Pre-debut
Han Geng hails from Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China. He is an ethnic Nanai from Northeast China.
After years of perfecting his craft at the Beijing Dance Academy, he was discovered in 2001 at the H.O.T. CHINA Audition Casting 2001 that was held in Beijing, China, where the competition rate was 3000 to 1. He signed with SM Entertainment the year after, but it was not until early 2003 when he arrived to South Korea to receive private lessons in singing, dancing, and acting. He was soon put in lessons with the rest of the trainees in SM Entertainment afterwards.
On February 6, 2005, SM Entertainment officially announced Han as a member of Super Junior, being the only Chinese member. Han was the first Chinese and to a greater extent, the first foreigner to debut in South Korea, thus creating media attention. Three months later after the announcement, Han made his first media appearance as a runway model, in a Fashion Show F/W general idea by Bum Suk.
Han Geng hails from Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China. He is an ethnic Nanai from Northeast China.
After years of perfecting his craft at the Beijing Dance Academy, he was discovered in 2001 at the H.O.T. CHINA Audition Casting 2001 that was held in Beijing, China, where the competition rate was 3000 to 1. He signed with SM Entertainment the year after, but it was not until early 2003 when he arrived to South Korea to receive private lessons in singing, dancing, and acting. He was soon put in lessons with the rest of the trainees in SM Entertainment afterwards.
On February 6, 2005, SM Entertainment officially announced Han as a member of Super Junior, being the only Chinese member. Han was the first Chinese and to a greater extent, the first foreigner to debut in South Korea, thus creating media attention. Three months later after the announcement, Han made his first media appearance as a runway model, in a Fashion Show F/W general idea by Bum Suk.
