K152 (band)

For other uses, see K152.

HNKD
Also known as	K152, MinRi (민리), HNKD (하늘기대), Tenkū Kitai (天空期待), Tiānkōng Qídài (天空期待)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, dance, R&B
Years active	2010–present
Labels	K152 Entertainment
Associated acts	MinRi
Members
Park Min Kyung Lee Min Kyu Choi Minhyung Lee Jae Hyuk Kim Kibum Kim Junho Kim Kyuri Kim Kyu Jae Kim Junsu

K152 (band)
Hangul	하늘기대
Hanja	天空期待
Revised Romanization	Ha Neul Gi Dae
McCune–Reischauer	Ha Nŭl Ki Dae

K152 (Korean: 하늘기대, Hanja: 天空期待, Haneulkidae), is a boy band in South Korea formed by K152 Entertainment in 2011. Inspired by SM Groups: Super Junior, SHINee, TVXQ, and SNSD. The group is composed of 9 Members: Park Min Kyung (Leader), Lee Min Kyu, Kim Kyuri, Choi Min Hyung, Kim Kibum, Lee Jae Hyuk, Kim Junho, Kim Kyu Jae, Kim Junsu. They are not very known yet. They are often referred to as HNKD, the first of which is an acronym of the group's Korean name Ha Neul Ki Dae. In China and Taiwan, they are known as 天空期待 (Tiānkōng Qídài) and in Japan as 天空期待 (Tenkū Kitai).

As of March 2011, The group became inactive, due to the 8 Members focusing on their studies, Meanwhile, Their leader, Minkyung is on his solo activities, and soon releasing his 1st album named: Super SHINee (슈퍼샤이니), containing 16 Tracks.

History

2010: Pre-Debut

July 2010, Before debut, The group was only a Duet group called MinRi (민리), who was composed of 2 Members: Minkyung, and Kyuri

2010: New Members

On August 2010, 3 New Members where added to the group (Junho, Junsu, and Minkyu)

2010: New set of members

On November 2010, 4 More members was added, which completed the group. The new members added to the group was: Jaehyuk, Kibum, Kyujae and Minhyung.

2010-2011: Debut

On December 2010, The group made their debut when they performed Super Junior's No Other (너 같은 사람 또 업서, Neo gateun saram tto eopseo)

2011: Leader's solo

On April 2011, The group became inactive due to the 8 Members focusing on their studies. Meanwhile, their Leader, Minkyung is currently on his solo activities and releasing his own solo album named: Super SHINee (슈퍼샤이니).

Members

Current members

• Park Min Kyung: (September 11, 1998) Leader, Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper
• Lee Min Kyu: (November 8, 1997) Lead Vocalist
• Choi Minhyung: (May 21, 1998) Vocalist, Rapper
• Lee Jae Hyuk: (September 10, 1998) Vocalist
• Kim Ki Bum: (September 18, 1998) Vocalist
• Kim Junho: (October 24, 1998) Vocalist
• Kim Kyuri: (December 13, 1998) Vocalist, Main Rapper
• Kim Kyu Jae: (November 14, 1998) Vocalist
• Kim Junsu: (September 21, 1998) Vocalist, Maknae

References