself that.
* After joining and his debut at YLAB, his webtoons are quite popular in Asian countries including Thailand and Japan.

## References

1. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%ED%98%95%EC%9A%B1
2. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%ED%98%95%EC%9A%B1
3. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%ED%98%95%EC%9A%B1 - Digression Section
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/005/0001452692?sid=103
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%ED%98%95%EC%9A%B1 - Digression Section
6. ↑ https://blog.naver.com/ylabacademy/221341552249
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%8B%A0%ED%98%95%EC%9A%B1 - Detail Section
8. ↑ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%A0%95%EA%B8%80%EC%A5%AC%EC%8A%A4(%EC%9B%B9%ED%88%B0)
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CYBjFyhvW3V/?img\_index=1