Ngô Ngọc Hưng (born 19 January 1998) or Hưng Bin, known professionally as Hanbin (), is a Vietnamese singer based in South Korea. He gained recognition by competing on

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survival show ''

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'', before becoming a member of boy group Tempest. He is the first Vietnamese male to become a

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idol.

Early life

Hanbin (''Ngô Ngọc Hưng''), was born in

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, Vietnam. He is a self-taught dancer since 15, according to his online fanmeeting. He moved to Hanoi for university where he founded and led a dance group, C.A.C, for three years (2016–2019) under the stage name Hưng Bin. Hanbin started training for the show in July 2019, according to his ''

'' profile, after passing the audition in

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Career

2020–2021: ''I-Land'', first fanmeeting, and agency changes

On 2 June 2020, he was introduced as a participant in the

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and

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's then upcoming survival show ''

''. On the first episode, he performed "

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with

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, but was 'eliminated' by voting among the trainees and was placed in "Ground". On the 7th episode, he ranked 12th based on the global votes and was able to move onto Part 2 and become one of the final 12. On Episode 10, Hanbin ranked 4th out of 11 trainees in Global Voting with 1,415,420 votes. On Episode 11, he was eliminated ranking in at 10th place. Following his debut on the survival show, on 20 October, Belift Lab announced that Hanbin would be holding an online fanmeeting called "Hanbin !00%" on 31 October. On 16 December, he opened up a Twitter account, on which he gathered over 150,000 followers in 24 hours. On 31 December, Hanbin performed a solo pre-opening stage at Big Hit NYEL Concert to the song " I&Credible". On 2 June 2021, Belift Lab announced that Hanbin had left the agency following discussions and was later revealed that Hanbin had signed with

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2022–present: Debut with Tempest

On 3 January 2022, Hanbin was introduced as the fifth member of the group Tempest. They debuted on 2 March 2022 with the EP ''It's Me, It's We''. He is the first Vietnamese male to debut in a K-pop idol group.

Discography

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanbin Living people K-pop singers 1998 births Yuehua Entertainment artists 21st-century Vietnamese male singers People from Yên Bái province Vietnamese expatriates in South Korea