Jiro Fahrenheit

Recently the Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (花样少年少女) wind is blowing strong and many people around me are caught in it's frenzy, including Amai, who only likes Chinese opera and Takarazuka. "Hanazakarino Kimitachihe", or "Hana Kimi" in short, featured Ella from S.H.E. as the female lead and Wu Zun (Chun) and Jiro (Wang Dongcheng) as the first and second male lead respectively. Being labelled as the "most 'manly' idol drama" in Taiwan, the show enjoyed immense popularity, and anything that features Chun and Ella will bound to create a storm once released into the market.

I supposed I'm one of the very few that actually preferred the second male lead Jiro (Wang Dongcheng) over Chun, as I feel that his role in Hana Kimi is much better. Not that Chun did not do well, just that acting directly opposite Ella just makes his role look less attractive because Ella's role is simply too striking. Jiro's acting is indeed quite good; he's not only good at comical roles, which he himself is already a rather whacky guy off-screen, but he's equally good at playing sentimental roles. Those who have watched "It Started With A Kiss" (恶作剧之吻) would have known; in the show he acted as a sentimental but dreamy guy whose goal in life is to marry his dream girl, whom he had always loved since his first year in college, although he knew well that the latter only had eyes on another guy.

When it comes to singing, I feel that Jiro is one of the better ones in Fahrenheit. Although there's still room for improvement technically, his singing is still acceptable. For Chun, though his vocal quality is not bad, his singing's slightly pitchy, probably due to his "south-east Asian Chinese accent".

I may not be a "头号Fans"(imitate Ella's signature gestures in Hana Kimi) of Hana Kimi, nor a die-hard fan of Taiwanese idol drama, but I hope to see more of Jiro is future shows. He's really talented and I feel that he shouldn't be always given the role of a pitiful secret admirer or a comical second lead. With his talent in acting, he should be able to go far if given more chance. So for now, I shall make do with "Hana Kimi" and "It Started With A Kiss". Hopefully 2007 will be a better year for him, with better on-screen exposures!

Jiro in Tank's MV, "給我你的愛" (theme song for "終極一班")


Jiro in vegetable juice commercial (guest starring other three members of Fahrenheit)


Jiro in ISWAK, dreaming of singing his love theme to his dream girl




Jiro in ISWAK, these are the two scene which really made me take a different look at Jiro as an actor


Jiro and Joe Cheng lip-sync to the theme song of ISWAK