羅志祥

Chinese name: 羅志祥 (Traditional)
Chinese name: 罗志祥 (Simplified)
Pinyin: Luó Zhīxiáng (Mandarin)
Ancestry: Amis
Origin: Republic of China, (Taiwan)
Born: July 30, 1979 (age 31) Keelung, Taiwan
Other name(s): Show Lo, Alan Luo, Xiao Zhu (小豬), Asia's Dance King
Occupation: Singer, dancer, host, actor, songwriter, spokesperson, model, designer, Impressionist
Genre(s): Mandopop, Hip hop, Dance
Instrument(s): Drums, piano, guitar, violin
Label(s): 威聚國際 (1996–2000), Avex Taiwan (2003–2007), EMI Music Taiwan (2007–2008)
Years active: 1995–present
Associated acts: Four Heavenly Kings (1996–1998), Romeo (1998–2000)
Parents: Father (Deceased)
Influences: Mother (Singer) & Father (Host), Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Michael Jackson

Show Luo also known as Xiao Zhu (小豬) (traditional Chinese: 羅志祥; simplified Chinese: 罗志祥) was born on 30 July 1979. He is a Taiwanese entertainer: Mandopop singer, dancer, host and actor. He has been dubbed "Asia's Dance King" for his dancing skills.

Biography

Born into a musical family; his parents hosted entertainment shows for weddings, events throughout his childhood, his father as host and his mother sang. He is of Taiwanese aborigine (Amis) from his mother's family and of Taiwanese Chinese ancestry from his father. He is commonly known by his nickname Xiao Zhu, which means 'Little Pig', due to him being overweight during his childhood. Show started playing drums at the age of 3 and performed onstage with his parents as a child. He won a silver award at a father-son singing contest when he was 7.
He is fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese and conversational Japanese (learnt during his stay in Japan before the debut of Show Time, hosted a TV show with Kumi Koda). His English is infamously bad and his off-key mis-used English is somewhat of a running joke especially on his 100% Entertainment show.
He is managed by Univerises Entertainment Marketing Limited (天地合娛樂), along with Elva Hsiao, Wong JingLun and Nick (周湯豪). It is a sister company of Mars Entertainment Ltd (天熹娛樂) which manages artists such as Rainie Yang, Stanley Huang, Jolin Tsai, hence sometimes they refer to each other as being in the same company.
He co-hosts a daily entertainment news/variety show, 100% Entertainment (娛樂百分百) on Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) with Alien Huang. He is also the creator and designer of street trend fashion brand "STAGE Hyaline of World" (世界透明舞台), abbreviated as S.H.O.W. It has outlets throughout Taiwan and in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, USA and Australia.

Music career

Debut (1995–2003)
In December 1995, Show joined «You Are Four Heavenly Kings» imitation competition on China Television. He imitated Aaron Kwok and won 1st place. Then along with 3 other contestants, debut as a quartet boy band 'Four Heavenly Kings' 『四大天王』, releasing 5 albums from 1996 to 1998. Then in 1998 they formally disbanded after 2 members left (compulsory military service). In the same year he formed a duo 'Romeo' 『羅密歐』, with Ou Han Sheng (歐漢聲) the other member of Four Heavenly Kings. They released 2 albums and was active till 2000. After the disbandment of Romeo, Show went solo and for the next 3 years concentrated on hosting variety shows, including stints on Japanese Fuji TV.

Avex Taiwan (2003–2007)
In 2003 he was signed by Avex Taiwan and launched his solo career with the release of Show Time. It sold over 80,000 copies leading to a 2nd celebration version to be published. He has since worked on a variety of genres including hip hop, R&B and has collaborated with Jolin Tsai, Elva Hsiao, Rainie Yang and many other artists.
His follow up album Expert Show (traditional Chinese: 達人Show) was released on 22 October 2004. The album features collaborations with Xiao S and Taiwanese boy band Energy and a MV featuring Rainie Yang. It also contains two songs composed by Show and the ending theme song of Taiwanese drama Outsider II (鬥魚2), starring Show.
On 14 October 2005, Show released his 3rd album Hypnosis Show (traditional Chinese: 催眠Show). He collaborated with Jolin Tsai for the first lead dance track "真命天子" . The other lead track "自我催眠" is composed by Jay Chou, especially for Show with the MV featuring Da S.
After 11 years, on 18 November 2005, Show realised his dream of holding his first solo concert. It was held in conjunction with McDonald's World Children's Day, titled «Love's Strength» Charity Concert («愛的力量»慈善演唱會). Coincidently he became the first artist to perform in a concert at the then newly opened Taipei Arena.
Show released his 4th album SPESHOW on 17 November 2006. The album's title is a play on the words "special" and his name "Show". The first lead track, "精舞門" , is a cover of "James Dean (I Wanna Know)" by Daniel Bedingfield. For the first time, he sang a full length English song "Twinkle" with Japanese singer Kumi Koda, and collaborated with Simon Webbe of British boy band Blue and Ariel Lin for the MV of "好朋友" .

EMI Music Taiwan (2007–2008)
In May 2007, Show moved from Avex Taiwan to EMI Music Taiwan. On 9 June 2007, Show kicked off the 2007 Show Luo «Show On Stage» World Tour Concert in Shanghai, China. The tour continued onto Nanjing, Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, Jiangsu and Hong Kong.
On 16 June, Show was voted the 2007 Most Popular Male Artist at the 18th Golden Melody Awards.
In August, Show was selected to be the Mandarin spokesperson for High School Musical 2 and sang the Mandarin version of the themesong '"Bet On It" (traditional Chinese: 必殺技, zh; pinyin: Bi Sha Ji) and it was released on High School Musical 2 Special Edition on 31 August.
He released his 5th album Show Your Dance (traditional Chinese: 舞所不在) on 16 November 2007. He went to New York to learn and refine his dancing skills with choreographer and creative director Laurie Ann Gibson. The other lead track is a duet "敗給你" with Elva Hsiao.
On 11 July 2008 the live DVD of 2007 Show Luo «Show On Stage» World Tour Concert filmed in Taipei titled Show On Cruel Stage Concert Live was released. It debuted at number one on Taiwan's G-Music Top 20 Audio/Video chart (風雲榜 影音榜), peaked at number one for four weeks and charted for 29 weeks.

Gold Typhoon (2008–present)
In June 2008 EMI Music Taiwan reformed as Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) (金牌大風) and Show kept his contract with them. Show's 6th album, Trendy Man (traditional Chinese: 潮男正傳) was released on 26 December 2008.
Controversy erupted when Wang Leehom's record company Sony, whose record was released on the same day, accused Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) of buying the charts and inflating sales figures. HIM International Music, who manages S.H.E. and Fahrenheit, joined in. The dispute got bigger when prominent artists like Jay Chou, A-Mei, Mayday backed LeeHom while several TV hosts like Jacky Wu showed their support for Show Luo.
Show won the most awards at the first Singapore Entertainment Awards in 2009, despite competition from other mandarin pop stars like JJ Lin and Stefanie Sun. He also performed as the opening act for the 6th Asia Song Festival in Seoul, Korea.
Show recently renewed his contract with Gold Typhoon (Taiwan). Remembering his debut album where no record companies would sign him, Show demonstrated his gratitude towards Gold Typhoon. His 7th album Rashomon (traditional Chinese: 羅生門) held the number 1 spot on G-music for 10 weeks straight, tying Jolin Tsai's run. A re-packaged album was released with bonus DVD which included a 3D music video of new song "舞法舞天" .
2010 Show Luo «Dance Without Limits 3D World Live» World Tour Concert: Tickets for Show's 2010 world tour were are sold out in less than 2 hours, becoming the first artist to hold 3D concerts. He also held three concerts within 24 hours in Taipei.
He released his new album Only for You on 18 February 2011, featuring the singles "Only You", "Hero In Vain" and "Touch My Heart".

Show Luo discography

Album
Studio (Solo)

1st Show Time (5 December 2003 Avex Taiwan 48:07)
2nd Expert Show (達人Show) (22 October 2004 Avex Taiwan 44:27)
3rd Hypnosis Show (催眠Show) (14 October 2005 Avex Taiwan 37:28)
4th Speshow (17 November 2006 Avex Taiwan 42:59 )
5th Show Your Dance (舞所不在) (16 November 2007 EMI Music Taiwan 40:37)
6th Trendy Man (潮男正傳) (26 December 2008 Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) 36:49)
7th Rashomon / Luo Sheng Men (羅生門) (15 January 2010 Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) 49:40)
8th Only for You (獨一無二) (18 February 2011 Gold Typhoon (Taiwan))

Compilation
1st Best Show (2 November 2007 Avex Taiwan CD+DVD)
2nd All for You (All For You 超精選) (21 January 2011 Avex Taiwan 3CD+2DVD)

Remix
1st Dance is King Remix Collection
(舞者為王混音極選) (15 May 2010 Gold Typhoon (Taiwan) CD + DVD/USB)

Group (Disbanded)
1996 - Four Heavenly Kings - 1st 《恰恰舞池》
1997 - Four Heavenly Kings - 2nd 《嘿哪喔啊嘉年華》
1997 - Four Heavenly Kings - 3rd 《我喜歡》
1998 - Four Heavenly Kings - 4th Sweetie 《甜蜜蜜》
1998 - Four Heavenly Kings - 5th I Like To Call You Babe compilation album 《我就是要叫你寶貝精選輯》
1999 - Romeo - 1st 《貓叫春》
2000 - Romeo - 2nd 《動起來》

Soundtrack contributions
2000 The Youth Of Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yintai OST (新梁山伯與祝英台 aka 少年梁祝) - "錦繡陽關道"
2000 The Youth Of Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yintai OST (新梁山伯與祝英台 aka 少年梁祝) - "拜訪我的愛"
2003 Show Time - "妳說妳的我說我的" (You Said It's Yours I Say It's Mine) - Hi Working Girl (Hi！上班女郎) ending theme
2004 Expert Show - "灰色空間" (Grey Dimension) - Outsiders II (鬥魚2) ending theme
2006 Speshow - "愛＊轉角" (Love＊Corner) - Corner With Love ending theme
2006 Speshow - "幾分" (How Many Points) - Corner With Love insert song
2007 High School Musical 2 Special Edition (歌舞青春 2 亞洲豪華超值版) - "Bet On It" ("必殺技") - Mandarin version
2008 Trendy Man - "箇中強手" (Best Of The Bunch) - Hot Shot opening theme
2008 Trendy Man - "幸福不滅" (Cause I Believe) - Hot Shot insert song
2010 Rashomon - "生理時鐘" (Biological Clock) - Hi My Sweetheart insert song
2010 Rashomon - "愛瘋頭" (Head Over Heels) - Hi My Sweetheart opening theme
2010 Rashomon - "愛不單行" (You Won't Be Alone) - Hi My Sweetheart insert song
2010 Rashomon - "In Your Eyes" - feat Rainie Yang - Hi My Sweetheart insert song

Collaboration

Song and Music Video
Expert Show - "戀愛達人" (Love Expert) - feat Dee Hsu
Expert Show - "一起走吧" (Let's Go) - feat Energy
Hypnosis Show - "真命天子" (Destined Guy) - feat Jolin Tsai
2006 - Jump Up – 9492 (Joey Yung) - "飆汗" (Sweating) - feat Show Luo
Speshow - "Twinkle" - feat Kumi Koda (倖田來未)
Speshow - "國王遊戲" (King's Game) - feat Simon Webbe (song only)
Show Your Dance - "敗給你" (Lost To You) - feat Elva Hsiao
Rashomon - "Wow!" - feat Elva Hsiao
Rashomon - "In Your Eyes" - feat Rainie Yang

Music Video
2001 天天說愛我 (Makiyo 川島茉樹代) - "越來越遠" - feat Show Luo & Blackie
Show Time - "沒有妳" (Without You) - feat Terri Kwan (關穎) & Jerry Huang (黃志瑋) from Show Luo Music Love Story
Show Time - "這一秒我哭了" (In This Second I Cried) - feat Terri Kwan Jerry Huang from Show Luo Music Love Story
Expert Show - "小丑魚" (Clown Fish) - feat Rainie Yang
2004 - Tiao Xin (Shin) - "挑釁" - feat Show Luo - he plays a photographer who goes blind
Hypnosis Show - "自我催眠" (Self-Hypnosis) - feat Barbie Hsu
Hypnosis Show - "嗆司嗆司" (Chance Chance) - cameo by Luo MaMa (Show's mother)
2005 Luminary (He Jie) - "希望" (Hope) - feat Show Luo
Speshow - "好朋友" (Good Friends) - feat Ariel Lin
Show Your Dance - "我不會唱歌" (I Don't Know How To Sing) - feat Karena Lam
Trendy Man - "撐腰" (Waist Support) - guest appearance by Party Boys, Da S, Xiao S, Jolin Tsai, Blackie/Hei Ren, Da Mu, Gua Ge, Xian Ge, Chai Zhi Ping, Lin He Long and Luo MaMa
Trendy Man - "搞笑" (Making Jokes) - feat Alice Tzeng
Only for You - "Touch My Heart" - feat Ivy Chen

Other songs

2008 - "用愛點亮希望" - 音樂之聲 (Love and Hope) - Sound of Music I Want To Go To School (我要上學) campaign theme song
2010 - "小事變樂事" (Small Pleasures) - Lays Max potato chips advert theme song (樂事MAX波樂洋芋片)

Movies
頻果咬一口 / Expect A Miracle (2001)
神探兩個半之學校有鬼 / Two and Half Detectives- There are Ghosts in the School's Backyard
Chicken Little / 四眼天雞, as Chicken Little (Chinese, Voice only) (2005)
The Bee Movie / 蜂電影，as Barry Bee Benson (Chinese, Voice Only) (2007)
歲月情 (Cancelled) (2008)

Directorial
2003 - Show Luo Music Love Story 「羅志祥的音樂愛情故事」: This is Show's directorial debut, also written by him, starring Terri Kwan, Jerry Huang (黃志瑋) and cameo by Show. It is a 30 minutes music drama featuring songs from Show Time. It was boardcasted on Azio TV (東風衛視) from 24–26 December 2003.Then it was released on 9 January 2004, as part of the bonus VCD, in the Show Time «Japanese Hip Hop No.1 Celebration Version»【日式嘻哈NO.1慶功版】(CD+VCD)

Books

30 September 2002 - Show Luo «Zhu Shi Hui She» / 《羅志祥豬式會社》 - ISBN 9578033923
8 March 2007 - I Love Super (with CD) with Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang & Stanley Huang / 《我愛大明星—驚歎號》 - ISBN 9861361219
9 October 2007 - Show Luo «Show on Stage» / 《羅志祥Show On Stage進化三步曲》 - ISBN 9789861361475
24 December 2010 - LoGic / 《羅輯課：24個媽媽教我的街頭智慧 (熱賣普及版)》 - ISBN 9789578037908

DRAMA-WIKI

Name: 羅志祥 / Luo Zhi Xiang
English name: Show Lo / Alan Luo
Also known as: 小豬 (Xiao Zhu) / Mr. Pig
Profession: Host, singer, and actor
Birthdate: 1979-Jul-30
Birthplace: Taiwan
Height: 180cm
Weight: 68kg
Star sign: Leo
Chinese zodiac: Goat
Blood type: O

TV Shows

Hi My Sweetheart (CTS / GTV, 2009)
Hot Shot (CTV / GTV, 2008)
Corner with Love (CTV, 2007)
The Outsiders II (GTV, 2004)
Hi! Working Girl (CTV, 2003)
Spicy Hot Teacher (CTS)
Girls Go Forward (CTS)
The Youth of Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai (CTV, 2001)
When We Are Nesting Together (Public TV)
Spicy Teacher (CTS, 2001)

TV Shows Theme Songs

Head Over Heels in Love (愛瘋頭), Hi My Sweetheart (2009)
Hot Shot, Hot Shot (2008)
Ai Zhuan Jiao (愛轉角), Corner with Love (2007)
Hui Se Kong Jian (灰色空間), The Outsiders II (2004)
Ni Shuo Ni De Wo Shuo Wo De (妳說妳的 我說我的), Hi! Working Girl (2003)

Movies

Button Man
Two and Half Detectives- There are Ghosts in the School's Backyard
Expect A Miracle (2001)

Endorsements

Family Mart (2010)
Lays (2010)
HEY SONG Sarsaparilla 黑松沙士 (2007)
PEPSI- Soya Bean (2007)
Green Teahouse- Jasmine Tea (2007)
BenQ- SIEMENS EF71 (2007)
Big Train Jeans (2007)
McDonalds' (along with Rainie Yang) (2007)
Big Train Jeans (2006)
Watsons- The Most Intimate Good Friend Series (2006）
McDonalds'- Big Mac (2006)
Ochean Tea(2005)
Golden Hydroxide Peroxide- Contact Lens Sanitary Fluid
CATCH Chocolate Stick
MEIKE Sport Shoes
Kuo-Nong Fresh Milk
CHA CAH 90 Motorcycle
CHA CAH 50 Motorcycle

Trivia

Languages: Mandarin, Japanese, and Taiwanese
Host of 100% Entertainment (娛樂百分百), along with Huang Hong Sheng
Dubbed as Taiwan's "dancing king"