Jiro Wang
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| Jiro Wang 汪東城/汪东城 |
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| Birth name | Wang Dong Cheng |
| Also known as | Jiro Wang Da Dong |
| Born | August 24, 1981 |
| Origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Genre(s) | Mandarin Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Singer, Model |
| Instrument(s) | guitar |
| Years active | 2001–present (modeling) 2004–present (acting) 2005–present (singing) |
| Label(s) | HIM International Music WOW Music (HK Only) |
| Associated acts | Fahrenheit Dong Cheng Wei |
Jiro Wang (traditional Chinese: 汪東城; simplified Chinese: 汪东城; pinyin: Wāng Dōngchéng), nicknamed Da Dong (traditional Chinese: 大東; simplified Chinese: 大东) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is currently a member of the boy band Fahrenheit, and is widely known as the male lead in the Taiwanese idol drama KO One (終極一班) and it sequel The X-Family, as Ah Jin in It Started With a Kiss and its sequel, and Jin Xiu Yi in the live-action Taiwanese drama, Hana-Kimi (花樣少年少女).
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[edit] 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. [1] 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 Mandarin, and understands conversational Cantonese and English.
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 (東城衛). However, the members in the band remain the same.
When he was 18, his father died, leaving him to pay his family's debt. That is the reason why he's in so many commercials and models.
[edit] Television series
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2008 | 翻滾吧！蛋炒飯 / Rolling Love [2][3] | Mi Qi Lin 米麒麟 |
| 2007 | 惡作劇2吻 / They Kiss Again | Jin Yuan Feng / 金元豐 / Kinnosuke Ikezawa |
| 2007 | 終極一家 / The X-Family | Xia Lan Xing De Tian / 夏蘭荇德‧天 / Wang Da Dong / 汪大東 / Gui Long / 鬼龍 / Zack |
| 2006 | 花樣少年少女 / Hanazakarino Kimitachihe | Jin Xiu Yi / 金秀伊 / Shuichi Nakatsu |
| 2005 | 終極一班 / KO One | Wang Da Dong / 汪大東 |
| 2005 | 惡作劇之吻 / It Started With a Kiss | Jin Yuan Feng / 金元豐 / Kinnosuke Ikezawa |
| 2004 | 第八號當舖 / The Pawnshop No. 8 |
[edit] Music career
- Further information: Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band)
Wang was the first member to join Fahrenheit. He is the baritenor vocalist of the group. His publicized temperature is that of hot Summer, at 95 degrees. He also represents "Hot" .
[edit] References
- ^ (Chinese) Fahrenheit's Jiro Wang was actually Jay Chou's Junior. May 16, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ (Chinese) Jiro Wang and Aaron Yan to be in a new drama. July 21, 2007. Retrieved September 08, 2007.
- ^ (Chinese) Jiro Wang and Danson Tang in new drama. September 22, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
[edit] External links
- HIM International Music (Chinese)
- Fahrenheit: Official Japan Site (Japanese)
- Jiro's Blog
- Jiro Star (Chinese)
