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Jiro Wang
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Chinese name	汪東城 (Traditional)
Chinese name	汪东城 (Simplified)
Pinyin	wāng dōngchéng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	wong1 dong1 sing4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Wang Dong Cheng
Origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Born	August 24, 1981 (1981-08-24) (age 28) Taipei, Taiwan
Other name(s)	Wang Da Dong
Occupation	Actor, Singer, Model
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Label(s)	HIM International Music WOW Music (HK Only)
Years active	2001–present (modeling) 2004–present (acting) 2005–present (singing)
Associated acts	Fahrenheit Dong Cheng Wei
Official Website	www.wretch.cc/blog/gyapower

Jiro Wang (simplified Chinese: 汪东城; traditional Chinese: 汪東城; pinyin: Wāng Dōngchéng), nicknamed Da Dong (simplified Chinese: 大东; traditional Chinese: 大東) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is currently a member of the boy band Fahrenheit, and is widely known as the male lead in the Taiwanese idol drama KO One (終極一班) and its sequel The X-Family, as Ah Jin in It Started With a Kiss and its sequel, and Jin Xiu Yi in the live-action Taiwanese drama, Hana-Kimi (花樣少年少女).

Biography

Jiro Wang was born August 24, 1981, in Taiwan. He graduated at Fu Shin Trade and Arts College with a degree in Advertising Design. After his graduation, he dedicated his life toward the entertainment business. He was first asked to join the entertainment business because he showed his looks at a competition. BMG, the label that signed him, planned to package him with Jay Chou and Jordan Chan to form a boy band called 3J, but, because of 9/11, BMG's stocks crashed and the 3J plan was scrapped.^[1] Jiro then decided to continue his career in the industry by working backstage, mainly in charge of fashion designing and other designing necessities, as well as commercial modeling. He was approached again around 2004, when his acting career began.

He speaks fluent Taiwanese and Mandarin.

He used to play in an underground band named Karma as the lead singer. They have performed a song called 人間逃亡記 with lyrics composed by Jiro. After that, the band changed the name to Dong Cheng Wei (東城衛) without changing the members in the band. The band never received much popularity until Jiro joined Fahrenheit.

When he was 18, his father died, leaving him with his mother to pay the family's debt. This forced him into the commercial and modeling industry. The commercials he has appeared in include one for Megniu (a yogurt brand) as part of Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit features in Suan Tian (among other songs) with the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.

Because of Jiro's poor health, he often loses his voice, so he always has the medicine his mom prepared for him. Behind the stage, he's always quiet because the doctor told him not to talk as much if he doesn't want to lose his voice; because of Xerophthalmia, he once couldn't complete the filming because he couldn't open his eyes. He also has Rhinitis which occasionally causes his speech to sound like it is coming from his nose.

Television series

Music career

Jiro Wang was the first member to join Fahrenheit. He is the baritenor vocalist of the group. His publicized temperature is that of hot Summer, at 95 degrees. He also represents "Hot" (Chinese: 热; pinyin: rè​).

Guest Appearances

Wang also performed in numerous MVs and commercials before his rise to stardom.He appeared in Fish Leong's (梁靜茹) 分手快樂 MV when he was 19. After the debut of Fahrenheit, he acted opposite follow HIM International Music artist, Liu Li Yang, in her music video Smiling Tears (simplified Chinese: 眼泪笑了; traditional Chinese: 眼淚笑了)

References

Trivia

• Jiro is known as the "pose king"; he can do twenty poses in thirty seconds.
• He is 182 cm tall. His star sign is Virgo and he has type O blood.

External links

• HIM International Music (Chinese)
• Fahrenheit: Official Japan Site (Japanese)
• Jiro's Blog
• Jiro Star (Chinese)