Hanbin (singer)

Ngô Ngọc Hưng (born 19 January 1998), known professionally as Hanbin (Korean: 한빈) is a Vietnamese singer active in South Korea as a member of the boy group Tempest. He had previously competed on the Mnet reality show I-Land,[2] gathering popularity through the survival show. He gained recognition as the first Vietnamese idol in a Korean boy group.

Hanbin
Hanbin in December 2022
Born
Ngô Ngọc Hưng

(1998-01-19) 19 January 1998
Yên Bái, Vietnam
EducationThuongmai University[1]
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Dancer
Musical career
GenresK-pop
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2020–present
LabelsYuehua Entertainment
Member ofTempest
Websiteyhfamily.co.kr/index.php
Korean name
Hangul
오옥흥
Hanja
吳玉興
Revised RomanizationO Ok-heung
McCune–ReischauerO Okhŭng
Stage name
Hangul
한빈
Hanja
韓彬
Revised RomanizationHan-bin
McCune–ReischauerHanpin

Early life

Hanbin (Ngô Ngọc Hưng), was born in Yên Bái City, Vietnam. He self-learned dancing since he was 15, according to his online fanmeeting. He moved to Hanoi for university where he founded and led a dance group, C.A.C, for three years (2016–2019) under the stage name Hưng Bin. Hanbin started training in July 2019, according to his I-LAND profile, after passing the audition in Hanoi.

Career

2020–2021: I-LAND, first fanmeeting, and agency changes

On 2 June 2020, he was introduced as a participant in the CJ ENM and HYBE's then upcoming survival show I-Land. On the first episode, he performed "Jopping" by SuperM, along with NI-KI and Nicholas, but was unfortunately 'eliminated' by voting among the trainees and was placed in "Ground". On the 7th episode, he ranked 12th based on the global votes and was able to move onto Part 2 and become one of the final 12.[3] On Episode 10, Hanbin ranked 4th out of 11 trainees in Global Voting with 1,415,420 votes.[4] On Episode 11, he was eliminated by the producers.

Following his elimination on I-LAND, on 20 October, Belift Lab announced that Hanbin would be holding an online fanmeeting called Hanbin !00% on 31 October. On 16 December, he opened up a Twitter account[5] on which he gathered over 150,000 followers in 24 hours. On 31 December, Hanbin performed a solo pre-opening stage[6] at Big Hit NYEL Concert to the song "I&Credible."[7]

On 2 June 2021, Belift Lab announced that Hanbin had left the agency following discussions with one another.[8] Later that day, it was revealed that Hanbin had signed with Yuehua Entertainment.[9]

2022: Debut with TEMPEST

On 3 January 2022, Hanbin was introduced[10] as the fifth member of the group TEMPEST. They debuted on 2 March 2022 with the mini album It's Me, It's We. With this debut he marked himself as the first Vietnamese male to debut in a K-pop boy group.[11]

Discography
See also: Tempest (South Korean band)

Filmography

Television
Year Channel Title Notes Ref
2020 Mnet I-Land Contestant [12]

Concerts and tours

Fanmeets

  • Hanbin !00% (2021)

Notes

      References
      1. VieZ (5 January 2022). "Đại học Thương Mại là "cái nôi" của loạt sinh viên đình đám: Từ Hoa hậu đến cả Idol Kpop!". VieZ (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
      2. "'I-LAND' members: Meet the K-Pop trainees battling it out". Hypable. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
      3. 김은애. "'아이랜드' 역대급 공간, 23명 입장 테스트→탈락자 7명 '그라운드' 방출[종합]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
      4. [ I-LAND ] HANBIN Xuất Sắc Đạt Vị Trí Thứ Tư Trong Vòng Loại Vào Top 10 I-LAND. #HANBIN #ILAND #MNET, retrieved 28 July 2022
      5. Scott, Mahliya (17 December 2020). "Former 'I-LAND' Contestant Hanbin Opens His Own Twitter Account". Kpopstarz. Retrieved 7 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
      6. "Who is Hanbin? Ex 'I-LAND' trainee to perform at Big Hit's New Year's Live concert, excited fans say 'this is huge'". MEAWW. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
      7. [2021NYEL] 'INTRO + I&credible' – HANBIN (한빈), retrieved 28 July 2022
      8. "'아이랜드' 한빈, 빌리프랩 떠난다 "신중한 고민 끝 새출발"[전문]". 다음뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
      9. 정병근. "'I-LAND(아이랜드)' 출신 한빈, 위에화엔터 전속 계약". n.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
      10. "Yuehua Entertainment introduces the 7 members of the awaited group 'TEMPEST' through concept photos | PINKVILLA". www.pinkvilla.com. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
      11. "Tempest Hanbin, the first Vietnamese K-pop idol: "Debuting in Korea wasn't hard for me"". KBIZoom. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
      12. "@mnetiland on Twitter: June 2, 2020 tweet". 14 May 2014.
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