Kim Jae joong (JYJ)
Kim Jae-joong (Hangul: 김재중; hanja: 金在中; born January 26, 1986), simply known as Jaejoong, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director. He is best known as a member of the Korean pop group JYJ, and was one of the original members of boy band TVXQ. Kim also went by the stage names, Hero Jaejoong (Hangul: 영웅재중; hanja: 英雄在中; “Youngwoong Jaejoong”) and Jejung (ジェジュン?).
Kim has branched out to act in dramas including Sunao ni Narenakute, Protect the Boss, and most recently Dr. Jin, and in films such as Heaven’s Postman and Jackal is Coming. He was also the Executive Director for JYJ’s 2011 Worldwide Tour and the 2011 LG Whisen Rhythmic All Stars.
In 2009 Kim, Junsu and Yoochun, started a lawsuit against their agency, S.M. Entertainment, and separated from TVXQ, soon founding their own band, JYJ. Their debut Japanese language EP The…, released in September 2010, and their first concert DVD from Tokyo Dome Thanksgiving Live in Dome both reached No. 1 on the Japanese Oricon album and DVD charts. The group’s global, English language debut album, The Beginning, was released in October 2010, featuring Kanye West. During the making of the album Kim did not speak fluent English.
In January 2011 they released a Korean EP, Their Rooms “Our Story”, with three of Kim’s own compositions, “Pierrot” (삐에로), “Nine” and “I.D.S.”. In April he toured Asia and North America with JYJ, and later South America and Europe. He was also stage director of the Asian leg of the tour. In September the band released a studio album called In Heaven, which sold 350,000 copies and ranked first on the Gaon charts. He composed two new songs for the album, “In Heaven” and “Get Out”, the latter was a collaboration with Yoochun. He composed “In Heaven” in memory of his good friend, Park Yong-ha, who committed suicide
Prior to his debut as a singer, Kim worked as an extra, playing a soldier in film Taegeukgi. Along with the other members of TVXQ, he acted in television programmes, Banjun Theater and Vacation.
In November 2009 Kim co-starred with Han Hyo-joo in a joint Korean-Japanese telecinema Heaven’s Postman, as Shin Jaejun, a young man who delivers letters written by the living to the dead and helps lingering ghosts settle their earthly affairs. This was followed by Fuji TV’s Japanese television drama Sunao ni Narenakute in September 2010. Where he portrayed a “doctor”, who moved from Korea to Japan with his younger sister, working for a medical equipment manufacturer.
In August 2011, he starred in his first television series in South Korea, with Choi Kang-hee and Ji Sung in Korean drama Protect the Boss. He played the role of seemingly perfect Director Cha Mu-won, nicknamed “Prince of the Financial World” for his business acumen, who becomes frustrated and fight against the constraints in his life. He was also in Ayumi Hamasaki’s music video for her 2010 song “Blossom”.
In May 2012, he starred in his second South Korean television series, Dr. Jin, with Song Seung-heon. He played the role of Kim Kyung Tak, a high-ranking officer of the police force of Joseon Dynasty, who is an illegitimate son of the Joseon era’s Prime Minister and his concubine. His character was entangled in a love triangle with his childhood friend, Hong Young-rae, and the drama’s main protagonist, Dr. Jin.
Kim starred in a teaser video along with actress Kim Ji-won, for debut song for Baek Seung-heon. He also wrote the lyrics for the song “Until the Sun Rises”, which was released on 7 November. However neither he nor Kim Ji-won were featured in the official full length music video.
In November 2012, Kim in his big screen debut in dark comedy feature film Jackal is Coming, portrayed Choi Hyun, a Hallyu star who is kidnapped by the assassin Bong Min-jung, played by labelmate Song Ji-hyo.
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