Hou Minghao

Hou Minghao

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1997-08-03 (27 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Beijing, China

Biography

Neo Hou is a Chinese actor and pop singer from Beijing, China. He graduated from the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (北京現代音樂研修學院). He debuted on December 12, 2014, as a member of the boy group Fresh Geek Youth (新鮮娛樂), releasing their first album "UP 4 U." He left the group on January 11, 2016, to pursue a solo career in acting and music.

Born into a military family with a three-generation military background, he began learning the accordion at age four, winning several first-place awards in Beijing competitions over eight years. In 2012, at 15, he became a trainee at South Korea's SM Entertainment (SM엔터테인먼트) for a year and a half. He later returned to China in 2014 to join Shang Wenjie Studio (尚雯婕工作室), where he was selected as a trainee through Shang Laoban’s Trainee (尚老板的练习生).

Acting