Yoon San-ha

Biography

Yoon San-ha (Korean: 윤산하; born March 21, 2000), known mononymously as Sanha, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Astro and a former member of its sub-unit Moonbin & Sanha. Yoon made his acting debut in the web series To Be Continued in 2015. He later debuted as a solo artist with the extended play (EP) Dusk in 2024.

Early life

Yoon San-ha was born on March 21, 2000. He graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School in 2019.
He is the youngest in his family and has 2 older brothers: Jun-ha and Je-ha.

2013–2015: Career beginnings

Yoon was accepted as a Fantagio iTeen trainee on December 16, 2012. He was the third trainee to be officially introduced with the Fantagio iTeen Photo Test Cut. In August 2015, Yoon along with the other of his group participated in the web-drama To Be Continued.

2016–2023: Debut with Astro, unit debut and solo activities

Yoon debuted as part of the six-member group Astro on February 23, 2016, with the mini album Spring Up.
In July 2018, Yoon was chosen as a host for the teenager-focused talk show Yogobara. He hosted alongside GFriend's Umji.
In July 2019, Yoon and MJ were confirmed to be the MCs of the TVN D's variety talk show Blanket Kick at Night.
On March 4, 2020, Yoon was announced to be a new host for Show Champion along with bandmate Moonbin and Verivery's Kangmin. On August 14, 2020, Fantagio confirmed that Yoon and Moonbin would form Astro's first sub-unit, called Moonbin & Sanha. On September 14, 2020, they released their first extended play called In-Out, with the title track "Bad Idea". They received their first win from SBS MTV's The Show marking their first win as a sub-unit and third win as Astro.
On September 16, 2021, Fantagio confirmed that Yoon would be starring in a web drama titled Your Playlist alongside DreamNote's Sumin. The web drama premiered on October 15, 2021. On November 19, 2021, It was revealed that Yoon has been cast in the South Korean production of hit Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz. Yoon would play the role of Abraham and star alongside Golden Child's Y and Joochan, NU'EST's Baekho and SF9's Taeyang.
In 2022, Yoon joined the KBS drama Crazy Love which was his debut television drama. On December 30, 2022, Fantagio released an official statement and stated that Yoon had decided to renew his contract with the agency.
On April 19, 2023, after Moonbin's death, Yoon's sub-unit with him disbanded. On August 25, it was announced that Yoon would star in the Drama Special – Joseon Chefs, which was set to premiere on December 16.

2024–present: Solo debut and rising popularity

On February 8, 2024, according to Fantagio, Yoon will be having intimate theater concert "SANiGHT Project #1". It began on March 20 in South Korea, and Japan. On July 8, Yoon was cast in a supporting role in the JTBC drama Romance in the House. On July 16, it was announced that Yoon would be making his solo debut with his first mini-album Dusk, which was released on August 6. On July 17, Yoon released a promotion scheduler for the album. On August 2, it was announced that Yoon would be starring in a webtoon based romance drama My Girlfriend Is the Man!. 4 days later, Dusk was released alongside its lead single "Dive".

Fashion and endorsements

In December 2024, Yoon became a global ambassador for the American luxury brand Barneys New York Beauty.

Songwriting credits

All credits are listed under the Korea Music Copyright Association unless otherwise stated.