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Early life

Ryu was born in

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, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. He is from the Pungsan Ryu clan and is the 13th-generation descendant of

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prime minister

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Career

On 12 December 2004, Ryu went with a Taiwanese actress to Singapore for the presentation of the Star awards to Singaporean actors in the

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Star Awards 2004. The event was broadcast on Mediacorp's TV Channel 8. Ryu has studied photography for three years and has produced his own promo photos. Because of this, in 2009, he worked for the very first time with his co-actor

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and he is the man behind Go's very first photo diary, "24 Hours with Go Soo". It spans approximately 100 shots, which will be produced as a DVD. He also gives support to Go for his career. Subsequent to the broadcast of his 2001 drama '' Beautiful Days'' in Japan, he had been active there both as an actor and a singer. He was the first Korean artist to hold two live concerts at the

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, in December 2008. Then in November 2011, he held his 100th solo concert in Japan as part of his 16 concert tour in eight cities, including Yokohama, Nigata, Osaka, Sendai, Nagoya, and Fukuoka; with the final concert on 21 December at

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. On 21 December 2011, Ryu was signed on by Japanese travel agency

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, for one-year to promotion Korean tourism in Japan. Where he was featured in two 15-second commercials in the themes of "Let's go to Korea" and "You are the character of your drama" for Japanese television in January 2012. In May 2012, Ryu starred in Channel A's drama '' Goodbye Dear Wife'' along with Hong Soo-hyun,

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and Julien Kang. He played the role of judo teacher Cha Seung-hyuk who dreams of reuniting with his first love.

Television series

* 1994: ''Feelings'' (KBS) * 1995: ''The Campus Love Song'' (MBC) * 1995: ''Blue Sky'' (KBS) * 1996: 사랑할 때까지 (KBS) * 1996: 곰탕 (SBS) * 1997: 완벽한 남자를 만나는 방법 (KBS) * 1997: ''Propose'' (KBS) * 1997: 행복은 우리 가슴에 (SBS) * 1998: ''Paper Crane'' (KBS) * 1998: ''Purity'' (KBS) * 1998: ''To the End of the World'' (MBC) * 2000: ''

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'' (MBC) * 2000: ''Truth'' (MBC) * 2001: '' Beautiful Days'' (SBS) * 2002: ''Since We Met'' (MBC) * 2002: ''The Shining Sunlight'' (MBC) * 2003: ''She's Cool!'' (KBS) * 2005: ''Koino Karasawagi'' Drama Special (Japan, NTV) * 2005: ''

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'' (KBS) * 2007: ''Joshideka'' (Japan, TBS) * 2007: ''Dondo Hare'' (Japan, NHK) * 2009: ''Ochaberi'' (Japan, TBS) * 2009: ''

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'' (SBS) * 2010: ''Hancho'' (Japan, TBS) * 2012: '' Goodbye Dear Wife'' ( Channel A)

Discography

Japanese studio albums

Other Japanese albums

Korean albums

# ''Change'' (November 1995) # ''Dream'' (September 1999) #*Re-released in Japan on 13 April 2005. Reached No. 35 with 12,000 copies sold.

Singles

Awards

* 1996

KBS Drama Awards The KBS Drama Awards () is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on 31 December. The highest honor of the ceremony is the "Gra ...

: Best New Actor * 1997

: Popularity Award * 1998

: Excellence Award, actor * 1999 16th Korea Best Dressed Awards: Recipient * 1999 35th

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: Most Popular Actor in TV (''Paper Crane'') * 2000 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor (''Truth'') * 2001 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars ('' Beautiful Days'') * 2002 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor * 2005 47th

Japan Record Award is a major music awards show, held annually in Japan that recognizes outstanding achievements in the Japan Composer's Association. Until 2005, the show aired on New Year's Eve, but has since aired every December 30 on TBS Japan at 6:30 P.M JST ...

s: Most Popular Artist * 2005 19th

Japan Gold Disc Award The is an award presented by the Recording Industry Association of Japan The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Associ ...

s: Best New Artist Award * 2007 SBS Entertainment Awards: Special Award * 2007 Korea Model Awards: Hallyu Star Award * 2008 Presidential Citation

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryu, Si-won 1972 births K-pop singers Living people Dongguk University alumni South Korean male television actors South Korean television presenters 21st-century South Korean male singers Ryu clan of Pungsan