Sunday, January 23, 2011

[Article] Kim Hyun Joong in Japan's Spring Magazine

It's been a while since a blog something about SS501 Leader Kim Hyung Joon and I am so aware that many are missing him as we hardly get any news from his camp.

As I was looking for something to post I was surprised to get an email from a Japanese friend. She sent me the translation of the interview of Hyun Joong from a Japanese magazine Spring which she asked me to share here. Super thanks Lafone for your kindness and for doing the translation of this article which I'm pretty sure will make many Hyun Joong fans happy.

In this post, I am posting as well scanned pix from the magazine which I lifted from elley0606 blog. Thank you so much as well. It's so nice to decorate this article with photos of Hyun Joong of course.

So here is the article, go and read to discover where he wants to take his girlfriend they're in Japan and his plans for 2011.

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[Trans] Kim Hyun Joong in Spring Magazine
Scanned Phtos courtesy of elley0606 / blog.daum.net/elley0606
Japanese to Korean translation by Lafone / liezle.blogspot.com

The next superstar which will represent Asia is... Kim Hyun Joong.





In the center of the unprecedented second Hanryu boom, there are a lot of superstars, talented in both of singing and acting. Kim Hyun Joong, introduced in the top, is a member of SS501, one of the most popular pop group in Korea ; he is now breaking into a stardom as an actor. With his crisp smile, he may knock out the Japanese girls ?

The person who accelerates the 2ndHanryu Boom is Kim Hyun Joong, a member of KPop group SS501, and is now spotlighted as a leading male actor. He called the attention as HanazawaRui (YoonJiHoo) of Korean version of BOF, climbing up the steps to the stardom after acting as a genius with a hot-cold personality, Irie Naoki (BaekSeungJo) in Playful Kiss. His popularity is rapidly growing without ceiling.

“ The year of 2010 was a substantial year for me, not only of shooting of my first leading role drama, Playful Kiss, but also having had a lot of opportunities to perform in many countries. I had very little time to stay in Korea. In Japan I was so busy, and it made me dizzy (laugh) When I am busy, I try to enjoy it to the maximum. Because I believe it will lead me to show my best performance as artist"

The role of cool, nice-looking guy which he acted in BOF and Playful Kiss is perfectly suited to him. Does he happen to be a hot-cold personality in a real life when he is in love ?

“ I am bashful in front of strangers, people may think that I am such type (laugh). But once I am fallen in love with someone, I completely devote myself to her. I can do for her every sort of things, leaving nothing to be desired. If I have a date with a girlfriend in Japan? Well, I would like to visit Sapporo (the metropolitan city in Hokkaido, the most noth part of Japan) and to enjoy a hotspring, looking at snowy landscape. “

“ It may be fantastic to see a beautiful scenary of the sea in an island of Okinawa where I visited once. I do not play any marine sport, to tell the truth, because I am afraid of being in the sea.”

Asked about his favorite female fashion style, he pointed out the cover page of our magazine, Spring. By sorting page by page, he said in Japanese “ this is NG ! “ , pointing the lady with mode-makeup (a bit heavy make-up style). In terms of both fashion and make-up, "I prefer a natural and crystal image. As a color, I like beige, white which gives refined, soft and warm image, rather than clear vivid colors such as red and yellow. When it comes to my fashion favorite, “grunge stle” is my basic. I like a long and loose top and tight pant. That’s my recent favorite style."

What are your objectives for 2011 ?

“ To release two solo albums as well as acting in one drama. I have an ambition to have a concert for all the Asian fans in future, and therefore, I would like to establish a solid position as singer with my solo albums. In drama, I would like to challenge for a villain part, and would like to act many characters, thus showing unforeseen part of myself. “

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Liezle, thanks for the translated article. But you put the wrong tag. You have him as Kim Hyung Joon.

Anonymous said...

when i read e part abt releasing 2 solo albums, i thought of steven's recent twit asking abt which one is better, to release a full album or 2 singles. is hjl working wif steven?? i'm juz wondering though.

Anonymous said...

Steven's tweeted 1 full album or 2 mini album. I hope he is working with him. I hope he is learning English also for he can use that to promote his album in the different region of Asia