Lee Min-hyuk (; born November 29, 1990), commonly known as Minhyuk or Huta, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and presenter. He is a member of the South Korean boy group

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. He has appeared in 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

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, South Korea. He graduated from Kwangsung High School and attended

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, where he majored in film studies and continued to take his master's degree at

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majoring in culture management.

Career

Pre-debut

Prior to debuting in BtoB, Lee Min-hyuk had been active as an underground music artist, going by the moniker 'Huta'. In 2008–2009, alongside other underground artists

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's Zico (then Nacseo) and

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(then Holke), they released a mixtape track "Nar.BINO" () . He was also the lead for the cancelled tv series SF X Fantasy Rayforce. Lee received training for 7 months, but as a musical student, he already had solid basic skills. Lee, together with fellow members of

, Seo Eunkwang, Im Hyunsik, Jung Ilhoon, and a former Cube

trainee Lee Minwoo (now ex

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member T.K) acted in the

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show, ''I Live in Cheongdam-dong'' as a member of the fictional boy group 'Invincible Chungdam No. 5', before officially debuting as BtoB. On March 20, 2012, Lee was cast as the MC for

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's '' The Show'' along with Yook Sung-jae, a future member of

BtoB

Lee made his debut as a member of boy-group

in 2012. The group made their official debut on March 21, 2012, on ''

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''. On October 27, 2020, Cube announced that the currently active members of BtoB have formed a unit called BtoB 4U consisting Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub and Peniel. The unit debuted on November 16 with their first mini-album, ''

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'' and title track " Show Your Love".

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''. On January 22, 2013, he starred in the MBC variety and sitcom ''Reckless Family 2''. In May, he made a guest appearance in the Mnet musical TV series ''Monstar'', playing the role of Malo, a member of the group Man In Black. On September 4, he starred in tvN's ''Fantastic Tower'', playing the male protagonist Min Ho who died 15 years ago but came back to life. In 2014, he received supporting roles in the dramas '' A New Leaf'' and the idol special of ''Love & War 2''. In 2015, joined the cast of '' Sweet, Savage Family''. He also starred as a lead in the web-drama ''Nightmare Teacher''. Lee featured as a rapper under the stage name Huta in Postmen's "I'm OK", released on July 14, 2015. Lee is also known for his athletics abilities, as he was crowned as the

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of the 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships, where his group, Team B, won. Lee won three gold medals and one silver medal. 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), self-produced by Lee, was released. In 2018, Lee made his solo debut in Japan, with his first Japanese EP, ''Summer Diary'', released on July 25 with a total of five tracks. In January 2019, Lee's solo Korean debut was announced with an all self-composed album, ''Hutazone''. The album contains a total of eleven songs, including a Korean version of "All Day", "It Must Have Been A Dream" and "You Too? Me Too!", featuring Yook Sungjae and

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, respectively. He held his first solo concert, ''Hutazone: Two Night'' in February 2019 at the Yes24 Live Hall in

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, Seoul. Lee made his silver screen debut in the historical action film, '' The Swordsman'', as Gyeom Sa-bok. Since November 1, 2021, 'KBS COOL FM', a Korean radio channel, has been hosting a radio program called 'BTOB's Kiss the Radio' at 10 p.m. every night. On November 5, 2021, Lee released the digital single "Good Night". On June 27, 2022, Lee released his second studio album, ''Boom''. In November 2023, BtoB, including Lee, departed Cube Entertainment. In February 2024, BtoB announced the establishment of BtoB Company for the group activities and for Lee's solo activities.

Personal life

Military service

Lee enlisted as a conscripted police officer on February 7, 2019. He was discharged on September 12, 2020.

Contracting with COVID-19 infection

South Korean news outlet ''Osen'' reported on July 14, 2021, Lee has undergone

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(rapid antigen and PCR test) after his vocal teacher tested positive for the virus. Fortunately, his results came negative, but he still went into self-quarantine as a precautionary measure following government guidelines. During his quarantine, Lee showed symptoms of cough and fever on the 16th, and was confirmed positive for the virus on July 17. On July 30, he communicated with his fans through an Instagram live broadcast he revealed he suffered with high temperature, severe cough, pneumonia, headache, loss sense of smell and weight loss of four to five kilograms. "My temperature kept rising from 39 to 40 degrees Celsius ..For about seven to eight days, starting from the day my symptoms first appeared, my temperature stayed 39 degrees for that entire week. They kept giving me fever reducers at the hospital. Still, even with the fever reducers, the lowest my temperature ever got was 38.3 degrees or 38.5 degrees Celsius. A few days later,

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, the

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of the

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took to

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to share Lee's experience with the virus.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Production credits

Songs written and produced for other artists

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Television shows

Radio shows

Concert

* HUTAZONE: ''Two Night'' (2 and 3 February 2019) * BOOM (30 and 31 July 2022)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

BTOB Official website
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