Bae Yong Jun

Bae Yong Jun profile

Name : Bae Yong-jun
Date of Birth : August 29. 1972.
Birthplace : Mapo, Seoul
Height : 181 cm
Weight : Flexible weight as altering the cast...
Blood Type : Type O
Family : Father, Mother, Sister
Graduated : Il-mun preschool/ Myung-il elem./ Baejae mid./ Hanyoung high./
attending to FTM(Film,TV&Multimeadia) in school of art of Sungkyunkwan University
Awards : Rookie award of 1995(KBS), Valuable actor award and Popularity award of 1996(KBS),
Popularity award of 1997. 2002 (BackSang Award)

Hobbies : Bae Yong Jun enjoys Fishing, Reading and Watching Movies
Specialities : Bae Yong June plays Swimming, Water-skiing, Snow-board, Bowling and Kendo
Favorite looks : Jeans, Gym suits, Headgear, Sun glasses Goals : Film director, professor
Car owned : Black Equus
What his mom saw in the dream when pregnant : Blue Apple
Habits : take shower every free moments
Drinking Capacity : 2 bottles of Soju
For relax :Bae Yong June enjoys regular Exercise

Bae Yong Jun syndrome, striking hard at the groundwave in Japan
[Herald Economics]

4/21/04 12:05
'WLS' is recording the two-digit viewing rate in Japan.
The movie 'Scandal...' is popular too, expanded the screens by large numbers.

The 'Winter Sonata syndrome' is blowing in the Japan Isles.

The viewing rate of the drama 'Winter Sonata' with Bae Yong Jun rises up vertically..

Thanks to it, the scale of the distribution of the Bae Yong Jun led 'Scandal-The Love Story of Men & Women in Chosun' is expected to increase by over half from the original plan.

The viewing rate of the 'WLS,' which was first aired under the title of 'Winter Sonata' on NHK at 11:10 PM on the late 3rd, is rapidly rising.

Having recored the 9.4 % (Kanto) & 9.2 % (Kansai) for its first episode, the viewing rate of the second episode of the 'Winter Sonata' (aired one episode a week) on the 10th went over the 2-digit at last, followed by the 11.4 % 7 14.2 %, respectively for its 3rd episode on the 17th.

Considering that the viewing rate of the 'Winter Sonata Special Edition' with Bae Yong Junwhich was aired before the first episode was broadcast was only 5.1 %, it is the 'vertical rise.'

This kind of viewing rate is at the top level for the foreign dramas.,In addition, it is within the top ten viewing rate among the entire programs, including Japanese dramas.

Because the situation is that the 'WLS' has been aired twice already on the satellite station BS2 in 2003 and the DVDs have been released, the 2-digit viewing rate is considered as the amazing number by the Japanese brodcasting specialists.

The viewing rate of the last 4 weeks' episodes of the American drama 'The White House 2' which was aired in the same time belt before broadcasting of the 'Winter Sonata' had not reached 4 % in average.

Judging from the facat that the first ranked in the chart of the Japanese weekly drama viewing rate is at around 20%, the "Winter Sonata' is strongly predicted to ascend to throne at the top for the first time for the foreign drama.

Along with it, it is already the matter of interest to see where it will be ranked among the entire generations of the Japanese dramas (viewing rate) list.

The drama which recorded the best viewing rate in Japan among all generations of dramas is the 'Hero' (34.3%)

As the viewing rate rises, there arises the 'Winter Sonata" and Bae Yong Jun syndrome.

In Japan. the 'fuyusona boom' (a synthetic word of adding the 'boom' to the 'fuyu sonata' Japanese pronounciation of the 'Winter Sonata'), along with the 'Yon-sama,' name for Bae Yong Jun, are counted as the origin of the Korean Current hot wind.

It is to the degree that a press in Japan had reported that there created the word 'Winter Sonata divorce' indicating that the homemakers in 30~40th who lost their spirits to Yon-sama, would fight against their husband ending in the divorce.

Thanks to the 'Winter Sonata syndrome,' it seems that the scale of the release of the 'Scandal-The Love Story of Men & Women in Chosun' (Directed by Lee Jaeyong, Produced by Film Bom) slated for its opening on May 22, would increase in a large size from the original plan.

Although the CJ Entertainment, which is in charge of export to Japan, planned the opening scale of 100 nation-wide screens before Bae Yong Jun visited, it is now known that they increased the distribution scale to 150~200 screens as the 'Yon-sama syndrome' started blowing.

Reported by Lee Hyeongseok (suk@heraldm.com)

Born in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to Bae Yung (배영), Song Ki-Ok (송기옥, 宋基玉), he was educated in the in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. In his school days, Bae was a very quiet boy with few friends. He eventually went to study in Baejae Middle School and the Hanyoung High School. He has a sister, Bae Eun-Chuk (배윤축).

After graduating from the FTM (Film, TV & Multimedia) department in the school of arts in the Sungkyunkwan University, Bae later went onto his film debut in PpilKu in 1994. He later went on to star in dramas like "Salut D'Amour" and "Six Steps to Separation" in late 1994 and 1995 respectively. However, it was not until he starred as Jae-Ho in "True To Love" that he made his first breakthrough. But Bae, being ambitious in venturing out in his acting business, soon was acting in dramas of better quality like "Hotelier". At this time, Bae decided to let his hair grow long. In 2002, Bae truly managed to expand his acting business to Japan. "Winter Sonata," despite the fact that it was a TV drama and not a movie, razed all of Japan with as much as 80% of the country watching it. This popularity really gave both Bae and his co-star Choi Ji-woo a chance to shift their main stage from Korea to Japan. Other Korean movies and dramas also became quite popular following the fever. Bae also managed to get a deeper foothold into the Japanese and Southeast Asian market after he starred in the movie Untold Scandal as Jo Won. However, due to the fact that there are several strong sexual scenes in the movie, it did not appeal to the public nearly as much as "Winter Sonata". After making a tour to Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Phuket in 2004, Bae released his biography during his hysterical 4 1/2-day tour in Japan, where The Image: Volume 1 to commemorate the 10th year of his acting career. Since 2004, he has been the spokesman for the Japanese pizza chain Pizza-La. Past girlfriends of Bae include Choi Ji Woo and Lee San-Gang. Rumours from the internet claimed that Bae is currently engaged to Kim Tae Hee.

The highly anticipated collection Bae Yong-jun's fans have been longing for finally arrives at YesAsia.com! This VCD and CD bundle offers 7 music videos and 14 great hit original soundtracks of the four blockbuster TV dramas and film Bae Yong-jun performed in, including "Untold Scandal," "Winter Sonata," "Hotelier" and "Did We Really Love."
K-entertainment fans must check out the Chinese subtitled music videos that feature scenes of "Untold Scandal," "Winter Sonata" and "Hotelier." What's more the bundle comes with the profile of Bae Yong-jun and a slick booklet containing the lyrics of the hit songs and the images of Bae Yong-jun in various roles in the dramas and film. Preview the stunning image samples (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Act now to grab your copy to recapture the sensation of the K-dramas with Bae Yong-jun.