Background
Hoya was born in Busan, South of Korea. His father was against the decision causing Hoya to leave home. Later his father accepted him and now supports Infinite wholeheartedly.
Hoya was born in Busan, South of Korea. His father was against the decision causing Hoya to leave home. Later his father accepted him and now supports Infinite wholeheartedly.
He is a rapper, vocalist and lead dancer of South of Korea boy band Infinite, which debuted under Woollim Entertainment in 2010. He dropped out of high school during his first year to pursue his dream as a singer. After dropping out, he took and passed his high school qualification exam, thus receiving his high school certification at the age of 16.
Hoya auditioned after he dropped out and ended up in his current agency, Woollim Entertainment.
He was a former JYP Entertainment trainee. On March 10, 2014 he announced that his real birth name is Lee Hodong, not Howon as he had previously told the public, and that he changed it in order not to share a name with comedian Kang Hodong.
Kang Ho-dong acted as a fool in a comedy show when Hoya was nine years old. Hoya graduated from Daekyung University, majoring in Applied Music with fellow members Sungkyu, L, Sungyeol and Dongwoo.
Infinite Hoya was first introduced as main rapper, vocalist and main dancer of Infinite.
The group official debuted in June 10, 2010 Infinite H Hoya and fellow Infinite member Dongwoo debuted as Infinite H, the first official sub-unit of Infinite formed in 2012. They released their first mini album Fly High. Other activities He briefly participated in a one team unit, Dynamic Black, which performed the song "Yesterday" on Business School Gayo Daejun in December 2012.
On April 8, 2014, he was featured in Eric Nam"s song "Ooh Ooh".
The music video was released on the same day, where he appeared as well. He wrote the lyrics of the rap part and also helped write the song"s lyrics.
On July 14, 2014, he was featured in Henry Lau"s song "Need You Now" from Lau"s mini album "Fantastic". On September 12, 2015 Hoya has created his own youtube channel entitled Real Hoya, he uploaded his first video with a cover of Zion.T"s song titled "Kiss Maine" in September 14 and shared the link via Instagram.
Drama On April 30, 2012, it was briefly announced that Hoya would be make his debut as an actor through tvN"s new television drama.
lieutenant was initially denied by his agency, but weeks later, Hoya confirmed himself that he would be acting in the drama Reply 1997. He played the role of Kang Joon-hee who harbors a secret crush on an unexpected character. The show gained a massive praise from both viewers and critics.
Voice Acting.
Hoya made his debut as member of South Korean boyband Infinite in 2010. Hoya and other members of Infinite dubbed children"s cartoon Wara Store from December 27, 2011 to March 27, 2012 as themselves.