- published: 13 Jan 2014
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Tsuyoshi Abe (阿部 力, Abe Tsuyoshi?, (born February 13, 1982 in Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese Japanese (中国系日本人) actor in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent (his grandmother was Japanese), he is able to speak both Mandarin and Japanese fluently.
Abe's original name was Li Zhendong (李振冬); after he moved to Japan at age 9, he changed to using his present name. He spent a year at the Beijing Film Academy at age 18. He is 175 cm tall and weighs 63 kg.
Kim Joon (born Kim Hyung Joon on February 3, 1984 in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), is a South Korean rapper, actor, and model who rose to stardom with his portrayal of Song Woo Bin, one of the famous F4 in KBS2's 2009 hit drama Boys Over Flowers.
Prior to his F4 fame, Kim Joon was already known as a member of K-pop group T-Max, who first debuted in 2007. He is both a rapper and a songwriter for the group. Their song entitled "Paradise" was featured in the first edition of the Boys Over Flowers' soundtrack. Other songs of T-Max that were featured in the subsequent editions of the Boys Over Flowers' Original Soundtrack were "Say Yes," "Wish You're My Love","Fight The Bad Feeling," and "Bang Bang Boom." Kim Joon also had a single in the soundtrack entitled "To Empty Out" with Kim Jo Han. He also had his solo song "Jun Be O.K.", written by himself, with Kim Hyun Joong doing a cameo appearance in the music video of the song.
After Kim Joon's stardom, T-MAX took part of many OST's for various dramas and movies. From April 2009 to December 2010, Kim Joon was a permanent cast of “Invincible Baseball Team”, a KBS 2TV program which aired during Saturday Challenges and was chosen as MVP for several weeks. Thanks to “Invincible Baseball Team” Joon cultivated friendships with some of Korea's top celebrities among them his idol, DJ DOC. On June 2009, he took part on the Mnet variety show "Mnet Scandal", a show where a celebrity will go out with a non-celebrity for a week. In the end, Joon decided to not keep dating his partner. Aside from being a guest on several variety shows, in July 2009, he took on a theatrical role in the musical Youthful March (젊음의 행진). On November 26, 2009 he tested positive for H1N1; he made a speedy recovery his agency, but was forced to cancel a 2D1N trip to the Philippines for a fan-meeting on the 30th.