Kwangju

Kwagnju is a major city in South Korea located near the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Its name is also transliterated as Kwanju or Gwangju and it forms the Kwangju Metropolitan City.

Teams that have played here

• Kia Tigers, Korea Baseball Organization (1982-present)

People born here

• Dong-chul Cha, KBO pitcher
• Woong-cheon Cho, KBO pitcher
• Ji-hoon Choi, KBO outfielder
• Joo-hwan Choi, KBO infielder
• Min-jae Choi, KBO outfielder
• Won-jae Choi, KBO pitcher
• Ki-joo Han, KBO pitcher
• Hyun-woo Hong, KBO infielder
• Kyoung-min Hur, KBO infielder
• Seung-min Hur, KBO outfielder
• Chan-heon Jeong, KBO pitcher
• Seong-hoon Jeong, KBO infielder
• Hyung-sik Jung, KBO outfielder
• Young-il Jung, minor league pitcher
• Jung-ho Kang, infielder
• Min-kook Kang, KBO infielder
• Myung-gu Kang, KBO infielder
• Byung-hyun Kim, pitcher
• Dae-woo Kim, KBO pitcher
• Do-yeong Kim, KBO infielder
• Geon-tae Kim, KBO pitcher
• Gi-tae Kim, KBO infielder and manager
• Jong-kook Kim, KBO infielder and manager
• Min-hyeok Kim, KBO infielder
• Sa-yun Kim, KBO pitcher
• Won-jung Kim, KBO pitcher
• Young-kyu Kim, KBO pitcher
• Yu-keun Kim, KBO outfielder
• Yun-sik Kim, KBO pitcher
• Chun-juu Ko, South Korean national team coach
• Woo-seok Ko, KBO pitcher
• Dae-jin Lee, KBO pitcher
• Eui-lee Lee, KBO pitcher
• Ho-joon Lee, KBO infielder
• Ho-yeon Lee, KBO infielder
• Hyun-gon Lee, KBO infielder and batting champion
• Jong-beom Lee, NPB infielder-outfielder
• Kang-chul Lee, KBO pitcher
• Seung-kyu Lee, KBO infielder
• Soon-chul Lee, KBO outfielder and manager
• Won-seok Lee, KBO infielder
• Chang-min Lim, KBO pitcher
• Chang-yong Lim, pitcher
• Chang-min Mo, KBO infielder
• Dong-ju Moon, KBO pitcher
• Kwang-eun Moon, KBO pitcher
• Kwang-nam Na, KBO outfielder
• Sung-bum Na, KBO outfielder
• Jin-hyuk No , KBO infielder
• Jae-hong Park, KBO outfielder
• Jae-Weong Seo, pitcher
• Eui-ji Yang, KBO catcher
• Hyeon-jong Yang, pitcher
• Ro-gyeol Yoo, KBO outfielder
• Jeong-woo Yoon, KBO outfielder
• Myung-jun Yoon, KBO pitcher

Educational Institutions located here

• Gwangju Dongsung High School
• Gwangju Jinheung High School
• Gwangju Jeil High School
• Songwon University