Lee Hong-gi

Korean name
Hangul	이홍기
Hanja	李洪基
Revised Romanization	I Hong-gi
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Hong-ki

Lee Hong Ki
이홍기
Lee Hong Ki ; 이홍기
	Lee Hongki at the Music Core Concert in Hanoi, Vietnam, in November 2012
Background information
Birth name	Lee Hong Ki (이홍기)
Also known as	Hongstar,hong-chan
Born	March 2, 1990 (age 34); Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Genres	Rock, pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, MC
Years active	2002–present
Labels	F&C Music (Korea); AI Entertainment Inc. (Japan); Warner Music (Japan)
Website	Official website Wife : namco mohamed

Lee Hong Ki (이홍기; Template:IPA-ko;) Japanese:イ•ホンギ is a South Korean idol singer, musician, actor and MC. He is the lead vocalist of a Korean pop/rock band F.T. Island.

Acting career

Before Hong Ki debuted as a singer with the band FT Island, he was a child actor and made his acting debut in 2002 in KBS2 TV series Magic Kid Masuri as Masuri's friend. This sitcom gained popularity among elementary school students. He was also featured in Kangsooni, where he played the lead character of Kang Soo Bong, and sang for the sitcom's OST.

In 2008, he was offered the lead actor role in Master of Study, a Korean version of a Japanese drama Dragon Zakura which should have aired in the beginning of 2009 but due to issues relating to its filming production, the drama was postponed to the beginning of 2010 which led FNC Entertainment to refuse Hongki's role because of his busy schedule with FT Island.

Hongki later played the role of Lysander in a musical stage Korean version of A Midsummer Night's Dream where he showed and excelled in his hidden skills in singing, acting and dancing. In 2009, after a 5 years break, he made his acting come back and took the role as Jeremy, one of the main characters in the drama You're Beautiful. He also sang solo OST songs for this drama "(Promise and Still/As Ever)", which played a bigger role in terms of drama promotion. He achieved an SBS New Star Award for his role in the drama. The drama although receiving modest ratings was an international success and with it Lee received worldwide popularity for his portrayal of the goofy and quirky drummer Jeremy.

Hongki starred in a Japanese Drama, ' Muscle Girl ' which aired in April 2011 on SBS and MBC .

He filmed a 90 minute Korean-Japanese drama titled 'Noriko Goes to Seoul' alongside famous Japanese actress Takashima Reiko starting on the 10th of August, 2011 and aired on KBS on the 10th of September. He played a young teenager aspiring to be a singer who meets an older woman that inspires him through hardships to achieve his dream.^[1]

Music career

In 2007. Hongki debuted with the band F.T. Island as the lead singer. His voice is easily recognized by netizens and the media. Other than FT Island songs, he can also rap and beatbox.

Hongki decided to leave acting and pursue a career in singing when he played the lead role in the drama Kangsooni, where he sang the OST song. At the end of the drama, he performed the song live on stage. He was just 13 years old at that time. Impressed by his powerful vocal ability, a few people approached him, not wishing to waste his talent for singing. After competing with a selection of others, young label company FNC Entertainment Music managed to grab Hongki and fully train him to become the lead singer of their first band, FT Island.

During 2008 SBS Gayo Daejun, due to FT Island's extremely tight concert schedule, Hongki fell very sick and was losing his voice due to exhaustion. After the performance, he collapsed and was hospitalized December 30 for a few days over the New Year.^{[citation needed]}

Because of the incident during the SBS Gayo, FNC Entertainment decided to make a subgroup of FT Island, called FT Triple, which consisted of just 3 out 5 members in the band (without Hongki or fellow FT Island member Seunghyun). The formation of FT Triple was to avoid their lead singer, (Hongki) from overstraining his voice and allow him to rest for a few minutes while on stage or during a concert. Another reason for the existence of this subgroup is due to Hongki's tight schedule with variety shows, filming, recording and other individual activities. The band sometimes has to appear and perform in shows without him.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2002	Magic Kid Masuri		KBS2
2004	There’s Light At The Tip Of My Fingernails		EBS
2005	Kangsooni		EBS
2008	Unstoppable Marriage	Cameo	KBS2
2008	On Air	Cameo	SBS
2009	Style	Cameo	SBS
2009	You're Beautiful	Kang On Yu/Jeremy	SBS
2010	More Charming By The Day	Cameo	MBC
2010	My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox	Jeremy (Cameo)	SBS
2011	Muscle Girl	Yoo Ji Ho	TBS
2011	Noriko Goes To Seoul	Min-Ha	KBS
2013	Phoenix	lead

Variety shows

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2008	Family Outing (Guest ep 13 & 14)	SBS
	Happy Shares Company	SBS
	Good Daddy	SBS
2009	Music Inkigayo	SBS
	Mnet Scandal Idol Show
	Style	SBS
2010	100 Points Out of 100 Points	KBS
	Running Man (Guest ep9)	SBS
	Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2 (Guest ep15,20,104)	KBS2
2011	Immortal Song 2	KBS
2013	We Got Married Global Edition	MBC	with Fujii Mina

Musicals

Year	Title
2009	KHE Musical Stage Acting Korean version of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movies

Year	Title
2005	Winter Child
2013	Passionate Goodbye

Photobook

Year	Title
2013	Nailbook

Awards

Years	Awards
2009	2009 17th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Ceremony Top 10 Singer Award 2009 SBS Drama Awards - New Star Award You're Beautiful
2010	2010 16th Republic of Korea Entertainment Arts Awards Ceremony Male Singer Award
2013	2013 27th Golden Disk Awards InStyle Fashionista Award ^[2]

References

^ http://www.allkpop.com/2011/08/f-t-island-to-work-with-actress-takashima-reiko-for-a-special-kbs-drama
^ "Winners from the 27th Golden Disk Awards (Day 2)". Allkpop.com. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-16.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.allkpop.com/2011/08/f-t-island-to-work-with-actress-takashima-reiko-for-a-special-kbs-drama

[2] "Winners from the 27th Golden Disk Awards (Day 2)". Allkpop.com. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-16.

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