Daniel Jakob Lindemann (born 16 October 1985) is a

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who lives and performs in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

as a television personality and marketing manager. He was a cast member in the talk show ''

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''.

Personal life

He can play the

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, having been trained from the age of 10 until his teens, and releasing a

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album with songs composed and played on the piano, called Esperance.The Korea Times: INTERVIEW , Korean-speaking German honorary ambassador for Seoul releases first album
/ref> He holds a black belt in both

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

and

Hapkido Hapkido ( , , ), also spelled ''hap ki do'' or ''hapki-do'' is a Korean martial art. It is a hybrid form of self-defense that employs joint locks, grappling, chokeholds, throwing techniques, kicks, punches, and other striking attacks. ...

, having trained in Taekwondo since he was 12 when he still lived in his native Germany and earned his black belt there, while the black belt in Hapkido was earned after starting to train Hapkido in a famous Hapkido studio in

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, the capital and most populous city in

. On October 4, 2023, Lindemann announced he would be getting married in December. He married a Korean woman on December 8, 2023.

Filmography

Television series

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindemann, Daniel 1985 births Living people German male taekwondo practitioners German television personalities German expatriates in South Korea Hapkido practitioners Television people from Cologne University of Bonn alumni German people of Israeli descent 21st-century German sportsmen