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Hangul	이동해
Hanja	李東海
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Lee Donghae (born October 15, 1986), more commonly credited as Donghae, is a singer, dancer, occasional actor, and a member of Korean boy band Super Junior. He is seen as one of the four lead dancers of Super Junior. He currently attends Myongji University.

Pre-debut years

Lee Donghae was born in Mokpo, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, the youngest of two sons. Under the support of his father, who had a wish to become a singer, Donghae successful signed a contract with SM Entertainment soon after he won first place on the 3rd SM Youth Best Selection Best Outward Appearance in 2001. He was then recruited into a five-member boy band, O-Kay, along with future bandmate Leeteuk by his talent agency before this idea was dropped.

Music career

2005–present: Super Junior

After four years of training in areas of singing, acting, and dancing SM Entertainment officially announced Donghae as a member of the all-male group Super Junior 05, the first generation of the rotational group, Super Junior. Several days before his official debut he made a brief appearance in November 2005 at SBS's Shin Dong-yup's There Is There Isn't panel.

Donghae debuted with the other eleven members of Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005, performing the group's first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)." The group released their first studio album a month later and it debuted as #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.^[1] As the group's second single, "Miracle", came to an end, his talent agency was about to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation, Super Junior 06, with Donghae still as an undergraduate member of Super Junior. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, Kyuhyun, and the company declared that future Super Junior generations were rumors. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially Super Junior. The new group hit big after they released their first CD single "U" the following summer in 2006, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts, leading Super Junior to set #1 records in their music career since then.

In early 2008, SM Entertainment placed Donghae in a seven-member Chinese subgroup of Super Junior, Super Junior-M. The subgroup specializes in singing Chinese versions of Super Junior's Korean songs, bringing the K-pop influence over to the Chinese music industry. Super Junior-M is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent.^[2] 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. The album debuted on Taiwan's G-music combo charts as #2 and #1 on many of China's and Thailand's music charts.^[3]

Other works

Acting

Since debut, Donghae makes frequent appearances in Super Junior's reality and variety shows, such as M.NET's Mystery 6(which Super Junior acts a ghost story and Donghae is the main), SBS's Super Junior Full House, and M.NET's Super Summer. Donghae has also been an active guest on KBS's Star Golden Bell and has been a frequent dancer for Super Junior performances in other variety shows such as SBS's Love Letter and X-Man, . Donghae debuted as an actor in 2007 when Super Junior's debut mystery film, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, was released in over four hundred cinemas in South Korea, which Donghae was featured as the lead supporting role. He starred as a classmate and close friend of Kim Kibum, a high school student who investigates the "mysterious attacks" on the most handsome boys in various high schools in the town. Donghae also performs key roles in other music videos, such as in BoA's "Key of Heart"and Girls' Generation's "Kissing You". Donghae also performed in CF's which made us learn more about his charistamatic self.

Discography

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건)	Lee Dong-hae	limited release in South Korea

Music video appearances

2006: "Key of Heart" (Korean Version) – BoA
2008: "Kissing You" - Girls' Generation

References

^ "Album Sales of December 2005". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). p. 1. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
^ Template:Zh icon Jinhua.cn. Super Junior debuts today, Han Geng as group leader April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
^ Template:Zh icon Top in Music

External links

[2005twins-1] "Album Sales of December 2005". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). p. 1. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

[sjm-2] Template:Zh icon Jinhua.cn. Super Junior debuts today, Han Geng as group leader April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008.

[inmusic-3] Template:Zh icon Top in Music

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-After four years of training in areas of [[singing]], [[acting]], and [[dancing]]SM Entertainment officially announced Donghae as a member of the all-male group '''Super Junior 05''', the first generation of the rotational group, Super Junior. Several days before his official debut he made a brief appearance in November 2005 at [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS's]] ''Shin Dong-yup's There Is There Isn't'' panel.
+After four years of training in areas of [[singing]], [[acting]], and [[dancing]] SM Entertainment officially announced Donghae as a member of the all-male group '''Super Junior 05''', the first generation of the rotational group, Super Junior. Several days before his official debut he made a brief appearance in November 2005 at [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS's]] ''Shin Dong-yup's There Is There Isn't'' panel.
 Donghae debuted with the other eleven members of Super Junior 05 on [[November 6]], [[2005]], performing the group's first single, "[[TWINS (Knock Out)]]." The group released their first studio album a month later and it debuted as #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.<ref name="2005twins">{{cite news | author= | title=Album Sales of December 2005 | date= | work=Recording Industry Association of Korea | pages=1 | url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200512.htm | accessdate=2007-10-16 | language=Korean}}</ref> As the group's second single, "[[Miracle (Super Junior song)|Miracle]]", came to an end, his talent agency was about to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation, Super Junior 06, with Donghae still as an undergraduate member of Super Junior. However, plans changed when the company added in a thirteenth member, [[Kyuhyun]], and the company declared that future Super Junior generations were rumors. The group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially '''Super Junior'''. The new group hit big after they released their first [[CD single]] "[[U (Super Junior song)|U]]" the following summer in 2006, which became Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts, leading Super Junior to set #1 records in their music career since then.