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Rainie Yang (; born 4 June 1984) is a Taiwanese singer, actress and TV host. ==Career== Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's popularity in the music industry was mediocre and they achieved limited success. After the group disbanded in 2002, Yang continued to pursue a career in the entertainment industry as a TV host, hosting shows such as "Guess Guess Guess" variety show. After playing supporting roles in several Taiwanese dramas, including the ''Meteor Garden'', she landed the lead role, as Qi Yue, in the CTV drama ''Devil Beside You'' opposite Mike He in 2005. ''Devil Beside You'' was well received, allowing Yang's career to take off. The same year, she released her debut album, ''My Intuition'', featuring her hit "曖昧" (Intuition) as the theme song of ''Devil Beside You'' and 理想情人" (Ideal Lover) as an insert songs of ''Devil Beside You''. In 2006, she released her follow-up album, ''Meeting Love'', which also sold very well at around 1.4 million. On 8 January 2007, Yang recorded her last "Guess Guess Guess" show due to her busy schedule and focus upon her music/acting career. Hoping to portray herself as a "serious" actress, Yang co-starred in the lesbian-themed film ''Spider Lilies'' alongside Isabella Leong. However, after co-starring in ''Spider Lilies'', Yang returned to her previous cute image by becoming the lead actress in the drama ''Why Why Love'', co-starring with Mike He and Kingone Wang, which aired during the summer of 2007. She subsequently released her third album, ''My Other Self'' on 7 September 2007. It features the theme song from ''Why Why Love'', "缺氧" (Lacking Oxygen) and the insert song "完美比例" (Perfect Example). On 23 April 2008, while filming the Taiwanese drama ''Miss No Good'' in San Chih, Taiwan; Yang fell heavily from the stairs, and was sent to Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei. The stairs were located between the third floor, where the dressing room was located, and the first floor, where the film set was located. The crew originally thought the falling object was a light frame, but upon hearing a groan, they realized it was her. After an X-ray examination, doctors diagnosed Yang's injury as a spinal contusion. After leaving the hospital, producer Angie Chai took Yang to a Chinese massage therapist. ''Miss No Good'', starring Yang and Wilber Pan, was aired during the fall/winter of 2008 and met with much success. During this period of time, she also released her 4th album, ''Not Yet a Woman'', which features the insert song "太煩惱" (Too Much Trouble) and the theme song "帶我走" (Take Me Away) that were featured ''Miss No Good''. In 2009, Yang starred in ''ToGetHer'' with Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit and George Hu. Next she filmed ''The Child's Eye'' in Thailand, a horror flick directed by the Pang Brothers with Elanne Kong, and also Taiwanese drama ''Hi My Sweetheart'' with Show Luo, which first aired on CTS and GTV on 1 November 2009. After promoting ''Hi My Sweetheart'', Yang released her fifth album, ''Rainie & Love...?'', on New Years Day, 2010. Due to the success of ''Devil Beside You'' and ''Miss No Good'' overseas, Yang entered J-pop in 2010 by releasing a Japanese version of her hit "曖昧" (Intuition) as her first Japanese single. Yang released her first collection album, ''Whimsical World Collection'' on 23 April 2010. It consists of 3 CDs and a DVD with 3 new tracks, 35 previously released tracks and 15 music videos from her five studio albums. Followed by her first concert, held on 24 April 2010 at Taipei Arena, with Jerry Yan as her special guest〔 Sina.com (楊丞琳為演唱會豁出去 攀岩登高宣佈嘉賓 ) 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-11〕 On 22 October 2010, she was awarded Best Leading Actress in a Television Series at the 45th Golden Bell Awards, for her role as Chen Bao Zhu (陳寶茱) in ''Hi My Sweetheart''. In 2011, Yang released her 6th album ''Longing For'', which features "我們都傻" (We are all silly) that was an insert song of ''Love You''. In 2012, Yang starred in the romantic short film, ''HeartBeat Love'', alongside Show Luo. On 17 August, she released her 7th studio album ''Wishing For Happiness''. Her second concert tour, titled ''Love Voyage'', began on December 14. On 23 August 2013, Yang released her 8th studio album ''Angel Wings''. In 2014, Yang parted ways with Sony Music Taiwan, and signed to EMI Music Taiwan, a revived label that is now a subsidiary of Universal Music Taiwan.〔 Music Week (EMI re-launches in China and South East Asia ) 30 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-02〕 Her ninth studio album ''A Tale of Two Rainie'' was released on 12 December 2014. 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「Rainie Yang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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