Ravi to leave KBS’ '2 Days & 1 Night' for enlistment

▲ This file photo shows VIXX's Ravi. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Yonhap) – K-pop boy group VIXX’s Ravi(real name Kim Won-sik·29) will leave KBS 2TV’s “2 Days & 1 Night” after 2 years and 4 months due to his enlistment.

The staff of “2 Days & 1 Night” announced on Friday, “Ravi will leave the program as of May 1 to carry out his mandatory military service.”

He also mentioned, “Please support the future path of Ravi who will say goodbye for a while,” adding in terms of the new cast, “We will inform the news as soon as we make our decision.”

Ravi joined “2 Days & 1 Night” with the start of its fourth season in December, 2019, and he was awarded the rookie award for Show & Variety in the KBS Entertainment Awards in 2021.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)

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