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Lee Ji-ah (born on February 2, 1981) is a new South Korean popular actress who debuted by appearing in The Story of the First King’s Four Gods as Suzini, a lover of Damduk, the King (Bae Yong Jun). It was a very popular MBC drama, that gained average ratings of over 30 percent. Despite being a new actress, she performed extremely well in the drama. Her acting skills were applauded and those who have worked with her in the drama say that she doesn’t get nervous easily.

Lee Ji Ah was born in South Korea and in elementary school moved to the U.S. While attending a designing school, she auditioned for ‘Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi’ and after a competitive process of auditioning, was chosen as the character of ‘Su Gi Ni’ beating out many successful professional actresses such as Ha Ji Won and Kim Tae Hee.

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Akina Minami (南 明奈, Akina Minami, born May 15, 1989 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese fashion model.

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S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose members are Selina Ren, Hebe Tian, and Ella Chen. The name of the group is an alphabetism derived from the first letter of each member’s name. Since releasing their first album Girls Dorm (2001), S.H.E has recorded 10 albums with sales totalling over 4.5 million,and set ticketing records in each of their two concert tours. The group has acted in seven drama series, hosted two variety shows, and contributed 10 songs to six drama soundtracks. S.H.E has endorsed more than 30 companies and products, including Coca-Cola and World of Warcraft. Thanks largely to S.H.E’s success, other Taiwanese record labels began forming their own girl groups.

In 2000, Ren, Tian and Chen signed up for a singing contest, and the winner, Ren, was awarded a record contract. Tian and Chen, who were both finalists, joined Ren to form S.H.E. The trio frequently covers songs by other artists, and performs original compositions. The group produces albums under the HIM International Music label. Avex Asia distributed S.H.E’s music in Hong Kong, but transferred this role to WOW Music in 2007. EMI Music China is the distributor in Singapore and the People’s Republic of China.

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Park Han-byul (born November 17, 1984) is a South Korean actress and model.

As a schoolgirl, Park posted photographs of herself on the internet, becoming an ulzzang, something of an online celebrity due to her close physical resemblence to actress Jun Ji-hyun. After being signed by an entertainment agency, she made her acting debut in the 2003 horror film Wishing Stairs, her part requiring her to learn ballet over a two month period of rigorous training.

Having since appeared in a succession of television drama series, Park will return to the big screen with a role in the 2008 film Destiny

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Momoko Tsugunaga (嗣永 桃子, Tsugunaga Momoko, born March 6, 1992 in Chiba, Japan) is a J-pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully auditioned for the Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. Since then, she has continued to sing in that group and has become a part of three smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members, ZYX, Berryz Kobo and Buono!.

 Releases

 Photobooks

• Momo – 2007-06-19
• Momo16 -Momoiro- (momo16 -ももいろ-, Momo16 -Momoiro-) – 2008-03-19

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Yu Hasebe (長谷部 優, Hasebe Yū) is one of the original three members of the J-Pop group dream (renamed DRM in 2007). She made her debut as a gravure idol in 2004. She’s also starred in a number of Japanese movies and TV dramas

Filmography

 Movies

• [2005] Chikan Otoko
• [2006] Love Psycho
• [2006] Mayonaka no Shoujotachi
• [2006] BACKDANCERS!

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Risa Kudō (工藤里紗, Kudō Risa, born October 4, 1983, in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese model and actress. She is most well-known outside Japan for an appearance in an episode of the Nippon Television series Haken no Hinkaku in 2007 and the films Love Letter Ao-renka and Rabu Kon (Lovely Complex) in 2006, and Sleeping Flower in 2005.

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Sora Aoi (蒼井そら, Aoi Sora) (also known as Sola Aoi) is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. One of the top, award-winning actresses in the AV field of her time, she attained mainstream media recognition.

Life and career

 Early life

Sora Aoi was born November 11, 1983 in Tokyo. As a student she worked at various part-time jobs in the food-service industry, such as pizza parlours, pubs and sushi bars.While in her third year in high school, Aoi was scouted in Shibuya by a talent agency for gravure modelling.When asked how her stage name was chosen, Aoi explained, “My agency asked what color I liked. I said blue (”ao” in Japanese). He also asked what I like in general. I said sky (”Sora” in Japanese). So, he chose Sora Aoi (means “Blue Sky” in Japanese).”

Aoi made her debut as a nude model in November 2001. Her “big eyes, cute smile,”"young girl’s face and… large breasts”quickly made her a popular magazine model.Her bust was at first reported as a metric F-cup, but had become a G-cup within a year of her acting debut.

Aoi made two adult movies, Summer Break and Twinkle Twinkle which were supposedly aired on a subscription porn TV service, although details have not been confirmed yet.She then signed with the Kuki Group– one of Japan’s largest producers of pornography– which includes the Samantha, and Alice Japan labels,

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Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong-based actress and singer. She is best known as a member of the Cantopop girl group Twins, alongside Charlene Choi.

Biography

Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. She resides in the affluent Midlevels district in Hong Kong with her younger sister. Chung is a graduate of the Kowloon True Light Middle School and attended RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. While at RMIT, she also worked as a part-time model. She did not finish her studies in RMIT.

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Cecilia Cheung is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. She is wife of Nicholas Tse thus the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse (謝賢) and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have a son, Lucas.

Biography

Cheung was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and a half Chinese-half British mother. Her parents divorced when she was just a child after which she was sent to Australia to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen. Cheung has an elder half-sister Dai Pek Chi, two younger brothers and also a younger half-brother from her father’s side.

In 1998, while helping a hair stylist friend at a catwalk show, she was offered to appear in a TV commercial advertising lemon tea. Later, Cheung made her film debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow’s The King of Comedy (1999), followed soon after by Fly Me to Polaris (1999). The latter role earned her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, Cheung launched her singing career with her first Cantopop album Any Weather (1999).

For Derek Yee’s romantic drama Lost in Time (2003), Cheung won Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She played a young woman who lost her fiancé to a traffic accident which left her as a grieving single mother struggling to make ends meet.

Personal life

Cheung has been linked to Hong Kong singer and actor, Edison Chen, and also dated Hong Kong pop singer/actor Daniel Chan. She then dated Nicholas Tse in early 2002, but was then dumped by Tse late that year when Tse got back with his ex-girlfriend, singer Faye Wong. Later she was rumored to have dated a younger Lu Siyuan before the relationship ended in 2003. Cheung suffered serious depression and eating disorder after the break up.

Cheung and Tse were first reported to be “getting back together” in early 2006 and on July 31, 2006, Tse officially admitted dating Cheung in an interview with Commercial Radio Hong Kong 881/903.

In September 2006, Tse showed off his wedding ring at the Hong Kong International Airport, announcing he and Cheung had been married in a secret wedding ceremony in the Philippines.

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