Nam Woo-hyun
| Nam Woo-hyun | |
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Woohyun in 2015
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| Background information | |
| Native name | 남우현 |
| Birth name | Nam Woo-hyun |
| Born |
February 8, 1991 Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Instruments | Vocal |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Woollim Entertainment |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | Nam Woohyun |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 남우현 |
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| Hanja | 南優賢 |
| Revised Romanization | Nam U-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nam U-hyŏn |
Nam Woo-hyun (Hangul: 남우현; Hanja: 南優賢; born February 8, 1991), commonly known by his mononym Woohyun, is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter and actor. He made his official debut in 2010 as a main vocalist in the boy band Infinite.
He officially made his debut as a solo artist in May 2016 with his first mini-album Write... It includes a total of 7 songs (6 plus a hidden track), 4 of which are self-composed.
Nam Woo Hyun was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts, majoring in Applied Music. He has an older brother, Nam Boo Hyun, who is the owner of a popular BBQ restaurant, 먹&삼 생고기집, located in Suyu, Seoul.
In an interview with 10asia, Woohyun stated that he originally aspired to be a soccer player. However, he eventually realized his next dream of becoming a singer when he was in high school. He auditioned at Woollim Entertainment to pursue a career in music as a solo singer. He passed the audition with a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Lately". At that point, he was accepted into Woollim along with 2 other agencies, one of which being YG Entertainment. He ultimately decided to go with Woollim and began training as an idol trainee.
Prior to debuting with Infinite, Woohyun was a model for a shopping mall alongside Beast's Jun-hyung and T-ara's Ji-yeon. He competed in the 6th Hello Star Contest performing Lee Hyori's U Go Girl. In one of his first broadcast appearances, he played the lead role in KooPD's music video for 귀가 멀어 in 2007. Later in 2009, he appeared on Mnet's 소녀펀치 (Girl Punch) and sang Lee Seung-gi's 하기 힘든 말 (Words that are hard to say).
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