Lee Donghae

Lee Donghae is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He is a member of the boy band Super Junior, its subgroup Super JuniorM, and Donghae amp Eunhyuk, as well as the dancecentered group SM The Performance. He is one of the first four Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps.

Donghae was born in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. His grandmother helped his mother to deliver him. He has an elder brother named Lee Donghwa. When he was young he wanted to become a football player but his dad wanted him to be a singer since he gave up of his dream to become one himself. In 2001, Donghae signed with SM Entertainment after winning a prize at SMs Youth Best Contest. Under SM Entertainment, Donghae was put in singing, dancing, and acting lessons, and was then recruited into a fivemember 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.

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