Lee Jin-ki born December 14, 1989), better known by his stage name Onew is a South Korean idolsinger, dancer, lyricist, presenter, radio host, MC, and promotional model. He is a member of South Korean boy group Shinee under the label of SM Entertainment, as the leader and lead vocalist.

Onew graduated from the Gwangmyeong Information Industry High School. In his senior year in high school, Onew had ranked as the second top student in his grade. Furthermore, Onew had the highest national score for their high school SATs exam. He is currently attending Chungwoon University, his major being broadcasting music.

On June 2009 during the finale of the show Music Bank Onew fainted after a massive light fixture toppled and almost hit him. Onew was able to avoid the accident because Kyuhyun and Siwonfrom Super Junior prevented the fixture from hitting him. Despite not being physically injured, Onew displayed signs of mental trauma and was diagnosed psychologically unstable. He fainted again later on in the waiting room and was immediately transported to the hospital.

Onew was scheduled to perform with the rest of the SHINee members at KBS 2TV‘s K-pop festival special, ‘Music Bank in Paris‘ on 2 February 2012, but was unable to, due to an ankle injury.

Shinee is a South Koreancontemporary R&B boy group under the management of SM Entertainment. Formed in 2008, the group consists of Onew, Jonghyun,Key, Minho, and Taemin. They made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their single, "Replay".

Since their debut, Shinee has released three full-length albums (in Korean language; with one being a separate double-album release), four mini-albums, one live album and various singles. They have also won many awards, held three concert tours and starred in their own reality shows. Shinee is considered to be a fashion icon having started the "Shinee Trend" and are known for their highly synchronized and complicated dancing.

They made their Japanese debut on June 22, 2011 by releasing a Japanese version of their single, Replay, and gained the title "The artist who managed to get in top 3 for 3 continuous releases since debut" for the foreign artist category. Such an achievement had never been gained by anyone else ever since the single ranking chart was established 45 years ago, in January 1968, followed by their first Japanese studio album, The First on December 7, 2011. Their second Japanese album, Boys Meet U, was released on June 26, 2013 under EMI Records Japan after EMI Music Japan was officially absorbed into Universal Music Japan and has been renamed to "EMI Records Japan".