Dongho Shin

Shin Dongho (born June 29, 1994) is a former South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as being a former member of South Korean boy group U-KISS. Dongho can communicate in Mandarin because he studied in Beijing, China. He studied middle school in Seoul Yonggang Middle School and has graduated from Hanrim Entertainment Arts School, although he was unable to attend his graduation due to conflicting schedules. Dongho was the most active member of the group having participated in the most number of projects compared to the other six members. He had appeared on reality shows such as Raising Idol, Idol Maknae Rebellion, and Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekseo. Dongho also appeared on SBS' Strong Heart, Love Chaser, MBC's Star Do Do Chores, SBS'Quiz Sixth Sense, KBS' Star Golden Bell, Quiz to Change the World and movies such as My Black Mini Dress, Villain and Widow, and Mr. Idol.  He also dubbed the voice of the lead character for an animated movie, Hong Gil Dong 2084. --- Dongho is oriented to the world of show business, since his father owns a magazine company. He became a trainee for NH Media and was chosen as one of the potential members for an upcoming boyband. Dongho is one of the members of a Korean boyband, probably the third member to join U-KISS in 2008. He was known to have a corn row hairstyle in their first music video, Not Young. Dongho is notable as the most active member of the group having participated in the most number of projects comparing to the six other members. He had TV appearances on reality shows such as Idol Maknae Rebellion, Raising Idol, and Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekseo. Dongho even gained much popularity on his TV guestings on SBS' Strong Heart, Love Chaser, MBC's Star Do Do Chores, SBS' Quiz Sixth Sense, KBS' Star Golden Bell, and Quiz to Change the World. Aside from solo projects, Dongho also participated in their reality show as a group. Among these are UKISS Vampire, You Know U-KISS and Chef Kiss. As a member, he had released 5 mini albums to date entitled N-Generation, Bring It Back 2 Old School, ContiUkiss, Breaktime, and Bran New Kiss and 2 full album entitled, Only One and Neverland. He was also one of the casts for many films such as My Black Mini Dress where Dongho's scene with Yoo In Na caught a lot of attention.  U-KISS received good reviews by appearing on a preview event of the movie My Black Mini Dress, which Dongho acted in. In Idol Maknae Rebellion, Jung Jun Ha challenged the maknaes to a challenge, Jja Jjang Myun (noodles with a black bean sauce) Eating Contest. Dongho, downed the whole bowl in only 59 seconds, which then featured on an article, U-KISS Dongho can take on any food challenge.  In his appearance in SBS's Strong Heart on April 12, Dongho admitted that he ran away from home during his childhood life. During that tumultuous time in his life, Dongho revealed that he had packed everything into his bag and left home.  Despite his young age, Dongho explained that he even withdrew everything he had in his bank account. He starred in his first acting role, Villain & Widow where he played a good-looking middle school student.  Dongho also starred in the MBC full-length drama, Royal Family.  Due to his busy schedule as a U-KISS member, Dongho turned down five leading roles for movies and stated that he lacked many aspects of a leading actor. Dongho emphasized that he wanted to learn first in his smaller roles before accepting a major role as an actor.