W5566 was a Taiwanese boy band, formed under Taiwanese music company, J-Star. The name is derived from their original five members, working in six entertainment fields. Over the course of their career, they have starred in three idol dramas: My MVP Valentine, Westside Story, and Mr. Fighting. They have also released four albums: 1st Album, Boyfriend, Long Time No See, and Bravo; two compilation albums: C'est Si Bon Greatest Hits, I Love 56 - Re-emerging Legends: 5 Years Greatest Hits; and taken part in four OSTs: My MVP Valentine OST, Westside Story soundtrack, Mr. Fighting OST, and Ying Ye 3 Jia 1.
WChen Hsin-hung, nicknamed Ashin is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, author, and the vocalist of the Taiwanese band Mayday. Ashin majored in art in college, where he also began his musical career.
WCalvin Chen is a Taiwanese actor, businessman, model, singer, and television host. He was a member of the Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit, along with Jiro Wang, Wu Chun and Aaron Yan.
WElla Chen Chia-hwa is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
WJoe Chen or Chen Chiao-en is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television host.
WJoseph Cheng, is a Taiwanese model, actor and singer. Although he started his career as a model, Cheng is well known for his role as Jiang Zhishu in Taiwanese drama serial version of Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss, It Started with a Kiss. Cheng has gained much recognition as an actor in most parts of Asia, particularly Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines and Japan. Cheng released his debut EP, Sing a Song, in October 2009. The title of the EP as well as its title track is a play on the third word in his name, Chang (暢) as a homophone of the word "Sing" (唱) in Chinese.
WJay Chou is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, film director, businessman and magician. Dubbed the "King of Mandopop", and having sold over 30 million records, Chou is one of the best-selling artists in the Greater China Area and is known for his work with lyricist Vincent Fang, with whom he has frequently collaborated on his music.
WVic Chou is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Taiwanese boy band F4.
WKen Chu is a Taiwanese singer, composer, actor, cook; and a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band F4. Educated in Singapore, he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
WFahrenheit was a Taiwanese boy band composed of members Calvin Chen, Jiro Wang, Wu Chun, and Aaron Yan. They were formed in 2005 by Comic International Productions and HIM International Music. Their music is distributed by WOW Music in Hong Kong and by Pony Canyon in Japan. Fahrenheit ware often associated with their labelmate seniors S.H.E, who are also under HIM International Music.
WVivian Hsu is a Taiwanese singer and actress.
WWallace Huo Chien-hwa is a Taiwanese actor, singer and producer. He is known for his roles in At Dolphin Bay (2003), Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), Swordsman (2013), Battle of Changsha (2014), The Journey of Flower (2015) and Love Me If You Dare (2015).
WSelina Jen Chia-hsüan is a Taiwanese singer, television host and actress. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. On 11 June 2004, she graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University with a Bachelor of Education degree, majoring in Civic Education and Leadership.
WTakeshi Kaneshiro is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. Beginning his career as a teen pop idol, he has since shifted his focus towards the film industry, where he achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. He has worked with some of the most renowned directors in East Asia, namely, Wong Kar Wai, Peter Chan, Zhang Yimou and John Woo. Kaneshiro is also well known in the gaming industry for being the model and voice for the samurai character, Samanosuke Akechi, in Capcom’s Onimusha video game series.
WLai Kuan-lin, also romanized as Lai Guanlin and better known mononymously as Guanlin, is a Taiwanese rapper, singer and actor based in South Korea and China. He is known for finishing seventh in Produce 101 Season 2 and was a member of the South Korean boy band Wanna One. He also formed a duo with Pentagon's Wooseok as Wooseok x Kuanlin in March 2019, under Cube Entertainment.
WAriel Lin Yi-chen is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the Taiwanese drama It Started with a Kiss (2005) and the Chinese fantasy drama The Little Fairy (2006). Lin won Best Actress at the 43rd and 47th Golden Bell Awards for her roles in They Kiss Again (2007) and In Time with You (2011) respectively.
WJimmy Lin Chih-ying is a Taiwanese singer, actor, and race car driver.
WShow Lo is a Taiwanese singer, actor and host. He is commonly known by his nickname Xiao Zhu. Lo is recognized for his trademark dance music and comedic talent. He has over 50 million followers on Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo as of June 2018.
WMa Chia-ling is a Taiwanese singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48's Team 4. She is also the first and so far only member of AKB48 who is not Japanese. Her nickname is "Macharin" (まちゃりん). Má Ka-lêng is her Hokkien Name.
WMayday is a Taiwanese band that released their first album in 1999 with five members, Monster, Ashin (vocal), Stone, Masa (bass) and Ming (drums).
WBrent Hsu, born Hsu Ming-chieh, is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He was a member of the boyband SpeXial from 2012 to 2020.
WMonster or Wen Shang-yi, is one of the two guitarists and leader of the Taiwanese rock band, Mayday. Monster became interested in music and the guitar while studying at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University where he also met three other Mayday members Ashin, Stone and Masa. He later became vice-president of the guitar society in high school and president of the Rock and Roll society at National Taiwan University during his university days.
WEddie Peng Yu-Yan is a Taiwanese actor, singer and model.
WQiu Xinyi is an idol singer from Tsinchu based in Shanghai. She is a member of Team SII of female idol group SNH48.
WS.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose members are Selina Jen, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen. They formed in 2001 and are managed by HIM International Music but decided not to renew their contract in 2019 due to having their own management company.
WAlec Su You-peng is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television producer, and film director.
WJennifer Su is an American South African radio and television personality of Chinese origin. She is best known as the financial news anchor for The Africa Business Report on Sky News. She is also a former presenter of The Hollywood Report on the Gareth Cliff show when he was still on 5FM. During the period of 2006–2008 Su was a prime time anchor for Star News Asia in Hong Kong.
WTony Sun is a Taiwanese actor, singer, host and baseball player. He is the leader of Taiwanese group 5566.
WDavid Tao, born Tao Xuzhong (Chinese:陶緒忠), is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for having popularized R&B in the Mandopop industry.
WHebe Tien is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, To Hebe (2010), established her as a solo artist. Tien's song "A Little Happiness", the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film Our Times, was a major hit in most Mandarin-speaking parts of Asia.
WJolin Tsai is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Referred to as the "Queen of C-Pop", she is considered one of the most influential people in Chinese popular culture. She is known for her continual reinvention and versatility in music style and visual image, and she has achieved great reputation and popularity in the Chinese-speaking world. She is also regarded as one of the key popularizers of dance-pop as mainstream music in Greater China, and she remains completely in charge of every aspect of her career. Her works, which incorporate social themes, have been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim.
WChou Tzu-yu, known mononymously as Tzuyu, is a Taiwanese singer based in South Korea. She is the youngest member of the girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment. Tzuyu is Twice's only member from Taiwan.
WJiro Wang is a Taiwanese singer and actor, who started his career as a model. Wang is a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band Fahrenheit.
WWang Leehom, sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Formally trained at Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his music is known for fusing hip-hop and R&B, with traditional Chinese music. Since his 1995 debut, Wang has released 25 albums, that have sold over 60 million copies. He is a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of the Golden Melody Awards, the "Grammys" of Chinese music. His sold-out concert at the 90,000 seat Beijing Bird's Nest on April 14, 2012 was the first solo pop concert to be held at the iconic venue. With over 72 million followers on social media, Wang is one of the most followed celebrities in China. In 2018, CNN dubbed him "King of Chinese Pop" and the LA Times called him "the biggest American star America has never heard of." Wang was listed as one of Goldsea's "The 100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".
WWu Chun is a Bruneian actor, singer, and model. He was a member of Fahrenheit, a Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band, from its debut in 2005 to June 2011, singing bass. Wu has appeared in several Taiwanese television series, such as Tokyo Juliet (2006), Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (2006), Romantic Princess (2007), Hot Shot (2008), Sunshine Angel (2011), and Kindaichi Case Files (2012–2013). His film appearances include The Butterfly Lovers (2008), Lady of the Dynasty (2014).
WEmma Wu Ying-chieh, also known as Gui Gui, is a Taiwanese singer and actress.
WNicholas Wu Qilong is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He found fame in 1988 when he became a member of the popular Taiwanese band, Xiao Hu Dui, performing alongside Alec Su and Julian Chen. The trio were extremely successful in Taiwan, selling over 15 million albums. During his time with Little Tigers Team, he pursued a solo career, releasing an extensive catalogue of songs, Mandarin and Cantonese albums as a solo artist when member Julian Chen left the group to serve compulsory military service. Wu released his debut solo album in 1992.
WVanness Wu is a Taiwanese-American actor, entertainer, singer, director, and producer. He is a member of the Taiwanese boyband F4 and the Korean Mandopop duo Kangta & Vanness.
WXiao Hu Dui, also known as the Little Tigers, were a Taiwanese boy band formed in 1988. The band consisted of Alec Su, Nicky Wu and Julian Chen. The trio rose to fame during the late 1980s, achieving success in their native Taiwan and throughout Asia. Their success led to the recognition, popularity and creation of Taiwanese idol boy bands and other pop acts. Xiao Hu Dui are cited as the first idol band. After a brief hiatus, the group disbanded in 1995. The three members went on to pursue solo careers. They sold over 15 million albums.
WRainie Yang Cheng Lin is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host.