Louis Yan Chak Kuen

Biography

Louis Yan Chak Kuen is a Hong Kong magician known as the "Hong Kong version of David Copperfield." He was born and raised in Hong Kong's New Territories Yuen Long District. His father was a secondary school vice principal and his mother worked in banking; his parents divorced when he was young. He attended Yuen Long Public Primary School and graduated from Yuen Long Public Secondary School in 1999. He later completed his pre-university studies at a tutorial school, then pursued an associate degree in marketing and communication at Hong Kong Baptist University, followed by a bachelor's degree in communications and marketing at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Unsuited to office work, he became devoted to magic and joined a magic society. He is the only Hong Konger to have won both the European and American magic grand prizes and the Merlin Award, magic's equivalent of an Oscar. He holds two Guinness World Records, including the "Fastest Underwater Locked Escape" and "Largest Magic School." He became the first Hong Kong magician to perform a solo show in Las Vegas. He hosted TVB's "Street Magic King" series and embarked on a world magic tour spanning Hong Kong, Macau, Las Vegas, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Sydney. He has performed on China Central Television multiple times, including the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and the New Year's Eve gala.