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Kim Min-jong (born March 23, 1971) is a South Korean actor and singer. == Career == Kim Min-jong began his career on Korean film and television in the 1990s as a matinee idol with a gentle, serious image. He starred in popular TV series that kicked off pre-Hallyu Korean drama trends, notably ''Feelings'', ''A Faraway Country'', ''Mister Q'', ''Secret'' and ''Guardian Angel''. He also appeared in the films ''You Know What, It's a Secret'', ''Resistance of Teenagers'', and Park Chan-wook's sophomore effort ''Trio''. In 1992 he and fellow actor Son Ji-chang launched duo The Blue (더 블루).〔http://theblue.smtown.com/〕 They were playing leads in hit dramas at the time, and enjoyed explosive popularity among women when they debuted with ballads and dance music. They went their separate ways for a while after their first album, but reunited in 1995 for a second project and produced many chart-toppers. Kim simultaneously launched a successful career as a solo singer. But in 1996, at the height of his popularity, he announced his retirement from music after one of his hit songs turned out to have been a copy of another Japanese song. He made a comeback two years later with his fourth album. Though his popularity dimmed in the mid- to late-2000s, Kim remained active in the entertainment industry as an actor, appearing in the film ''Mr. Butterfly'' opposite Kim Jung-eun, as well as the romantic comedy/police procedural ''Woman of Matchless Beauty, Park Jung-geum'', risqué cable drama ''Hyena'', period drama ''The Return of Iljimae'', and manhwa adaptation ''A Man Called God''. In 2009 The Blue returned to the K-pop scene. Kim said Son had been toying with the idea of releasing a "best of" album for a while. When the two appeared together for an event in 2007, the positive response convinced them to get back together, so they re-recorded some of their old hits such as "Feeling Only for You," "With You," and "Endless Love." They released a four-song single album, and during that year went on official The Blue promotional activities.〔 He and Son are also business partners and co-CEO of Blue M Company since 2010. Kim had a scene-stealing turn as a North Korean agent who defects to South Korea in 2010 spy series ''Athena: Goddess of War''. In 2012 his management agency SM Entertainment designated him as a non-executive director of one of its subsidiaries, SM Culture & Contents (SM C&C). That same year, he gained new fans after he starred in ''A Gentleman's Dignity'', which portrayed the humorous love lives of a group of close-knit male friends in their forties. After the series ended, Kim and co-star Jang Dong-gun visited refugees in the Republic of the Congo on a mission trip sponsored by UNICEF and UNHCR's World Food Programme. It was televised on SBS documentary program ''Hope TV''. Then he and another co-star Kim Su-ro co-hosted the show ''My Queen'' on cable channel Story On, in which they travel the world meeting Korean "queens" who've distinguished themselves in their respective fields. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kim Min-jong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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