Jiro Wang

[-S.H.E & Fahrenheit Adik-]

Jiro Wang (Wang Dong-Cheng), nicknamed Da Dong, 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 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.

Biography

Jiro Wang was born August 24, 1981, in Taiwan coming from a poor background. 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 Mandarin, and understands conversational Cantonese and English.

He used to play in an underground band named Karma as the lead singer. After that, the band changed the name to Dong Cheng Wei. However, the members in the band remained the same.

When he was 18, his father died, leaving him with his single mother to pay the family's debt. This forced him into the commercial and modeling industry. Some of the commercials he has appeared in include one for Mei Nu (a kind of yogurt). He is also featured in Suan Tian with the female Taiwanese band S.H.E. .

"Because of [Jiro's] poor health, he often loses his voice, so he always has the medicine his mom prepared for him, Tong Da Hai*. Behind the stage, he's always so quiet, only because the doctor told him if he doesn't want to lose his voice again then don't talk as much. And because of Xerophthalmia he once couldn't complete the filming because he couldn't open his eyes. he also has Rhinitis which is why when he sings it sounds like the sound is coming from his nose."


Filmography


2008/2009 - Superstar Express - as Mars
2008 - Rolling Love - as Mi Qi Lin
2007 - They Kiss Again - Jin Yuan Feng
2007 - The X-Family - as Xia Lan Xing De Tian/Wang Da Dong/Gui Long/Zack
2006 - Hanazakarino Kimitachihe - as Jin Xiu Yi
2005 - KO One - as Wang Da Dong
2005 - It Started With a Kiss - as Jin Yuan Feng
2004 - The Pawnshop No. 8

Music career

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 "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.

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