Promotional News

To commemorate the release of Jang Keun Suk’s first official photo-book, a photo-book exhibition entitled “Jang Keun Suk’s Exhibition – Another J Plus” will be held.

Date: 28 June 2011 to 4 July 2011
Time: 10 am to 8 pm (4 pm on the last day)
Venue: Sogo Yokohama, Level 8

Admission fee:
– 800 yen
– 600 yen for high school students
– Free for primary school students and younger
* Part of the admission proceeds will go to Japan Red Cross in aid of earthquake disaster victims and re-development of disaster-hit areas.

Admission tickets are available via pre-order from 27 May or can be purchased on the exhibition dates.

Contents of Exhibition

The focus is on JKS’ photo-shoot locations such as London and Belgium, photographs previously undisclosed and the re-creation of photo-shoot sets etc. Early delivery is possible through pre-order at the exhibition venue, and limited JKS merchandise by Sogo Yokohama will also be on sale.

For enquiries, please call the telephone number +81 (0)3-5654-0884 between 10:00 to 18:00 hours (Japan time) on weekdays.

Credits: Sukbar

Increasingly popular in Japan, Korean actor-cum-singer Jang Keun Suk’s first official shop in Japan will open from 3 June to 27 June 2011 in Shibuya, Japan, at Parco1 level 7 at a designated area with 180 square metres.

At this official shop, not only can fans buy the usual JKS merchandise, they also have a chance to buy limited items. In order to fulfil fans’ wishes, the venue will also display photo-books and videos previously undisclosed, as well as JKS’ personal items. Staff are still working on how best to showcase the limited items at the venue and say that fans can even buy JKS’ personal items.

JKS says that he is very happy to open his first, exclusive merchandise store in Japan. “Hope that everyone can take this chance to get to know me better. I hope to come to Japan soon to meet everyone.”

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Japan TBS is going to make their reproduction of “You are Beautiful”. The role of Hwang Tae-kyung will be played by Tamamori Yuta of Kis-My-Ft2 (top right-hand corner).

The other actors in the cast are 泷本美织 (Go Mi-nam), 藤ヶ谷太辅，HSJ的八乙女光, 片濑那奈 and 高岛政伸. Apologies for the current lack of their names in English.

Jang Keun Suk has passed this message to TBS on the re-make:

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Go Woo Ri, member of youth girls’ group Rainbow, challenges her acting skill for the first time.

In “You’re my Pet” which has started filming in mid-May, Go Woo Ri acts as Jang Keun Suk’s ex-girlfriend Lee Min-shan. After ending activities related to Rainbow’s 《To Me》at the end of May, Go Woo Ri will join the filming. Although her character in the movie only has a few scenes, the character is important to the story development.

Source: chn.chosun.com

少女組合Rainbow成員高佑麗將扮演張根碩前女友，首次挑戰演技。

高佑麗將在本月中旬開拍的電影《寵物情人》中飾演張根碩的前女友李敏善（音）。本月末結束Rainbow《To Me》相關活動後，高佑麗將正式投入拍攝。高佑麗飾演的李敏善雖然在片中戲份不多，但是在故事的發展上有著重要作用的角色。

朝鮮日報中文網

Updated 14 May, 9.55 am

Credits: Sukbar

J Plus Favourite (80 photo cards) and J Plus (A4-size) are available for order at HMV Japan. It’s classified under “Books”, and the orders for this have topped HMV sales chart for books. The official release date is 27 July 2011.

For those who’re interested to take a look at what JKS-related products are on sale at Japan HMV, please click here.

For J Plus, please click here.

Also available at Amazon:
J Plus.

J Plus Favourite

张根硕贴吧官方微博：【消息】张根硕预计在7月发行的首本个人写真集目前在HMV书籍综合榜销量榜排名NO.1

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Sukbar news – On 12 May 2011, Japan Music Album Association (rough translation) has awarded Gold to JKS’ “Let me cry” album for exceeding 100,000 albums in sales for the month of April 2011.

张根硕贴吧官方微博：【消息】张根硕首张专辑《let me cry》获日本唱片协会金唱片认定！日本唱片协会12日发表了2011年4月度各专辑及单曲销量榜，其中《let me cry》在邦盘-单曲分类榜中获得金唱片级认定。（注：金唱片指有效销量突破10万的唱片。）

Source article: ifensi
English translation: Aphrael77

Jang Keun Suk’s charm invades Japan – Jap media compliments his multi-sided charm

13 May 2011 – Korean star Jang Keun Suk’s debut single “Let me cry” topped the Oricon weekly sales chart upon its release, making JKS the only overseas artiste to achieve this feat in history. The splendid results from his first entry onto the Japanese music scene has served to increase his reputation accumulated from “You are Beautiful” (YAB), as well as made the Korean media look at JKS in a new light and start to analyze the reasons for the “Jang Keun Suk” effect in Japan.

Japan Fuji TV’s star programme “Hey! Hey! Hey!” had an interview with JKS and to increase viewership, the interview was spread out over 2 weeks. Their afternoon drama slot is currently airing YAB for the third time, becoming the overseas drama with the most number of repeat broadcasts. TBS will air “Marry me Mary” from 20 May, another drama starring JKS. A strong competitor to Fuji and TBS, Japan TV is not lagging behind – “Sukkiri”, its morning general news programme, aired a special 19-minute feature “New Hallyu IKEMAN Jang Keun Suk” on 12 May, analyzing the reasons why 23 year old JKS has become Japan’s brightest Hallyu star. “Sukkiri” points out that besides the two known external reasons of JKS’ acting skill being honed since his high school days and his singing prowess, Jang Keun Suk’s gender-neutral sexiness and his consideration and sincerity towards fans and fellow workers are his internal characteristics that account for his gradual transition to the ranks of Hallyu superstars.

Just walk into any bookstore in Tokyo,

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On a survey conducted on the 15 – 44 age group, the viewership rating for “Marry me Mary” (M3) on 11 May is as high as 1.09%, and secures the top position for Korean drama viewership ratings in Taiwan.

Ratings figures for reference

* According to Korean media, 0.5% in Taiwan is equivalent to 20% in Korea (source: news.hankooki)

For the previous Korean drama aired, its highest rating was 0.87% and average rating is 0.53%.

Other Korean dramas’ rating in Taiwan:
“Playful Kiss” 0.5%
“IRIS” 0.3%
“My Girlfriend is a Gumiho” 0.3%

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From:卫视韩剧粉丝团

收视再传捷报！！
《玛莉外宿中》调查15-44岁个人收视率,11日最高收视率高达1.09！稳占全台韩剧收视王！

【参考数据】
韩媒说台湾0.5 = 韩国 20的收视 (FROM:news.hankooki)
前一档韩剧的收视王，最高0.87，平均0.53
其他韩剧收视率:
<恶作剧之吻>O.5%
< IRIS > 0.3%
<我的女友是九尾狐> 0.3%