Mark (Lee Min Hyung)
마크 이민형
- Birth Name: Mark Lee
- Stage Name: Mark (마크)
- Korean Name: Lee Min Hyung (이민형)
- Birthday: August 2, 1999 (24 yrs western, 26 Korean)
- Position: Rapper, Vocalist
- Nationality: Korean-Canadian
- Height: 175 cm (5'9″)
- Specialties: Rap, Guitar
- Unit: NCT Dream, NCT U, NCT 127, SuperM
- Music Companies: SM Entertainment, Avex Trax, Capitol Records, Caroline Distibution
Mark is a South Korean singer who was born in Vancouver, Canada.
Mark's birth name is Mark Lee. His Korean name is Lee Min-hyung, while Mark is his stage name.
The 17 year old idol lived peacefully in Canada. But when he was 6 years old, his father decided to shift to South Korea. After hearing this, Mark was very upset.
He then entered a music school, and got used to Korean culture. He was very attentive in his class, but sometimes felt bored. Afterwards, he was admitted to Seoul School of Performing Arts.
During his free time, he liked to play the guitar.
In 2012, Mark joined SM Entertainment after passing the SM Global Audition in Canada in 2010. He was introduced as a member of SM Rookies, a pre-debut training team managed by SM Entertainment, in December of the following year. In 2014, he appeared on Exo 90:2014, a reality TV show starring Exo, as part of the SM Rookies program, where he performed songs and recreated music videos of prominent 90s K-pop idols. Mark appeared on Disney Channel Korea's The Mickey Mouse Club as a Mouseketeer alongside other SM Rookies program participants in 2015. The show, hosted by Leeteuk of Super Junior, aired from July 23 to December 17.
In April 2016, SM Entertainment confirmed that Mark and four other members of SM Rookies-Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten and Jaehyun-would debut as members of NCT's first subgroup, NCT U. They released their first digital single on April 9, titled "The 7th Sense"
Mark joined NCT's third subgroup, NCT Dream, which consisted of members Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung. The group officially debuted on August 24, 2016 with the single "Chewing Gum".
In January 2017, Mark joined High School Rapper, a survival hip hop reality TV show which aired on Mnet. He advanced to the finals and performed an original song, "Drop" featuring labelmate Seulgi of Red Velvet, and placed 7th overall.
It was announced on August 27, 2018 that Mark would be making his final comeback with NCT Dream through their song "Dear Dream". NCT Dream is set up for teenagers only and with Mark turning 20 years old he needed to move forward.
On August 7, 2019 SM Entertainment announced that a new boy group would be forming that October. The group would be called SuperM and would be promoting in both Korea and the United States. The group consists of SHINee's Taemin, EXO members Baekhyun and Kai, and NCT members Taeyong, Mark, Ten, and Lucas
On April 14, 2020 SM Entertainment announced through an official statement that Mark would be rejoining the other members of NCT Dream, thus abolishing the age-based graduation concept originally set for the team. His return was affirmed through the release of the song "Déjà Vu" sung by all 7 members on NCT 2020's Resonance series.
