Jolin Tsai Profile

Jolin Tsai Profile
Name: 蔡依林 / Cai Yi Lin
English name: Jolin Tsai
Real Name: 蔡依翎 / Cai Yi Ling
Profession: Actress, singer, and dancer
Birthdate: 1980-Sept-15
Birthplace: Sinjhuang City, Taipei County, Taiwan
Height: 158cm
Weight: 43kg
Star sign: Virgo
Family: Parents and older sister






Jolin Tsai Biography
Though Jolin was introverted and shy as a child, her mother realized early on that Jolin was of scholarly material, so her mother brought her to attend Japanese-style mathematics lessons, which she completed more rapidly than anyone expected she would. During her primary school years, her excellent scores meant that she failed to rank in the top three of her class only once, a class in which she placed tenth. Eventually, her scholastic abilities enabled her to enroll at Jingmei Girls High School and later, Fu Jen Catholic University.

Jolin devoted her youth to studying the English language, self-studying English in her primary school years. She eventually majored in English Literature at Fu Jen Catholic University, a Taiwanese university that is popular for its English culture, is regarded for its Department of English Language and Literature, and includes in its ranks of alumni a number of Taiwanese entertainers. Jolin expressed interest in recording an album of songs entirely in English, though lamenting such an album would be unprofitable.

It was in her childhood years that Jolin developed an interest in singing and experimented with different vocal techniques after listening to the songs of popular female divas such as Teresa Teng and Faye Wong.

Jolin Tsai inked a recording deal with Universal Music after winning a singing contest when she was 18. She released her first single in July 1999, and debut album “Jolin 1019″ in September. Her debut was a great success, making her an instant star in Taiwan.

Branded as the Teenage Boy Killer, Jolin released her 2nd album “Don’t Stop” in 2000, also with great success. Her 3rd and 4th album achieved decent sales, but didn’t perform as well as her previous albums. Furthermore, some contract dispute had led to her hiatus for more than a year in 2001-2002.

Jolin didn’t renew her contract with Universal and signed for Sony BMG in 2002. She released her comeback (5th) album “Magic” in 2003, and rose back to fame. Jolin shed her old image and turn into a more mature and sexy lady instead.

Jolin worked with famous pop star Jay Chou in Magic; and soon after both were rumoured to have a romance relationship. The rumoured relationship ‘lasted’ for almost 2 years before Jay was linked to another girl; both Jay and Jolin have never admitted to their relationship though.

Jolin released another 2 best-selling albums “Castle” and “J-Games” in 2004 and 2005 respectively, making her one of the top Chinese female singers.

Jolin signed for a new company, Capitol EMI in 2006. She released album “Dancing Diva” in May 2006, which becomes her best selling album thus far. Besides making breakthroughs in her music style, the album also branded her a dance diva, which she showed that she is worth the title in many occasions from her concerts and shows.

Jolin’s performance in Dancing Diva also landed her the prestigious Best Female Singer awards at the 18th Annual Golden Melody Awards in 2007.

Jolin has just released her latest album, “Agent J” in September 2007.

Zheng Yuan Chang (Joe Cheng) Profile

Zheng Yuan Chang (Joe Cheng) Profile
Name: 鄭元暢 / Zheng Yuan Chang
English name: Joe Cheng, Joseph
Also known as: 小综 (Xiao Zong), Bryan (previously used)
Profession: Actor and model
Birthdate: 1982-June-19
Birthplace: Taiwan
Height: 188cm
Weight: 78kg
Star sign: Gemini
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Blood type: O





Zheng Yuan Chang (Joe Cheng) Biography
Joe Cheng began his career with the Catwalk Model Agency. His acting career began when he starred in the Taiwanese series The Rose with the famous Taiwanese girl pop group S.H.E. in 2003. In the following year he took main leads in two other Taiwanese series Nine Ball and Magic Ring. Most people recognize him from It Started With a Kiss, a Taiwanese series adapted from the Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss. Currently he is filming the sequel to the It Started With a Kiss.

Evonne Hsu Hui Xin Profile

Evonne Hsu Hui Xin Profile
Name: Evonne Hsu Hui Xin (Evonne Xu, Hsu Hui Sin, Xu Huixin)
Chinese name: 许慧欣 (許慧欣)
Birth name: Yvonne Hsu Ming
Birthdate: December 5, 1979
Birthplace: Texas, USA
Ethnicity: Taiwanese
Height: 163cm
Blood type: B
Family: Parents, an elder sister and a younger sister
Language: English and Mandarin
Hobbies: Dancing, reading, singing, pets caring and choreographing
Favorite colors: Pink and purple
Favorite artists: Babyface, Craig David, Destiny Child, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Sisqo and Tori Amos
Favorite movies: Disney’s movies

Evonne Hsu Hui Xin Biography
Evonne Hsu was born in a small town village in Texas, USA. It’s said that when eVonne was born all nurses went to see her and named her the “snow white.”

Evonne Hsu grew up with a passion for singing and dancing, but she didn’t dream of becoming a superstar when she went into University of Texas to pursue her study in psychology.

It was during Evonne’s university study that one of her friend convinced her to make a singing demo; the friend then took the demo tape to Taiwan Core Agency.

The executive at the agency was impressed with Evonne and flew to Texas to sign Evonne and nurtured her as future superstar.

Since that eVonne was planning to visit her grandparents in Taiwan anyway, she agreed with the deal and spent a year in Taiwan working on her Mandarin language.

Meantime, Core Agency secured a record contract with Universal Music and shortly after, Evonne debut with her album “To Be Happy” in January 2002.

The album was a hit for Evonne and her singing talent was acknowledged by winning various Best Newcomer awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the prestigious Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.

Evonne Hsu never look back and released a few other albums in 2003/2004 namely “Lonely Ballet,” “Beautiful Love” and “Happiness.”

In 2005, eVonne decided to take another challenge as the leading actress in Jacky Cheung’s international acclaimed musical show “Snow Wolf Lake.” The musical show toured across Asia and eVonne showed her versatility of talents in singing, dancing and acting.

In late 2005, Evonne released her first special compilation album, “Chosen One” with her best chosen songs for the past 4 years.

Evonne Hsu released her 6th album in October 2006 and her 7th in early 2007. Evonne Hsu is still growing strong and is currently one of the most popular singers in Taiwan and Asia.

Rainie Yang Cheng Lin Profile

Rainie Yang Cheng Lin Profile
Name: Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (Yang Chen Ling, Yeung Shing Lam)
Chinese name: 杨丞琳 (楊丞琳)
Birthdate: June 4, 1984
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 162cm
Blood type: AB
Language spoken: Mandarin, Taiwanese dialect, Cantonese and Japanese
Profession: Actress, singer and TV show host
Pet: Yumi (a dog)
Hobbies: Cuddling with her dog, reading and sleeping
Favorite colors: Black, white and gray
Favorite country: Japan
Favorite food: Fried chicken, BBQ, Japanese and Italian cuisine
Favorite actor: Tony Leung
Favorite singer: Beyonce

Rainie Yang Cheng Lin Biography
Yang Cheng Lin (Lily) started her entertainment career when she was 14, featuring in commercials in Hong Kong.

When Cheng Lin was 15, she went for a BMG audition in Taiwan and was selected to form a girls group “4 In Love.” It was during that time that Cheng Lin got her name ‘Rainie’ that was used ever since then. The other 3 members were named Sunnie, Windy and Cloudy.

Rainie Yang stood out as the most popular girl from 4 In Love after starring as Xiao-You in 2001 popular Taiwan TV mini-series “Meteor Garden.”

4 In Love released 2 albums and was quite popular in Taiwan, but was sadly disbanded in 2002 due to personal issues. The other 3 members decided to pursue different interest, only Rainie decided to continue her prospering entertainment career back then.

Rainie’s decision proved wise as her popularity continued to grow with her leading performance in 2002 superhit Taiwan TV drama “The Love Book.”

It’s also in 2002 that Rainie started hosting in TV shows, including as co-host for the popular entertainment show in Taiwan, “Guess, Guess, Guess” with Jacky Wu.

Rainie’s another breakthrough was in 2005, she become superstar with her acting in highly rated Taiwan drama, “Devil Beside You” alongside heartthrob Mike He Jun Xiang.

With the success of Devil Beside You, Rainie Yang went back to singing again… releasing her debut solo album “Ai Mei” or “My Intuition” in September 2005. With the assist of the popular TV drama and TV show she was involving, the album became a superhit, Rainie is recognised as a singer once again.

Rainie is crowned the ‘Godmother of Cuteness’ by the press and her fans as she is good in making cute voices and faces, some people actually think she’s overacting but Rainie’s fans love it.

Rainie Yang released her 2nd solo album “Yu Shang Ai” or “Meeting Love” in March 2006, and started promotion overseas in Hong Kong as well.

Already a superstar in Taiwan, Rainie will become a superstar across Asia pretty soon.

Lin Zhi Ling Profile

Lin Zhi Ling Profile
Name: Lin Zhi Ling (Ling Zhiling, Lin Chiling, Lin Chi Ling, Lam Chih Ling)
Chinese name: 林志玲
Nickname: Bing Chiling (means ice-cream), Chilling, Ling-Ling
Birth date: November 29, 1973
Birth place: Taiwan
Height: 174cm
Blood Type: O
Education: University of Toronto (Western Art History and Economics)
Profession: Supermodel, TV and show host, soon to be actress
Favorite color: White
Favorite actress: Audrey Hepburn

Lin Zhi Ling Biography
Lin Zhi Ling created a phenomenon in Taiwan; it took less than a year to make her the most talk about celebrity in worldwide Chinese community.

Lin Zhi Ling came from a strong family background. She left Taiwan when she was 15 and obtained her double major degree from Toronto University.

Lin Zhi Ling started her entertainment career in modeling in 1999, started in catwalk and featured in various commercial ads, gradually gaining popularity among Taiwanese.

Chiling’s popularity however shot sky high in 2004 when she was rumored to be the girlfriend of Taiwanese heartthrob Jerry Yan, whom they work in the same modeling agency.

The ‘Zhi Ling miracle’ was unstoppable since then, she appeared as ambassador for various products, started hosting TV show and gala events like Golden Horse Awards.

Lin Zhi Ling made international headlines in 2005 when she fell from a horse and suffered severe injury while filming for a commercial advertisement in China. The incident also created debates and controversies when Taiwan officials use president-like treatments for her, including a private jet to bring her back to Taiwan.

It took Zhi Ling a few months to recover from her injury; her entertainment career however was not affected, and grew even stronger.

In May 2006, Zhi Ling decided to take a break from her busy modeling and hosting career and take training courses in acting, to prepare for her debut movie “Red Cliff” directed by international famous director John Woo.

Ariel Lin Yi Chen

Ariel Lin Yi Chen Profile
Name: Ariel Lin Yi Chen (Lin I Cheng, Lam Yi San)
Chinese name: 林依晨
Birth date: October 29, 1982
Birth place: Taiwan
Height: 160cm
Blood type: A
Education: National ChengChi University, NCCU (Korean study)
Profession: Actress and singer
Hobbies: Acting, swimming, reading, singing, music, food, and travel
Favorite colors: Black, silver, and white
Favorite foods: Mum’s cooking, chocolate, pasta, Mongolian BBQ, and fruits
Favorite fruits: Strawberries, mango, apple, and grapes
Favorite movies: LOTR trilogy, and Harry Porter series

Ariel Lin Yi Chen Biography
Ariel Lin was given major role since her debut in 2002 drama, “True Love.” Ariel continued to star in “Secret Garden” and “Seventh Grade,” and steadily building her fame and popularity.

Ariel Lin still continued her university study while making all the dramas and managed to graduate from NCCU.

Ariel Lin co-starred Mike He in “Love Contract” (2004) and with Joseph Zheng in “It Started With a Kiss” (2005). Both the melodramas were a hit, and Ariel become one of the most popular TV actresses in Taiwan.

Ariel Lin then starred in popular dramas “Fairy from Wonderland” and acclaimed drama “Tokyo Juliet” in 2006. Fairy from Wonderland was hugely popular in China and Ariel is getting more famous in Asia region.

Ariel Lin also starred in 2 movies and sang a few songs in the dramas’ OST, but her singing venture is not as successful as her TV acting career.

Ariel Lin is currently filming the sequel for for ISWAK; she is also supposed to be filming “The Legend of Condor Heroes” in China but the filming was postphoned because the leading actor (Hu Ge) is recovering from a car accident.

Mike He Jun Xiang

Mike He Jun Xiang Profile
Name: Mike He Jun Xiang (Mike Ho)
Chinese name: 贺军翔 (賀軍翔)
Nickname: Xiao Mei 小美, Xiang Xiang 翔翔
Birth date: December 28, 1983
Birth place: Taipei, Taiwan
Height: 180cm
Blood type: B
Religion: None
Family members: Parents, a younger brother and a younger sister
Profession: Actor and model
Hobbies: Basketball, movies and music (and sleep)
Favorite cartoon character: Doraemon
Favorite colors: Black, blue and white
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite music: Country jazz and pop
Favorite singers: Bon Jovi and Avril Lavigne

Mike He Jun Xiang Biography
Mike He Jun Xiang started his career modelling for magazines and TV commercials, and become popular with his attractive figure, handsome looking and charming smile.

Mike He then appeared in a few music videos with Valen Hsu and Angelica Lee before making his debut in acting.

Mike He is still active in modeling and posed for a few classic advertisement as well as TV commercials, and continues to feature with some other MVs, the more popular include his appearance in MVs of Ariel Lin, Rainie Yang and Tanya Chuah.

Mike’s first TV drama was “7th Grade” in 2003/2004 starring alongside Ariel Lin. He did not play the main role, but he later reunited with Ariel again in 2004 TV drama “Love Contract” where he played as the leading actor.

In 2004 Mike He also had a short but catchy appearance in the highly rated TV drama “Say Yes Enterprise.”

2005 is a breakthrough year for Mike He, his TV dramas “Devil Beside You” with Rainie Yang and Express Boy with Xu Wei Lun were 2 of the best rated TV series in Taiwan that year.

Mike’s TV dramas are popular overseas, he has lots of fans in Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia as well as Western countries like Australia and USA.

Mike’s 2006 drama “Marry Me” (我們結婚吧) has just finished showing in Taiwan and will air in other countries soon.

Mike He has just finished filming TV drama “Exchange Love” with Rainie. The drama is highly anticipated as it features the same cast and production team of Devil Beside You.

Angela Zhang Shao Han

Angela Zhang Shao Han Profile
Name: Angela Zhang Shao Han (Angela Chang)
Chinese name: 张韶涵 (張韶涵)
Nickname: Dian Yan Wa-Wa 电眼娃娃, Mifen Mei 米粉妹
Birth date: January 19, 1982
Birth place: Taiwan
Height: 158cm
Blood type: A
Family members: Parents, younger brother and younger sister
Language spoken: Mandarin, English and a bit of Japanese
Education: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Vancouver, Canada
Profession: Actress and singer
Dream: Travel around the world
Hobbies: Reading, singing, listening to music, and shopping

Angela Zhang Shao Han Biography
Angela Zhang Shao Han was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada when she was young.

Angela Zhang love singing since she was a kid and took part in lots of singing competitions. Angela got her breakthrough when she represented Vancouver (where she studied her high school) and won an international Chinese singing competition in Taiwan.

Angela’s talent was spotted by a music producer, her mentor, and she’s nurtured into a future superstar.

Although talented in singing, Angela first made her fame acting in 2002, with leading actress role in Taiwan TV drama “MVP Valentine,” co-starring Taiwan national basketball player Johnny Yan and popular boy band “5566″ member Tony Sun.

Angela Zhang then starred in 2003 in TV drama “At The Dolphin Bay,” it was in the series that Angela made her ‘professional’ singing debut with “Journey.” Her fans were amazed by her voice, and the media noticed her music talent too.

Angela Zhang didn’t take long to release her first solo album “Over The Rainbow” in January 2004, as expected it’s quite a hit. Angela then released her 2nd album “Aurora” in December 2004, followed by “Pandora” in January 2006.

Angela’s breakthrough in acting came in 2006 with TV drama “Bump Off Lover 17,” which won a nomination at the prestigious Golden Bell Award.

Angela released her latest album, “Flower in the Wonderland” in early 2007.

Angela Zhang is now working with both her singing and acting career, and features in bunches of commercials ads as well. We will see more of Angela Zhang in years to come.