Jiro Wang

Jiro Wang
Fahrenheit's concert in Hong Kong, 2009
Chinese name	汪東城 (traditional)
Chinese name	汪东城 (simplified)
Pinyin	Wāng Dōngchéng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Wong1 Dung1-sing4 (Cantonese)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Ong Tang-sêng (Hokkien)
Birth name	汪東成 Wang Tung Ch'eng
Origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Born	(1981-08-24) 24 August 1981 Taipei, Taiwan
Other name(s)	Wang Da Dong
Occupation	Actor, Singer, Model
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Voice type(s)	Baritone, Tenor
Label(s)	HIM International Music WOW Music (HK) Pony Canyon (Japan)
Years active	2001–present (modeling) 2004–present (acting) 2005–present (singing)
Associated acts	Fahrenheit Dong Cheng Wei
Parents	Father (Deceased)
Official Website	Fahrenheit@HIM International Music

Jiro Wang (traditional Chinese: 汪東城; simplified Chinese: 汪东城; pinyin: Wāng Dōngchéng; Wade–Giles: Wang Tung-Ch'eng; born August 24, 1981) is a Taiwanese actor and singer, who started his career as a model. Wang is a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band Fahrenheit.

Biography

Jiro Wang was born August 24, 1981, in Taiwan. He graduated at Fu Shin Trade and Arts College with a degree in Advertising Design. After his graduation, he dedicated his life towards the entertainment business. He was first asked to join the entertainment business because he showed his looks at a competition. BMG, the label that signed him, planned to package him with Jay Chou and Jordan Chan to form a boy band called 3J, but, because of 9/11, BMG's stocks crashed and the 3J plan was scrapped.^[1] 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 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" (Rénjiān táowáng jì) with lyrics composed by Jiro. After that, the band changed the name to Dong Cheng Wei (東城衛) without changing the members in the band. The band never received much popularity until Jiro joined Fahrenheit.

When he was 18, Jiro's father died, leaving behind debts for him and his mother to pay off. This forced him to enter the commercial and modeling industry. The commercials he has appeared in include one for 蒙牛酸酸乳 Mengniu (a yogurt brand)^[2] as part of Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit features in ‘酸甜’ (Suan Tian) (among other songs) with the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. Jiro will start acting in a new horror movie The Purple House, director Hang-Sang Poon (who directed A Chinese Odyssey, Huo Yuanjia, CJ7, Ip Man) and special effects by Johnny (who worked for Batman 1-2, Troy) from 20 March. His co actress will be Dong Li Ya (Yaya).

Career

Acting career

Wang is known as the male lead in the Taiwanese drama KO One (終極一班) (in which he plays the character Da Dong, from where he got his nickname as it is quite similar to his real name, Wang Dong Cheng) and its sequel The X-Family, as Ah Jin in It Started With a Kiss and its sequel They Kiss Again, as Jin Xiu Yi in the live-action Taiwanese drama, Hana-Kimi (花樣少年少女), as Mars in ToGetHer (愛就宅一起), as Mi Qi Lin in Rolling Love (翻滾吧！蛋炒飯) and Shi Lang in Momo Love (桃花小妹).

On 3 May 2011, it was announced that Wang has replaced Wu Chun as male lead, "Night Tenjo", in a live-action adaptation of Japanese manga series Absolute Boyfriend, with Korean actress Ku Hye-sun as "Riiko Izawa".^[3]

Music career

Wang was the first member to join Fahrenheit. He is the baritenor vocalist of the group. He is the one that usually has the rap part in most of the songs due to his fluency in the language. His publicized temperature is that of hot (热; rè) summer, at 95 fahrenheit.

Wang released his first solo album What Are You Waiting For (Chinese: 你在等什麼) on 24 August 2012, which was his birthday, by HIM International Music

Discography

Filmography

Films

Television Series

Awards

TV shows

• 2010: Super King (终藝大國民): begins 19 June 2010 : CTS

Guest appearances

Wang also performed in numerous MVs and commercials before his rise to stardom. He appeared in Fish Leong's (梁靜茹) 分手快樂 MV when he was 19. After the debut of Fahrenheit, he acted opposite follow HIM International Music artist, Liu Li Yang, in her music video Smiling Tears. He is also seen in various MV's of S.H.E and fellow co-star Genie Zhuo's "Never Ending Rainbow" (Chinese: "永不消失的彩虹").

Publications

• 9 June 2010 : Van Gogh And Me - All About Jiro (梵谷與我：汪東城的字‧畫‧像) - ISBN 978-986-6606-87-8.^[5] Jiro visited Amsterdam, Holland for this book

References

External links

• (Chinese) Fahrenheit@HIM International Music
• (Japanese) Fahrenheit: Official Japan Site
• (Chinese) Jiro's Official Fahrenciti Blog
• (Chinese) Jiro's Wretch Blog
• (Chinese) Jiro's Weibo microblog