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Obviously, it wasn't as strong an impact as it used to be. Nevertheless, when I think of who stood out the most, the first things that came to mind were Lee Da-hyun (25, Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance) and Shin Young-seok (40, Suwon KEPCO).
Lee Da-hyun and Shin Young-seok became the winners of the men's and women's ceremonies at the Jin Air 2025-2026 V-League All-Star Game held at Hoban Gymnasium in Chuncheon on the 25th.
Lee Da-hyun received 23 of the 34 votes cast by reporters, while Shin Young-seok also swept 15 votes, nearly a majority.
Shin Young-seok is back with the award he gave to Kim Yeon-kyung (retired) in the 2023-2024 season, while Lee Da-hyun is back with his third consecutive career. It's the third award. Along with the prize money of 1 million won, they even got tickets and position dolls.
Starting with the 2020-2021 season, Shin Young-seok also won the honor of winning the most votes for six consecutive All-Star games. This means that there are not many cards to replace in terms of skill or popularity.
Shin Young-seok showed off his extraordinary presence from the appearance with Choi Min-ho (Hyundai Capital), the captain of the opposing team. Unlike other players who entered with simple dance performances, Shin Young-seok appeared in Gat and Grim Reaper costumes reminiscent of Choi Min-ho and the Lion Boys of K-pop Demon Hunters, drawing cheers from the audience.
Shin Young-seok, who performed a fusion ceremony, one of the joint techniques, at the animation Dragon Ball during the game, later built a super-long blocking wall on his Jinyoung Kim (Hyundai Capital). He failed to score, but he also received applause for making an effective block at a formidable height.
Lee Da-hyun also shone. Hwasa and Park Jung-min's "Good Goodbye" performance, which drew attention at last year's Blue Dragon Film Festival, was reproduced as it was. It drew attention by adding a story that seemed to say goodbye to Hyundai Engineering & Construction coach Kang Sung-hyung, who was special while moving ahead of the season. Coach Kang Sung-hyung was embarrassed, but he did a great job as Park Jung-min.
Lee Da-hyun did not stop there, but showed off her amazing presence by copying various short-form videos that have recently become popular.
Of course, I felt something different from the previous All-Star game. Shin Young-seok's proper ceremony was only one blocking combination, and Lee Da-hyun participated in various ceremonies, but in terms of activeness, he clearly felt somewhat quiet compared to before.
It was very much intended. Shin Young-seok said, "(The ceremony) was not planned at all. I'm not sure why I got a high score even though I only rode my horse," he said. "I wanted to push (Kim) Jin-young because it was his first All-Star game and he wasn't greedy. If you were going to get it, shouldn't you have been on a horse. I'm sorry to my juniors, but I'm proud that the ceremony went as I imagined. In fact, I was worried that I might not know the Fusion (Dragon Ball)," he said.
Overwhelmed Ghee seemed concerned that the same picture was repeated, although everyone admitted it. The same was true of Lee Da-hyun. "I pushed (Choi) Seo-hyun and (Seo) Chae-hyun and told him to score, but I think he was embarrassed," he said. "I prepared it, but I usually watch how it comes out while filming videos, but I'm embarrassed because I didn't put it down this time. I will prepare more properly next time," he said.
It was true that it was difficult to find brighter players than them even after they relaxed. Regarding Hwasa's ceremony, Lee Da-hyun said, "It was a hot topic at the year-end ceremony, so I thought, 'I'll do it, too.' (Kim) I contacted the director yesterday through Dine, and he kept saying he wouldn't do it, but he did it," he said. "There was a story about the transfer, and I was able to do it because we were so close."
There was something else that Lee Da-hyun cared about more than the prime minister. It was the ceremony of "Yoon Jung-ah Yoon Jung-ah." It is a recent trend with short-form content, and after scoring in the second half of the set, the opponent setter Lee Yoon-jung (Korea Expressway Corporation) was set up and K-star players performed the ceremony together. It was a ceremony of repentance that could be very interesting as it overlapped with manager Kim Jong-min's frequent calls for "Yoon Jung-ah, Yoon Jung-ah" at every operation time.
The problem is that what was intended was not properly communicated. At the moment of the ceremony, it was difficult to grasp exactly what he was trying to do due to complex problems such as sound problems and proper familiarity with memes, and the stands became quiet at the moment. Lee Da-hyun said, "Yoon-jung, do you know Yoon-jung?" It's famous in Reels these days, and I feel awkward at the stadium at the moment. I'm shocked that you don't know that, but I think I got the trend wrong. (Next time) I'll try to grasp it as well as I did last time," he said with a smile.
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