Rain Archives

People Magazine Mistakes Rain for Karl Yune

Speed Racer star Rain, aka rookie racer Taejo Togokhan, must have been glad he was featured in latest issue of People.

But instead of the 26-year-old Korean actor/pop star (inset), the mag accidentally published a picture of Karl Yune (Rick Yune’s younger brother).

Poor Rain!

Take the “All Asians Look Alike” test at AllLookSame.com.

Stephen Colbert & Rain’s Dance-Off

25-year-old Korean pop star Rain shows up at the studio for an after hours dance-off with Stephen Colbert, the 43-year-old host of The Colbert Report.

The pair have been competing top spot on the Time 100 list, which determines the world’s most influential person.

Watch the video below to catch both Rain and Colbert in action!

You can check out Rain in the live action film Speed Racer, out in theaters today.

When it rains it pours…


Stephen Colbert & Rain’s Dance-Off

Stephen Colbert Gets Rained On, Again

For the second year in a row, South Korean actor/singer Rain narrowly beats Stephen Colbert in Time Magazine’s Poll Results of the most influential people.

Last year, Rain and Colbert placed No.1 and No.2, respectively, but this year they were both beat out by Shigeru Miyamoto, a video-game designer who created Mario, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda.

Rain is already training a successor, Kevin Park, to his own Asian pop company at the mere age of 25.

Colbert’s book, I Am America! (And So Can You!) has spent more than 23 weeks atop the NY Times Best Sellers list.

Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks came in at No.4 and No.5, respectively.

Rain on Speed Racer’s Parade

South Korean actor/singer Rain attends the premiere of Speed Racer at the Nokia Theatre on Saturday in Los Angeles, Calif.

Rain, 25, recently posed with “The Mach 5″ at early advance screening at the ImaginAsian Center in Los Angeles.

Speed Racer opens nationwide on May 9th.

Last year Stephen Colbert did a hilarious music video parody of Rain, the Korean R&B phenom. Check it out.

More pictures of Rain on Speed Racer’s Parade after the jump… More Here! »

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Speed Racer is Raining, Ooh Baby, It’s Raining

South Korean actor/singer Rain, aka Jung Ji Hoon, poses with the “The Mach 5″ at a special advance screening of his latest live action film adaptation Speed Racer at the ImaginAsian Center on Friday in Los Angeles.

This will be the first appearance in a Hollywood film for Rain, 25. He’ll play Taejo Togokhan, a rookie racer.

Speed Racer will premiere on Saturday, May 3, as the closing film at the Tribeca Film Festival, and will be released nationwide on Friday, May 9.

10+ pictures inside of Speed Racer star RainMore Here! »

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“Speed Racer” Movie Posters

Here are some new Speed Racer movie posters featuring:

Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer, Christina Ricci as Trixie (Speed’s girlfriend), Matthew Fox as Racer X (Speed’s rival), Hiroyuki Sanada as businessman Mr. Musha and Rain (left) as rookie racer Taejo Togokhan.

Speed Racer is set for a nationwide May 9 release. Watch both trailers at SpeedRacerTheMovie.com. More Here! »

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Stephen Colbert: Let it RAIN!

Rain, it is time to reign you in…

Stephen Colbert covers Korean R&B phenom Rain in a hilarious music video parody called “Singin’ in Korean,” where — what else — he sings in Korean himself!

Hilarious!!!!! Why so random? Rain beat out Colbert in Time Magazine’s poll of 100 most influential people of the year. The K-pop sensation had almost half a million votes, over 100,000 more than Colbert, who placed runner-up.


Stephen Colbert parodies Korean pop star Rain - “Singin’ in Korean”