Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Jiro Wang

Jiro Wang , nicknamed Da Dong is a actor and singer. He is currently a member of the boy band '''', and is widely known as the male lead in the Taiwanese idol drama ''KO One'' and it sequel The X-Family, as Ah Jin in '''' and its sequel, and ''Jin Xiu Yi'' in the live-action Taiwanese drama, .

Biography



Jiro Wang was born August 24, 1981, in Taiwan. He graduated at Fu Shin Trade and Arts College with a degree in Advertising Design. After his graduation he dedicated his life toward the entertainment business. He was first asked to join the entertainment business because of his good looks and singing talent that he showed at a singing competition. BMG, the label that signed him, planned to package him with Jay Chou and Jordan Chan to form a boyband called 3J, but because of 9/11, BMG's stocks crashed and the 3J plan was scrapped. Jiro then decided to continue his career in the industry by working backstage, mainly in charge of fashion designing and other designing necessities, as well as commercial modeling. He was approached again around 2004, when his acting career began.

He speaks fluent Taiwanese and , and understands conversational and .

He used to play in an underground band named Karma as the lead singer. They have performed a song called 人間逃亡記, lyrics composed by Jiro. After that, the band changed the name to Dong Cheng Wei . However, the members in the band remain the same.

When he was 18, his father died, leaving him with his single mother to pay the family's debt. That is the reason why he's in so many commercials and models. Such as the commercial for the Meng Niu, a new yoghurt drink; Suan Tian with S.H.E.

Television series




Music career



Wang was the first member to join . He is the baritenor vocalist of the group. His publicized temperature is that of hot Summer, at 95 degrees. He also represents "Cool" .

Guest Appearances


Wang performed in numerous mv's and commercials before his rise to stardom. After the debut of Fahrenheit, he was acted opposite follow HIM International Music artist, Liu Li Yang, in her music video ''Tears Smiled''

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Not cool but HOT. because he represents SUMMER.