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 May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo.[2]
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.[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.
Acting
Minho debuted as an actor on November 20, 2010 in a KBS drama special, entitled "Pianist".[5]
On December 7, 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
Minhyuk, 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.
On April 26, 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".[6] The drama
will broadcast on August 15, 2012 on SBS. [7] 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.[8] His personal record at the moment is 175
cm.[9]
Composing
Minho is known to have written and
co-written several of the raps in Shinee's albums. For their earlier
albums he co-wrote with JQ, a lyricist under SM.
In their 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".
In 2009, for their 2nd mini-album Juliette, he co-wrote "Talk to You",
"Juliette", "Hit Me", and "Romeo + Juliette". 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).
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".
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" (written by Jonghyun).
He also wrote the rap for a cover that he did at London, called "Rocketeer".
Television shows
Minho hosted MBC's Music Core, alongside fellow Shinee member, Onew in
2011.[10] However, due to oversea schedules, they are on temporary
leave.[11]
He is a permanent cast member on KBS's Let's Go
Dream Team! Season 2.[12] He is often dubbed as the "Ace" of the show,
having won the challenges at numerous occasions. He was put on temporary
leave after an injury in January 2010, and only returned in the second
half of the year. On October 16, 2011, Minho won Let's Go Dream Team!
Season 2 ACE Special episode and took a Kia Cadenza (K7) home.
He was also a permanent cast member in the KBS program Oh! My School, also known as 100 Points Out of 100 .[13]
On October 3, 2011, Minho co-hosted the Hallyu Dream Concert held at
the Kyungju Citizen Stadium alongside 2PM’s Taecyeon and actress Park
Shin Hye, which was broadcasted on October 6, 2011 by Mnet Broadcasting
Station.[14] On October 6, 2011, Minho, alongside Kara's Nicole, helped
in the torch run for the opening ceremony of the 92nd National Sports
Festival held in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province which featured 17,983
athletes.[15]
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 February 10, 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.[16] His father, Choi Yun-Gyeom, is a well-known
South Korean soccer coach. He has an older brother named Choi Minseok.
In March 2010, Minho was injured during a 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.[17][18] 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".[19]
On May 23, 2011, he was named Honorary
Ambassador for Youth 2011.[20] He then received a name plate at the
Youth Week celebration held in the COEX auditorium.
He and Key
are close to the '91 line. The group contains people from popular groups
such as Kara's Nicole, 2AM's Jinwoon, FT Island's Jaejin, Beast's
DongWoon, MBLAQ's Mir, Infinite's Woohyun, After School's Nana, Miss A's
Min and and also his bandmate Choi Minho. [21]
He also belongs
to Super Junior's Kyuhyun's Kyu-Line, which also consists of DBSK's
Changmin, Super Junior's Ryeowook, and CN Blue's Jonghyun.
♥ Discography
Main article: Shinee discography
♥ Filmography
1) Television dramas
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Year : 2010
Title : Pianist
Role : Oh Je Ro
Network : KBS
Notes : Drama special
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Year : 2012
Title : Salamander Guru and The Shadows
Role : Min Hyuk
Network : SBS
Notes : Sitcom
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Year : 2012
Title : To The Beautiful You
Role : Kang Tae Joon
Network : SBS
Notes : Korean ver. of Hana Kimi
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2) Television shows
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Year : 2009
Title : Invincible Youth
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Year : 2009–2011
Title : Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2
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Year : 2010–2011
Title : 100 Points Out of 100
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Year : 2012
Title : Running Man (Ep. 75)
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3) Music Video Appearances
Year Song title
2009 Gee
2010 Gee (Japanese Ver.)
2010 Sound
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