Leeteuk
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Leeteuk at KCON Paris, 2016
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| Native name | 박정수 |
| Born |
Park Jeong-su 1 July 1983 Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | Leeteuk |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Website | Super Junior |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Jeong-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chŏng-su |
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Iteuk |
| McCune–Reischauer | It'ŭk |
Park Jeong-su (born July 1, 1983), better known by his stage name Leeteuk, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is a member of the K-pop boy band Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H.
Leeteuk is the younger of two children. His father, Park Yong-in, and his mother divorced in 1998. He has spoken of his parents' relationship publicly in several variety shows as well.
When Leeteuk and his older sister, Park Inyoung, traveled to Myeongdong for a holiday in early 2000, he was recommended by a talent scout to audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting System. After several test recordings and performances, he signed with SM Entertainment and became a trainee. That same year, he appeared as an extra in the MBC Korean drama All About Eve, and briefly as a model for Pepsi in 2002. In 2003, he was put into five-member boyband Smile, with future bandmate Donghae and aimed to be a rival group of TVXQ. The project was dropped and they were then put into rotational group Super Junior along with ten other boys. Being older than the other trainees, Leeteuk became the leader of the group.
Leeteuk has explained that he uses a stage name due to his desire to have a name with the same effects as Kangta, and also to prevent confusion between veteran actress Park Jeong-su and himself. His stage name denotes being "special" as his agency wants him to be a special member in the group.
Leeteuk officially debuted as part of the 12-member project group, Super Junior'05 on 6 November 2005 on SBS's music programme Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)". Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on 5 December 2005 and debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.
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