Choi Min-ho (singer)
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Minho at the Hallyu Star Street on March 2014.
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| Native name | 최민호 |
| Born | Choi Min-ho 9 December 1991 Incheon, South Korea |
| Residence | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocal |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | SM Entertainment |
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| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 민호 |
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| Hanja | 珉豪 |
| Revised Romanization | Minho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minho |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 최민호 |
| Hanja | 崔珉豪 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Minho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Minho |
Contents
Career
Pre-debut
Before debuting with Shinee, Minho modeled for Ha Sang Baek's Seoul Collection F/W 08-09 in March 2008, two months before Shinee's debut stage.[2]Shinee
Main article: Shinee
Minho was discovered at the 2006 S.M. Casting System. In 2008, he was chosen as a member of the group Shinee, the 5-member boy group debuted on 25 May 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo.[3]Solo
Minho appeared in both the Korean and Japanese version of Girls' Generation's music video "Gee" .[4] He was also featured in the music video of VNT's debut song Sound.[citation needed]Acting
Minho debuted as an actor on 20 November 2010 in a KBS2's drama special, entitled Pianist with actress Han Ji-hye.[5]On 7 December 2011, it was announced that Minho would be taking on a comedic acting role in SBS‘s new sitcom, Salamander Guru and The Shadows, which would air in early 2012. Minho played the role of Min-hyuk, a genius hacker, alongside actors Im Won-hee and Oh Dal-soo. Salamander Guru and The Shadows was SBS’s first sitcom in 5 years and revolved around two robbers who impersonate a guru. The sitcom aired in January 2012.[6]
On 26 April 2012, Minho was confirmed to be the lead role, alongside f(x)'s Sulli and Lee Hyun-woo, for the Korean drama To The Beautiful You, a Korean version of "Hana Kimi".[7] The drama started broadcasting on 15 August 2012 on SBS.[8] Minho's character is Kang Tae Joon, a high jump gold medalist who gives up high jumping after being injured. In preparation for his role as Tae-joon, Minho received personal training from coach Kim Tae-young, former national high jump athlete and a member of the Korea Association of Athletics Federations, for a month and a half.[9] His personal record at the moment is 175 cm.[10]
On 29 July 2013, it was announced that Minho will be returning to the small screen via MBC's Medical Top Team as the handsome youngest member of a medical team. His love line with Oh Yeon Seo will lighten the mood of the love triangle among the drama's main leads Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Ryeo-won, and Ju Ji-hoon.[11]
Minho will be the lead in a new drama Because It's The First Time formerly known as (Friends 2015) together with New comer Actress Park So-dam, which is planned to be broadcast in September. It is a digital convergence drama, which will air both on online platform and TV with 45 minutes and separated into each 15 minutes.[12]
Lyric Writing
Minho is known to have written and co-written several of the raps in Shinee's albums. For Shinee's earlier albums he co-wrote with JQ, a "idol rap instructor" who works under SM Entertainment to improve and direct the rapping abilities of their artists.[13]For Shinee's 1st studio album The SHINee World, he co-wrote the raps to "Replay", "Love Like Oxygen", "Love's Way", "One for Me", "Graze", and "Best Place".[14][15] One year later, he wrote the rap lyrics for their 2nd mini-album Romeo, he also co-wrote "Talk to You", "Juliette", "Hit Me", and "Romeo + Juliette".[16] For their 3rd mini-album 2009, Year of Us, he along with fellow member Key, and lyricist JQ wrote the song "Get Down", which features fellow labelmate Luna of f(x).[17]
In their 2nd studio album Lucifer released in July 2010, he wrote the raps to "Up & Down" (which was co-written by fellow member Jonghyun), "Obsession" (also written by Jonghyun), "Your Name" (written by fellow member Onew), and co-wrote the songs "WOWOWOW" with JQ and "Shout Out" with the fellow members and MISFIT. In the repackaged album Hello, he wrote the rap for the title track "Hello", and co-wrote the raps for "One" and "Get It".[18][19]
He is also credited for creating additional raps to the songs "Better", "To Your Heart", and "Stranger" in their 1st Japanese studio album, The First released in December 2011. For their 4th mini-album Sherlock released in March 2012, he wrote the raps to the songs "Alarm Clock" and "Honesty".[20]
For their 3rd full album Chapter 1. Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You he wrote the rap lyrics for the tirle song "Dream Girl" as well as "Girls, Girls, Girls" together with his member Key, "Aside", "Beautiful" and "Dynamite".[21][22] For Chapter 2. Why So Serious? – The Misconceptions of Me, Minho wrote the raps to the songs "Shine" (Medusa I), "Music Box" (Orgel), "Excuse Me Miss" and "Can't Leave" (Sleepless Night).[23][24]
For the group's fifth EP Evrybody, Minho wrote the rap lyrics for the songs "Destination", "Close the Door" and "Colorful" (together with member Key).[25]
Personal life
In 2008 he was the 3rd Youth International Video Festival "the aura" Goodwill Ambassador with fellow Shinee member, Key. Minho was appointed as the ambassador of Konkuk University in 2010.Minho graduated from Konkuk University's affiliated high school on 10 February 2010. After taking the college admissions test the previous year, he was admitted in 2010 to Konkuk’s part-time admittance for the arts and culture film major where he is currently attending.[26] His father, Choi Yun-kyum, is a well-known South Korean soccer coach. He has an older brother named Choi Minseok.
In March 2010, Minho was injured while filming for Dream Team Season 2. He had to withdraw from his activities while fellow Shinee member Taemin replaced him on the show during his absence.[27][28] After his recovery, Minho finally came back in August 2010 to continue his activities and promotions of Shinee's second full-length studio album, "Lucifer".[29]
On 23 May 2011, he was named Honorary Ambassador for Youth 2011.[30] He then received a name plate at the Youth Week celebration held in the COEX auditorium.
Choi Minho was listed among Korean Top Stars, receiving 300 Million Won as his annual advertising rate.[31]
On 5 December 2014, Minho and Yoona were appointed as UNICEF Unihero Campaign Ambassadors "Giving hope to the children" [32]
Discography
Main article: Shinee discography
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | Late Spring Grandma | Lead Role [33] |
Television dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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| 2008 | My Precious You | Himself | KBS | Special Appearance |
| 2010 | Pianist | Oh Je-ro | KBS | Drama special |
| 2012 | Salamander Guru and The Shadows | Choi Min-hyuk | SBS | Sitcom |
| 2012 | To The Beautiful You | Kang Tae-joon | SBS | Korean ver. of Hana Kimi |
| 2013 | Medical Top Team | Kim Seong-woo | MBC | Medical Drama |
| 2015 | Because It's The First Time | Yoon Tae-o | OnStyle | 2nd Lead Role |
Variety show
| Year | Title | Network | Role |
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| 2009-2010 | Dream Team | KBS2 | Dream Team member |
| 2011 | Music Bank | KBS | Special host with Sohee and Yubin |
| 2012 | JTBC Shinhwa Broadcast | ||
| 2013 | Mamma Mia | KBS | Host |
| 2013-2015 | Show! Music Core | MBC | Host |
| 2014 | Running Man | SBS | himself |
| 2015 | Fluttering India/ Exciting India | KBS | himself |
| 2015 | SNL Korea | ||
| 2015 | Running Man | SBS | himself |
Music Video Appearances
| Year | Song title | Artist | Role |
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| 2007 | Gee | Girls' Generation | "Employee Of The Month" |
| 2010 | Gee (Japanese Ver.) | Girls' Generation | Customer |
| Sound | VNT | DJ |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2010 | SBS Entertainment Awards | Best Newcomer in a Variety Show[34] | Won | |
| 2011 | Honorary Ambassador for Youth 2011[35] | N/A | N/A | Won |
| Best Male Idol as Model[36] | N/A | N/A | Won | |
| 2012 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award[37] | To the Beautiful You | Won |
| Best Couple Award (with Sulli)[38] | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor[39] | Medical Top Team | Nominated |
| 2014 | Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (TV)[40] | Nominated | |
| 2014 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Music Talk Show Popularity Award [41] | Show! Music Core | Won |
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