Bae Yong Joon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Bae.

Bae Yong-joon
Bae Yong-joon in Hong kong, in November 2008
Born	August 29, 1972 (1972-08-29) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	1995–present
Korean name
Hangul	배용준
Hanja	裴勇俊
Revised Romanization	Bae Yongjun
McCune–Reischauer	Pae Yongchun

Bae Yong-joon (born August 29, 1972 in Seoul, South Korea), is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in numerous television dramas and one of the first kkonminam icons. He is known as Yon-sama (ヨン様) to his Japanese fans.

Early and private life

Born in Mapo-gu, Seoul, he was educated in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. He eventually went to study in PaiChai Middle School and Hanyoung High School.

Bae Yong-jun acknowledged that he had a girlfriend named Lee Sa-gang (aka Sagan Lee, Sagang Lee, 이사강), and a photograph of her has since been distributed on the Internet. However, according to a 2005 edition of the I-weekly, a MediaCorp owned magazine in Singapore, Bae has since separated from Lee, citing personal reasons. He has since decided to keep his marital status private. Sources, notably HanCinema, maintain that Bae is still single.

Bae's agency, KeyEast, reported that Bae's apartment at Samseong-dong, Seoul caught fire on May 7, 2006 around 8:00 p.m., due to a short circuit. The house was empty when the fire broke out, thus causing no injuries. However, the fire caused damages costing up to 10 million won.

August 2005 Taiwan visit

During an August 2005 visit to Taiwan on a 3 day visit to promote April Snow. Bae went to the hospital to see a cancer-stricken fan, who is a mother and who has drawn hundreds of Bae's portraits

Filmography

Films

• 1995: PpilKu
• 2003: Untold Scandal
• 2005: April Snow

TV series

• 1994: Salut D'Amour (Love Greeting) (KBS) - Kim Yong-min
• 1995: A Sunny Place of The Young (KBS)
• 1995: Sea Breeze (PSB) - Jang Moo-hyung
• 1995: Six Steps to Separation (KBS)
• 1996: Papa (KBS) - Choi Hyun-jun
• 1997: First Love (KBS) - Sung Chan-woo
• 1999: Did We Really Love? (True To Love MBC) - Kang Jae-ho
• 1998: The Barefooted Youth (KBS)
• 2001: Hotelier (MBC) - Shin Dong Hyuk, Frank
• 2002: Winter Sonata (Winter Love Story, KBS) - Kang Jun-sang / Lee Min-hyung
• 2007: The Story of the First King's Four Gods (MBC) - King Damdeok / King Gwanggaeto (Jyushin)
• 2011: Dream High (cameo—Jung Ha-Myung)

Animation

• 2009: Winter Sonata (voice Kang Jun-sang) - Key East, Total Promotion

Television commercials

• 1995: LOTTE Gana, nongshim, ZEC, MAYPOLE
• 1996: Kwail Nara, LG group, Dong Yang cosmetic, MAYPOLE, LETXES('96-'97)
• 1997: LG group, HITE beer, MAYPOLE,
• 1998: LG group etc.
• 1999: FRJ
• 2001: JM Global Water Purifier, Kye-Mong-Sa (Press), Old & New, LoReal (Perfume), OXYGENE_Lanvin Oxygene Homme
• 2002: LG Telecom, LG Home Shopping, LG Card, Korea Investment Trust, Kolon ManStar, Old & New, Halla Millate,
• 2003: Ray Ban Glasses, Taster's Choice, LG Whisen, LG Telecom, LG Card, Kolon ManStar, Old & New, Keangnam,
• 2004: Taster's Choice, Oronamin C, LOTTE Flavono, Sony handycam, Lotte Almond, Sony Cybershot, AU by KDDI, Daihatsu Mira, LG La La La (films available online at http://byj.co.kr ),Keangnam, Old & New, Lotte-DutyFree(on-air in Japan)
• 2005: Taster's Choice, Lotte Rummy and Bacchus chocolates, Keangnam (builders), Japan Coca-Cola 7-Flavor Tea, Lotte Almond, PIZZA-LA, Toushinn(Taiwn), Hyundai Sonata
• 2006: Hyundai Sonata, Eastern Home Shopping Network, Secom Security Systems, Keangnam,
• 2007: Secom, Megane Ichiba, Keangnam, Lotte-DutyFree
• 2008: Megane Ichiba, Viliv, The Face Shop, Sinfanbank
• 2009: Arnaldo Bassini (http://www.abmen.co.kr/default.asp), The Face Shop, Megane Ichiba
• 2010: Arnaldo Bassini,The Face Shop, Megane Ichiba

Books

• 2004: The Image: Volume 1
• 2005: 100 Days of Bae Yong-joon
• 2007: BYJ Family Book
• 2009: Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty

Awards

• 1995: KBS Drama: Rookie Award & Photogenic Award
• 1996: KBS Drama: The Excellent Actor Award & The Popular Actor Award
• 1997: 33rd Bak Sang: Popularity award
• 2002: KBS Drama: Popular Actor Award & Best Actor Award
• 2002: 38th Bak Sang: Popularity award
• 2003: Blue Dragon: Best Newcomer & Popular Star award
• 2004: 40th Baeksang: Rookie Award
• 2007: MBC drama awards: Daesang award
• 2007: MBC drama awards: Best couple ( with Lee Ji Ah) in The Legend
• 2007: MBC drama awards: Popularity award

Wikipedia controversy

In 2006, Koh Gyudhae of Hankooki, along with a segment of Bae's fans criticized Wikipedia's article on Bae, citing privacy reasons. Koh went further by voicing his view that "unnecessary" information should be removed. Following the publication of the newspaper, edits included the removal of "incorrect" information.

See also

• Contemporary culture of South Korea
• Korean wave

References

• Brasor, Philip (2008-01-27). "Bae Yong-joon, superstar, how many hits have you had so far?". The Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20080131r1.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
• "Celebrity: A Hunk o' Love: If his television role brings out the screaming teen in middle-aged women, that's OK with Bae Yong-joon". Newsweek. 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-06-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20040603154952/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4825403/site/newsweek/. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

External links

• Bae Yong-joon’s official homepage
• yongjoon1.com (metablog, Japanese)