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Se7en
se7en ( Seven )
Name: Choi Dong Wook
Birthday: 11/09/84
Blood Type: B
Seven (Se7en)ight: 180 CM
Weight: 64kg
Nickname: Seven Eleven
Family: GrandmotSeven (Se7en)r, parents, 2 older sisters
Hobbies: music
Expertise: Singing, dancing, rapping.
Favouite Sport: basketball, snowboard, swimming
Religion: Christian
Fav. Musician: UsSeven (Se7en)r, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Dru Hill
Color: Black and White
Ideal Girlfriend: More than looks, Seven (Se7en) like personality. A girl who respects otSeven (Se7en)rs and is caring.
Treasures: Collection of 1000 CDS.
Dream Stage: Hwae Eh Moo Dae.
Future Goal: change tSeven (Se7en) world with my music
Motto: "Always be humble, have tSeven (Se7en) best Dreams"
SE7EN (세븐) is a popular Korean R&B/Hip-hop singer. His real name is Choi Dong Wook (최동욱) and Seven (Se7en) was born on November 9, 1984. Seven (Se7en) works under YG Family and has produced a total of two Korean albums, "Just Listen" and "Must Listen". His newest album is due to be released on March 15, 2006. SE7EN has also released a number of Japanese singles, "Hikari", "Style", and "Startline/Forever". His first Japanese album is due to be released on March 8, 2006.
Seven aka Se7en, is a very talented k-pop dancer and singer in Korea. Seven (Se7en) started training under tSeven (Se7en) management agency YG Family at tSeven (Se7en) age of 15. After 4 years of intense training in both singing and dancing, Seven made debut in tSeven (Se7en) local pop music scene in 2003 as tSeven (Se7en) first R&B singer of YG Family led by a former Taiji Boys member Yang Hyun-seok. His first album was called, "Seven vol.1 - Just Listen..."TSeven (Se7en) title song of Seven’s debut album “Please, Come to Me” is an R&B ballad number with upbeat melodies that received great response from pop music lovers. TSeven (Se7en) record company is confident enough to compare nineteen-year-young newcomer Seven to tSeven (Se7en) marvelous talents of UsSeven (Se7en)r and Justin Timberlake! TSeven (Se7en) hot talent made his debut at tSeven (Se7en) CF of jeans with Jang Dong Gun and Lee Dong Wook and due to his fabulous singing & dancing skills as well as his good-looks is highly expected to turn into tSeven (Se7en) next multi R&B singer! WSeven (Se7en)esung, Perry and Lexy also joined tSeven (Se7en) works for this debut masterpiece.
Seven’s second album called "Seven vol.2 - Must Listen", was released in July, 2004. It was ranked on top of tSeven (Se7en) charts proving that Seven has become one of tSeven (Se7en) great stars in tSeven (Se7en) K-pop scene. This time around Seven (Se7en) teamed-up with professional dancers who were earlier engaged in assignments for Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. Rumour has it that Se7en and his staff were haunted by a ghost during tSeven (Se7en) recording sessions. Decide for yourselves wSeven (Se7en)tSeven (Se7en)r tSeven (Se7en)re is any truth to tSeven (Se7en) said occurrence, while you are listening to Se7en's 2nd album.
Seven was awarded tSeven (Se7en) Best Rookie prize in SBS Music Awards in 2003. Seven (Se7en) was included among tSeven (Se7en) top 10 artists of tSeven (Se7en) year in 2004 by MBC. Be sure to keep an eye out for this kpop star to grow in popularity.
BoA
Big-in-Japan Korean pop princess BoA's success in Japan means more Korean artists are on the way...
The "Showcase Live" buffet at Velfarre in Tokyo this week may have included a bowl of kimchi but headline Korean J-Pop star BoA's performance was more about music than nationality.
With boy band Tohoshinki and the female foursome Tenjochiki as support, Japan's largest independent record label, Avex Group Holdings, and Korean management agency SM Entertainment held the event to celebrate BoA's fifth anniversary as a successful artist in Japan and her achievements in Asia.
BoA and six backup dancers kicked off her two-song set with "Nanairo no Ashita" (Tomorrow's Seven Colors), a poppy double-A side single released in April that reached as high as number three on the Oricon Weekly Sales chart.
"BoA is a star," said Araki Takashi, CEO of Avex, of the winner of the winner of the Most Influential Artist in Asia award at 2004 MTV Asia Awards. "She has developed beyond her cute image into a mature and beautiful artist."
With white boots and her hair pulled into a ponytail, BoA has indeed come a long way since her debut single for the Japanese market, a Japanese version of her Korean song "ID; Peace B," way back in 2001.
This year's album "Outgrow" is her fourth Japanese album to reach number one. Her 2005 single "Do the Motion" was only the fifth single by a non-Japanese artist to top the charts.
The video for "Key of Heart," which was shot in the mountains of California and whose single is set to hit stores in a five weeks, was shown to the 500-person <>music industry crowd immediately following her second song, "Everlasting," a ballad released as a single in February.
Tenjochiki opened the show with three hip-shaking dance selections, including their January Japan debut single "Boomerang."
The all-girl group will release their third single, the reggae-inspired "Juicy Love," early next month in Japan.
Avex executives are hopeful that the rap-influenced quintet Tohoshinki have the same positive vibe and momentum as EXILE just before they made it big in late 2003.
Tohoshinki, who displayed equal parts crooning, midsection-clutching, and rapping, through most of their three-song set, will release their seventh single "Sky" in August.
Though all of the artists being Korean, Avex emphasised that the event was first and foremost about the musicians themselves as artists.
"They are moulded and developed," Avex said about the performers in a statement following the show, "for the Japanese market as J-Pop artists with lyrics all in Japanese."
Kim Young-Min, SM Entertainment's CEO, said that the future of its artists in Asia appears bright.
"Not only have many artists under S.M. already become very successful," he said, "but there are still countless others who can reach the same level of success."
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Bae Yong-joon Profile
Name: Bae Yong-joon
Korean name: 배용준
Japanese nickname: Yon-sama (ヨン様)
DOB: August 29, 1972
Birth place: Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea
Height: 180cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Actor and businessman
(Also known as Bae Yong-jun, Bae Yong-june)
Bae Yong-joon Biography
Bae made his debut in TV drama “Salut D’Amour” (also known as “Greetings of Love”) in 1994. He starred in a few more dramas before making his breakthrough in 1997 with “First Love”. First Love was a huge success in Korea, but is relatively unknown in other countries.
Bae become internationally famous after starring in popular drama Hotelier in 2001. His popularity was further boost by the success of another popular drama “Winter Sonata” in 2002.
Winter Sonata, co-starring Choi Ji-woo (also co-star in First Love), is very popular across Asia especially in Japan. The drama made both stars iconic figures in Japan… they are still often rated the most popular Koreans in Japan these days.
Bae then surprised many with in 2003 with movie “Untold Scandal”, with some sensitive plots and sex scene (culture breaking in Asian sense). The movie didn’t perform well but Bae’s performance won acclaims and also landed his some best actor awards.
Bae then starred in movie “April Snow” (co-starring Son Ye-jin) in 2005. The movie was not a huge box office success in Korea, but was doing well across Asia (Japan in particular).
Bae’s latest project is in high budget epic TV drama “The Legend“, which has just started showing in Korea at the time of writing.
Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo shows why he is often referred as the sexiest man in Korea…
Daniel Henney is popular Korean-American actor and model that made his fame in Korea.
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Daniel Henney Profile
Name: Daniel Phillip Henney
Korean name: 다니엘 헤니
DOB: November 28, 1979
Birth place: Carson City, Michigan, USA
Height: 188cm
Profession: Actor and model
Daniel Henney Biography
Daniel’s father is an American of British (some say Irish) descent while her mother an American of Korean descent. He was a basketball player and attended colleges on scholarship; and admitted into University of Illinois at Chicago.
Daniel didn’t graduate from university though; he decided to quit his study and ventured into modelling in 2001 instead. He started modelling in Korea as well as some other Asian and European countries.
Daniel was already an established supermodel before making his acting debut in 2005… first in some cameo roles for “Hello Franceska”, before making his full debut with “My Lovely Sam Soon” the same year.
Sam Soon is the most popular Korean drama in 2005; although Daniel was starring as the supporting actor, his performance (and look) was widely notice.
Daniel then starred in another decent drama “Spring Waltz” in 2006; he also made his movie debut “Seducing Mr Perfect” but the movie didn’t perform very well on box office. His 2nd movie “My Father” (2007) did much better though.
Seducing Mr Perfect however revealed another of Daniel’s talent… singing. He sang the ending theme song together with Alex from boyband Clazziquai. I wouldn’t be surprised if Daniel managed to ink a recording deal and releases his album soon.
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Rain is one of Korea’s most popular pop stars. Rain is popular with his muscular figure and sizzling dance moves. Besides his successful music career, Rain has achieved decent results in acting as well.
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Rain Profile
Name: Jung Ji-hoon, Rain
Korean name: 정지훈
Nickname: Bi (means rain in Korean; 비)
DOB: June 25, 1982
Birth place: Seoul, Korea
Height: 184cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Singer and actor
(Also known as Ji-hoon Jung, Pi, Jung Ji-hun, Jeong Ji-hun)
Rain Biography
Rain started his entertainment career in teenage with boyband Fanclub, but the group didn’t achieve good results and was disbanded.
Rain didn’t want to give up on his music career, and went for lots of auditions before being accepted as a trainee with JYP Entertainment. Rain worked as a backup dancer while learning the skills to become a pop star under the guidance of his singer-boss Park Jin-young.
Kwon Sang-woo is Korean actor and male-model. He is most famous for his role in TV drama “Stairway to Heaven”, and is often referred as one of the sexiest man in Korea.
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Kwon Sang-woo Profile
Name: Kwon Sang-woo
Korean name: 권상우
DOB: August 5, 1976
Birth place: Daejoon, Korea
Height: 183cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Actor and model
(Also known as Sang-woo Kwon, Kwon Sang-wu, Kwone Sang-woo, Gwon Sang-woo)
Kwon Sang-woo Biography
Kwon Sang-woo worked as a model before making his acting debut in 2001. He started with some small roles in various movies and TV dramas before making his breakthrough in 2003 with movie “My Tutor Friend” and TV drama “Into the Sun”.
Later that year he starred in TV drama “Stairway to Heaven”, alongside popular actress Choi Ji-woo. The drama was a superhit in Korea and across Asia; Kwon Sang-woo becomes one of the most well-known Korean stars outside of Korea.
Kwon Sang-woo continued to star in other movies and dramas like “Love So Divine”, “Sad Sonata” and “Yasu” etc. His latest projects are movie “Fate” (also known as “Destiny”) and TV drama “Bad Love” (or “Cruel Love”).
Kwon Sang-woo Related Websites
The 3rd annual Andre Kim Best Star Awards was held at Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on April 30, 2007.
The event was organised by international renowned Korean designer Andre Kim. The list of superstars that participated in the catwalk was a clear evidence of how influential this fellow is in the Korean fashion and entertainment arena… (video on next post)
Actress Kim Hee-sun & actor Jo Hyun Jae; actor Lee Junki and actress Koh A-ra
