Wind Breaker (manhwa) explained
| Wind Breaker |
| Hangul: | 윈드브레이커 |
| Romanized: | Windeu Beureikeo |
| Genre: | Sports(fixie) |
| Author: | Yongseok Jo |
| First: | 2013 |
| Firstmo: | December 8, |
| Last: | present |
| Volumes: | 26 |
Wind Breaker is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Yongseok Jo. It was serialized via Naver Corporation's webtoon platform, Naver Webtoon, from December 2013, with the individual chapters collected and published into 25 volumes. The manhwa has been published in English by Line Webtoon.
Characters
- Jo "Jay" Ja-hyeon (조자현; Jo Ja-hyun)
Main character of the manhwa, he often called as Super Rookie by his fans. He is one of the members of the Hummingbird Crew, one of the crews that were participated in the League of Streets Korean Branch. Nephew of Jo Ma-hyeon, a Korean professional cyclist.
- Shelly Scott
An experienced cyclist from England as her father, Mark Scott, is a legendary cyclist. She is one of the members of the Hummingbird Crew. Has a crush on Jay.
- Hong "Vinny" Yubin (홍유빈; Hong Yoo-bin)
Known as 'Mad Dog' because of his brutality. He is a member of Sabbath Crew before leaving the Zephyros Crew first, the Hummingbird Crew second, and the Ghost Crew third.
- Kang "Dom" Hannam (강한남; Kang Han-nam)
Son of the notorious Korean mafia. He is one of the members of the Hummingbird Crew and acts as a sprinter.
- Yoon "Minu" Min-woo (민우윤; Yoon Min-woo)
Lee "June" Jun-soo (준수이; Lee Jun-soo)
Kim "Mia" Mi-yeong (김미영; Kim Mi-yeong)
Yoon "Yuna" Yun-ha (윤유나; Yoon Yun-ha)
Owen Knight
Yoo Wooin (유우인; Yoo Woo-in)
Hajun "Joker" (하준; Ha-joon)
Kwon "Grim Reaper" Hyuk (권혁; Kwon Hyuk)
Kim "Monster" Deokbong (김덕봉; Kim Deok-bong)
Leader of Monster Crew, one of the participating crews in League of Streets Korean Branch, and a former quarterback in some high schools in United States. He return to Korea and regains his confident after doing cycling.
- Jang Juhwan (장주환; Jang Ju-hwan)
Leader of Trident Crew, one of the participating crews in League of Streets Korean Branch. Had a rivalry on Monster because he thought the girl that he crush on is having a crush too with Monster.
- Noah Austin
Harry Shepherd
Kaneshiro Takeda (武田金城, Takeda Kaneshiro)
Ryohei Hachijō (八条良平, Hachijou Ryohei)
Kenji Ikusaba (イクサバケンジ, Ikusaba Kenji)
Hyōma Nagase (永瀬兵間, Nagase Hyouma)
Media
Manhwa
Yongseok Jo launched Wind Breaker in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon on December 8, 2013.
Volumes
Other media
The series was featured on the South Korean reality music show Webtoon Singer, premiered on the streaming service TVING on February 17, 2023, which featured K-pop artists' performances combining webtoons with extended reality technology.[1]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Webtoons, K-pop come together in TVING's XR music competition show 'Webtoon Singer'. Lee Si-jin. The Korea Herald. January 30, 2023. January 31, 2023. January 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230130225804/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230130000651. live.
