Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu will remain with Gen.G for the 2026 season.

On the morning of the 18th, less than a day after his contract with Gen.G expired and he officially became a free agent, Canyon put pen to paper on a new deal, confirming that he will stay with the team.

As a result, Gen.G will keep together the “Gi-Kae-Cho-Rul-Du” roster that dominated the 2025 LCK for one more year as they continue to chase their long-held goal of winning the League of Legends World Championship. The team’s other player who had been set to hit free agency alongside Canyon, DuRo, had already signed a two-year extension on the 6th.

“Canyon wanted to confirm his own value on the market, and we chose to respect that and wait,” Gen.G Director Lee Ji-hoon told Inven. “In the end, we aligned around a single goal: challenging for the Worlds title. This lineup played so well this year that we decided to re-sign him with the shared mindset of shoring things up a bit and taking another shot together.”

Meanwhile, Gen.G has further raised expectations for next season by appointing Ryu Sang-wook (Ryu) as its new head coach. Over the past three years, Ryu earned praise for his outstanding leadership and his in-game and draft strategy while leading BNK FEARX. The coaching staff that will work alongside him has not yet been finalized.

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.