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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June 1st, 2007 at 12:24 am
You are welcome jachispice.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
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June 7th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
she’s probablly the most accepted non-japanese actress here in japan. to be honest, i dont even know who else is out there cause i never hear about foreign actors/actresses becoming that successful here.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Is she more famous than Choi Ji-woo in Japan?
Vivian might not be the only successful foreign actors/actresses in Japan, but she is sure among the very few.
June 10th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
yes she IS more famous and well known here in japan and it’s partly because Vivian speaks japanese so fluently and she was in many different entertainment shows that we watch all the time
June 10th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
ic… good for her :)
July 6th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
She’s so cute i love her in 100st Bride she hot !!1
July 25th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
cute name!!! Go Vivian!!!
August 5th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
i used to like vivian more…. she is 31 or 32 this year. but she is still pretty.
vivian hsu the best
September 1st, 2007 at 5:27 am
shes 32…but she looks kinda younger than that. i used to love her from love storm. but at that time…she was older than vic???
September 5th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
she is pretty and also sing very well.i like her so much
September 8th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
hi folks, i agree , with what i seen/heard of this beauty, she has done well in life.
haven’t seen many of her movies/videos, but heard some great music.
unfortuantly there has been a time in her life that was a lil over exposed, but am told this was often the only way to get ahead.
September 8th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
james… getting naked is certainly an option to get famous, and rich fast. I am not sure if Vivian had predicted her current fame when she filmed ‘those’ stuff years ago.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:11 am
wat a cool , sexy ,pretty women!!hmm…!
September 29th, 2007 at 8:52 am
omg hi am ur fan i know how come u don’t talk to me on myspace by talk to me some times please
October 10th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
she dated two hot japanese rockers…Sugi and Gackt..lucky gal.
June 4th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Vivian Hsu is always a beautiful girl. She is still beautiful despite of her present age.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
i thought vivian was really pretty and natural and stuff but i saw the differnect pictrues of vivan before and after and vivian did get actualy a lot of plastic surgery done to her, she got her eyes done, her nose done, and she got a boob job, and all of this is reallly true because i saw the before and after pics, and you can totatly tell if you really look at her!!!!
September 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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