Rain (singer)

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Rain (2011)
Rain (2011)

Jung Ji-hoon
Hangeul 정지훈
Hanja 鄭智 薰
Revised
Romanization 		Jeong Ji-hun
McCune-
Reischauer 		Chŏng Chihun
stage name
Hangeul 비
Revised
Romanization 		Bi
McCune-
Reischauer 		pi

Rain ( 비 ['piː]; born June 25, 1982 in Seoul , South Korea as Jung Ji-hoon ) is a South Korean actor, R&B and K-pop singer and model.

Surname

Jung Ji-hoon's stage name means rain in all languages . In English he is called Rain . In Korea his name is 비 Bi and in Chinese he is known as 雨 . Only the term ピ Pi used in Japan is the transliteration of the Korean pronunciation.

Life

As a teenager, Rain was briefly in a band called the Fanclub from 1998 to 2000 . After the group broke up, Rain pursued the goal of becoming a dancer and attended auditions. Since he did not fit into the scheme, he was hardly paid any attention, but his dancing skills were praised. In 2000, Rain was cast by talent agency and record company JYP Entertainment . His mother died that same year. In the first few years Rain worked as a background dancer at JYP.

Jung Ji-hoon took the stage name Rain and released his first album Bad Guy in 2002 . The song of the same name became an instant hit in Asia. He then retired as a singer and began acting in dramas (including Sang Doo! Let's Go To School , 2003). After his success as a singer and actor Rain brought his second album How To Avoid The Sun ( Sunny 2 ) out with success of the single Way To Avoid The Sun .

In 2004 he stood in front of the camera for the television drama Full House , which received a constant audience rate of 30%. The series was a success in Asia. For his role in the series, he received the popularity award at the KBS Drama Awards .

In 2006 he made his debut as a film actor in Park Chan-wook's I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK , opposite Lim Su-jeong . The film was awarded the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2007 Berlinale . In 2008 Rain stood in front of the camera for the first time in an American production by the Wachowski brothers . In the film Speed ​​Racer , Rain played the racing driver Taejo Togokahn , based on the anime Speed ​​Racer . At the end of 2008 he played the leading role in Ninja Assassin , another American production by director James McTeigue , with the Wachowskis as producers alongside Joel Silver . For the film, Rain had to rehearse and train martial arts elements. The film was filmed in Berlin .

He gave his first concert in Germany on May 19, 2011 as part of the Dresden Music Festival . In the same year, he began his military service on October 11, 2011 in the city of Uijeongbu . He was released on July 10, 2013. A year later he starred in The Prince - Only God Forgives (2014) alongside Bruce Willis and John Cusack in front of the camera. He also played the leading role alongside Liu Yifei in the Chinese film Lù Shuǐ Hóng Yán ( 露水 红颜 , 2014).

Rain (2014)

In 2015, Rain founded his own company, the RAIN Company.

On January 19, 2017, he married actress Kim Tae-hee in a Roman Catholic ceremony. He had been baptized a short time earlier. In October 2017, Rain became the father of a daughter. The couple's second daughter was born in September 2019.

In 2019, Rain starred in the biography of Korean cycling legend Uhm Bok-dong . He became a hero when he defeated the Japanese athletes in a race during the Japanese occupation of Korea .

Discography

Korean

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
KR KR JP JP
2002 Bad guy
 KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		JP14 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryJP
First published: May 13, 2002
2003 Rain 2
 KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		JP12 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryJP
First published: October 16, 2003
2004 It's raining
 KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		JP7 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryJP
First published: October 10, 2004
2006 Rain's World
 KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		JP7 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryJP
First published: October 14, 2006
2008 Rainism
 KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryKR 		JP4 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryJP
First published: October 15, 2008
2014 Rain Effect
 KR1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2014KR 		JP29 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2014JP
First published: January 2, 2014

Japanese

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
KR KR JP JP
2006 Eternal Rain
 KR-KR JP14 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryJP
First published: September 16, 2006

Filmography

TV Shows

  • 2003: Sang Doo! Let's Go To School ( 상두 야 학교 가자 !)
  • 2004: Full House ( 풀 하우스 )
  • 2005: A Love to Kill ( 이 죽일 놈 의 사랑 )
  • 2010: The Fugitive: Plan B ( 도망자 Plan.B)
  • 2014: My Lovely Girl ( 내겐 너무 사랑 스러운 그녀 )
  • 2015: Diamond Lover ( 다이아몬드 러버 )
  • 2016: Come Back Mister ( 돌아와요 아저씨 )
  • 2018: Sketch ( 스케치 )

Movies

Awards

In addition to numerous prizes and awards, Rain was also listed by Time Magazine in April 2006 in the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World" ( 100 most influential people who shape our world ). The following year, he was voted number 1 in an online survey by the magazine. In 2011 it again reached number one in the reader survey.

Music awards

Golden Disk Award

  • 2002: Award in the Best New Artist category
  • 2004: Bonsang
  • 2008: Bonsang

KBS Music Awards

  • 2002: Award in the Best New Artist category
  • 2002: Award in the Most Popular Singer Award by Producers category
  • 2004: Artist of the Year

KMTV Music Awards

  • 2002: Award in the Best New Artist category
  • 2003: Award in the Best Singer category

Mnet Asian Music Awards

  • 2002: Award in the Best New Artist category for Bad Guy
  • 2004: Award for the best music video of the year : It's Raining
  • 2006: Award in the Best Singer category for I'm Coming
  • 2010: Award for the best dance performance in the solo category for Love Song

MTV Asia Awards

  • 2005: Award for Best Korean Singer

SBS Music Awards

  • 2002: Award in the Best New Artist category
  • 2003: Bonsang
  • 2003: popularity award
  • 2004: Bonsang
  • 2004: popularity award
  • 2006: Bonsang
  • 2008: Award for Best Song for Rainism

Seoul Music Awards

  • 2002: Award in the Best New Artist category
  • 2003: Bonsang
  • 2004: Bonsang

Channel V Music Video Awards

  • 2005: Award in the category Best Single
  • 2005: Award in the Most Popular Asian Singer category

IFPI Hong Kong Music Sale Awards

  • 2006: Korea and Japan Music Award

MTV China Awards

  • 2005: Award for Best Korean Artist

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

  • 2005: Best Buzz Asia from Korea

Korean Music Awards

  • 2004: Award in the Best Singer category

China Music Awards

  • 2015: Award for Most Influential Korean Artist in Asia

Busan One Asia Festival

  • 2016: Award for his contribution to promoting K-Pop

Film awards

MTV Movie Awards

  • 2010: Award in the Biggest Badass Star category for Ninja Assassin

Baeksang Arts Awards

  • 2004: Sang Doo popularity award! Let's go to school
  • 2007: Award in the Best New Film Actor category for I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

Daejong Film Award

KBS Drama Awards

  • 2003: Award for Best New Actor for Sang Doo! Let's go to school
  • 2003: Award in the category best screen pair with Gong Hyo-jin for Sang Doo! Let's go to school
  • 2003: popularity award ( actor ) for Sang Doo! Let's go to school
  • 2003: Netizen Award ( Actor ) for Sang Doo! Let's go to school
  • 2004: Excellence Award ( Actor ) for Full House
  • 2004: Award in the category Best Screen Couple with Song Hye-kyo for Full House
  • 2004: Popularity Award ( Actor ) for Full House
  • 2004: Netizen Award ( Actor ) for Full House
  • 2005: Netizen Award ( Actor ) for A Love to Kill

Web links

Commons : Rain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeon Where: 비, 16 세 당시 팬클럽 활동 과거 사진 공개 '말라깽이 였네'. (No longer available online.) In: Ilgan Sports. November 12, 2011, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; Retrieved November 17, 2018 (Korean).
  2. ↑ a b Pop star Rain (Bi), reaching out beyond Asia. In: HanCinema. KBS Global , October 26, 2005, accessed November 17, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Han Eun-jung: Rain Gets Ready to Pour It On. In: HanCinema. The Korea Times , June 14, 2005, accessed November 17, 2018 .
  4. ↑ 10 Hallyu Stars. In: The Korea Times . October 14, 2007, accessed November 17, 2018 .
  5. ^ Dresden Music Festival : 2011 program (PDF; 2.2 MB), accessed on July 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Jin-Man Lee: K-Pop Star Rain Joins South Korean Army. In: Billboard . October 11, 2011, accessed November 17, 2018 .
  7. ↑ SKorean pop star Rain discharged from military Japan Today from July 10, 2013 (English).
  8. ↑ June Kim: Rain and LIU Yifei Melodrama Opens in Chinese Theaters. Kpop Star Rain Extends His Range to Mainland. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, November 20, 2014, accessed on November 17, 2018 .
  9. ↑ 가수 비, 1 인 기획사 '레인 컴퍼니' 설립. MBC, October 12, 2015, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Rain, Kim Tae-hee become top celebrity husband and wife. In: Yonhap . January 19, 2017, accessed January 22, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Rain, Kim Tae-hee welcome first daughter. In: The Korea Herald . October 25, 2017, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Actress Kim Tae-hee gives birth to second daughter. In: The Korea Herald . Yonhap , September 19, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Jie Ye-eun: Rain, Kang So-ra to star in 'Uhm Bok-dong'. In: The Korea Herald . April 18, 2017, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Pierce Conran: Rain Sets Big Screen Comeback with KANG So-ra in Period Sports Drama. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. April 6, 2017, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  15. ↑ a b ピ （ｒａｉｎ） の ア ル バ ム 売 り 上 げ ラ ン キ ン グ . In: Oricon .
  16. ↑ The 2006 TIME 100. Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world. In: Time . Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  17. ↑ The TIME 100 - Are They Worthy? Your TIME 100. In: Time . Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  18. ^ The 2011 TIME 100. In: Time . Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  19. ^ Singer Rain Achieves MTV Asia Grand Slam. In: HanCinema. July 25, 2005, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  20. ^ Rain Wins "Korean Artist of the Year" Award in China. In: HanCinema. July 25, 2005, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  21. ^ Rain Wins Best Buzz Asia Award at MTV Japan. In: HanCinema. KBS, May 30, 2005, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Singer Rain receives award at Chinese top ceremony. In: Korea Herald . April 19, 2015, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  23. ^ Rain Awarded at K-Pop Festival in Busan. In: Chosun Ilbo . October 4, 2016, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Jean Oh: Rain gets 'Biggest Badass Star' award. In: The Korea Herald . June 7, 2010, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  25. ^ Family Ties Wins Top Prize at Home. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, June 13, 2007, accessed November 16, 2018 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jung is the family name here, Ji-hoon is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Rain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jung, Ji-hoon (real name); 정지훈 (real name, Hangeul); 鄭智 薰 (real name, Hanja); Jeong, Ji-hun (real name, revised Romanization); Chŏng, Chihun (real name, McCune-Reischauer); 비 (stage name, Korean)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean actor and R&B and pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea