Lee Donghae

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Lee Donghae
Donghae at press conference of Super Junior M Breakdown in Bangkok in February 2013.
Background information
Birth name	Lee Dong-hae
Born	15 October 1986 (age 26) [1] Mokpo, Jeollanam, South Korea
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, J-pop, Mandopop, dance, R&B, Electropop
Occupations	singer, dancer, rapper, songwriter, promotional model, actor
Instruments	keyboards
Years active	2005–present
Labels	SM Entertainment
Associated acts	Super Junior Super Junior-M Donghae & Eunhyuk S.M. The Performance SM Town
Website	twitter.com/donghae861015

Korean name
Hangul	이동해
Hanja	李東海
Revised Romanization	I Dong-hae
McCune–Reischauer	I Tong-hae

Lee Dong-hae (Hangul: 이동해; Hanja: 李東海) (born 15 October 1986 ^[1]) mononymously credited as Donghae (Hangul: 동해), is a South Korean Idol singer, dancer, rapper songwriter, promotional model and actor. He is best known as the main dancer, vocal, and rapper of the K-pop boy band Super Junior and its subgroup, Super Junior-M and Donghae & Eunhyuk. He is also one of the first four Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps.^[2]

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Pre-debut
  • 1.2 2005-2006: Debut with Super Junior
  • 1.3 2007-2008: Sub-group
  • 1.4 2009-2011: Acting and Oppa, Oppa
  • 1.5 2012: Comeback with Super Junior
  • 1.6 2013-present: Comeback with Super Junior-M
• 2 Discography
• 3 Lyrics and Composition
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Film
  • 4.2 Television drama
  • 4.3 Variety show
  • 4.4 Music video
• 5 Endorsement
• 6 Awards and nominations
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Career

Pre-debut

Donghae was born in Mokpo, Jeollanam on 15 October 1986.^[1] Donghae initially wanted to become an athlete, but under the influence of his father, who once desired to become a singer, Donghae decided to train himself to become a singer. In 2001, Donghae 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.^[3] Under SM Entertainment, Donghae was put in singing, dancing, and acting lessons, and 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 were put into another boy band and formed Super Junior with ten other trainees. The group later became known as Super Junior 05, the first generation of a rotational music group, Super Junior. In November 2005, several days before the group's debuted, Donghae made a brief appearance at SBS's Shin Dong-yup's There Is There

2005-2006: Debut with Super Junior

See also: Super Junior

Donghae officially debut as part of 12-member project group Super Junior 05 on 6 November 2005 on SBS's music programme Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)".^[4][5] Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on 5 December 2005 and debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.^[6]
In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.^[7] The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on 7 June 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.^[8]
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 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.

2007-2008: Sub-group

Donghae's official debut as an actor was in July 2007, with the release of Super Junior's debut film, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. Donghae stars as a class mate and close friend of Kim Kibum, a high school student who investigates on a mysterious attack on pretty boys in various high schools in town.^[9] In late 2007, Donghae was featured in Girls' Generation's "Kissing You" music video. Also, he and Kyuhyun appeared and sang for facial wash product commercial "Happy Bubble" with actress Han Ji Min.
In April 2008, Donghae was put into seven-member sub-group Super Junior-M, a Mandopop subgroup of Super Junior for the Chinese music industry. They debuted in China at the 8th Annual Music Chart Awards, simultaneously with the release of their first music video, "U" on 8 April 2008. This was followed by the release of the debut Chinese-language studio album, Me in selected provinces in China on 23 April and 2 May in Taiwan.^[10]

2009-2011: Acting and Oppa, Oppa

Donghae at LG Optimus Super Junior Fan meeting at Chateau de Chine in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 2011

In 2009, Donghae along wth fellow member Siwon, co-starred in Taiwanese singer Ariel Lin's music video for "螢火蟲" (Firefly), which was released in Blissful Encounter. In July he performed his first composition "Beautiful" during Super Show 2 Tour which was released on Super Show 2 Tour Concert Album. He also played Zhang Li Yin's love interest in her music video, "晴天雨天" (Moving On), released on 19 October 2009.
In 2010, Donghae composed "A Short Journey", with lyrics by fellow member Eunhyuk. Which was released on repackaged Bonamana. In November, he starred in SBS drama, It's Okay, Daddy's Girl as Choi Wook Gi, one of three brothers. He also composed one of its theme song "Just Like Now", a duet with fellow member Ryeowook.
Donghae sang the theme song for the 2011 8th Asia Song Festival, "Dreams Come True", with Seohyun of Girls' Generation, which was released on 11 October 2011 as a digital single. The proceeds from the sale were donated to Unicef to help children in African countries.^[11]
In 2011, Donghae co-starred again wth fellow member Siwon, in the Taiwanese drama Skip Beat! with Ivy Chen. It is a live-action adaptation of Japanese shōjo manga Skip Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura shot in Taiwan for four months.^[12] Donghae and Siwon attended a press conference in Taipei on 14 December to launch the drama.^[13] He also sang the ending theme song, "That's Love" with fellow Super Junior-M member Henry.
Donghae collaborated with One Way's Chance to compose four songs: "Strong Heart Logo Song", "Y" released on their 5th album Mr. Simple, "I Wanna Love You" first performed at the Super Show 3 Tour and released on Super Show 3 Tour Concert Album, and "Oppa, Oppa". As well as the logo song for ShimShimTamPa Radio. He also collaborated with As One to help write the song, "Only U," which was released as a digital single on January 16, 2012, and was also the featured rapper.
On 16 December 2011 Eunhyuk and Donghae released digital single Oppa, Oppa, where they first performed it at Super Junior's Seoul concert of Super Show 4 Tour on 19 November 2011.^[14] This marks the first release of their collaboration. The single was also released in Japanese with an original Japanese music video on 4 April 2012.^[15] The pair then held a fan meeting, Premium Mini Live Event, to promote the single on 11 April at Shibuya-AX, Tokyo.^[16]

2012: Comeback with Super Junior

In May 2012, Donghae was cast in the title role of Mr. Hedgehog, in Channel A's romantic comedy, Ms Panda and Mr Hedgehog with actress Yoon Seung-ah as the female lead, Ms. Panda.^[17] In the drama, Donghae plays Go Seung-gi, a prickly patissier opposite Yoon as easy-going Da-yang, owner of Cafe Panda.^[18] The drama reunites Donghae with Choi Jin-hyuk, fellow costar from It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, and is to premiere on August 18, 2012.^[19][20] Donghae also sang his character Go Seung-gi's theme song "Plz Don’t", which was released online on 20 August.^[21] Ms. Panda and Mr. Hedgehog has been translated into 29 languages on Viki, a crowd-sourced translation website.^[22]
In June 2012, Donghae reunited with his Super Junior band mates for their sixth studio album, Sexy, Free & Single for released on 4 July. On 22 June, Donghae's teaser photo was released showing him dressed in a black mesh shirt with a white lace veil over his head.^[23] In the repackaged edition of the album, re-titled Spy, Donghae co-wrote the lyrics for "Only U" with Leeteuk; and co-composed "Haru" with Urban Zakapa's Kwon Soon-il.^[24]
On December 14, 2012, it was announced that Donghae had been cast as the male lead for the film You Belong Here,^[25] marking his full-fledged official debut on the big screen. The film, about an aspiring female writer, named Chae Yi, getting to know the strange people of a soon to be demolished village, will be directed by Kang Hye Yeon, with Donghae attached to portray two roles: Hyun Soo, the man that Chae Yi has a crush on, and Jung Woo, the man who secretly takes care of her. The film is set to be filmed early 2013, with plans for release in late 2013.

2013-present: Comeback with Super Junior-M

On January 7, 2013, Super Junior-M released their second album, Break Down, along with the music video for the lead single of the same name. A press conference took place in Beijing on January 7, and they will promote the album in China.<sup>[26]


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13elieve SG :: Super Junior Members :: DongHae 동해 Share | .Actions    [FACTS] about Donghae     Author Message Corine Admin Posts: 22 Join date: 2010-08-10 Age: 17 Location: Khatib Subject: [FACTS] about Donghae   Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:24 pm Fact No 1: if donghae sits too long unconsciously he will embrace his own foot Fact No 2: Donghae’s blood type is A Fact No 3: Donghae wants a girl that motherhood and soft, charming, elegant, thinker, has height around 165cm Fact no 4:Donghae parting w/ his family for 6 years for training when donghae was back while brought his 1st salary, his dad has passed away Fact No 5:Donghae parting w/ his family for 6 years for training when donghae was back while brought his 1st salary, his dad has passed away Fact No 6:Donghae’s hope for the future is to “Conquest America” Fact No 7: What Donghae thinks of E.L.F: “I love them because they care for me & support me. Fact No 8:he movies Donghae has watched w/ the most meaning are Titanic & A Walk To Remember Fact No 9: he’s a crybaby, soft-hearted and thinks alot Fact No 10:once he was chatting with another member on the phone and said: “i forgotten my phone, i’m gonna go up and take it. Fact No 11: he loves puppies and kids Fact No 12:he used to play at the public bath house with his friends, using the bathhouse like a swimming pool Fact no 13: when Kibum first came to Korea, Donghae’s the 1st person to hug him and welcome him Fact No 14:Donghae dislikes pink alot Fact No 15:He’s not really good at searching things online. He doesn’t really evenknow how to use ‘Naver’ to search Fact No 16: Donghae really admires those taxi drivers and public transport drivers Fact No 17: Donghae’s father was a taxi driver Fact No 18: if someone tells him he’s short, he’ll definitely go online and search for ways to grow taller and drinks only milk and soy milk Fact No 19: Donghae likes to play around with Hee Chul a lot Fact No 20: Donghae has a very cute lip biting habit Fact No 21:Donghae wants to give Bada name for his daughter/son Fact no 22: Donghae carries Eunhyuk’s mom picture at his wallet 0.o Fact no 23: his big dreams are go to US and Disneyland in US Fact no 24:donghae left a msg titled “ELF I LOVE YOU” in the fancafe and sungmin called him and told him he got the title wrong. he typed LOVE as LVOE and he was so embarrassed Fact No 25: Donghae is a hardworker Fact no 26:He likes it when others call him a prince Fact No 27: he loves to reply all fans messages Fact No 28: Donghae never get taller again since he’s graduate from elementary school Credits: superjunioralways.tumblr re-uploaded: Corine @ 13elievesg.forumotion.com     [FACTS] about Donghae     Page 1 of 1         Facts about Lee Donghae April 13, 2011 3:23 pm alia Lee Donghae, also known as Fishy and Hae, is one of the most popular Super Junior member. He is among those members who have great fan following. Here are some facts about this cute member, * Donghae is very affectionate so his methods of waking up the other members are to either pad their butts or go hug them out of bed. * He likes the feeling of being protected, being cared for. & because he’ll feel lonely easily, he never eats alone. He needs to have someone to eat with him * Hae is really kind to all of the members parents’ and is really close to all the parents of the members. * Donghae loves strawberry,one time he told Wookie to hide his strawberries because he’s afraid someone might steal them * Donghae is the only person who knows Heecul’s mailbox password. * Heechul only allows Donghae to speak informal to him & treat him as a friend. Heechul gets mad whenever other dongsaengs do so. * Donghae is one of the very few people who can calm Heechul’s anger and Heechul will obey him. * When Donghae took the high school examination, Heechul got up early to cook eggs for his breakfast * Donghae often cries when he’s sad or upset, but mostly when he feels touched by people’s kindness. * Donghae has a good relationship with BoA. BoA is one of his best friends. * Donghae is afraid of ghosts so he sleeps with a nightlight * He loves puppies. He has a cute dog named Bada which means “the sea” * Donghae’s first love was a noona who broke up with him saying that he was burdensome, leaving him heartbroken * Being a singer was Donghae’s father’s dream. When he was a boy, he really wanted to be a soccer player. * When Hae was a child, he was so naughty. He loved pressing his neighbour’s bell, then ran away. * He wears a bracelet and never took it out because it was given to him by his mother. * Donghae loves writing poems * Donghae wants to marry early, in his twenties. * His favorite dongsaeng is Ryeowook! Things that other people has said about Donghae; “For me, the most loyal man is Donghae who earnestly sheds tears for the members, really, I think he’s a loyal man.” -Kyuhyun “Donghae looks so cute when he is sleeping.” -Kibum “Donghae is the most obedient dongsaeng. He is the best role model.” -Leeteuk About Donghae and Kibum “Ah, simply lovely. How could you not love them?” leeteuk “Sometimes Donghae comes in when I’m watching movie. He will look at me & say: A pervert indeed.” -Heechul “I only follow what Donghae and Taeyeon say” -Heechul “Donghae always act cute. Not that he’s pretending but he is naturally cute.” -Yesung “If you want to be alive, don’t let Donghae drive!” – Eunhyuk “When Donghae had an overseas schedule, my underwears disappeared. Hae, why did you take my underwear?!” – Eunhyuk “When I first came on Korea, Donghae was the first person who hugged me and welcomed me whole heartedly” -Kibum “If I was a girl I would have married Donghae” -Ryeowook. “DH’s a very strong singer. Now it’s different that he’s becoming an actor. Wait in the future what other talent will he show!” f(x) Luna “Donghae oppa’s first drama showed his acting and it really received much praise.” f(x) Luna “If Donghae had not been in Suju He better be an actor” -Yoona Donghae’s quotes; * Donghae to Heechul, ” hyung don’t get married otherwise you will get your self busy in taking divorce” * “I want my wife to wake me up with a sweet kiss” * “If the audience dislikes me for my attitude in the drama(skip beat), it means that I acted well.” * “Others usually see me as a guy who has soft personality, but in the drama I’m the bad guy. Totally different from the real me.” * “Because I have short height I usually wear short top with skin fit jeans” * “As long as God is with me, I don’t need anything else. With my father looking after me from heaven, I wouldn’t be tired or exhausted, no matter what! As long as I’m with my beloved members, i can do anything! With ELF’s care on me, I can do everything” * “It’s not bad to the point that you’ll get criticized.” I’m thankful to the viewers because they complimented me on my acting. I have to work hard!” * “With acting, you are living another person’s life. You have to become a different person to think and to live. I don’t know how to express that feeling. It’s just fun.” * “My personality is that I have to say what’s on my mind and say what I think is wrong.” * “When I will pick a person, I have to have her no matter what.” * “Leeteuk hyung is a great leader and responsible for group’s unity” * “I’ve always placed group activities as first piority, I like to be with my members.” * “I’m receiving a lot of love right now that I don’t know how to repay you….That makes my head hurt the most” Donghae and his best Friend Eunhyuk, the freinds are usually called as EunHae; Heechul: “Donghae, how do you maintain your good mood? ” Donghae: “My way is to torture Eunhyuk.” Eunhyuk: You keep taking everything away from me! Donghae: I never took myself away from you! EunHyuk: Hi. We’re EunHae! Donghae: Can you say that in public? Eunhyuk: I just wanted to make our intro shorter, you know. Donghae always stand near to Hyukjae when they are in the same show! Donghae often says “Eunhyuk is mine” EunHae got ranking 9 of Mnet best Boy Couple “Among all Super Junor members Donghae is the person who is very close to me and always help me in all kind of troubles, for me he is the most trusted person” -Eunhyuk Well this is all about our Cutie pie Fishy, Donghae. Next time would write about another member…