Dana

I admire Dana because she built her career on the one thing that never goes out of style: the voice. Born Hong Sung-mi in Seoul, she stepped out through H.O.T's film in 2000 and went solo a year later, holding her own as a genuine vocalist in an industry obsessed with image. What really wins me over is her later turn to musical theatre and vocal coaching. That tells me she treats singing as a craft, not just a launchpad to fame. I have a soft spot for artists who keep refining their technique and then pass it on to the next generation. Dana strikes me as exactly that kind of quiet professional.

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Name (English)

Dana

Name (Japanese)

ダナ

Reading

だな

Born

July 17, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

singer / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

University

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• Official sitehttp://thegrace.smtown.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/i.m_dana/
• Xhttps://x.com/melodana
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20(South%20Korean%20singer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461117

Tags

• singer
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.