Calvin Chen
Calvin Chen in 2009
Born	陈奕儒 (1980-11-10) 10 November 1980 (age 43) Taipei, Taiwan
Alma mater	National Chengchi University University of Victoria Chulalongkorn University
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, model, television host, businessman
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Joanne Tseng ​ (m. 2020)​
Chinese name
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Yìrú Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Shìn Yi̍t-yî Yue: Cantonese Jyutping San4 Jik6 Jyu4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sîn E̍k-jû
Musical career
Also known as	Chen Yiru Chen I-ju
Genres	Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Piano
Labels	HIM International Music WOW Music GMM Grammy
Musical artist
Website	Calvin Chen on Facebook

Calvin Chen (Chinese: 辰亦儒; pinyin: Chén Yìrú; Wade–Giles: Chen I-Ju; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sîn E̍k-jû; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Shìn Yi̍t-yî; Teochew pronunciation in Tâi-lô: Sîng Iā-dzû) is a Taiwanese actor, businessman, model, singer, and television host. He was a member of the Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit, along with Jiro Wang, Wu Chun and Aaron Yan.^[1]

Career

Music career

Chen was the third member to join boyband Fahrenheit in 2005.

On Fahrenheit's 2nd album, Chen sang the rap part of the song 心裡有數. He recorded his first solo for The X Family soundtrack entitled 你是我所有的回憶. He also sang his own version of 超喜歡你^[2] on his 2010 series 愛似百匯. He frequently sings Fahrenheit's "Sexy Girl" during fan events, like what happened on the "When Love Walked In" event. Chen is supposed to sing a solo for the drama "When Love Walked In". Chen said in an interview that he plans to release his own solo album in late 2014 since his bandmates Aaron Yan and Jiro Wang have already released theirs.

Hosting career

After fellow band member Jiro Wang started hosting, Chen has also got a hosting job in MTV. He signed a one-season contract with MTV hosting the show 日韩音乐风 (aka: RHYYF, Japan Korea Music Craze). He replaced Ken Wu, who was host for the infotainment program during the last three years. Chen's first episode of this show was on Thursday 1 July 2010.

After a year of hosting, it is said that MTV will renew their contract with Calvin Chen.

Chen also hosted the "Pink Lipstick" Korean drama conference last year.

Through RHYYF and interviewing many Japanese and Korean artists and bands, Chen has built a reputation with fans of those artists as well.

Chen hosted as a substitute in many popular Taiwanese shows such as 100% Entertainment (娱乐百分百) and Total Entertainment (完全娱乐)

On 18 August 2011, news^[3] confirmed that Chen is one of the seven hosts of a live show, Apple Entertainment News. The show had its pilot episode on 29 August without Chen because he was in Shanghai with Fahrenheit for the Eastern Camel Event.

Publication

On 21 May 2011, Chen released his solo photo book The Incredible Journey of Calvin Chen. (逆向旅程：辰亦儒溫哥華留學記) The book talks about Chen's life in Canada as a student and his path to fame as the Sunshine Boy. Two versions of the book were released, one comes with a DVD and the other is just the book.

Personal life

After graduating from Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, one of the top high schools in Taiwan, he pursued his college education in Canada at Simon Fraser University. He completed his master's degree in Economics at the University of Victoria. He joined a pageant-like competition (Sunshine Boyz) in Vancouver, where he won first place with a free ticket to Taiwan, a contract with a music company, and go to Chulalongkorn University in thailand to do a bachelor's degree in economics, and a role in a drama in 2004. He became a member of Fahrenheit in 2005. He had enrolled in the graduate program in Public Finance at National Chengchi University, but discontinued his studies to focus on his showbiz career. He launched his fashion brand, WOW, in October 2008.

He announced marriage to the Taiwanese actress Joanne Tseng on 23 January 2020 on his Instagram account. He has been in relationship with Joanne Tseng for 10 years.^[4]

Chen speaks Mandarin, English, and Taiwanese and Thai language. He also understands conversational Cantonese as well as basic Korean and Japanese due to his work as a host.

Filmography

Film

Television series

TV and radio programs

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2008	Sunshine Nation 2008	Fairchild Radio	Guest Performer (with Aaron Yan)
	Pinoy Dream Academy 4th Gala Night	ABS-CBN	Guest Performer (with Wu Chun)	[8]
	ASAP '08			[9][10]
	The Buzz		Guest Star	[10]
	Entertainment Live
	Us Girls	Studio 23
2014	The Amazing Race	Shenzhen TV	Contestant (with Cica Zhou)

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Discography