Lee Min-hyuk

Lee Min-hyuk
Lee Min-hyuk at a fansign in November 2016
Native name 이민혁
Born Lee Min-hyuk
(1990-11-29) November 29, 1990
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
Musical career
Also known as Huta[1]
Genres K-pop
Years active 2012–present
Labels Cube Entertainment
Associated acts BtoB
Website btobofficial.com
Korean name
Hangul 이민혁
Hanja 李旼赫[2]
Revised Romanization I Min-hyeok
McCune–Reischauer Yi Min-hyŏk

Lee Min-hyuk (Hangul: 이민혁; born November 29, 1990), commonly known as Minhyuk or Heota[1], is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy group BtoB. He received multiple supporting roles in television series such as A New Leaf and Sweet, Savage Family.

Biography

Lee Minhyuk was born on November 29, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Kwangsung High School and attended Dankook University, majored in Musical. He's been active as an underground music artist by the name Heota and was featured in Block B's Zico and Park Kyung's songs.

Career

Pre-debut

Lee, together with fellow members of BtoB, Seo Eunkwang, Lim Hyunsik, Jung Ilhoon, and former BtoB member Lee Minwoo (now ex C-Clown member T.K).[3] acted in a JTBC sit-com as Invincible Chungdam No. 5 member before officially debuting as BtoB.

BtoB

Lee made his debut as a member boy-group BTOB in 2012.[4][5] The group made their official debut on March 21, 2012 on M! Countdown.[6]

Solo activities

In 2012, Lee was cast in a variety show, tvN's The Romantic & Idol 2. He also had multiple appearances since 2013 on Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2.

In 2014, he received supporting roles in dramas, A New Leaf and the Idol Special of Love & War 2. Following his acting career, he joined the casts of Sweet, Savage Family in 2015.[7] He also starred as a lead in the web-drama Nightmare Teacher.[8][9]

Lee returned under the name Heota as he featured as a rapper in Postmen's "I'm OK" that was released on July 14, 2015.[10]

Lee is also known as one of the best idol-athletes in the industry as his impressive skills when it comes to sports are acknowledged on Idol Star Athletics Championships in which idols compete in different fields of sport. He was crowned as the MVP of the 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships in which their group, Team B won and Lee was awarded with three gold medals and one silver medal.[11]

Lee released the self-produced "Purple Rain" featuring CHEEZE as part of BTOB's solo project series, Piece of BTOB on August 10, 2017. Later in the year on December 6, Childlike (유치해도) produced by Lee was released.

Lee is set to make his silver screen debut in the upcoming historical action film, The Swordsman, as Gyeom Sa-bok.[12][13]

Lee is set to make his solo debut in Japan with his first Japanese EP, Summer Diary, that will be released on July 25 with a total of five tracks.[14]

Discography

Songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[15]
As lead artist
"Purple Rain" (CHEEZE) 2017 51 — Piece of BTOB Vol. 5
As featured artist
"I'm OK" (Postmen feat. Heota) 2015 — I'm OK
"2Limes" (Inoran feat. Minhyuk, Peniel, Ilhoon) — N/A Beautiful Now
"You to the Bone" (Song Yu-bin feat. Heota) 2016 — Non-album single
Soundtrack appearances
"Past Days" (with Junhyung, Ha Yeon-soo, Changsub, Hyunsik, Sungjae) 2013 56 Monstar OST
"After Time Passes" (with Junhyung, Changsub, Hyunsik, Sungjae) 32
"First Love" (with Junhyung, Changsub, Hyunsik, Sungjae) 61
"No" (with Minah) 2015 — N/A Sweet, Savage Family OST
"After the Show Ends" (with Changsub, Elkie) 2016 — After the Show Ends OST
"For You" (with Changsub, Eunkwang, Ilhoon) — Cinderella and Four Knights OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Songs written and produced for other artists

Year Album Artist Song Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2018
Autumn Project Single
Kim Sang Gyun JBJ, Sohee Elris
 "Childish (유치해도)" Yes — Yes —

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Network Role Notes
2013 Reckless Family 2 MBC Himself
Fantastic Tower tvN Min-ho Episode 8, Part 1.
2014 Love and War 2: Her Choice KBS2 Hyun-woo Idol Special
A New Leaf MBC Lee Ji-hyeok
2015 Sweet, Savage Family Yoon Sung-min
2016 Nightmare Teacher Naver TV Cast Seo Sang-woo Web-drama
Oh My God Tip MBC MBig TV Himself With TWICE Nayeon
After the Show Ends tvN Ma Rok-hee [20]
2017 Unexpected Heroes Naver TV Cast Bae Joon-young Web-drama
2018 Dae Jang Geum Is Watching MBC TBA

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Halfway (KitKat micro film) Yonu
2018 The Swordsman Gyeom Sa-bok

Variety shows

Year Title Network Notes
2012 The Show SBS MTV MCs together with member Sungjae.
The Romantic & Idol Season 2 tvN He was paired with Jewelry's Yewon
2018 Law of the Jungle in Maldives SBS Cast member [21]

References

  1. 1 2 Moon, Wan-sik (July 13, 2015). "비투비 이민혁, 래퍼 허타로 컴백..포스트맨 랩피처링". Star News.
  2. ↑ "BTOB每个人的中文正确名字正式公开(按照年纪大到小的排名顺序)". Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cube Entertainment's new boy group completes a successful fictional debut".
  4. ↑ "BtoB's "Insane" MV revealed!". Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ "BTOB Targets Global Audience With Debut Showcase". Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cube Entertainment Unveils Its Newest Boy Group, BtoB – MNET".
  7. ↑ Yi, Yoonjung (October 13, 2015). "BtoB's Lee Minhyuk Casted in 'Sweet Family'".
  8. ↑ "비투비 이민혁, 육성재 이어 김소현과 연기 호흡" (in Korean). September 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Nightmare Teacher". Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ "비투비 민혁, 래퍼 '허타'라는 이름으로 데뷔 이래 첫 랩 피처링 참여". Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ "'아육대' 비투비 민혁, MVP 차지…B팀 종합 우승" (in Korean). TF News. January 31, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  12. ↑ "[단독] 비투비 이민혁, 스크린 진출…영화 '검객' 논의 중" (in Korean). Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ "'검객' 장혁X정만식X조 타슬림X이민혁, 캐스팅 확정...15일 크랭크인" (in Korean). Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  14. ↑ "MINHYUK JAPAN FIRST MINI ALBUM '夏の日記 (Summer Diary) リリースイベント新宿BLAZE詳細". June 8, 2018.
  15. ↑ Charted songs:
    • "Past Days". Gaon Chart. May 19–25, 2013.
    • "After Time Passes". Gaon Chart. May 26 – June 1, 2013.
    • "First Love". Gaon Chart. July 14–20, 2013.
  16. ↑ "2015 Gaon Download Chart – Week 30".
  17. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart – June, 2013". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart – June, 2013". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ "2013 Gaon Download Chart Week 30". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  20. ↑ Jeon, Hyo-jin (April 29, 2016). "tvN 측 "백성현·민혁, 예능드라마 '연극이 끝나고 난 뒤' 출연" [공식입장]" (in Korean). Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  21. ↑ ""국가대표에 핫아이돌까지"..'정법in인도양' 16명 특급★ 뭉친다(공식)". Heraldpop (in Korean). 1 August 2018.
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