Lu Han
Mainland Chinese male singer and actor. Debuted in 2012 as a member of EXO, left EXO in 2014, and in 2015 released a first solo digital album, "Reloaded I".
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About the artist
Lu Han, a Mainland Chinese male singer and actor, was born on April 20, 1990, in Haidian District, Beijing.
For primary school, junior high and senior high, Lu Han attended 北京市育英学校 (1996), 北京市师达中学 (2002) and 北京海淀外国语实验学校 (2005). In 2008 Lu Han went to South Korea to study, first learning Korean at the Korean Language Institute of Yonsei University and passing a Korean proficiency examination, and in 2009 entered the Department of Applied Music at Seoul Institute of the Arts. While studying abroad, Lu Han was spotted by a talent scout from SM while shopping in Myeongdong, and in 2010 became a trainee under SM through the S.M. Casting System.
On December 29, 2011, Lu Han appeared on television for the first time with Tao, Chen and Kai at SBS Gayo Daejeon, and thereafter was presented publicly as a member of EXO, one of the group's four Chinese members and a member of the Mandarin subunit EXO-M. On April 8, 2012, Lu Han formally debuted as a member of EXO and EXO-M at the 12th 音乐风云榜 awards ceremony, serving in the group as a main vocalist and lead dancer. On October 10, 2014, Lu Han, through a retained lawyer, filed a complaint with the Seoul District Court, seeking to have the contract with SM Entertainment declared void on grounds including that the company could not provide a plan for future development, and the same day left EXO to develop in mainland China. On July 19, 2016, the two sides reached a settlement. Under the settlement proposal issued by the court, the contract remained valid until 2022, and activities outside South Korea and Japan were managed by Lu Han.
In June 2014 Lu Han appeared in the China-South Korea co-production "重返20歲", directed by 陳正道, and filming wrapped on July 24. On November 2 Lu Han attended the release-date announcement held for the film in Beijing, and formally debuted in the mainland China entertainment business. On January 8, 2015, "重返20歲", the first film Lu Han appeared in, opened, and for it Lu Han won "焦点单元年度电影新人奖" in the Focus unit of the 5th Beijing International Film Festival. In March the same year Lu Han played the male lead in the suspense film "我是證人", and on March 12 joined the Hollywood epic "長城", directed by 张艺谋. On June 15 the Beijing winter-Olympics bid song "請到長城來滑雪", a collaboration with David Tao, was released as a digital single. In September the first solo digital album, "Reloaded I" (重啟I), was released, and in December the first physical album, "Reloaded（重啟）". "勳章", included on the album, was chosen as the theme of "我是證人".
In 2016 Lu Han began a first solo tour, "Luhan Reloaded: 2016 Luhan 1st China Tour", with shows in Beijing on March 26, Guangzhou on April 2 and Shanghai on April 9. It was Lu Han's first concert after going solo. On stage, besides songs from the album, Lu Han also covered other songs in Chinese and in other languages. The same year Lu Han starred in the fantasy action-adventure film "Time Raiders", adapted from the online-novel series "Tomb Raiders". From the end of 2016 Lu Han announced a series of albums under the theme "XXVII". XXVII stands for Xperience, Xplore, Venture, Imagination and I, used to record growth at the age of 27. On July 20, 2017, Lu Han won the album of the year award at Asian Music Gala for the XXVII series, and the same year released the album "XXVII+".
On January 27, 2017, Lu Han appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the Year of the Rooster and sang "愛你一萬年" with William Chan. On April 17 "擇天記", the first television series in which Lu Han played the lead, began broadcasting, with Lu Han as the male lead 陈长生. On May 4 Lu Han sang "勳章" on the CCTV "五月的鮮花" stage and received the "五四优秀青年" award given by the publicity department of the Communist Youth League Central Committee. On February 28, 2018, Lu Han announced that the contract with 壹心娱乐 had ended and that the working relationship was formally over; thereafter the work was run independently by 鹿晗工作室. On October 6 the RE:X tour concert was held in Beijing, and the same year the album "2018鹿晗RE:X巡回演唱会 (Live)" was released.
On April 17 and August 30, 2019, Lu Han released the single albums "π-volume.1" and "π-volume.2". On August 9 the science-fiction war film "上海堡垒" opened, and Lu Han played 江洋, a member of 灰鹰小队. In March 2020 Lu Han was a coach on the Tencent Video variety show "创造营2020". On April 1 "咖啡", the first collaboration with 吴亦凡, went online. On July 20 the Tencent Video web series "穿越火线" aired, and Lu Han played "肖枫". On September 2 the light science-fiction suspense series "在劫难逃" premiered, and Lu Han played 赵彬彬. In November Lu Han became a member of the travel group on "哈哈哈哈哈", a variety show aired jointly by Tencent Video and iQiyi.
On May 29, 2023, Lu Han released "纵横宇宙", the Chinese theme of the film "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse". From June 23 Lu Han held the πDAY concerts at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing. On June 13, 2025, the album "Seasons" was released, and on June 27 the season4 Asia tour opened at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. On October 24 and 25 the tour was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum. From April 4 to June 21, 2026, Lu Han took part in "五哈第六季", a variety show aired by Tencent Video and iQiyi.
Lu Han has also taken part in seasons three and four of the Zhejiang Television variety show "奔跑吧兄弟", and wrote lyrics for the song "Roleplay".
Overview
- Born
- April 20, 1990age 36
- Born in
- Haidian District · Mainland China
- Career start
- Debut as group member · April 8, 2012
- Active
- April 8, 2012 – present14 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 鹿晗, Luhan
- Instruments
- Vocals
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