Pre-debut Eunhyuk

Lee Hyuk-jae (Hangul: 이혁재, Hanja: 李赫宰) was born on 4 April 1986, mononymouly credited by his stage name Eunhyuk (Hangul: 은혁, Hanja: 銀赫). He is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actor. He is best known as a member of the K-pop boy band Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-Happy. In 2011, he joined Super Junior's Mandopop subgroup, Super Junior-M as one of the two new additions, along with Sungmin. Eunhyuk also works as MC of variety shows and radio DJ.

Eunhyuk was born Lee Hyuk-jae in Neunggok, Goyang, Gyeonggi. In 1999 when he turned thirteen, he auditioned for SM Entertainment through the company's Starlight Casting System with childhood friend Kim Junsu. Kim Junsu was selected to sign a contract with the company soon after, but Eunhyuk failed the audition. He auditioned again the following year and was finally selected through showcasing his rapping and dancing abilities. Under SM Entertainment, Eunhyuk was trained in singing, dancing, acting, and had brief Mandarin Chinese language courses. In 2002 Eunhyuk, Kim Junsu, and another trainee Sungmin were placed in a project R&B group. A year later, the trio along with three future members from TRAX (Jay Kim, No Minwoo, Kang Jungwoo) made a brief appearance in a show called Heejun vs. Kangta, Battle of the Century: Pop vs. Rock, in which Moon Hee-jun and Kangta individually taught them techniques on different types of singing. Later that year, Eunhyuk's trio disbanded, and Kim Junsu debuted as a member of TVXQ in 2003. Eunhyuk and Sungmin were instead placed in project group with ten other male trainees, Super Junior 05, the first generation of rotational boy band Super Junior.