Former baseball player and broadcaster Hwang Jae-gyun is drawing attention with a completely transformed visual, featuring long hair and a slim physique.
On the 28th, a behind-the-scenes clip of the Tving Super Match titled "Chuno Appeared on Tving" was posted on the official Tving Sports account. The most talked-about aspect of the day was Hwang's drastically changed appearance. He appeared with his hair grown long enough to cover the nape of his neck, tied back loosely with his bangs swept away from his face. Combined with a much thinner face than before, he exuded an atmosphere quite different from his active playing days.
While preparing for the shoot, Jeong Keun-woo saw Hwang with his long hair and remarked, "You look exactly like Jang Hyuk today," mentioning the character from the drama "Chuno". Hwang acknowledged this and joked, "I need to go beat someone up right now."
When asked how long he plans to grow his hair, he showed a special affection for his long hair, saying, "I am keeping it growing until it can be tied up. I plan to grow it until there are no more comments telling me to cut my hair. As long as even a single such comment appears, I will keep growing it."
On this day, Hwang also shared an update that he recently finished a body profile photo shoot. He revealed that right after the shoot ended, he drank a sports drink and took digestive medicine, and later ate a hot dog out of curiosity, which caused his weight to increase by 3kg from 80.2kg, making him laugh and say, "I will never shoot one again."
Previously, in March, Hwang appeared on the YouTube channel "Durumari Studio" and personally revealed the reason for his weight loss. He confessed, "Shortly after I retired, I went on a variety show and looking at myself, I thought, 'Why is a pig sitting there?' When I was playing baseball, I didn't pay attention to it, but seeing it right after retirement shocked me. That's why I've been working out and losing a lot of weight."
Hwang joined the pros in 2006 and played as a representative infielder of the KBO League, before announcing his retirement in December of last year following the 2025 season. Afterwards, he signed an exclusive contract with SM C&C in February of this year, transitioned into a broadcaster, and is currently active as a Tving baseball commentator.
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