Hoya (singer)
Hoya | |
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 Hoya at the Infinite H showcase, 2015 | |
| Native name | 이호동 |
| Born | Lee Ho-dong[1] (1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 Busan, South Korea |
| Other names | Hoya Lee Ho-won |
| Alma mater | Daekyung University |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Hangul | 호야 |
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| Revised Romanization | Hoya |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hoya |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 이호동 |
| Hanja | 李浩東 |
| Revised Romanization | I Ho-dong |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ho-tong |
| Autonym | |
| Hangul | 이호원 |
| Hanja | 李浩沅 |
| Revised Romanization | I Ho-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ho-wŏn |
Lee Ho-dong (Hangul: 이호동; born on (1991-03-28)March 28, 1991[2]), better known by his stage name Hoya or Lee Ho-won, is a South Korean singer, rapper, dancer, songwriter and actor. He served as a rapper and vocalist in boy band Infinite from 2010 and its sub-group Infinite H from 2013 up until his departure from Woollim Entertainment in 2017.[3][4][5] In 2018, Hoya made his solo debut on March 28 with his first mini album “Shower”.
Hoya made his acting debut in the drama Reply 1997 (2012) and went on to star in the dramas My Lovely Girl (2014), Mask (2015), Radiant Office (2017), and Two Cops (2017), Devilish Charm (2018).
Contents
1 Biography
2 Career
2.1 2010: Debut with Infinite
2.2 2012–2014: Infinite H's debut and Acting roles
2.3 2015–2017: Departure from Infinite, Solo activities
2.4 2018–present: Solo Debut
3 Discography
3.1 Extended plays
3.1.1 Singles
3.2 Songwriting credits
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television series
4.3 Web series
4.4 Television shows
4.5 Musical theatre
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Biography
Hoya was born in Busan, South Korea. He dropped out of high school during his first year to pursue his dream as a singer. His father was against the decision thus Hoya had to leave home. He then took the high school qualification exam and passed. Later his father accepted him and now supports Infinite whole heartedly. Hoya auditioned after he dropped out and ended up in his current agency, Woollim Entertainment. He was a former JYP Entertainment trainee.[6]
On March 10, 2014, he announced that his real birth name is Lee Hodong, not Howon as he had previously told the public, and that he changed it in order not to share a name with comedian Kang Hodong.[7]
Hoya graduated from Daekyeung University, majoring in Applied Music.[8][9]
Hoya at K-Pop World Festival 2013.
Career
2010: Debut with Infinite
Hoya debuted as rapper, vocal and main dancer of South Korean boyband Infinite in 2010. The group officially debuted on June 9, 2010.
2012–2014: Infinite H's debut and Acting roles
Hoya made his acting debut in the tvN drama Reply 1997. The drama was a major hit and raised his popularity.[10]
In September 2012, Hoya and fellow Infinite member Dongwoo formed a subgroup called Infinite H.[11][12] The subgroup released their first mini-album, titled Fly High, in January 2013.[13]
In 2014, Hoya starred in SBS' music romance drama, My Lovely Girl; which co-stars his fellow Infinite member Kim Myung-soo.[14]
On September 24, 2014, Hoya was cast as the lead role in the film Hiya. He played a high school student who only dreams of becoming a singer. The film premiered on March 10, 2015.[15][16]
2015–2017: Departure from Infinite, Solo activities
In 2015, Hoya starred in SBS's melodrama Mask, acting as Soo Ae's brother.[17]
On June 2016, Hoya became a contestant in Mnet's dance survival show, Hit The Stage.[18] In December, it was announced that Hoya has been cast in the sitcom Strong Family 2017, which started airing in February 2017.[19]
Hoya was a supporting role in MBC's office drama, Radiant Office.[20] On August 30, it was confirmed that, along with his contract expiration, Hoya had left Infinite and Woollim Entertainment.[21] In September, he made his musical debut in Hourglass, a play based on the mega hit Korean drama Sandglass.[22] He then starred in MBC's cop drama, Two Cops.[23]
2018–present: Solo Debut
In 2018, Lee made his solo debut on March 28 with his first mini album Shower.[24] He was then cast in the romance comedy drama Devilish Charm.[25] In the midst of all, Lee also went to Immortal Song 2 that was broadcast on August 4 and eventually won the episode by getting the highest scores there. Lee also became a dance coach/mentor in KBS variety program, Dancing High that focuses on teaching and mentoring the teens in Korea about dance. On September 12, Lee also released a digital single titled, 'Baby U' featuring Kriesha Chu in the music video. Hoya enlisted for military service on February 7 by announcing it through a post two days before the date.
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
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KOR [26] | |||
Shower |
Track listing
| 9 |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album | |
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KOR Gaon | KOR Billboard | ||||
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| "Pretending I'm Okay" | 2014 | — | — | N/A | Non album-single |
| "Angel" | 2018 | — | — | N/A | Shower |
| "All Eyes On Me" | — | — | N/A | ||
| "Baby U" | — | — | N/A | Non album-single | |
| As featured artist | |||||
| "Ooh Ooh" (Eric Nam ft. Hoya) | 2014 | 48 | — |
| Non album-single |
| "Need You Now" (Henry Lau ft. Hoya)[28] | — | — |
| Fantastic | |
| Soundtrack appearances | |||||
| "About To Explode" (as Road King) | 2016 | — | — | N/A | Hiya OST |
| "May I Love You" | 2017 | — | — | N/A | Hourglass OST |
| Collaboration | |||||
| "Yesterday" (as Dynamic Black) | 2012 | 105 | — |
| 2012 SBS Gayo Daejun The Colors Of K-Pop |
Songwriting credits
| Year | Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | Notes | ||
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| Credited | With | Credited | With | |||||
| 2014 | Season 2 | Infinite | "Last Romeo" | Yes | Song Sooyoon, Dongwoo | No | — | |
Infinite H | "Alone" | Yes | Rphabet, Dongwoo | No | — | |||
| Non album-single | Hoya | "Pretending I'm Okay" | Yes | — | Yes | — | ||
| 2015 | Fly Again | Infinite H | "Pretty" | Yes | 9999, Dongwoo | Yes | 9999 | [29] |
| 2016 | Infinite Only | Infinite | "One Day" | Yes | Rphabet's Razer & Dongwoo | Yes | Rphabet's Razer | |
| "True Love" | Rap | Dongwoo | No | — | ||||
| 2018 | Shower | Hoya | "Angel" | Yes | NiiHWA | No | — | |
| "All Eyes On Me" | Yes | NiiHWA | No | — | ||||
| "Reply" | Yes | NiiHWA | No | — | ||||
| "Sigh" | Yes | NiiHWA | No | — | ||||
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | INFINITE Concert Second Invasion Evolution The Movie 3D | Himself | Documentary film of Infinite encore concert |
| 2014 | Grow: Infinite's Real Youth Life | Himself | Documentary film of Infinite |
| 2016 | Hiya | Lee Jin-ho |
Television series
| Year | Network | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | tvN | Reply 1997 | Kang Joon-hee | |
| 2013 | tvN | Reply 1994 | Kang Joon-hee | Cameo[30] |
| 2014 | SBS | My Lovely Girl | Kang Rae-hoon | |
| 2015 | SBS | Mask | Byun Ji-hyuk | |
| 2017 | SBS | Strong Family 2017 | Lee Gwi-nam | |
MBC | Radiant Office | Jang Kang-ho | ||
Two Cops | Dok Go Sun-hyeok | |||
| 2018 | MBN, Dramax | Devilish Charm | Sung Ki-joon |
Web series
| Year | Title | Network | Role |
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| 2011 | Wara Store | Tooniverse | Himself[31] |
Television shows
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Hit the Stage | Mnet | Contestant | |
| 2018 | Dancing High | KBS2 | Dance Coach | [32] |
Musical theatre
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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| Hourglass | 2017-2018 | Baek Jae-hee |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | 36th Golden Cinema Festival | Best New Actor | Hiya | Won | [33] |
| 2017 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Radiant Office | Nominated |
References
^ "'예체능' 호야 개명 "본명 이호동, 강호동 때문에 놀림 받아 개명"". Chosun News. March 12, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Mark Russell (April 29, 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
^ "Infinite biography". Woollim Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
^ "Infinite H biography". Woollim Entertainment. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
^ Ha, Na-yeong (August 30, 2017). 인피니트 호야, 전속계약 종료…"6인 체제로 그룹 재정비"(공식). The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo Company. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
^ "호야 자퇴 심경고백, "교복 못 입은 아쉬움...'응답'으로 보상받아"". Naver News. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
^ "Infinite's Hoya Changed His Name Because of Kang Ho Dong". Mnet. March 10, 2014.
^ "인피니트 5명, 오늘 같은 대학 동시 졸업..수상도".
^ "5 Infinite Members to Graduate from University Together". enewsWorld. 15 February 2013.
^ "[Interview] Hoya is More Popular Because of ′Reply 1997′ Than Infinite". enewsWorld. January 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
^ "[INTERVIEW] INFINITE H – Part 1". 10Asia. June 3, 2013.
^ "[INTERVIEW] INFINITE H – Part 2". 10Asia. June 3, 2013.
^ "INFINITE H new album coming soon". Kpop Herald. January 20, 2015.
^ "Infinite's L and Hoya Confirmed for Drama 'My Lovely Girl'". enewsWorld. August 5, 2014.
^ "Singer Hoya is getting serious about acting". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 29, 2016.
^ "Hoya touched by Infinite members' response to 'Hiya'". Kpop Herald. March 16, 2016.
^ "'Mask' reveals Hoya transformed into an armed bank robber". Hancinema. SBS Fune. May 25, 2015.
^ "Infinite's Hoya wins 'Hit the Stage' (video)". Kpop Herald. August 18, 2016.
^ "INFINITE's Hoya To Star in New SBS Sitcom 'Super Family'". Koogle. January 4, 2017.
^ "Lee Dong-hwi, Kim Dong-wook, Hoya to star in new MBC drama "Radiant Office"". Hancinema. Asiae. January 30, 2017.
^ "Hoya exits Infinite, does not renew contract". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 31, 2017.
^ "Former Infinite Hoya to star in musical "Hourglass"". Hancinema. New Daily. September 25, 2017.
^ "Hoya to star in "Two Cops"". Hancinema. Star Money. September 27, 2017.
^ "[공식입장] 인피니트 출신 호야, 28일 첫 솔로앨범 'Shower' 발표..정식 데뷔". OSEN (in Korean). March 15, 2018.
^ "호야 측 "'마성의 기쁨' 출연 확정…5월 중 첫 촬영"(공식)". Herald Corporation (in Korean). May 7, 2018.
^ "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved April 5, 2018.
"Shower". November 12–18, 2017.CS1 maint: Date format (link)
^ Culmulative sales for Shower:
"2018년 03월 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon.
"2018년 04월 Album Chart (See #50)". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association.
^ "SUJU-M Henry's New Album 'Fantastic' to Feature EXO's Chan Yeol, Infinite's Hoya and More". Yahoo. enewsWorld. July 9, 2014.
^ "Infinite′s Hoya Wrote ′Pretty′ with His Mom in Mind". Mnet. January 26, 2015.
^ "Cast members reunite for 'Respond'". Korea JoongAng Daily. December 11, 2013.
^ Lee, Nancy. "Infinite Members Become Voice Actors for 'Wara! Store' Cartoon". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
^ "'Dancing High' ready to welcome dancers". Kpop Herald. July 16, 2018.
^ "Yoo Ah-in, Hoya win at 36th Golden Cinema Film Festival". Manila Bulletin. May 30, 2016.
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