Jiro Wang

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jiro Wang
汪東城/汪东城


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Birth_name = Wang Dong Cheng
Background = solo_singer
Alias=Jiro Wang
Da Dong
Born = birth date and age|1981|8|24
Origin = Republic of China (Taiwan)
Genre = Mandarin Pop
Occupation = Actor, Singer, Model
Instrument = guitar
Years_active = 2001–present (modeling)
2004–present (acting)
2005–present (singing)
Label = HIM International Music
WOW Music (HK Only)
Associated_acts = Fahrenheit
Dong Cheng Wei

Jiro Wang (zh-tsp|t=汪東城|s=汪东城|p=Wāng Dōngchéng), nicknamed Da Dong (zh-ts|t=大東|s=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).

Biography

Jiro Wang was born August 24, 1981, in Taiwancoming 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. [zh icon [http://ent.china228.com/html/2007/5/16/56972.html Fahrenheit's Jiro Wang was actually Jay Chou's Junior] . May 16, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2007.] 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 with his single mother to pay the family's debt. That is the reason why he's in so many commercials and models. Such as the commercial for the Meng Niu, a new yoghurt drink; Suan Tian with 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." (crunchyroll)

Television series

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" . (Chinese: 酷; pinyin: ku)

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" (zh-tsp|t=眼泪笑了|s= 眼淚笑了)

References

External links

* [http://www.him.com.tw/ HIM International Music] zh icon
* [http://frhj.tv/ Fahrenheit: Official Japan Site] ja icon
* [http://www.wretch.cc/blog/gyapower Jiro's Blog]
* [http://www.jirostar.com Jiro Star] zh icon
* [http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/Jiro-love]