K-Pop House's: J-Tune

Rabu, 14 September 2011

RAIN file

Name : Jung Ji-Hoon

Born : June 25, 1982

Occupation : Singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, record producer, music executive, actor, choreographer, dancer, designer

Labels : JYP Entertainment (2002–07), J. Tune Entertainment (2007–present)
William Morris Endeavor (2009–present)

Rain's musical career includes seven albums (six Korean, one Japanese), 19 singles and numerous concert tours around the world. His acting career began in 2003, when he won the KBS Best New Actor award for his role in the drama Sang Doo! Let's Go To School. In 2004, Rain won the KBS Excellence in Acting award for his role in the drama Full House. After starring in A Love To Kill, he acted in his first Korean film, I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), which won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Rain has acted in the American films Speed Racer (2008) and Ninja Assassin (2009), the latter of which made him the first Korean to win an MTV award.
In 2007, Rain left the management of JYP Entertainment and started his own company, J. Tune Entertainment.

(rain at ninja assasins)

(in Full House with Song Hae Kyo)

On April 6, 2010, Rain released a special mini-album titled Back to Basic including the singles "Love Song", with the MV starring Korean actress Han Ye Seul and "Hip Song".

From late September to early December 2010, Rain starred in TV drama The Fugitive: Plan B (Korean: 도망자). It was aired on KBS2 and costarred Lee Na-young, and the supporting cast included Lee Jung-jin, Daniel Henney, and Japanese actors Uehara Takako and Naoto Takanaka.

He is listed on TIME 100 for the second time. In October Rain represented Korea and performed at the 7th Asia Song Festival, organised by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

Military service

Rain revealed his future plans on September 27, 2010 at a press conference for The Fugitive: Plan B. He decided to hold off on his military service until the following year to study for his masters degree.
Rain filmed Red Scarf in March, 2011 and it's scheduled for a November release. It co-stars Kim Sung-Soo, Yoo Jun-sang, Lee Jong-seok, and Lee Hana. He wrapped filming in September on film Soar Into the Sun, where he plays a talented yet troublemaking elite air force pilot who is demoted to the combat flying unit. It is directed by Kim Dong-hoon and scheduled for release in 2012.
On September 23, Rain announced that he would enlist in the military on October 11. He reported for 21 months of compulsory military service at the 306th Army draft camp in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do province.