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Vivian Hsu: Japan
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Few artists have a foothold in as many markets as Vivian Hsu does. Being extremely successful in Japan, she has ... managed to succeed in Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong. Another solo album, this album contains four songs recorded in Japan and three never released songs.
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[I]n 1996, Vivian retired from nude modelling and returned her focus to music with her first solo effort "Angel Dreaming". Over the next few years, Vivian's prolific music career saw the release of a number of CDs, including albums sung in Korean and Japanese. She ... formed a number of successful but short-lived bands with Japanese artists, such as Black Biscuits (which started as a gag from a Japanese variety show) and The d.e.p. In addition to singing, Vivian has made her mark as a lyricist, penning songs for a number of artists (including Jay Chou), and as a legitimate actress with roles in Jackie Chan's "The Accidental Spy", the Taiwanese soap opera "Love Storm", as well as voiceover work in "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" and the localized version of "Powderpuff Girls".
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Vivian has appeared in a number of movies and television programs both in Taiwan and in Japan. She appeared in the ambitious 2006 mainland China-Taiwan-Hong Kong collaboration "The Knot", a romance movie that takes place between the CCP takeover of mainland China and the present. Her debut films are 赤裸天使 (py. Chìluǒ Tiānshǐ, titled "Angel Heart" internationally) in 1994 and 魔鬼的天使 (py. Móguǐ Tiānshǐ, en. Devil Angel) in 1995, both rated as Category III movies. Before breaking into the Taiwan acting scene, she starred in Hong Kong's L-O-V-E Love….
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Vivian is an amazing woman, who has truly earned her recognition as an actress, model and singer. Throughout her musical career, she has performed in Chinese, Japanese and Korean - WOW! Vivian was born on 19 March 1975, which makes her a Rabbit and a Pisces.
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Vivian has appeared in a number of movies and television programs both in Taiwan and in Japan. She ... has some experience as a seiyu (voice actress), having voiced Aisha in Gundam Seed for three episodes, as well as Princess Morebucks in the Taiwanese Powerpuff Girls. Perhaps her most recongisable role to Westerners was opposite Jackie Chan in The Accidental Spy.
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Vivian ... discovered her talent as a TV hostess. Appearing in various shows, she commanded the attention of millions of Japanese youth. And magazines targeting the middle class often carried her likeness. The five years were filled with singing, hosting, and acting in commercials.
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