Lee Dong Hae

Real Name: Lee Dong Hae 이동해
Chinese: Li Dong Hai 李東海
Nickname: Pinocchio (피노키오), East Sea & Fish(y)
Birthday: October 15, 1986
Birthplace: Mokpo
Family: Mom, Dad (deceased), and Hyung
Height: 175 cm (172cm)
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: A
Favorite Color: Blue, Black
Favorite Sport: Soccer
Musical Talent: Guitar
Hobbies: Dancing, Watching Movies, Sports, Singing
Position: Lead Dancer, Middle High Vocalist, Second Rapper
Subgroup: Super Junior M

★Pre-Debut

Back in 2001, at the age of 14 years old, Donghae joined SM Entertainment after winning first place in SM's third annual contest for Youth Best Selection Best Outward Appearance. Because of that, he moved to Seoul and leaving behind his family in Mokpo. Afterwards, he trained and studied hard in singing, dancing, and acting. His hard work and determination finally paid off in the long run after four years of training. In 2005, SM Entertainment announced that Donghae would be one of the members for the group Super Junior. Several days before his official debut he made a brief appearance in November 2005 at SBS's Shin Dong-yup's There Is There Isn't panel

★Official Debut

On November 6, 2005 Donghae made his official debut with the other members of Super Junior, performing the their first single, "Twins(Knock Out)" on the tv show SBS' Popular Songs. Prior to his debut, Donghae had small appearnce on SBS' show There Is There Isn't. Since Donghae's official debut, he has gained success and gradually become one of the most popular stars of today.

On April 5, 2008, SM revealed Donghae as one of the members of a new subgroup called Super Junior China along side old and new members. However on April 8, the group officially debuted in China as Super Junior Mandarin with the new Chinese version of the hit song “U”.

★CF:
-Heat Hunt – 더위사냥 [with Lee Teuk]
-Olympus with Boa
-IVYCLUB
-NII
-SunKist (with SNSD)
-12+ (with Si Won)


★MC:
-MTV Live Wow [January 31, 2007]
-SHOW! MUSIC TANK with Lee Sung Min
-MTV LIVE WOW [25th February, 2008]

★Variety/Reality Shows:

Iple- Super Junior Debut
Love Letter S2 ep. 100
Super Junior Show
Super Junior Adonis Camp
Mystery 6
Super Junior Mini Drama
Full House
Love Letter S3 ep. 1
Jihwaza
Super Summer
What's Up Star
Twilight Talk Show
Exploration the Human Body
Vitamins
Taste vs. Taste
UFO
Miraclous Victory and Defeat
Star King
Einstein Challenge
Sohu Interview: Super Juninor and Super Junior M
Sina Intervview 1+ 2 (SJM)
SuperStar Talk Show 1 &2 (SJM)
Netease Interview (SJM)
Bravely Moving Forward (SJM)
Charity Show (SJM)
Face to Face (SJM)
Strictly Come Dancing 2 (SJM)

★MV Appearance:
Boa- Key of Heart
So Nyuh Si Dae - Kissing U

★Movie:
Attack of the Pin Up Boys, Flower Boys Series of Terror Events, 꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건
-Lead Character

★Fun Facts:

He said that he hates celebrating his birthday. Because last year, Super Junior went somewhere to perform. He was looking forward to 12 o'clock to come when all his members would give him presents but they all were busy doing their own things, making him so sad, so every time they talk about birthdays on air he would always complain.

Donghae used to reside on the 4th storey of a small apartment. Everyday after school, he would press the bell of his neighbor's house (1st storey) and run away, until he got caught once.

He often forgets his hat, cell phone or similar items. He would look high and low for his hat, when he already wore it. Once he was chatting with another member on the phone and said: "I forgotten my phone, I'm going to go up and take it."

He's a crybaby, soft-hearted and thinks a lot

The best place he likes to keep his savings in, is the water dispenser bottle

If someone tells him he's short, he'll definitely go online and search for ways to grow taller and drinks only milk and soy milk.

He'll turn into a beast if he's on stage performing U. when he had eyes contact with the members, they'll think that his stares is so not human.

Donghae always wears a silver bracelet on his wrist, it was given to him by his mother so he never takes it off.

Donghae used to play at the public bath house with his friends, using the bathhouse like a swimming pool, thus making all the ahjusshis there angry.

Donghae, who is quite weak in health, often loses sleep at night. Sungmin who lives with him would fall asleep easily at the count of three, leaving Donghae to roll and flip around in bed trying to fall asleep.

During the 3rd year in elementary school, the teacher wrongly accused Donghae of taking away the attendance book & punished him in the teacher’s office.


If he has a girlfriend, he'll like to give her a tour around his hometown, Mokpo, and let her know the place he grew up in.

He loves the name Bada, he named his dog Bada and said that once he has a kid he will name his child Bada too.

.Before he debuted, he was afraid of taking the airplane, so he never went to any of the 3 school trip to Jeju Island during high school.

.Donghae, who is sensitive to his surroundings, will not be able to fall asleep for the whole night if he is sleeping elsewhere other than home. It’s because he felt insecure when he does not see anything familiar to him in the surrounding.

Donghae left a message titled "ELF I LOVE YOU" in the fan cafe and sungmin called him and told him he got the title wrong. he typed LOVE as LVOE and he was so embarrassed.

When Kibum first came to Korea, Donghae's the 1st person to hug him and welcome him.

When he was small, he played games with his friend that needed them to be divided in groups. Whichever group that he is in, will always lose in the game.

He once promised his father that under any circumstances, he will not drink alcohol.

No matter how much he eats, he will not gain fat. Whenever he feels like he had gain a bit of weight, he'll exercise. And the first place to slim down is his face.

Donghae is really afraid of Shindong's snoring, and his loud breathing while sleeping scares him too. It’s almost impossible to sleep at night, for him.

He likes the feeling of being protected, being cared for. & because he'll feel lonely easily, he never eats alone. He needs to have someone to eat with him.

Since he hates to eat alone, Donghae often sits in other members’ to wait for them to be done working so he can go eat with them.

Donghae dislikes pink a lot.. because opposite his bed is Sungmin's wardrobe and it's full of pinkish stuffs, clothes, dolls, pillow, bags and shoes are all pink.
(note: he not longer rooms with Sungmin)

He's not really good at searching things online. He doesn't really even know how to use 'Naver' to search. Thus he doesn't like going online, not to mention shopping online too.

Donghae really admires those taxi drivers and public transport drivers. Not only because his father used to be a taxi driver, but also because he himself will feel tired and aches all over after driving for half an hour and thus find those people impressive as they can drive all day long.

Donghae is very affectionate so his methods of waking up the other members are to either pad their butts or go hug them out of bed.

He is sfraid of ghosts so he sleeps with a nightlight.

Donghae had didn't have any friends in SM for one year because he was very introverted at the time and he didn'tt know anyone from Mokpo.

He later meets DBSK member Uknow Yuhno who became instantly close with because they are both from Mokpo.

Donghae wanted to become a singer becuase he saw Boa Kwon. who is the same age. performed on stage and thought she was inspirational.

Donghae is very sensitive and therefore cries very easily. Once, before debut, fellow group member Eunhyuk and DBSK member Xiah Junsu sarcastically teased him about becoming an arrogant star once he debuted. Donghae became so scared/upset that he went to the bathroom and punched the wall while crying.

Donghae cares for his Donsaengs very much, when KyuHyun was in the hospital, Donghae was the one that visisted him the most