Name: Utada Hikaru (Hikaru Utada)
Nickname: Hikki, Cubic U
Birth date: January 19th, 1983
Birthplace: New York, USA
Height: 158cm
Blood type: A
Husband: Kazuaki Kiriya
Language spoken: English and Japanese
Profession: Singer and song writer
Hobbies: Literature, spicy stuffs, photography and web-surfing
Specialties: Touch typing, Tetris, biting the bullet, reading minds, moving just the smallest toe of my left foot, full leg splits and other instances of flexibility
Favourite places: Mexico, Machu Picchu and the Sahara Desert
Favourite artists: Nine Inch Nails, Mozart, Jimi Hendrix, Bela Bartok, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Edith Piaf, Cocteau Twins, Jeff Buckley, Chick Corea, The Blue Nile, Freddie Mercury, Bjork, Yutaka Ozaki, and Hibari Misora
Favourite movies: Amadeus, Crash, Munich, Brazil, Tasogare Seibei, Lost Highway, The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather Part II, The Jerk, Orlando, and works by Hayao Miyazaki
Utada Hikaru was born in a family with both Japanese parents involved in music industry; Utada’s music talent was nurtured in an early age and she showed her potential by recording her first English album “Precious” at the age of 12.
Precious was not actually released in US, but later discovered by a Japanese producer and released it in Japan in 1998. The album received some good reviews and Utada Hikaru, at age of 15 back then, was gradually gaining fame.
Seeing Utada’s potential, the Japan recording company (Toshiba-EMI) convinced her to release her Japanese album instead.
Utada Hikaru released her first Japanese single “Automatic” in 1999 and was an instant hit. Shortly after that Utada released her first Japanese album, “First Love” that sold over 10 million copies across Asia. “First Love” is still until today the best selling music album in Japan.
In 2000 Utada went back to US for further study in Columbia University; her university life was interrupted when she released her 2nd and 3rd Japanese album “Distance” (2001) and “Deep River” (2002) which both sold for multi million copies.
Utada Hikaru didn’t finish her university studies due to health issues and a busy successful singing career.
Utada Hikaru then surprised many when she married Kazuaki Kiriya, a photographer she worked with numerous times, shortly after the released of Deep River in 2002.
In 2004 Utada Hikaru released her ambitious English album “Exodus” that was not very successful in US market. Her single “Devil Inside” however managed to become a disco club hit and claimed #1 spot at Billboard Hot Dance/Club Airplay charts.
Utada Hikaru has just released her 4th Japanese album, “Ultra Blue” in June 2006.
Utada’s musical success is often compared to another Japanese pop diva Ayumi Hamasaki, especially in the early 2000s. Their rivalry is not as fierce now with the rising of other Japanese pop stars.
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This two has really hot chemistry! This is one of my favorite commercials. I love the black and white visuals, the music and just about everything on it. Its a must watch..
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Lee Hyori was member of Korean pop girls group Fin.K.L. (Fine Killing Liberty) that debuted in 1998. FinKL later went dormant when 2 of the 4 girls decided not to pursue a singing career.
It was Oak Joo-hyun who first introduced her successful solo album before Lee Hyori solo debut that rocked the Korean music industry in 2003, with her album “Stylish E.”
Stylish E was a superhit, and Hyori went on to grabs 7 music awards at the prestigious Daesangs 2003.
In 2003, Hyori also starred in TV drama, “Three Leaf Clover,” and was quite a success as well. Hyori dominated the Korean entertainment arena that year, the Korean media actually joked that 2003 is “The Year of Hyori.”
Lee Hyori and former members for FinKL gathered shortly again in 2005 to produce an album before Chori released her 2nd solo album, “Dark Angel” in February 2006.
Hyori’s 2nd solo album however sparked some controversies with accusation of plagarism. Apparently her single “Get Ya” sounded too similar with a Britney Spears song, the issue was already settled and Dark Angel was quite a success with some great dance hits.
Story 2 of SKT Nate Rain Series. This is a very groovy commercial. Wanna see Rain showing his moves on the street? Then watch this! I love the music too..But I do have to say this.. What’s up with his pants? It looks hideous.
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Family members: Parents, a younger brother and a younger sister
Profession: Actor and model
Hobbies: Basketball, movies and music (and sleep)
Favorite cartoon character: Doraemon
Favorite colors: Black, blue and white
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite actors: Ekin Cheng, Tom Cruise and Takeshi Kaneshiro
Favorite actresses: Liv Taylor and Charlize Theron
Favorite movie: James Bond 007 series
Favorite singers: Bon Jovi and Avril Lavigne
Mike He Jun Xiang started his career modelling for magazines and TV commercials, and become popular with his attractive figure, handsome looking and charming smile.
Mike He then appeared in a few music videos with Valen Hsu and Angelica Lee before making his debut in acting.
Mike He is still active in modeling and posed for a few classic advertisement as well as TV commercials, and continues to feature with some other MVs, the more popular include his appearance in MVs of Ariel Lin, Rainie Yang and Tanya Chuah.
Mike’s first TV drama was “7th Grade” in 2003/2004 starring alongside Ariel Lin. He did not play the main role, but he later reunited with Ariel again in 2004 TV drama “Love Contract” where he played as the leading actor.
In 2004 Mike He also had a short but catchy appearance in the highly rated TV drama “Say Yes Enterprise.”
2005 is a breakthrough year for Mike He, his TV dramas “Devil Beside You” with Rainie Yang and Express Boy with Xu Wei Lun were 2 of the best rated TV series in Taiwan that year.
Mike’s TV dramas are popular overseas, he has lots of fans in Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia as well as Western countries like Australia and USA.
Mike’s 2006 drama “Marry Me” has just finished showing in Taiwan and will air in other countries soon.
Mike He has just finished filming TV drama “Exchange Love” with Rainie. The drama is highly anticipated as it features the same cast and production team of Devil Beside You.
Education: Joong Kyung High School, Kyung Hee Cyber University
Hobbies: Watching movies, writing letters, and photography
Biography
Yoon Eun Hye first entered the entertainment industry in 1999 as a member of the K-pop girl group Baby Vox. She left the group in 2005 to pursue an acting career. Yoon performed her first major role in a drama, Goong as Shin Chae-gyung. This role propelled her to stardom. She portrayed as a tough girl named Han Su in her first movie, Escaping from Charisma. Her next drama after Goong was a comedy called The Vineyard Man. Yoon Eun Hye was the lead star of The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince portraying the lead in the drama. Criticism of her acting arose after the first episode aired, but then came to a stop, after displaying her acting talent as the drama proceeded. In light of this, different companies were eying her to endorse their products due to her increased popularity.
