about lee donghae :))

Lee Dong-hae (born October 15, 1986 in Mokpo, Jeollanam, South Korea), better known mononymously as Donghae (lit. East Sea), is aKorean pop singer and occasional actor. He is one of the four lead dancers of boy band Super Junior and is part of its subgroup, Super Junior-M. Donghae

Donghae was born in Mokpo, Jeollanam on October 15, 1986. Donghae initially wanted to become an athlete, but under the influence of his father, who had a wish to become a singer, Donghae decided to train himself to become a singer. In 2001, Donghae successfully signed a contract with SM Entertainment soon after he jointly won the Best Outward Appearance award with future band mate Sungmin on the company's third annual SM Youth Best Contest.^[1] Under SM Entertainment, Donghae was put in singing, dancing, and acting lessons that same year. He was then recruited into a five-member boy band Smile, with future band mate Leeteuk, but the idea was soon dropped. In 2004, Donghae was put into another boy band and formed Super Junior with eleven other trainees. The group later became known as Super Junior 05, the presumed first generation of the rotational music group, Super Junior. Donghae is currently a student at Myongji University. He has an older brother named Lee Donghwa. Donghae's father passed away on August 8, 2006 due to a chronic disease. Donghae's most notorious nicknames are Fishy because 'Donghae' means 'East Sea'; and Pinocchio, given by band mate Heechul.