Donghae | |
Birth name | Lee Donghae (이동해) |
Born | |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | Pop, dance, R&B |
Occupations | Singer, dancer, rapper, songwriter, actor |
Instruments | Piano, guitar |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | SM Entertainment |
Associated acts | SM Town, Super Junior, Super Junior-M |
Lee Dong hae | |
Hangul | 이동해 |
Hanja | 李東海 |
Revised Romanization | Li Dong-Hae |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Tong-hae |
Biography
Lee Dong-hae (이동해) (born in Mokpo, Jeollanam on October 15, 1986), better known mononymously as Donghae (lit. East Sea), is a Korean pop singer and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead dancers of boy band Super Junior and is part of its subgroup, Super Junior-M. Donghae is also one of the first four Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps. Donghae initially wanted to become an athlete, but under the influence of his father, who had a wish to become a singer, Donghae decided to train himself to become a singer.
In 2001, Donghae successfully signed a contract with SM Entertainment soon after he jointly won the Best Outward Appearance award with future band mate Sungmin on the company's third annual SM Youth Best Contest. Under SM Entertainment, Donghae was put in singing, dancing, and acting lessons that same year. He was then recruited into a five-member boy band Smile, with future band mate Leeteuk, but the idea was soon dropped.
In 2004, Donghae along with Leeteuk- was put into another boy band and formed Super Junior with ten other trainees. The group later became known as Super Junior 05, the presumed first generation of the rotational music group, Super Junior. Several days before the group debuted, Donghae made a brief appearance in November 2005 at SBS's Shin Dong-yup's There Is There Isn't panel.
In August 2006, Donghae's father passed away due to cancer. The event still proves to be a difficult memory for him due to his close relationship with his father.
His best friend is fellow bandmate Eunhyuk, whom he has known for more than 10 years.
Donghae and Super Junior
Lee DongHae made his first Appearance on Nov. 2005 on SBS Shin Dong Yup’s “There is There Isn’t” panel. Super Junior 05 officially debuted on November 6, 2005 on SBS's Inkigayo music program Popular Songs, performing their first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)". Their debut performance attracted over 500 fans and also garnered oversea viewers from both China and Japan. A full studio album was released a month later, which debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.
In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior. The re-polished group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.
In late 2007, Donghae was put into Super Junior-M, the Chinese subgroup version of Super Junior. Super Junior-M is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent, and brought an influence in the mainland music industry to produce multi-national music groups. Donghae is also one of the first four Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps.
Super Junior-M debuted in China on April 8, 2008 at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards with the release of their first single music video, "U". The subgroup released their first Chinese-language studio album, Me on May 2, 2008 to critical success. The album debuted #1 on many of China's and Thailand's music charts and Taiwan's G-music combo charts as #2.
Donghae has tried his hand in composing and songwriting. In late 2009, his first self-composed and self-written song, Beautiful was released with Super Show 2: The 2nd Asia Tour. He wished to produce more songs in the future given the opportunity and time. Donghae composed 여행 (A Short Journey), which is on Super Juniors new 미인아 (Repackage) album, their 4th album to date.
Donghae and Acting
Donghae made his acting debut in Super Junior's horror documentary Mystery 6, broadcasted in early 2006. The documentary surrounds Donghae and his peculiar ability to see and feel ghosts. In a clip of "Mystery 6," it shows Donghae taking a shower while Eunhyuk, another SJ member secretly jumps out and tries to scare Donghae by holding a plastic ax. DongHae has starred a few drama such as Stage of Youth, and Explorers of the Human Body. In August 2006, Donghae played the role of a human turned cyborg in the Korean version of BoA's music video drama, "Key of Heart," his first lead appearance in a music video.
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