Lee Sung Min
Biography
Pre-debut
Sungmin was born in the Hogae district of Anyang, Gyeonggi. He has a younger brother, Lee Sungjin. In 2001, he entered the SM Youth Best Contest and jointly won first place for the Best Outward Appearance award with future band mate Donghae. Together, they signed a contract with SM Entertainment and received training in singing, dancing, and acting.In 2002, Sungmin was briefly placed in a project R&B group with Xiah and future band mate Eunhyuk. Along with Typhoon, Rose and Attack, the six of them made their first television appearance in a show called Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock. Moon Hee-jun taught Typhoon, Rose and Attack on how to properly sing rock while Sungmin, Xiah, and Eunhyuk were taught other singing techniques by Kangta. The six trainees quickly separated a year later, however, when Typhoon, Rose, and Attack debuted as member of rock band TRAX and Xiah debuted as a member of TVXQ. Both Sungmin and Eunhyuk joined ten other trainees and formed the group Super Junior 05, being the first generation of the rotational boy band Super Junior.
In 2005, Sungmin played young Kang Dong-shin in the MBC drama Sisters of the Sea, right before the debut of Super Junior.
2005-2006: Debut with Super Junior
See also: Super Junior
Sungmin 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)".[1][2] 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.[3]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.[4] 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.[5]
Sungmin guest starred in SBS's Banjun Theatre drama Finding Lost Time and played Micky's high school friend.
2007-2009: Acting and sub-groups
In February 2007, Sungmin was placed in the second sub-group of Super Junior, trot-singing Super Junior-T.[6] In July, Sungmin's took part in the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, a SM Pictures production. He played the role of a pretty school boy who gets attacked by an unknown criminal..[7] He replaced band mate Kangin as one of the DJs at Reckless Radio, with Sooyoung of Girls' Generation in the later half of 2007, till late July 2008.In 2008, he became a member of Super Junior-Happy and participated in a short half-hour drama Super Junior Unbelievable Story with Leeteuk. Sungmin played himself, a member of group Super Junior-T who is constantly overshadowed by his members.
In 2009, he starred as male lead, Ro, in the musical Akilla at the Hanjeon Art Center in Seoul from 9 October to 8 November.[8]
2010-present: DJ
In 2010, Sungmin starred in the title role of the musical Hong Gil Dong, alongside group mate Yesung who also played the historical figure Hong Gildong. It played at the Woori Financial Art Hall at the Olympic Park from February 18 to April 18, 2010.[9] He also starred in KBS drama President as Jang Sungmin, the ambitious son of Jang Il Joon the president.[10] In October, Sungmin was one of the twenty singers from different South Korean groups that recorded the theme song, "Let's Go", for the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. He provided vocals along with labelmates Seohyun, Jonghyun and Luna.[11]In 2011, he was placed as one of the two new members of Super Junior-M along with Eunhyuk. Sungmin performed as male lead Daniel, rotating with Ahn Jae-wook, Um Ki Joon, and Lee Ji-hoon, in the musical Jack the Ripper from 5 July to 14 August 2011 at Chungmu Arts Hall.[12] Sungmin took part in We Got Married's spin-off program with Sistar's Hyorin called "Pit-a-Pat Shake" to air as a Lunar Year special.[13] Sungmin along with band mate Ryeowook, took over Super Junior's Kiss the Radio, when former DJs Leeteuk and Eunhyuk left due to their busy schedules.
On 29 March 2012, Sungmin released his first solo digital single, "Oh Wa", the ending theme song for KBS sitcom, We Need a Fairy.[14]
Background information | |
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Birth name | Lee Sung-min |
Born | Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
1 January 1986
Origin | Seoul, South korea |
Genres | K-pop, Dance, R&B |
Occupations | Singer, Dancer, Actor |
Instruments | Guitar, Bass, Piano |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | SM Entertainment |
Associated acts | SM Town Super Junior Super Junior-T Super Junior-Happy Super Junior-M |
Website | superjunior.smtown.com |
Korean name | ||||||
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Hangul | 이성민 | |||||
Hanja | 李晟敏 | |||||
Revised Romanization | I Seong-min | |||||
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Sŏngmin |
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