Lee Min-hyuk (rapper, born 1990)

Lee Min-hyuk (Korean: 이민혁; born November 29, 1990), commonly known as Minhyuk or Huta,[1] is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy group BtoB. He has appeared in multiple supporting roles in television series such as A New Leaf and Sweet, Savage Family.

This article is about Lee Min-hyuk of BtoB. For other people named Minhyuk or Min-hyuk, see Min-hyuk.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Min-hyuk
이민혁
Lee Min-hyuk at a fansign in November 2016
Born (1990-11-29) November 29, 1990
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • MC
Musical career
Also known asHuta[1]
GenresK-pop
Years active2012–present
LabelsCube
Associated acts
Websitebtobofficial.com
Signature
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Min-hyeok
McCune–ReischauerYi Minhyŏk

Biography

Lee Minhyuk was born on November 29, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Kwangsung High School and attended Dankook University, majored in Musical. He's been active as an underground music artist by the name Huta and was featured in Block B's Zico and Park Kyung's songs.

Personal life

Lee enlisted as a conscripted police officer on February 7, 2019.[3] He was discharged on September 12, 2020.[4]

Career

Pre-debut

Lee Min-hyuk received training for 7 months, but as a musical student, he has a solid basic skills.[5] Lee, together with fellow members of BtoB, Seo Eunkwang, Lim Hyunsik, Jung Ilhoon, and former BtoB member Lee Minwoo (now ex C-Clown member T.K) acted in a JTBC, I Live in Cheongdam-dong as a member of the fictional boy group Invincible Chungdam No. 5, before officially debuting as BtoB.[6]

On March 20, 2012, Lee was cast as the MC for SBS MTV's The Show along with Yook Sung-jae future member of BtoB.[7]

BtoB
Main article: BtoB (band)

Lee made his debut as a member boy-group BtoB in 2012.[5][8][9] The group made their official debut on March 21, 2012 on M! Countdown.[10]

On October 27, 2020, Cube announced that they have formed a unit called BtoB 4U consisting Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub and Peniel.[11] The unit debuted on November 16 with their first mini-album, Inside and title track "Show Your Love".[12]

Solo activities

In 2012, Lee was cast in a variety show, tvN's The Romantic & Idol 2. He also had multiple appearances since 2013 on Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2.

On January 22, 2013, he starred in the MBC variety and sitcom Reckless Family 2.[13][14] In May, he made a guest appearance in the Mnet musical TV series Monstar, playing the role of Malo, a member of the group Man In Black.[15] On September 4, he starred in tvN's Fantastic Tower, playing the male protagonist Min Ho who died 15 years ago but came back to life.[16]

In 2014, he received supporting roles in the dramas A New Leaf and the idol special of Love & War 2.

In 2015, joined the cast of Sweet, Savage Family.[17] He also starred as a lead in the web-drama Nightmare Teacher.[18][19]

Lee featured as a rapper under the stage name Heota in Postmen's "I'm OK", released on July 14, 2015.[20]

Lee is also known for his athletics abilities, as he was crowned as the MVP of the 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships, where his group, Team B, won and Lee won three gold medals and one silver medal.[21]

Lee released the self-produced "Purple Rain" featuring Cheeze as part of BTOB's solo project series, Piece of BTOB on August 10, 2017.[22] Later in the year on December 6, Childlike (유치해도) produced by Lee was released.

In 2018, Lee made his solo debut in Japan with his first Japanese EP, Summer Diary, released on July 25 with a total of five tracks.[23]

In January 2019, Lee's solo Korean debut was announced with an all self-composed album, 'Hutazone'.[24] The album contains a total of eleven songs, including a Korean version of "All Day", "It Must Have Been A Dream" and "You Too? Me Too!", featuring Yook Sungjae and Jeon So-yeon, respectively.

He held his first solo concert, HUTAZONE: Two Night in February 2019 at the Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin District, Seoul.[25][26]

Lee is set to make his silver screen debut in the upcoming historical action film, The Swordsman, as Gyeom Sa-bok.[27][28]

Discography
Main article: BtoB discography

Albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions and sales
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[29]		 JPN
[30]		 JPN Hot
[31]
Korean
Hutazone
  • Released: January 15, 2019
  • Label: Cube Entertainment, Kakao M
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Hutazone
  2. Ya
  3. You Too? Me Too! ft. Jeon So-yeon
  4. Pretend Like I Don't Care
  5. This Must Be a Dream duet Yook Sung-jae
  6. Falling Flowers
  7. Fallin'
  8. All Day (Korean ver.)
  9. Purple Rain ft Cheeze
  10. Tonight (With Melody)
  11. Waiting For You
 3 — —
Japanese
Summer Diary
Track listing
  1. Stay
  2. 夏の日記 (Summer Diary)
  3. All Day
  4. お月様へ (Dear Moon)
  5. About Time (Solo ver)
 — — —

Note: Bolded Tracks are the title song of the album(s).

Songs
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[33]
As lead artist
"Purple Rain" (with CHEEZE) 2017 51 N/A HUTAZONE
"YA" 2019 140
Collaborations
"Sorry (미안해)"
(with Eunkwang and Changsub)		 2019 96 N/A Non-album single
As featured artist
"I'm OK" (Postmen feat. Heota) 2015 — I'm OK
"2Limes" (Inoran feat. Minhyuk, Peniel, Ilhoon) — N/A Beautiful Now
"It's You To The Bone" (Song Yuvin feat. Heota) 2016 — Non-album single
"Incorrect Answer" (Kim Na-young feat. Minhyuk) 2018 80
Soundtrack appearances
"Past Days" (with Junhyung, Ha Yeon-soo, Changsub, Hyunsik, Sungjae) 2013 56 Monstar OST
"After Time Passes" (with Junhyung, Changsub, Hyunsik, Sungjae) 32
"First Love" (with Junhyung, Changsub, Hyunsik, Sungjae) 61
"No" (with Minah) 2015 — N/A Sweet, Savage Family OST
"After the Show Ends" (with Changsub, Elkie) 2016 — After the Show Ends OST
"For You" (with Changsub, Eunkwang, Ilhoon) — Cinderella and Four Knights OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Production credits
For Lee Min-hyuk's works with BtoB, see BtoB discography.

Songs written and produced for other artists
Year Album Artist Song Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2018
Autumn Project Single
Kim Sang Gyun JBJ, Sohee Elris
 "Childish (유치해도)" Yes — Yes —
2019
Special Digital Single
Eunkwang, Minhyuk and Changsub
 "Sorry (미안해)" Yes — Yes Yang Seungwook, Kkannu

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Network Notes
2013 Reckless Family 2 Himself MBC [13]
Fantastic Tower Min-ho tvN Episode 8, Part 1[16]
2014 Love and War 2: Her Choice Hyun-woo KBS2 Idol Special
A New Leaf Lee Ji-hyeok MBC
The Heirs Himself SBS Cameo ep. 4
2015 Sweet, Savage Family Yoon Sung-min MBC
2016 Nightmare Teacher Seo Sang-woo Naver TV Cast Web drama
Oh My God Tip Himself MBC MBig TV With Twice's Nayeon
After the Show Ends Ma Rok-hee tvN [37]
2017 Unexpected Heroes Bae Joon-young Naver TV Cast Web drama
2018 Dae Jang Geum Is Watching Min-hyuk MBC
Number Six Won Tak POOQ (푹) Web drama [38]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Halfway (KitKat micro film) Yonu
2020 The Swordsman Gyeom Sa-bok

Variety shows
Year Title Network Notes
2012 The Show SBS MTV MCs together with member Sungjae.[7]
The Romantic & Idol Season 2 tvN He was paired with Jewelry's Yewon
2018 Law of the Jungle in Indian Ocean SBS Cast member [39]

Concert
  • HUTAZONE: Two Night (2 and 3 February 2019)

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Seoul Webfest 2019 Best Actor Number Six Nominated [40]

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