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Lee Hyuk-jae (born April 4, 1986), known professionally as Eunhyuk, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and television host. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Super Junior and its subgroups Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H. In 2011, he joined Super Junior's Mandopop subgroup Super Junior-M and the duo Super Junior-D&E, active in China and Japan respectively.
Gaining attention as the main dancer of Super Junior, he branched out with solo activities beginning as radio host through Super Junior's Kiss the Radio (2006–2011). Through television, Eunhyuk has also been a cast member in popular such as Star King (2009–11), Let's Go Dream Team 2 (2009–2011) and Strong Heart (2009–2013). After Super Junior's Devil promotions, he enlisted for military service between 2015 and 2017. Returning to work with a focus on more prominent roles, he was sanctioned as a concert director for various artists, transitioning to be a performance director and dance mentor in Under Nineteen (2018–2019) as well as become the main host of long-running idol program Weekly Idol (2020–2023).
In 1999, together with Junsu he auditioned for SM Entertainment through the company's Starlight Casting System at age 13. However he failed the audition in 1999 and entered again the following year and got in as a trainee. He began training in singing, dancing, acting, and had brief Standard Chinese language courses.
In the midst of trainee life in 2000, he reached SM's master dance class and won the Goyang citywide dance competition in 2000. In 2002, Eunhyuk, Junsu, and another trainee Sungmin were placed in a project R&B group. A year later, the group along with three future members from TRAX (Jay Kim, No Minwoo, Kang Jungwoo) made a brief appearance in a show called Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock, in which Moon Hee-joon and Kangta taught them techniques on different types of singing. In 2003 the trio disbanded when Junsu went on to debut as a member of TVXQ. Eunhyuk and Sungmin were then placed in another project group with ten other male trainees, Super Junior 05, the first generation of rotational boy band Super Junior.
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. "Super Junior adds new member, transformed into 13-person super group" Sina.com. 24 May 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-08
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. "SuperJunior releases third studio album" Epaper.jinghua.cn. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-25 Through their first official album, Eunhyuk helped produce as a lyricist and wrote the rap lyrics for a majority of Super Junior's songs. The rap lyrics to "Show Me Your Love" from the winter single with TVXQ was written by him, along with Heechul and Shindong, "TVXQ! & Super Junior Show Me Your Love" Arirang.co.kr. Retrieved 2011-12-25. and "One Love", which became his solo performance in Super Junior's first concert, Super Show.
Eunhyuk replaced Kangin as MC on Mnet's music programme M! Countdown in late 2006. He hosted with bandmates Leeteuk and Shindong for two years and four months. "Super Junior says goodbye to MC seats after two years and four months" Newsen. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25 In February 2007, Eunhyuk was placed in the trot-singing sub group Super Junior-T and released the single Rokkugo. A year later, he became a member of Super Junior-H.
From 2009, along with Leeteuk and Shindong, Eunhyuk was cast as a panel for Star King. In the midst of Super Junior's growing popularity through their 3rd studio album Sorry, Sorry, Eunhyuk became a variety member of Strong Heart, where they hosted special segment, Boom Academy with comedian Boom. "Eunhyuk temporarily leaving Strong Heart; due to Super Junior unit activities" Star Today. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-01 He became a member on KBS' Dream Team, an athletic competition show and guested on Intimate Note, Fantasy Couple, Miracle and Introduce The Star's Friend. Super Junior's prominence nationally and overseas lead them to their second concert tour, Super Show II and line-ups in 2009 Asia Song Festival, Dream Concert, and premium live events in Japan, Singapore, and Thailand. It was then that Sorry, Sorry became critically and commercially successful hit in Asia; the first occasion in which the group won top honor at all of the local end-of-the-year music awards.
In 2011, Eunhyuk, along with Sungmin was placed two new members of Super Junior-M. On 27 September 2011, he along with Yesung and Shindong filled in for bandmate Heechul, who enlisted for mandatory military service on 1 September, during the performance on Music Bank and Show! Music Core of Kim Jang-hoon latest single, "Breakups are So Like Me". Heechul is featured in the song and starred in the music video, which was completed the day before he enlisted.Choe, MinJi "Super Junior Fills in For Heechul for Kim Jang Hoon Duet" CJ E&M enewsWorld. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-30 Mr. Simple, Super Junior's award-winning 5th studio album, was promoted heavily with Eunhyuk participating in much of the album's production through choreography, and rap lyrics for the track, Oops. The album sold over 500,000 units and won the Disk Daesang Award at the 26th Golden Disk Awards and 21st Seoul Music Awards, as well as Album of the year at the 13th Mnet Asian Music Awards. The album is listed as the 2nd best-selling album as of the year 2011.
In November, Eunhyuk made his musical theatre debut in Fame, where he played Tyrone Jackson, along with Tiffany Hwang of Girls' Generation, Son Ho Young, Lina of The Grace and Kim Jung Mo of TRAX. It was on at the Woori Financial Art Hall from 25 November 2011 to 29 January 2012.Lee, JinHo "Eunhyuk Attends ‘Fame’ Showcase" Mnet News. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-01 It was announced on 30 November 2011 that after five years, he and Leeteuk would leave Super Junior's Kiss the Radio and was replaced by fellow members, Sungmin and Ryeowook on 4 December 2011.
Eunhyuk is MC for MBC every1's Super Junior Foresight, along with fellow members Leeteuk, Kyuhyun, Yesung and Shindong. From 23 March 2012, he took over as MC for the last three live shows of singing-survival program Great Birth 2, better known as MBC Star Audition, on MBC.Sunwoo, Carla Joongang Daily. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-27 As of the 10 April 2012 broadcast, following the change in MCs and the departure of Shindong from Strong Heart, the show was re-vamped with Leeteuk and Eunhyuk billed as two of the 'six-fixed guests'.Ho, Stewart "Official Pictures of ‘Strong Heart’s Six-Fixed Panelists Revealed" CJ E&M enewsWorld 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10
In June 2012, Eunhyuk reunited with his Super Junior bandmates for their sixth studio album, Sexy, Free & Single released on 4 July. On 21 June 2012, the first teaser photo of Eunhyuk was released showing him in a white shirt, blue jeans, styled with a mullet-like hairstyle and blindfolded with white and pink flowers. In October SM Entertainment and Hyundai partnered up to release the "Maxstep" featuring Eunhyuk and other SM artists Super Junior-M's Henry Lau, SHINee's Lee Taemin, EXO-K's Kai, EXO-M's Luhan and Girl's Generation's Hyoyeon. The group became the official dance unit; Younique Unit. The official cover of Zedd's Spectrum was released via SBS Gayo Daejeon held on December 29, 2012, with Eunhyuk featuring. The single was performed by the members of SM The Performance and also included Donghae, along with TVXQ's Yunho, Shinee's Taemin and Minho and EXO's Kai and Lay.
In the midst of concerts, Eunhyuk returned to the studio for album recording. He and Lee Donghae released I Wanna Dance on June 19, 2013, in Japan. The single peaked at #3 on both the Gaon and Oricon charts. Still You, the follow-up single, was released on December 18, 2013. Donghae & Eunhyuk then debuted their first studio album, Ride Me, on February 26, 2014, under Avex Trax. The song became the main theme of the Japanese TV show, 'Sukkiri' (爽快情報バラエティー スッキリ!!).
Eunhyuk returned to Super Junior-M promotions via Swing. The EP consists of six songs, which were released for digital download on March 21, 2014, in China and Taiwan by S.M. Entertainment. The group released the album in Korean music sites, such as MelOn, genie, Naver music and more, on March 31, 2014, and promoted on Korean music programs.
The first Japanese tour for sub-group Donghae & Eunhyuk, Super Junior D&E The 1st Japan Tour, kicked off in Nagoya on March 4, 2014. After touring numerous cities, he participated in a dance project with Beat Burger, entitled "Beat Burger Project x Eunhyuk". In August, the project released an official video, choreographed to Yoo Young Jin's song "Mo Jazzy".
In August 2014, it was announced that Eunhyuk and Super Junior would be making their comeback with the group's seventh album, Mamacita which was released online on August 29 and in stores on September 1.http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/74701/photo-super-junior-talks-comeback-with-mamacita|accessdate=28 August 2014 On the album, Eunhyuk contributed choreography to their second lead single, 'Shirt,' which received praises from Allkpop, "The track is one of the most energetic on the album beyond the title track." The group made their official comeback performance on the Korean music show Music Bank with the songs "Shirt" and "Mamacita" on August 29 and continued their promotions on Music Core, Inkigayo and M! Countdown while preparing for their new world tour Super Show 6 which would open on September 19 on Seoul.
Super Junior special album, Devil was released on 16 July 2015 to celebrate the group's 10th anniversary. Eunhyuk participated in writing lyrics for song, "Alright".
On September 2, 2015, SM Entertainment announced that Eunhyuk enlisted for active duty military service on October 13, 2015.
In November 2017, Eunhyuk and Donghae announced their comeback in Japan as the duo group Super Junior D&E.
Eunhyuk began to serve as the concert director of his group's concert tours through Super Show 7, Super Show 7S, and the subunit Super Junior-D&E's The D&E.
Starting in January 2018, Eunhyuk and his Super Junior members started a new variety program called " Super Junior's Super TV".
On May 22, 2020, Super Junior held their press conference for their web reality show on V Live with Leeteuk as the main host. Fans were wondering why Eunhyuk was absent, and Shindong spoke up, saying, "Eunhyuk couldn't come because of personal reasons."
He is the current host of popular variety show, Weekly Idol, alongside Hwang Kwanghee, since April 2020.
On July 14, 2023, it was announced that Eunhyuk, with his fellow band members Donghae and Kyuhyun, had decided not to renew their contracts with SM, but will continue group activity with Super Junior.
On January 16, 2025, Eunhyuk uploaded the track list for his debut EP, Explorer, which was released on January 27.
| + List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name |
| "L.O.V.E." | |||
| "Rock This House" | |||
| "Show Me Your Love" | TVXQ, Super Junior | Show Me Your Love | Rap Lyrics |
| "Don't Go Away" | N/A | ||
| "First Express" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| "Kangin's Reckless Radio" | Super Junior | Logo Song | |
| "Disco Drive" | Don't Don | N/A | |
| "Sapphire Blue" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| "Mirror" | |||
| "You're My Endless Love" | |||
| "Song for You" | |||
| "I Am" | N/A | ||
| "Marry U" | Rap Lyrics, Co-written | ||
| "Sunny" | Rap Lyrics, Co-written | ||
| "Good Luck!!" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| One Love | Eunhyuk with Super Junior-K.R.Y. | Super Show | Written, Composed |
| "She Wants It" | N/A | ||
| "Shining Star" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| "No Other" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| "Here We Go" | N/A | ||
| "Shake It Up" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| "Boom Boom" | Rap Lyrics, Choreography | ||
| "I Wanna Love You" | Super Junior Donghae & Eunhyuk | Super Show 3 | N/A |
| "Gulliver" | Super Junior | Sexy, Free & Single | Lyrics |
| "So Cold" | Eunhyuk with Lee Donghae, Choi Siwon and Henry Lau | Super Show 5 | Co-written |
| "Still You" | Super Junior Donghae & Eunhyuk | Still You - single | Rap Lyrics |
| "Dear. Two" | Eunhyuk | Super Show 6 | Rap Lyrics, Choreography |
| "Alright" | Super Junior | Devil | |
| "You Got It" | Eunhyuk with Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung and Lee Donghae | Magic | |
| "Scene Stealer" | Lyrics | ||
| "Good Day for a Good Day" | Rap Lyrics | ||
| "Girlfriend" | |||
| "Spin Up!" | |||
| "Me & U" | Lyrics | ||
| 'Bout You | Super Junior-D&E | 'Bout You | |
| "Illusion" | Eunhyuk | Full Lyrics | |
| "Hot Babe" | Super Junior-D&E | Hot Babe | Lyrics |
| "Sunrise (Korean Version)" | Lyrics (co-written) | ||
| "I Think I" | Super Junior | Time Slip | Rap lyrics |
| "Game" | |||
| "Red Muhly" | |||
| "ZERO" | Super Junior-D&E | Countdown | Lyrics (co-written) |
| "Home" | |||
| "Need U" | Need U | ||
| SMTOWN Live in Tokyo Special Edition in 3D | |||
| Lord of the Rings | |||
| Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 | Full-Season Competitor | ||
| Barefooted Friends | Cast | ||
| Shin Dong-yup’s Bachelor Party | with Kangin | ||
| Looking For Trouble | Season 2 | ||
| Eunhyuk's Clothing | Host | ||
| Back to the Idol 2 | Host | with Minhyuk | |
| 20th Dream Concert | with Kangin, Baek Jin-hee | |
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