Ryu Shi-won
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Ryu Shi-won is a South Korea
n actor and singer. After he made his debut in the KBS drama Feeling (느낌) in 1994, Ryu pursued a singing career.
On December 12, 2004, Ryu went with a Taiwanese actress to Singapore
for the presentation of the Star awards to Singaporean actors in the Mediacorp
Star Awards 2004. The event was broadcast on Mediacorp's TV Channel 8
.
Ryu revealed that he is the 14th-generation descendant of the Joseon Dynasty
Prime Minister, Yu Seong-ryong
.
After one of the dramas he appeared in-"Beautiful Days"- was aired in Japan, he has become very popular there.
He's been very active both as an actor and a singer in Japan lately.
Ryu has studied photography for three years and has produced his own promo photos. Because of this, in 2009, he worked for the very first time with his co-actor Ko Soo
and he is the man behind Ko's very first photo diary, "24 Hours with Ko Soo". It spans approximately 100 shots, which will be produced as a DVD. He also gives support to Ko for his career.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n actor and singer. After he made his debut in the KBS drama Feeling (느낌) in 1994, Ryu pursued a singing career.
On December 12, 2004, Ryu went with a Taiwanese actress to Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
for the presentation of the Star awards to Singaporean actors in the Mediacorp
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
Star Awards 2004. The event was broadcast on Mediacorp's TV Channel 8
MediaCorp TV Channel 8
MediaCorp Channel 8 is a 24-hour free-to-air Mandarin Chinese general entertainment television channel in Singapore...
.
Ryu revealed that he is the 14th-generation descendant of the Joseon Dynasty
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
Prime Minister, Yu Seong-ryong
Yu Seong-ryong
Yu Seong-ryong , also often spelled Ryu Seong-ryong, was a scholar-official and Prime minister of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea...
.
After one of the dramas he appeared in-"Beautiful Days"- was aired in Japan, he has become very popular there.
He's been very active both as an actor and a singer in Japan lately.
Ryu has studied photography for three years and has produced his own promo photos. Because of this, in 2009, he worked for the very first time with his co-actor Ko Soo
Ko Soo
Go Soo is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in SBS television series Piano, Green Rose and Will It Snow On Christmas?...
and he is the man behind Ko's very first photo diary, "24 Hours with Ko Soo". It spans approximately 100 shots, which will be produced as a DVD. He also gives support to Ko for his career.
TV series
- 2009: StyleStyle (TV series)Style is a South Korean romance drama based on a popular novel by Yeong-ok Park, "Style" depicts the inner workings of a fictional fashion magazine named "Style."- Synopsis :...
(스타일, SBS) - 2007: Joshideka (Japan, TBS)
- 2007: Dondo Hare (Japan, NHK)
- 2005: Koino Karasawagi Drama Special (Japan, NTV)
- 2005: WeddingWedding (2005 TV series)Wedding is an 18-episode South Korean television drama that explores the relationship of a newly wed couple. The series show how two people, who met and married through an arranged matchmaking, slowly develop a relationship and learn what it means to be married...
(웨딩, KBS) - 2003: She's Cool! (그녀는 짱, KBS)
- 2002: Since I Knew You (그대를 알고부터, MBC)
- 2002: The Shining Sunlight (그 햇살이 나에게, MBC)
- 2001: Beautiful DaysBeautiful DaysBeautiful Days is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by SBS in 2001. It stars Lee Byung-hun and Choi Ji-woo.- Synopsis :...
(아름다운 날들, SBS) - 2000: SecretSecret (TV series)Secret is a South Korean television drama produced by the MBC in 2000. It was first broadcast in South Korea from September 2000 to November 2000. It has a total of 18 episodes.- Episode 1-10 :...
(비밀, MBC) - 2000: Truth (진실, MBC)
- 1998: Paper Crane (종이학, KBS)
- 1998: Purity (순수, KBS)
- 1998: 세상 끝까지 (MBC)
- 1997: 완벽한 남자를 만나는 방법 (KBS)
- 1997: Propose (프로포즈, KBS)
- 1997: 행복은 우리 가슴에 (SBS)
- 1996: 사랑할 때까지 (KBS)
- 1996: 곰탕 (SBS)
- 1995: Blue Sky (창공, KBS)
- 1995: The Campus Love Song (캠퍼스 연가, MBC)
- 1994: Feeling (느낌, KBS)
Japanese studio albums
| Year | Album Information | Chart positions |
Total sales |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |
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8 | 123,000 | |
| 2005 |
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4 | 89,000 |
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| 2006 | Asian Blow
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3 | 63,000 |
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| 2007 | With You
|
3 | 42,000 | |
| 2008 |
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7 | 36,000 | |
| 2009 |
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5 | 26,000 | |
| 2010 |
|
5 | 25,000 |
Other Japanese albums
| Year | Album Information | Chart positions |
Total sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Ryu Siwon Ballad Best Album
|
11 | 25,000 |
| 2009 | Ryu Siwon Single Collection
|
6 | 21,000 |
|
27 | 4,800 |
Korean Albums
- Change (November 1995)
- Dream (September 1999)
- Re-released in Japan on April 13, 2005. Reached #35 with 12,000 copies sold.
Singles
| Release | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Oricon sales |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Singles Charts |
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... * |
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| 2005 | align="left"| | Certified gold by the RIAJ | 2 | — | 139,000 | Kosumosu | |
| align="left"| | 5 | — | 78,000 | ||||
| 2006 | align="left"| | 2 | — | 63,000 | Asian Blow | ||
| "Only One" | 3 | — | 43,000 | — | |||
| 2007 | "Babylon" | 4 | — | 39,000 | |||
| align="left"| | The Tigers cover | 2 | — | 50,000 | Sōten no Ai | ||
| 2008 | align="left"| | 5 | 18 | 37,000 | |||
| align="left"| | 4 | 18 | 32,000 | Ryu Siwon Single Collection | |||
| 2009 | "Cafe Wonderland" | 9 | 28 | 26,000 | Mangekyō | ||
| align="left"| | 5 | 44 | 22,000 | ||||
| 2011 | align="left"| | First single under Avex | 7 | 59 | 14,000 | TBA | |
| align="left"| | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
Awards
- 1996: KBS Best New Actor Award
- 1997: KBS Most Popular Actor Award
- 1998: KBS Most Popular Actor Award
- 1998: KBS Best Actor Award
- 1999: TV Most Popular Award (35th Paeksang Arts AwardsPaekSang Arts AwardsPaekSang Arts Awards, also known as BaekSang Arts Awards, is an awards ceremony held annually by IS PLUS Corp, since 1965. It is to honour outstanding achievements in the South Korean entertainment industry and to garner public attention upon the best in Korean films and dramas...
) - 2000: MBC Best Actor Award
- 2005: New Artist of the Year Award (19th Nippon Gold Disk Awards)
- 2005: Most Popular Award (47th Nippon Record Awards)