It's Raining! Let's Go Inside The Official (Bi) Rain Thread!

Luv ~Venus~ · #1 12th May 2008, 05:06 AM

Welcome to the 1st (Bi) Rain Thread, Everyone!

Rain Info:
Stage Name: Bi (Korean: 비), Pi (Japanese: ピ)
Real Name: Jung Ji Hoon
Birthday: June 25, 1982.
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: Watches movies, Appreciates music, Buying western shoes/clothes.
Skills: Acting, Dancing

Rain was born in Seoul. He became interested in R&B and Hiphop dancing in the 6th grade. As an adolescent, he was a member of a boy band called Fanclub. The group was short-lived, and soon disbanded. Rain then began auditioning for various talent agencies. Finally, Rain entered an audition for Korean talent agency JYP Entertainment. Park Jin Young, the CEO of the agency, took a personal interest in Rain and accepted him as a trainee. During the early years of training, Rain was a backup dancer.

In 2002 he debuted with the album Bad Guy where he was introduced to the media through his stage name, Rain. The album's title single Bad Guy was a hit. After his first album, he took time off from his career as a singer to star in the drama series, Sang Doo! Let's Go To School. Following the success of his debut as singer and actor, Rain released his second album How to Avoid The Sun, and had another hit with the title song "Ways to Avoid the Sun."

His third album It's Raining sold over 1 million copies in Asia. According to a report by Rain's previous agency JYP Ent. to the Korea Culture & Content Agency, It's Raining topped the charts in all of the following countries as of December 29th, 2005: Japan (100,000 copies), China (500,000 copies), Taiwan (70,000 copies), Thailand (150,000 copies), Indonesia (50,000 copies), and South Korea (154,000 copies), for a combined total of 1,074,000 units sold, making it Rain's most successful album to date both domestically and internationally.

In April 2006, he was mentioned in the Time magazine website article that named the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World." In 2007,Rain topped Time Magazine's online user poll, although he was not in the magazine's actual list. He has an ongoing joke feud with Stephen Colbert for the top spot.He also made it into People's 2007 list of the "Most Beautiful People" in the world.

Rain Downloads:

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Rain PVs:

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Newest Release

Rain is now the official promoter of the new popular Samsung promotion, Any dream.

Here's the overall story of the video:

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Rain is to star in the upcoming popular anime turned big screen movie, Speed Racer.

Rain's 24 hours "THE DAY" (out June 25)

It's all Rain, all the time with Rain's 24 hours "The Day". This unique DVD release takes you through 24 hours in the life of Korea's biggest star, from waking up and eating breakfast to resting and working. The camera follows Rain closely he goes through his various morning, afternoon, and evening activities, offering a truly candid and cozy look into the Korean heartthrob's daily life. This fan DVD also includes special footage about Rain's life in America and current activities as well as press conference and concert making of clips.

Rain's 24 hours "The Day" comes with a mini photo book and postcard set

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Rain's Morning

-Waking up
-Training
-Washing
-Meal
-Laundry

Rain's Afternoon

-Rest Time - coffee time
-Rest Time - reading
-Going Out - cafe

Rain's Evening

-Dinner Preparation - arrangement of tablewares
-Cleaning of tablewares
-Rest Time - watching TV, working
-Rest Time - listening to music
-Composing
-Reading fan letters
-Going to bed

The DVD also comes with:
-Mini Poster Book, Poster Card (4)

Special Content:
-Rain's life in the US
-Rain's recent actions
---News Conference (J.Tune) 02-13-2008
---Lotte Family Concert Making 02-16-2008