J-Star

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J-Star, short for Jungiery Star, is associated with Jungiery, a Taiwanese artiste management company. The members of J-Star include 5566, 183 Club, 7 Flowers, Typhoon, Taiji, LALA, VJ, and Cyndi Wang. R&B and K-One were also part of J-Star. Some original R&B members left Jungiery, and the remaining members were regrouped with other Jungiery trainees to form the bubblegum-pop group LALA. K-One has since returned to Wingman Entertainment.

Contents

5566 is considered the main pillar of J-Star.

Members

Current members

Former Members

Activity

J-Star publishes its own magazine under the same name, "J-Star."

In 2006, J-Star formed a baseball team to compete against teams from Playboy (Korea) and Japan.

History

The main manager, Sun De Rong (also known as Sun Zhong), first created the group 5566 on 21 January 2002. Other notable individuals managed by Sun De Rong include Ming Dao, Qiao En, Cyndi Wang, and Hong Qiao. Nearly two years later, R&B was formed but disbanded in 2006. Following these successes, Jungiery continued to create more groups, such as 7 Flowers and 183 Club. Individuals were also organized into various groups. Sun Zhong managed K-One, and Toro joined Jungiery and became part of the group Typhoon after leaving Energy.

In 2007, the company faced some setbacks.

Albums

J-Star Albums

Chinese TitleEnglish Title (most C-Pop releases have a Chinese title and an English title)Notes
《愛的奇蹟 喬傑立巨星最紅偶像劇情歌精選》Love Miracle I - Compilation Of J-star's Best OST SongsFeatured
《愛的奇蹟II 跳舞吧!Love Miracle II - Come On Party!
《愛的奇蹟III 搖滾萬歲》Love Miracle III - I Love Rock And Roll

5566 Albums

Chinese TitleEnglish Title (most C-Pop releases have a Chinese title and an English title)Notes
MVP 情人 電視原聲帶 My MVP Valentine OST
一光年 1st Album First album - 2002
西街少年 電視原聲帶 Westside Story
摯愛 Boyfriend Second album
紫禁之巔 電視原聲帶Top Of The Forbidden City OST
最棒冠軍精選C'est Si BonFeatured
格鬥天王 電視原聲帶Mr. Fighting OST
好久不見 Long Time No See Third studio album
《我愛56 - 傳說再現5年極精選》I Love 56 - Retelling The First 5 YearsMost highly featured
櫻野三加一 電視原聲帶Ying Ye 3+1 OST
喝采 Bravo Fourth studio album

183 Club Albums

7 Flowers Albums

Cyndi Wang Album

AlbumDate of releaseTitle
1st24 Feb 2003Begin...
2nd26 Mar 2004Cyndi Loves You 愛你
3rd18 Feb 2005Honey
Best Album26 July 2005閃耀2005新歌+節奏精選
4th27 Dec 2005Cyndi with U
5th30 Apr 2007Magic Cyndi
6th30 Nov 2007Fly! Cyndi
Best Album29 Feb 2008Red Cyndi

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