Yu Hojin is a magician and performer. He is from Seoul, South Korea. In 2022, Yu auditioned for the seventeenth season of America’s Got Talent and went on to reach the show’s grand finale which aired on September 14, 2022.
Yu made his America’s Got Talent in 2016 on the show’s eleventh season as a guest with his former group The Illusionists.
Yu started his journey as a magician at a young age and he is a magical prodigy. In 2012, the South Korean magician won the FISM World Championships of Magic Grand Prix becoming the first Asian magician to achieve that honor.
He was previously a member of The Illusionists and toured with the group for 7 years before deciding to pursue a solo career.
Yu Hojin
He was born on December 25, 1992, in Seoul, South Korea. Yu celebrates his birthday on December 25th every year. He is 29 years years old as of 2022.
Yu, 29, was a finalist on the seventeenth season of the American talent game show America’s Got Talent. The South Korean magician audition consisted of making feathers grow, hover in midair, and disappear in a frame set to Emeli Sandé’s “Read All About It, Part III”
Despite judge Simon Cowell voting “No”, judges; Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and Sofia Vergara voted “Yes”, sending Yu to the next round, he was later selected to advance to the AGT semifinals.
He is of Asian-Korean ethnicity. He is of South Korean nationality.
Yu Hojin’s net worth is estimated to be $500 Thousand. He has accumulated wealth from his career as a magician.