JKS

JKS

2012-06-28

[News] Jang Keun Suk captures Japanese entertainment programs.

[News] Jang Keun Suk captures Japanese entertainment programs. 
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Actor Jang Keun Suk recently appealed to the public by appearing on several Japanese programs.

On June 28, according to Jang’s agency, Jang visited Japan on June 22 and appeared on several popular entertainment programs.

 He appeared on music programs Fuji TV’s Hey! Hey! Hey! and NHK’s Music Japan to perform live.

He also appeared on several popular talk shows including Asahi TV’s Tetsuko’s Room and proved that he is one of the hottest stars in Japan.

When Jang appeared on Tetsuko’s Room, it seemed like he doesn’t need an interpreter because he spoke in fluent Japanese during the entire show.

Tetsuko Kuroganagi, famous MC for the show, which has been airing for 37 years and only top stars can appear on, was impressed by Jang.

After the show, she gave Jang a piece of candy, which is well known as her trademark that she doesn’t give to even famous Japanese entertainers.

She also took a picture intimately with Jang and surprised the entire crew.

2012-06-27

[News] Jang Geun Suk gets friendly with Kuroyanagi Tetsuko.


[News] Jang Geun Suk gets friendly with Kuroyanagi Tetsuko.

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Actor Jang Geun Suk shared photos of himself with famous Japanese entertainer Kuroyanagi Tetsuko.
On June 25th, Jang Geun Suk tweeted, “I’ve gotten closer to nuna! Please do! Come to Korea!“ He then added, “I also got some candy!” along with the two pictures above.
Fans commented, “He has a cute facial expression,” “They look very friendly with each other,” and Did he guest on ‘Tetsuko’s Room‘?”
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko is an author as well as the host of the popular Japanese talk show, ‘Tetsuko’s Room’.

2012-06-24

[News] Jang Keun Suk donates 2 million won for 20 students each.


[News] Jang Keun Suk donates 2 million won for 20 students each.

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Actor Jang Keun Suk’s love for new students became a hot issue.

In the episode of TV Chosun’s The Trend that aired on June 10, the popular segment titled “Made In” covered Jang Keun Suk and his school life at Hanyang University told by professor Choi Young In.

The professor began with compliment, “He’s a celebrity and an enthusiastic student before all the others. Despite his reputation as a Hallyu star, he is an easygoing person.

Last year, we provided 2 million won scholarship for 20 students each, only by the interest of Keun Suk’s payment to school. We decided not to use the principal he had donated. 

Who would give such amount of money for school?” She continued to talk about his love for younger students at school.

Also, a friend of Jang at university shared the star’s free life at school. 

He said that Jang organized a school festival himself and created a club in which he danced with actor Ha Suk Jin who enrolled in the same year. 

Jang’s friend revealed the video of their dance.



2012-06-22

[News/Photos] Jang Keun Suk’s new TV commercial goes on air on June 23rd .

[News/Photos] Jang Keun Suk’s new TV commercial goes on air on June 23rd .
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Jang Keun Suk acts in “Sky Perfect TV” commercial and it goes on air on June 23rd. 


The CF is for “Hallyu romance dramas full review ~Summer in love~” which have been broadcast so far. 


JKS appears on 2 versions; “JKS is absorbed” and “Kissing scenes”. 


The setting is that JKS is watching TV in his room from morning till night (even during eating time), as if he couldn’t take his eyes off the monitor. 


The CF was shot at the beginning of this month. In the CF, JKS was watching TV while eating ice cream and pizza. 


When he heard songs included his first album on the shooting set, he enjoyed posing and singing. After shooting, he played guitar and sang to entertain the staff.



2012-06-21

[News] Jang Keun Suk will appear on NHK’s music program for the first time.

[News] Jang Keun Suk will appear on NHK’s music program for the first time. 
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Jang Keun Suk will sing his hit song on a Japanese TV music program for the first time.

On June 20, the Japanese newspaper Sankei Sports reported, “Jang Keun Suk will appear NHK’s popular music program Music Japan, which will air on July 1.

He will sing ‘Crazy Crazy Crazy’ of his first Japanese album and have a talk time after that.” 

Jang released his first Japanese album Just Crazy on May 30 and became the first foreign male solo artist who ranked first on the Oricon’s daily chart and weekly chart on the first day of its release.

2012-06-18

[News] Jang Keun Suk captures over 350,000 Chinese people.

[News] Jang Keun Suk captures over 350,000 Chinese people.
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Actor Jang Keun Suk recently appeared on the Chinese entertainment program, Que-Rak-Dae-Bon-Young, and captured the Chinese audience.

On June 18, Jang’s agency said that the show, which aired on June 16, also aired on internet TV channel PPS Online and over 350,000 people watched the show.

Since other episodes of the show usually attracts 100,000 to 200,000 people, Jang’s episode of the show received an explosive response by comparison, attracting over 350,000 people. 

After the show aired, the search words ‘Jang Keun Suk’ and ‘Jang Keun Suk Que-Rak-Dae-Bon-Young‘ were listed on the real time search words list on Google China.

On the show, which aired for 90 minutes as a special show for its 15th anniversary, Jang showed off his great sense of humor by talking with 5 famous Chinese MCs.

Jang also showed off his close friendship with popular Chinese MC Huh Ji Woong. He made the audience laugh by talking about when he met with him for drinks in the past.

Jang looked like a mischievous boy when he bothered the MCs while showing them how to play his favorite game. He also heated up the studio by performing the ‘Shuffle Dance.’ 

According to an official for the show, when a ball hit one of audience members during a game, Jang made the entire crew’s heart flutter by approaching to the person and asking, “Are you okay?” Jang sang songs, including “Hello Hello.”

Even though the song is written in Korean, the Chinese fans sang along with the song and Jang and proved his high popularity.

Jang will hold the first concert of the ’2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour The Cri Show 2′ on July 7.

2012-06-15

[News] Jang Keun Suk is highly popular in China.

[News] Jang Keun Suk is highly popular in China. 
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Jang Keun Suk, the Prince of Asia, even captivated people in China through online.

On June 11, Jang visited China in order to make a guest appearance on one of the biggest entertainment shows in China as it prepared a special show for Jang in celebration of the 15th anniversary of its start.

On June 13, Jang had a real-time interview on Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, and received a great number of hits, setting a new record.

Jang, who proved his high popularity in China by having over three million followers on Weibo by the beginning of this month, set a new record, receiving the most number of questions at the real-time interview, which was over 312,578.

The number of questions is the largest after that of the popular Taiwanese band Wu Yue Tian, which numbered over 203,049.

From this, Jang again proved his high popularity in China as the Prince of Asia.

A lot of fans also cheered Jang at the airport when he just arrived in China.

Receiving wide attention from his Chinese fans and Chinese media sources, Jang also attracted many people’s attention on the Chinese TV show and at the interview on Weibo.

The Chinese TV show Jang will make a guest appearance alone is the biggest entertainment show in China hosted by five popular hosts.

The special episode for Jang will air on June 16 for 90 minutes from 7:35 p.m.

[News] Jang Keun Suk enters in the United World Chart.

[News] Jang Keun Suk enters in the United World Chart. 
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After sweeping top rankings of the Oricon chart, Jang enters a global chart showing of his potential Recently, actor Jang Keun Suk was spotted in the fourth place on the United World Chart with his first official Japanese album Just Crazy.

Managed by www.mediatraffic.de, the United World Chart is updated every week after summing up total single and album sales of singers in each country around the world. 

Including America’s Billboard chart, Japan’s Oricon chart, and the United Kingdom’s UK chart, sales record of 36 different countries are accumulated.

Korean album sales record, of course, is reflected in the chart. Living up to his reputations as Asian Prince, Jang’s official album Just Crazy ranked at the top of the Oricon daily and weekly chart as soon as it was released.

It had discouraged Japan’s leading group, Mr. Children, from ranking no.1 for three consecutive weeks.

Moreover, the star sold over 88,000 copies without running any promotion, therefore firming his popular status in the country.

This time, the same album ranked fourth on the United World Chart, beating Sigur Ros, a popular rock band in Iceland.

Following singer-songwriters Adele and John Mayer, and popular British band One Direction, Jang stood shoulder-to-shoulder with worldly-renowned musicians.

In the meantime, Jang will hold 2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour in July. It kicks off in Seoul then will be continued in four cities in Japan (Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka), Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Thailand.

2012-06-13

[News] Park Shin Hye will hold a promotional fan meeting in Japan.

[News] Park Shin Hye will hold a promotional fan meeting in Japan. 
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Park Shin Hye will hold an official promotional fan meeting for the drama series You’ve Fallen for Me in Japan in July.

Park is going to hold the fan meeting as MBC TV’s drama series You’ve Fallen for Me will start airing on Fuji TV in Japan in July.

The fan meeting, in which two main actors Park Shin Hye and Jung Yong Hwa will attend, will be held twice at Tokyo International Forum Hall on July 16.

You’ve Fallen for Me, which aired in Korea for two months from June 2011, became highly popular after it aired on such Japanese cable channels as Mnet Japan.

Ranking first on the DVD Rental Chart of Tsutaya, the biggest music chain, it has already received many Japanese people’s love and attention.

A spokesperson for Park says, “We’re very happy that more Japanese viewers can now watch Park Shin Hye’s lovely looks on You’ve Fallen for Me through Fuji TV.

Please look forward to the official fan meeting in Japan because we’re preparing a surprise event.” Park was recently cast in the movie December 23.

2012-06-11

[News] Jang Keun Suk cheers up a staff member; “You made the way I am today” .

[News] Jang Keun Suk cheers up a staff member; “You made the way I am today” .
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Actor Jang Keun Suk has consoled a worn-out staff member. Previously, one of the star’s staff members tweeted, “When looking for a job, people say make sure you get at least one of these three things: money, reputation, or laidback environment.

Well, none of these seem to be reached these days.” On reading this post, Jang replied him on June 11, “Well, you made me the way I am today.” Through his tweet, you can see that he does not ignore complaint and hard work of his staff, instead cares for them.

It gives a different perspective to the typical relationship of a star and his staff one might think of. Netizens who saw the posting reacted: “Keun Jang is awesome.” “I’m sure that the staff member was encouraged.” “I smell a gorgeous boy~”

[News] Jang Keun Suk gives 120 ‘Love Rain’ staff members 300,000 won certificates.

[News] Jang Keun Suk gives 120 ‘Love Rain’ staff members 300,000 won certificates. 
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Actor Jang Keun Suk recently gave over 100 staff members presents. 

On June 11, a spokesperson for KBS’s series Love Rain said, “Jang gave the staff members, who worked for the series, department gift certificates to thank their hard work.” 

The spokesperson added, “Jang gave around 120 staff members 300,000 won gift certificates after he finished shooting the last scene for the series on May 28.” “Jang has been preparing presents for the staff members while shooting the series. 

He finally decided to give the staff members gift certificates to thank them.” “He also wrote notes to the staff and autographed them too.” 

Jang will start his ’2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour’ in Seoul in July under the title of ‘The Cri Show 2.’ Then he will tour 4 Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka) and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Thailand.

2012-06-05

[News] Jang Keun Suk takes China by storm.


[News] Jang Keun Suk takes China by storm.

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Prince of Asia, Jang Keun Suk, recently captured China.

Jang visited China on May 30 to promote a Chinese drink brand. Many people and major local outlets gathered to see him and brought the Airport to a halt. His fans proved that he is very popular in China by welcoming him and calling out his name.

On May 31, various events were held for the brand and they announced Jang and Park Min Young were selected as representatives for the brand. The event aired live online throughout the world.

Jang thanked his fans and medial outlets by smiling and blowing kisses. He also took pictures of the fans with his own camera and drew a lot of attention.

Jang also attended a press conference for the brand and received wild cheers from his Chinese fans and over 100 media outlets, including, CCTV, Beijing TV, Hunan TV, and Xinhua News Agency. Over 40 representatives for branch offices also attended the press conference.

Jang, who ranked first on both the Oricon daily and weekly chart with his album Just Crazy, will start his ’2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour’ in Seoul in July under the title of ‘The Cri Show 2.’ Then he will tour 4 Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka) and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Thailand.

[News] Jang Keun Suk sweeps Japanese Oricon chart.



[News] Jang Keun Suk sweeps Japanese Oricon chart.

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Actor Jang Keun Suk recently captured the Japanese Oricon chart.
On June 5, according to Jang’s agency, Tree J. Company, Jang’s first Japanese regular album Just Crazyranked first on the Oricon weekly chart.

Jang released the album on May 30 and ranked first on the Oricon daily chart. The album ranked first on both the daily and weekly chart by selling 88,000 copies in the first week of its release.

It has been a long time since a male solo to ranked first with his first album. Japanese singer Moriyama Naotaro ranked first 8 years ago in 2004. Jang is also the first foreign solo artist to rank first on the chart. Scatman John from the U.S. ranked second in 1995 and Korean singer K also ranked second in 2006.

Jang’s first single Let Me Cry, which was released in April of last year, ranked first on the Oricon daily and weekly charts. As a result, both his first single and regular albums ranked first on the chart.

Jang is the third solo singer to rank first on the Oricon weekly chart with his first single and regular albums. He set a new record 17 years and 4 months after Uchida Yuki released her single in 1994 and regular album in 1995.

Jang will start going on the ’2012 Jang Keun Suk Asia Tour’ in Seoul in July under the title of ‘The Cri Show 2.’ Then he will tour 4 Japanese cities (Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka) and Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and Thailand.