Research Log

1.http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Koo_Hye_Sun

• Koo Hye Sun is the person who plays Jandi, who becomes the lover of Goo Joon Pyo
• Name: Koo Hye Sun (Gu Hye Seon)
• Profession: Actress and Singer
• Birthdate: 1984-Nov-09
• Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
• Height: 163cm
• Weight: 42kg
• Star sign: Scorpio
• Blood type: A
• Talent agency: YG Entertainment (http://www.ygfamily.com/)
  

***YG Entertainment is actually for singers only, but when she was preparing for her singer debut she found out she was a better actress than singer. So she debuted as a an actress and now she is one of the most famous well known actress around***
TV DRAMA:

• Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2009)
• Strongest Chil Woo (KBS2, 2008)
• The King and I (SBS, 2007)
• Pure 19 (KBS1, 2006)
• Ballad Of Suh Dong (SBS, 2005)
• Nonstop 5 (MBC, 2005)
• Drama City (KBS2, 2004|2005)

***She was well known in Pure 16 which is about a country girl who falls in love a very rich boy. But now she is known as Jandi the main of Boys Before Flowers***

• Awards: 2007 SBS Acting Awards: New Star Award, and 2006 KBS Acting Awards: New Actress Award
• Education: Shin Chon Elementary School, Bu Pyeong Dong Elementary School, Bu Heung Middle School, Bu Pyeong Girls' High School, Seoul Art College
• She was the MC of the popular music program Inkigayo on SBS (2006-2007)
• She hosted the SBS Drama Award in 2007
• She sang the theme song for her drama Pure 19

2. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lee_Min_Ho_(1987)

• Name: Lee Min Ho
• Profession: Actor
• Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
  
• Birthdate: 1987-Jun-22
• Height: 185cm
• Star sign: Cancer
• Blood type: A

TV DRAMA:

• Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2009)
• But I Don't Know too (나도 잘 모르지만) (MBC, 2008)
• I'm Sam as Heo Mo Se (KBS2, 2007)
• Mackerel Run (SBS, 2007)
• Secret Campus (비밀의 교정) (EBS, 2006)
• Love Hymn (MBC, 2005)

MOVIE:

• Our School E.T (2008)
• Public Enemy Returns (2008)
• Humming (2007)
• Arang (2006)
• Ghost Lives (2004)
• Repechage (1997)

AWARDS:

• The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actor Boys Before Flowers (2009)

3. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Bum

• Name:Kim Bum
• Real Name:Kim Sang Bum
• Profession: Actor
• Birthdate: 1989-Jul-07
• Height: 181cm
• Weight: 63kg
• Star sign: Cancer
• Talent agency: EYAGI Entertainment (http://www.eyagi-ent.com/)
• Family: Younger sister and brother, cousin/singer Jini
• Education: Jungang University (Movie and Theater Department)

TV DRAMA:

• Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2008)
• East of Eden (MBC, 2008)
• Unstoppable High Kick (MBC, 2006)
• Outrageous Women (MBC, 2006)

MOVIES:

• Emergency (2009)
• 71 (2009)
• Gosa/The Story (http://www.gosa2008.com/) (2008)
• I Like It Hot (2008)

***Gosa or Death Bell is a horror movie that has a lot of good ans scary (bloody) scenes. In this movie he plays a guy who is in love wiht the character Nam Kyu Lee plays. Eventually he dies.***

• 2008 Korean Drama Festival: Netizen Popularity Award

4. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Hyun_Joong

• Name:Kim Hyun Joong
• Profession: Actor, singer
• Birthdate: 1986-Jun-6
• Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
• Height: 180cm
• Weight: 68kg
• Blood type: B
• Star sign: Gemini

TV DRAMA:

• Boys Before Flowers (2009)

*** Boys Before Flower is known to be Hyun Joong's very first REAL drama but he had worked on some. He stared in many different drama as a real life actor.***
AWARDS:

• The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards: Popularity Award (Male) for Boys Before Flowers
  
• Education: Kyonggi University
• Hobbies: Playing the guitar, piano, dancing

*** Hyun Joong is actually a singer. He is the leader and also the oldest of the group SS501, who sang a few OSTs in the drama Boys Before Flowers. SS501 stands for SuperStar 501. the 5 stands for the 5 members, and the 01 stands for the unity of 1. The five members are; Kim Hyun Joong, Huh Young Saeng (turning 23), Park Jung Min (turning 22), Kim Kyu Jong (turning 22), and Kim Hyung Joon (turning 22/youngest).***
5. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_Joon

• Name: Kim Joon (Kim Jun)
• Real name: Kim Hyung Joon
  
• Profession: Singer and actor
• Birthdate: 1984-Feb-03
• Height: 183cm
• Weight: 64kg
• Star sign: Aquarius
• Blood type: O
• Talent agency: 2step Entertainment

TV DRAMA:

• Boys Before Flowers

*** Joon is also a singer. He is the rapper in the group called T-MAX***
6. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Boys_Before_Flowers

• Title: Koottboda Namja
• Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers
• Genre: Romance, comedy
• Episodes: 25 PLUS SPECIAL SEASON
  
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-05 to 2009-Mar-31 SPECIAL: 2009-Apr-28 and 2009-May-5
  
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
• Related Series: Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango, Liu Xing Yu
• OSTs: Boys Before Flowers OST, Boys Before Flowers OST 2, Boys Before Flowers OST 2.5

7. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kim_So_Eun

• Name: Kim So Eun
• Profession: Actress
• Birthdate: 1989-Sep-06
• Star sign: Virgo
• Blood type: O

TV DRAMAS:

• The Man Who Can't Get Married (KBS2, 2009)
• Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2009)
• Empress Chun Chu (KBS2, 2009)
• Sad Love Song (MBC, 2005)
• Sisters of the Sea (MBC, 2005)

MOVIES:

• Fourth Period Murder Mystery (2009)
• Someone Behind You (2007)
• The Show Must Go on (2007)
• Fly, Daddy, Fly (2006)
• Family Matters (2006)
• Two Guys (2004)

***So Eun is the girl who play Ga Eul, Jan Di's best friend. She also is the one that falls in love with Kim Bum's Character
8. http://twistedstars.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/update-in-jang-ja-yeon-suicide-case-good-news/

• This is an article about Jang Ja Yeon's, an actress who stared in Boys Before Flowers as one of the MEAN girls that bothered Jandi (Sunny her name), suicide.
  

9. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Boys_Before_Flowers/Episode_Ratings

• Episode ratings for KBS2 drama Boys Before Flowers

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2009-01-05	1	14.3 (7th)	14.4 (6th)
2009-01-06	2	17.6 (4th)	17.4 (4th)
2009-01-12	3	20.8 (4th)	21.1 (4th)
2009-01-13	4	21.4 (4th)	21.6 (3rd)
2009-01-19	5	24.8 (3rd)	24.3 (3rd)
2009-01-20	6	24.8 (3rd)	24.6 (3rd)
2009-01-26	7	19.5 (1st)	19.1 (1st)
2009-01-27	8	25.9 (2nd)	25.3 (2nd)
2009-02-02	9	29.7 (2nd)	29.4 (2nd)
2009-02-03	10	30.5 (2nd)	30.2 (2nd)
2009-02-09	11	31.5 (2nd)	31.8 (2nd)
2009-02-10	12	31.4 (2nd)	31.2 (2nd)
2009-02-16	13	31.5 (2nd)	31.5 (2nd)
2009-02-17	14	31.9 (2nd)	32.0 (2nd)
2009-02-23	15	32.4 (2nd)	32.3 (2nd)
2009-02-24	16	33.2 (2nd)	32.9 (2nd)
2009-03-02	Special	21.8 (3rd)	22.4 (3rd)
2009-03-03	17	29.9 (2nd)	30.6 (2nd)
2009-03-09	18	35.5 (1st)	35.7 (2nd)
2009-03-10	19	31.2 (2nd)	31.3 (3rd)
2009-03-16	20	32.6 (2nd)	31.6 (2nd)
2009-03-17	21	33.6 (2nd)	33.8 (2nd)
2009-03-23	22	31.8 (2nd)	32.4 (2nd)
2009-03-24	23	31.8 (2nd)	31.6 (2nd)
2009-03-30	24	30.2 (2nd)	29.2 (2nd)
2009-03-31	25	34.8 (1st)	34.9 (1st)
Average		28.5%	28.4%

10. http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Boys_Before_Flowers

• This also has an summary example.
  
• Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four richest and most spoiled boys known as the F4. After saving a boy from jumping off the roof of Shinhwa High School, she is admitted into the school on a swimming scholarship. Jan Di tries to avoid confrontation with the F4 at all cost because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, when Jan Di's friend, Oh Min Ji, accidentally gets ice cream on the leader of the F4's shoes, she's forced to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.