Pre-debut Prior to debuting in BtoB, Lee Min-hyuk had been active as an underground music artist, going by the moniker 'Huta'. In 2008–2009, alongside other underground artists
Block B's
Zico (then Nacseo) and
Park Kyung (then Holke), they released a mixtape track "Nar.BINO" () . He was also the lead for the cancelled tv series
SF X Fantasy Rayforce. Lee received training for 7 months, but as a musical student, he already had solid basic skills. Lee, together with fellow members of
BtoB,
Seo Eunkwang,
Im Hyunsik,
Jung Ilhoon, and a former Cube
BtoB trainee Lee Minwoo (now ex
C-Clown member T.K) acted in the
JTBC show,
I Live in Cheongdam-dong as a member of the fictional boy group 'Invincible Chungdam No. 5', before officially debuting as BtoB. On March 20, 2012, Lee was cast as the MC for
SBS MTV's
The Show along with
Yook Sung-jae, a future member of
BtoB.
BtoB Lee made his debut as a member of boy-group
BtoB in 2012. The group made their official debut on March 21, 2012, on
M! Countdown. On October 27, 2020, Cube announced that the currently active members of BtoB have formed a unit called
BtoB 4U consisting Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub and Peniel. The unit debuted on November 16 with their first mini-album,
Inside and title track "
Show Your Love".
Solo activities In 2012, Lee was cast in a variety show,
tvN's
The Romantic & Idol 2. He also had multiple appearances since 2013 on ''
Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2''. On January 22, 2013, he starred in the
MBC variety and sitcom
Reckless Family 2. In May, he made a guest appearance in the Mnet musical TV series
Monstar, playing the role of Malo, a member of the group Man In Black. On September 4, he starred in
tvN's
Fantastic Tower, playing the male protagonist Min Ho who died 15 years ago but came back to life. In 2014, he received supporting roles in the dramas
A New Leaf and the idol special of
Love & War 2. In 2015, joined the cast of
Sweet, Savage Family. He also starred as a lead in the web-drama
Nightmare Teacher. Lee featured as a rapper under the stage name Huta in Postmen's "I'm OK", released on July 14, 2015. Lee is also known for his athletics abilities, as he was crowned as the
MVP of the
2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships, where his group, Team B, won. Lee won three gold medals and one silver medal. Lee released the self-produced "Purple Rain" featuring
Cheeze as part of BTOB's solo project series,
Piece of BTOB on August 10, 2017. Later in the year on December 6, Childlike (유치해도), self-produced by Lee, was released. In 2018, Lee made his solo debut in Japan, with his first Japanese EP,
Summer Diary, released on July 25 with a total of five tracks. In January 2019, Lee's solo Korean debut was announced with an all self-composed album,
Hutazone. The album contains a total of eleven songs, including a Korean version of "All Day", "It Must Have Been A Dream" and "You Too? Me Too!", featuring
Yook Sungjae and
Jeon So-yeon, respectively. He held his first solo concert,
Hutazone: Two Night in February 2019 at the Yes24 Live Hall in
Gwangjin District, Seoul. Lee made his silver screen debut in the historical action film,
The Swordsman, as Gyeom Sa-bok. Since November 1, 2021, 'KBS COOL FM', a Korean radio channel, has been hosting a radio program called 'BTOB's Kiss the Radio' at 10 p.m. every night. On November 5, 2021, Lee released the digital single "Good Night". On June 27, 2022, Lee released his second studio album,
Boom. In November 2023, BtoB, including Lee, departed Cube Entertainment. In February 2024, BtoB announced the establishment of BtoB Company for the group activities and for Lee's solo activities. == Personal life ==