Namie Amuro

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Namie Amuro is a Japanese singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the "Teen Queen [of Japan]" and is referred to as the "Queen of Japanese pop music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of fourteen as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey’s.

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Ong Bak 2: The Beginning – 2009

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A young nobleman bears witness to the massacre of his family at the hands of a treacherous and power-crazed warlord. Bent on revenge, he joins a band of guerrilla fighters who school him in a dizzying array of martial arts and weaponry techniques before unleashing him on his unwavering mission to avenge his family’s murder.

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Moses Chan

Moses Chan is an actor from Hong Kong. Having started his career working mostly on films, Chan has gained remarkable success in recent years while concentrating on his TV acting career with Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). His career has especially been boosted by his role in War and Beauty, a drama produced by TVB.

On 17 November 2007, he won both the Best Actor and Most Favorite Character Awards at the TVB 40th Anniversary Award Show for his character Duk Duk Dei in the popular drama series Heart of Greed.

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Charmaine Sheh

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Charmaine Sheh is a Hong Kong actress under contract to Hong Kong’s Television Broadcast Limited or TVB.

Known as "Ah-Sheh" by fans and colleagues, she signed on with the television station in 1998 after competing in 1997’s Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Sheh was named second runner-up in the pageant.

Her career in the early stages was often characterized by her coy, squeaky voice and criticisms of bad acting. However, the actress overcame these challenges and reached her first breakthrough with one of TVB’s highest rated dramas in 2000

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Aaron Yan

Aaron Yan is a Taiwanese singer, commercial model and actor. He is currently the youngest member of the boy band Fahrenheit.

Wu Geng Lin Aaron (simplified Chinese: 吴庚霖; traditional Chinese: 吳庚霖; pinyin: Wú Gēnglín) was born on November 20, 1985 in Taiwan.

At a young age, his family moved to Connecticut, U.S., where he stayed for his primary school education for about five years. He then moved back to Taiwan for further education.

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Toby Leung

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Toby Jing-Kei Leung is a female Cantopop singer and actress from Hong Kong. She entered the music industry in 2004 when the MusicNationGroup discovered her talent. Together with Macy Chan (陳美詩), Elise Liu (廖雋嘉) and Bella Cheung (張曼伶) they formed the singing group Girl’s only Dormitory (女生宿舍) but later broke up. Her father, Tommy Leung, is also the deputy-chief director of drama in TVB, which allowed her to enter the acting career. She recently signed with TVB and became a contracted artist.

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Kenneth Ma

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Kenneth Ma is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Although he initially intended to pursue a career in engineering, he decided the industry did not suit his personality and enrolled in acting classes at TVB instead despite the better pay and more stable prospects of the former. Initially in his career Kenneth often played supporting roles, however in recent years TVB has started to promote him. He won the ‘Most improved actor award’ at the 39th TVB Awards in 2006. He was recently handed his first leading role in the drama serial Survivor’s Law II opposite Hong Kong singer Ella Koon. The drama aired in 2008 and achieved credible ratings of 31 points in the second half of its broadcast as well as a favourable reception.

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Ken Zhu

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Ken Zhu was born in Taiwan on January 15, 1979 and educated in Singapore. A famous Mandopop singer and composer, he is one of the members of the famous Taiwanese boy band F4 and also a prominent Taiwanese drama actor.

Ken speaks not only Mandarin, but also English and Cantonese.

Ken was working as a waiter in a small restaurant in Taiwan when he was discovered by Cai Zhi Ping, the creator of the boy band F4. He started in showbiz working as a part time as an assistant for some artists, then acting in several idol series successfully which pushed him to the center of the stage. He starred in the famous TV series Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II that swept Asia by storm and was the lead in the movies, Sky of Love (2003) and Tokyo Trial (2006). In January 2005, he released his most anticipated solo album, entitled On Ken’s Time. He has released his cookbook called Mei Wei Guan Xi (Delicious Relations) on January 5, 2006. It was then released in China on July 4, 2006 and in Japan on November 25, 2006 in a Japanese version. Ken is now focusing on his solo acting career and has a huge fan base in Asia.

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Jing Wong

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Wong JingLun also known as Jing Wong, is a contestant from One Million Star, Season 3 (超級星光大道3). He was auditioned in Singapore and was one of the 5 lucky contestants to get the golden ticket to compete in Taiwan. He once PKed with Peter Pan when "Four Princes of Superstar Avenue" (星光四少) came to Singapore. He caught the attention of many people because of his high pitched vocals and falsettos. He is also well-known for his humorous character and speech. He never fails to say Chinese idioms in every week’s competition.

Wong gotten a 6th position in the competition and was voted as the most popular contestant. He performed 5 songs in a One Million Star concert show in LA. His performance was highly commended by many.

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Calvin Chen

Calvin Chen Yi Ru is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He is currently a member of the boy band Fahrenheit. His stage name is a homophone of his birth name.

Calvin Chen was born on November 10, 1980, in Taiwan. His stage name is actually a homophone of his birth name. After graduating from Jianguo High School, one of the top high schools in Taiwan, he further pursued his college education in Canada at Simon Fraser University. He completed his masters degree in Economics at the University of Victoria. He then further continued his life in Canada by joining a pageant-like competition (Sunshine Boyz) in Vancouver, where he won first place with a free ticket to Taiwan and a contract with a music company, as well as a role in a drama. He is currently a student at National Chengchi University, studying Public Finance.