Vivian Hsu Jo Hsuan Profile
Name: Vivian Hsu Jo Hsuan (Xu Ruo Xuan)
Chinese name: 徐若瑄
Japanese name: ビビアン・スー
Birth name: Hsu Shu Juan 徐淑娟
Birth date: March 19, 1975
Birthplace: Taichung, Taiwan
Height: 161cm
Blood type: A
Profession: Actress, model and singer
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Vivian Hsu Jo Hsuan Biography
Hsu Shu Juan started her entertainment career after she won a talent contest in 1990, and became a member of a female trio “Shao Nu Dui” （少女队 - which means Girls Team in Chinese). The group released their debut album in 1991, followed by another in 1992, but didn’t achieve much success and was disbanded.
Hsu Shu Juan then went into modeling and made her acting debut in 1994 with Taiwan movie “Shaolin Kid.”
Her breakthrough came in 1995, when she changed her name to Vivian Hsu Jo Hsuan and produced a nude book “Angel Heart.” Vivian also starred in 2 Taiwan movies “Evil Angel” and “Angel Hearts” with seducing and naked scenes.
Vivian Hsu produced another 2 nude books “Venus” and “Devil Angel” in 1996 before giving up on exposing herself for fame. By then she’s already one of Taiwan most sort after star and was getting famous in Japan.
Riding on her popularity, Vivian went back to singing. She released her first solo single in August 1995 in Taiwan, and later on released a single in Japan as well.
Vivian released her first album, “Angel Dreaming” in April 1996, and surprisingly released a Korean version of the album “Cheonsa Misonyeo” in October after learning Korean for just a week or two.
That’s Vivian’s only stunt in Korean though, she was getting more popular in Japan and spent more time expanding her career in Tokyo than her homeland Taiwan.
During 2001/2002, Vivian appeared in Japan variety shows program, formed Japanese bands and was pretty well received by Japanese fans. She also played as voice actress for a few popular Japanese anime series.
In 2003 Vivian started shifting back to Taiwan. Although famous, Vivian never actually achieved huge success in terms of albums sales and movies box office.
Other than her nude production, Vivian’s only movie hit was “Accidental Spy” in 2001, but most credits were given to action superstar Jackie Chan instead.
Little known though, Vivian was quite talented in lyrics writing, where she wrote some nice lyrics for herself and other singers. Vivian’s most noticeable lyric was for her buddy Jay Chou’s debut album; Jay is now one of Taiwan most influential singer.
Vivian Hsu is still busy with her entertainment career at both Taiwan and Japan currently, and has released her latest Chinese album “Vivi and…” in mid September 2006.
Vivian Hsu Jo Hsuan Related Websites
Official Site (Chinese)
Offical Blog (Chinese)
Why I like Vivian Hsu Jo Hsuan
Vivian Hsu is cute and hot. Ok she’s not as cute as she used to be, she’s already 31 anyway… but still one of Taiwan prettiest celebrity.
Despite debates on her nude history, I think that Vivian actually worked very hard to build her career… and she had the guts to expand her career in Japan when most Chinese stars were still remaining at their homeland. Brava for that.
Vivian is singing better nowadays, hope that she can make better music, star in some great movies and show the critics that she’s more than a pretty face and nice body.
Vivian Hsu Pictures and Photos
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October 9th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
[...] Taiwan press has been linking sweetheart Vivian Hsu with Malaysian singer Gary Cao. The rumor has been heated up when they were sighted together in a famous gay bar in Taiwan. [...]
October 17th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Vivian, you have the same day/month/year of birth as me! That’s cool! I wonder we have the same time of birth with same character.
October 17th, 2006 at 11:17 am
Dixon.. lol what a coincidence. Too bad I don’t know Vivian’s time of birth though.
October 17th, 2006 at 11:59 am
I noticed her when I was still at college but all for the wrong reason because she appear in nude..Kind of hot pin up girl for me then but I do not know she sings. Going to check out her album later.
October 30th, 2006 at 2:18 am
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November 2nd, 2006 at 2:05 am
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December 3rd, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Gary Cao already has a girlfriend but he keeps it a P&C. Anyway i dont think many females fans out there will be heart broken bcoz, come on he’s not the type of guy who sweep off the girls’ feet but more of a swooner who melt the girls’ hearts… even if vivi really has a ‘thing’ for him, think bcoz of his talents & personality perhaps?
December 11th, 2006 at 12:43 am
[...] Taiwan artist Vivian Hsu adopts a panda during her visit to a Chengdu’s giant panda sanctuary and research center (on December 10). [...]
January 14th, 2007 at 7:17 am
I just got a taste of her music. Man, I love this girl. she’s so different. Has kind of a lazy, sexy style of singing. Cute too. I Like her alot!!! One song I really like that I heard was “Ta Ta” with just her and an accompanying acoustic guitar. Loved the melody of the song and the whispery way that she was singing. I gotta go pick up that CD somewhere.
January 14th, 2007 at 9:07 am
can i have your email so we can be best friend please?
January 14th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Glad you like her joe.
#10… sorry you can’t get Vivian’s email here.
January 16th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Another song and video of hers I saw that I also absolutely love, is called “Mask”. It’s funny but I couldn’t help but notice that the look of the video was kind of a obvious copy spoof of Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like A Woman” from the 90’s. Has a bright front-lit stage setting like in a bar with her in a tuxedo, derby hat, and microphone, singing with several guys swaying on either side. And of course, Shania’s video was the same copy spoof of Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” video from back in the 80’s. Other similarities were the photography, done with some kind of high contrast bright-colored filters. They all have that same unique look to them. You’d have to see all three music videos to know what I’m talking about. A buddy of mine made the same obsevation.
Funny how great successful ideas in music and video just keep recycling themselves over the years. Gotta credit whoever the original video director was that came up with that idea. It’s been a successful formula for some videos every now and then.
Anyway, I’m very impressed with Vivian Hsu.
January 17th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Wow joe… you study musical history or what? Ermm I can’t recall seeing Vivian’s MV like that… I must have missed some of the videos.
January 18th, 2007 at 3:43 am
lol, no, I just have been a big follower of music over the years and notice similarities in trends.
January 20th, 2007 at 11:54 am
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January 20th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Nice to see her again.
January 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Vivian is pretty actively recently… releasing new album and doing promotion all over Asia; and one of her TV drama is now showing in China, so she’s red hot now.
January 20th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Vivian,godz….she so perfect…nice voice,nice looking & sexy lady…ViVI & I,her latest album all are very nice song,im so touch for the song she wrote…really,i love this mermaid…heaven made…
January 26th, 2007 at 7:46 am
who’s better??? Ranie, or her????
January 26th, 2007 at 10:37 am
dir en grey… everyone is unique, it’s not comparable. Vivian is almost 10 years older than Rainie, her life experience will sure allows her to do things more mature than Rainie… on the other hand Rainie has plenty of youth.