Ken Chu - Wikipedia

Taiwanese musical artist Not to be confused with Ken Chan or Kim Chiu. This article is about member of Taiwanese boy band F4. For the businessman, see Ken Chu (businessman). In this Chinese name, the family name is Chu.

Ken Chu
朱孝天
Ken Chu signing autographs in 2007
Born	(1979-01-15) 15 January 1979 (age 45)Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, model
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Han Wen Wen ​(m. 2016)​
Musical career
Origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Genres	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Labels	Sony Music Taiwan
Musical artist

Kennedy Chu (Chinese: 朱孝天; pinyin: Zhū Xiàotiān) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actor, cook; and a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band F4. Educated in Singapore (Boon Lay Secondary School), he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

Biography

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Chu was working as a waiter in Taiwan when he was discovered by Cai Zhiping, the creator of the boy band F4. He started in showbiz working as a part-time as an assistant for some artists, then acting in several idol series successfully which pushed him to the center of the stage. He starred in the TV series, Meteor Garden, its supplementary mini-series, Meteor Rain, and its sequel, Meteor Garden II. He was the lead in Sky of Love (2003) and Tokyo Trial (2006).

In January 2005, he released his debut solo album, On Ken's Time. The tracks "永不停止" (Never Stopping) and "La La La" were nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2005.[1]

He also released a cookbook, Mei Wei Guan Xi (Delicious Relations) on January 5, 2006. It was released in China on July 4, 2006, and four months later in Japan. Chu is now focusing on his solo acting career and has a huge fan base in Asia.

On February 24 and 25, 2007, he held his first solo concert in Japan, titled 2007 [I-KEN] 1st Concert at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A with an unplugged theme. December 2007, Chu starred alongside Iza Calzado in Philippine production movie Batanes: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan of Ignite Media Films, directed by Adolf Alix.

Filmography

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Production
2003	Sky of Love	Wen Jia Hui
2006	The Tokyo Trial	Xiao Nan
2007	Batanes: Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan	Kao
2009	L-O-V-E
2018	Blue Goldfish

Television series

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Year	Title	Role	Network
2000	Spicy Teacher	Chen Jia Bao	CTS
2001	Meteor Garden	Xi Men	CTS
	Meteor Rain	Xi Men	CTS
	Poor Prince	He Fu	CTS
	Marmalade Boy	Yuu	CTS
2002	Sunflower	Xiao Long	CTS
	Hi Working Girl	Himself	CTV
	Come to My Place	Tian Jian	CTV
	Meteor Garden II	Xi Men	CTS
2003	Love Storm	Wan Bao Long	CTS
2004	City of Sky	Lu Bin Fei	CCTV
2007	The Legend of Chu Liuxiang	Chu Liuxiang	CCTV-8
2008	Wish to See You Again	Ding Yu Hao 丁雨豪	CTS
2009	Momo Love	Chen Qi	CTV
2011	Remember, About Us	Luo Jia Jun 駱家駿	CTI
2013	Beautiful Temptation	Han Min
2013	Hero	Fan Li 范蠡	CTS
2014	Youth Without Limit	Cai Ming Zhen	CNTV
2015	The Dream Come True	Guizhou TV
2015	Gorgeous Workers	Zhong Ping 仲平	JSTV, HunanTV, SZTV
2017	The Times We Had	Chun Yuqiu 淳于秋	Dragon TV, Zhejiang TV
2025	Justice Bao	Bao Zheng 包拯	Channel 3, Tencent Penguin Pictures

Discography

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Studio albums (solo)

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Album #	Album Info	Track listing
1st	On Ken's Time (永不停止)[2] Format: Studio album (CD) Released: January 7, 2005 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop	"永不停止" "可是我" "La La La" "一個好人" "一個壞人" "黑白" "兄弟姐妹" "中計" "傻情人" "復活" "領悟" "帶我離開"
2nd	Getting Real (New Songs + Collection)[3] Format: Studio album (2CD) Released: January 6, 2009 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop	CD 1 "走出昨天" "問號?" "錯了路" "好心情" "Rain" "愛不停止" (Special Collectable Version) CD 2 "愛不會一直等你" "聽見愛" "Inside of my Guitar" "一個好人" "無所謂" "黑白" "可是我" "永不停止" "Here We Are" "復活" "中計" "領悟" "傻情人" "晴天" "帶我離開"

Soundtrack

• 2003 – Love Storm – "Inside of My Guitar"

F4 albums

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Album #	Album Info	Track listing
1st	Meteor Rain (流星雨) Format: Studio album (CD) Released: August 28, 2001 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop	Here We Are 愛不會一直等你 – (ai bu hui yi zhi deng ni / Love Will Not Wait For You)
2nd	Fantasy 4ever (煙火的季節) Format: Studio album (CD) Released: December 18, 2002 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop	晴天 – (qing tian / One Fine Day) 當你是朋友 (dang ni shi peng you / You As A Friend) – Vanness and Ken
3rd	Waiting for you (在這裡等你) Format: Studio album (CD) Released: December 28, 2007 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop	愛不停止 (ai bu ting zhi / Love Nonstop) 無所謂 (wu suo wei / Doesn't Matter)

Books

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• Mei Wei Guan Xi (Delicious Relations) – cookbook
• With F4
  • F4@Tokyo – 2005 photobook
  • Comic Man – The First Anniversary of F4 – 2002 photobook
  • Meteor in Barcelona – 2002 photobook
  • F4 Music Party – 2001 photobook

Endorsements

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• Qingdao Beer (2002, Taiwan)
• Acer Mobile Phones (2000, Taiwan)
• With F4
  • Pepsi – 2002~2005 Taiwan, Hong Kong, China
  • YAMAHA – 2003 South East Asia
  • S&K – 2002–2006 Taiwan, Hong Kong, China
  • Asgard On-line Game – 2003 Taiwan
  • Mingle Sneakers – 2002 Hong Kong
  • Lenovo computer – 2002 China
  • Lupiao Shampoo – 2002 China
  • Chinesegamer On-line Game – 2001 Taiwan
  • Siemens 2118 – 2001 Taiwan

Concerts

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• 2008 KEN CHU CONCERT 2009 ~Freedom~ March 21–22, 2009 Tokyo, Japan / March 24, 2009 Osaka, Japan
• 2008 [I-KEN] 2nd Solo Concert March 8–9, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
• 2007 [I-KEN] 1st Solo Concert February 24–25, 2007 Tokyo, Japan
• F4 Forever 4 – March 22–25, 2006 Hong Kong
• On Ken's Time Mini Concert – 2005 Hong Kong
• F4 Bangkok Fantasy – 2004 Thailand
• F4 Happy New Year 2004 – 2003 Philippines
• The Event (with Vanness and ASOS) – 2003 Philippines
• Fantasy F4ever Live Concert World Tour – 2002~2003 Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, China and the U.S.
• F4 Music Party – 2001 Taiwan

Drama/Theater

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• Played the main lead in the recently concluded mainland comedy stage play, "Love on A Two Street/He and His Two Wives", which played to different cities in China from November 2009 to February 2010.

References

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1. ^ (in Chinese) Sina.com 2005 TVB8 Awards Gold Songs nomination list December 2, 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2011
2. ^ (in Chinese) Sony Music Taiwan On Ken's Time album info Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine January 7, 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2011
3. ^ (in Chinese) Sony Music Taiwan Getting Real (New Songs + Collection) album info Archived September 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine January 6, 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2011

External links

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• F4ever (Official F4 Fan Club)

v t e F4
Vic Chou Ken Chu Vanness Wu Jerry Yan
Albums/VCD	Meteor Rain (2001) F4 Music Party Live (2002) Fantasy 4ever (2002) Fantasy Live Concert (2003) 360 Degrees: F4 Five Years Glorious Collection (2006) Waiting for You (2007) Fabulous: F4 Best Selections (2008)
TV series	Meteor Garden (2001) Meteor Rain (2001) Meteor Garden II (2002)
Solo albums	Vic Chou Make a Wish (2002) Remember, I Love You (2004) I'm Not F4 (2007) The Best Collection (2009) Ken Chu On Ken's Time (2005) Getting Real (2009) Vanness Wu Body Will Sing (2002) Scandal (2006) V.DUBB (2007) In Between (2008) Reflections (2010) V (2011) C'est La V (2011) Different Man (2013) #MWHYB (2016) Jerry Yan Jerry for You (2004) Freedom (2009) My Secret Lover (2010)
Related articles	Kangta & Vanness

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