KBO Name Changes – Active Players

One unusual feature of Korean baseball is that every year, a handful of under-performing players will change their names, hoping to reinvent themselves, start over, or simply distance themselves from their past performances.

• Active Players
• Inactive/Former Players

Current Name	Former Name(s)
Han Yoo-seom	Han Dong-min (한동민)
Park Kun-woo	Park Seung-jae (박승재)
Oh Tae-gon	Oh Seung-taek (오승택)
Kim Tae-hoon	Kim Dong-jun (김동준)
Bae Jeong-dae	Bae Byeong-ok (배병옥)
Na Gyun-an	Na Jong-deok (나종덕)
Kim Do-hyeon	Kim Ee-whan (김이환)
Im Ji-yeol	Im Dong-hwi (임동휘)
Jang Si-hwan	Jang Hyo-hoon (장효훈)
Kim Jae-yeol	Kim Tae-seok (김태석)
Kim Gang-hyun	Kim Ho-jun (김호준)
Lee Woo-chan	Lee Young-jae (이영재)
Kim Keon-kuk	Kim Yong-seong (김용성)
Jo Yi-hyeon	Jo Yeong-u (조영우)
Kim Sa-yun	Kim Jeong-bin (김정빈)
Yoo Ro-gyeol	Yoo Jang-hyeok (유장혁)
Kim Joo-on	Kim Chan (김찬)