Bokyem

South Korean YouTuber (born 1988)

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Bokyem
Bokyem of 2019
Born	(1988-01-31) January 31, 1988 (age 36) Seocheon County, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Nationality	South Korea
Other names	BK
Occupation(s)	YouTuber, BJ
Years active	2012–Current
Known for	YouTube

Bokyem (Korean: 보겸), real name Kim Bo-kyem (Korean: 김보겸, Hanja: 金𤣰謙, born January 31, 1988) is a South Korean YouTuber and BJ of afreecaTV.

As of June 2020, the number of subscribers to the YouTube channel operated by Bokyem was 4.03 million, and it was the number one in the list of subscribers when limited to the Korean game YouTuber channel.

Early life

Bokyem was born on January 31, 1988, in Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do.

Bokyem started the afreecaTV BJ in 2012 while attending Kunsan National University. In 2014, Bokyem started working on YouTube, and he has uploaded game videos.

In 2016, Bokyem also uploaded Mukbang and daily videos, increasing the number of YouTube subscribers. Most of the viewers were in their teens.

Since 2017, Bokyem has been broadcasting jointly with other BJs in Korea. And in 2019, he released a music album at melon with 'Ellin', one of the members of Crayon Pop.

In July 2020, the number of subscribers reached 4.03 million, and after that, Bokyem changed the number of subscribers to private. In August, it is estimated that the number of subscribers decreased due to controversy among many Korean YouTubers including Bokyem.

Awards

STAR BJ 20 for 2014 Africa TV BJ Awards^[1]
2015 Africa TV BJ Awards STAR BJ 20^[2]
2016 Intel Overwatch APEX season 1 semifinals (BK Stars)^[3]
BJ 50^[4]/ THE 20^[5]/ TOP 5^[6] / KT GiGA BMF^[7]/ BJ Grand Prize for Africa TV in 2016^[8]
2017 Africa TV BJ Grand Prize Grand Prize in the comprehensive game category^[9]
2018 Asia Model Awards Creator of the Year Award^[10]
2018 Africa TV BJ Awards^[11]
2019 Africa TV BJ Grand Prize Single-Person Media Icon Award

Incident and controversy

In 2018, Members of the Korean male-hating community website Womad claimed distortedly that Bokyem's greeting word, 'Boiru'(Korean: 보이루), was a misogynistic word. They said that 'Bo' in 'Boiru' means Cunt.

So, Bokyem said he will take legal action against members of Womad he claims to be a disparaging expression for Women.^[12]

References

^ "올해의 BJ 수상자 | 아프리카TV BJ Festival". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "2015 아프리카TV BJ대상 | 아프리카 TV". res.afreecatv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "인텔 오버워치 APEX 리그 시즌1 안내 (4강)". Overwatch (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "대표 BJ 50인 | 2016 아프리카TV BJ대상". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "THE 20 | 2016 아프리카TV BJ대상". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "TOP 5 | 2016 아프리카TV BJ대상". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "KT GiGA BMF 상 | 2016 아프리카TV BJ대상". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "특별상 | 2016 아프리카TV BJ대상". AfreecaTV. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "부문별 올해의 BJ | 2017 아프리카TV BJ대상". 2017award.afreecatv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "2018 아시아모델어워즈 – 아시아모델페스티벌" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "BJ대상 | 2018 BJ Awards". 2018award.afreecatv.com. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ 박, 은주 (2018-04-12). "'보이루'가 여혐이라고?…'프로불편러'가 된 女의 역습". Aju Business Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-06-27.