Day: January 5, 2016

[Part1] Jang Keun Suk by Akio Tahara, ‘The Tracks of Encounter’

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Many eels must have already known him, Mr. Akio Tahara. He used to be a deputy editor of Japanese magazine ‘Josei Jisin’. He has now retired and started to write about some of the Korean artists he has interviewed during his career.
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Original source: http://lineblog.me/taba0385/archives/1036094080.html
English translation: Wen Lee from ECI
Edited by tenshi_akuma
Photos shared on Internet
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August 4th, 2015

Another encounter which influenced my Hallyu interviews, no, the encounter which dictated my carrer. That’s Mr. Jang Keun Suk.

By the way, today is his birthday. To start writing about JKS on such a day is also fate, I believe.

About JKS, there’s a lot to say. It’s different to the first Hallyu heat which included Winter Sonata. It’s a path we walked together starting from zero. As a magazine editor, I was in the midst of the creation of this heatwave & the centre of this was Mr. Keun Suk. Really, there was a time I was the only person doing interviews with him. We talked in private then. Thinking back now, it looked like a miracle.

I always believed he would become successful. Have I helped him a bit in the process..? I’d like to write the memories bit by bit chronologically. Once I start, there seems no ending (laugh). So I will update at random times.　I will update what I can share, and when I can write…

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