ENHYPEN Sunghoon, whose full name is Park Sung-hoon, was born in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. He was introduced as a contestant on the survival show “I-LAND” and placed 6th in the final episode with 1,088,413 votes, making him a member of ENHYPEN.
Biography
- Birth name: Park Sung-hoon
- Art name: Sunghoon
- Date of birth: December 8, 2002
- Age: 22 (as of 2024)
- Nationality: Korean
- Instruction: Pangok High School.
- Position: dancer, singer
- Agency: Belift Laboratory
- Height: 180 cm (5 feet 11 inches)
Curiosity
Aside from his hometown, Sunghoon also lived in various other cities such as Suwon, Seoul, Anyang, and Namyangju.
It is known that he trained for 2 years and 1 month before his appearance in “I-LAND”. At the time, he was a trainee at Big Hit Entertainment along with fellow members Heeseung, Jay and Jungwon.
Before becoming an apprentice, Sunghoon was a professional skater who competed in various competitions. After starting skating at age 9 and skating for 10 years, he won silver at the Asian Figure Skating Trophy twice, in different years, and participated in the Korean Figure Skating Championship in 2018. This past is earned him the nickname “Ice Prince” and “Figure Skate Prince” among ENHYPEN fans and the public.
The male idol has a 5-year-old younger sister named Park Ye-jin and also has a dog named Gaeul.
Sunghoon was chosen as the best visual of the group and is known for being good at contemporary dance as well as having great facial expression skills. With these, he was called “The Fancam Expert” by many people.
Sunghoon’s motto is “Just do it”, and his ideal type is Irene from Red Velvet. The male idol does not like disorganization and disorder, so much so that most ENHYPEN members voted him the most tidy of the group.
According to the members, Sunghoon constantly works hard, is very self-disciplined, and is determined in whatever he sets his mind to. Even when things get tough, he maintains an unwavering passion.
Controversies
In 2021, Sunghoon was involved in a controversy over his attitude towards girl group TWICE. At the time the male idol was an MC of the weekly music show “Music Bank” together with IVE’s Jang Wonyoung.
In an episode of “Music Bank”, Sunghoon interviewed TWICE for their comeback with “SCIENTIST”. However, after finishing the interview, Sunghoon just moved his head to say hello TWICE instead of bowing like Jang Wonyoung. Since TWICE is a senior major that debuted 5 years before Sunghoon (TWICE debuted in 2015 while ENHYPEN debuted in 2020), many netizens expressed dissatisfaction, saying that Sunghoon should have greeted the girl group more appropriately.
