Hwanhee
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hwang Yoon-Seok (황윤석) |
| Born |
January 17, 1982 Seoul, South Korea |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Associated acts | Fly to the Sky |
| Website | Hwanhee Official Website (Korean) |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 황윤석 |
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| Revised Romanization | Hwang Yun-sŏk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Yun-seok |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 환희 |
| Hanja | 歡喜 |
| Revised Romanization | Hwanhui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwanhŭi |
Hwang Yoon-Seok (Korean: 황윤석, born January 17, 1982), better known as Hwanhee (Korean: 환희), is a South Korean singer and actor. His cousin is Lee Jang-woo. He is a member of South Korean R&B duo Fly to the Sky.
Hwanhee graduated from Gwang Moon High School before his debut. He was encouraged to audition by a staff member working for SM Entertainment at his high school festival. He also attended Kyunghee University, majoring in post-modern music. Hwanhee is also known as one of the top male vocalists of the Korean Music Industry with his unique and powerful voice.
Officially debuting on November 21, 1999, he released the album Day by Day alongside fellow member Brian Joo.
Hwanhee debuted as an actor in 2006, when he starred alongside Kim Ok-bin in Korean drama Over the Rainbow as cocky rock star Rex. The rating of the show was mediocre throughout its airing, plummeting to 7% at one point. His performance received mixed reviews. (SBS)
He continued to pursue his acting career by participating in a 2008 drama "사랑해" ("I Love You") alongside actor Ahn Jae Wook. On 14 September 2008, Hwanhee appeared on the show We Got Married 우리 결혼했어요! together with Hwayobi, as one of the 3 new couples. They made their official exit from the show on January 18, 2009.
In 2010, he acted in a drama called Stormy Lovers. However, due to low ratings, MBC had to cut out about half of the episodes.
Hwanhee also taken part in the movie Star, which was released in late 2011.
In 2009, after releasing their 8th album, Decennium, the group decided its time to focus on their solo career. In December 2009, Hwanhee signed an exclusive acting contract with KEYEAST Co., Ltd (previously known as Boundaries of Forest Entertainment "BOF"). KEYEAST will work with Hwanhee's current recording label, H-Entercom to manage his future acting, advertising, media publicity activities.
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