Back in 2015, I didn’t know furries were a thing in Korea. I looked through a Hanja dictionary and coined su-pi (수피, 獣被), which means 'to wear a beast'. I then learnt there already was a word for furry called su-in (수인, 獣人), but spent two weeks coming up with the name and didn't want to discard it. So, I took in supi for my own characters and added -kkun (꾼) at the end which made it sound even more like a character. Supikkun became Supykun to fit in a number plate.

I used to work in fashion from 2017-2021. Fashion was cool, but I've been a lifelong cartoonist by heart. This difference of passion always had me looking for my own thing, and it finally happened after my manager told me I should throw myself out there during my 20's. I quit my job and flew to the Netherlands to start my next chapter. I was certain I wanted to start my own line of character brand but it wasn't easy to start a business there, so I returned to Texas.

Supykun LLC was found on March 1st, 2022 and commenced selling in January 31st, 2024.

I operate from a studio of three rooms and a small warehouse in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas. In there we print, cut, press and laminate all our products- all our items except enamel pins are created in-house.