In 2007, Rain left the management of JYP Entertainment and started his own company, J. Tune Entertainment.
* 1 Career
o 1.1 Early life
o 1.2 Debut: 2002–2003
o 1.3 Rise in popularity: 2004–2005
o 1.4 Expansion outside Korea
+ 1.4.1 Asia
+ 1.4.2 United States
o 1.5 Rainism and American films: 2007–2009
o 1.6 Return to Korea: 2010
* 2 Legal issues and canceled concerts
* 3 Army Enlistment
* 4 Other activities
o 4.1 Six to Five
o 4.2 J. Tune Entertainment
o 4.3 Humanitarian work
* 5 Discography
* 6 Filmography
* 7 Awards
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Rain spent most of his childhood living with his parents and younger sister, Jeong Hanna, near Yeon Se University. Despite being an introverted and shy child, he discovered he had a passion for dance when he performed in a talent show for Sungmoon Junior High School. Rain initially had a difficult time balancing dance and academics and received low grades during the beginning of junior high because of his frequent dance practices. He decided to follow his passion and attended Anyang High School of Arts in Anyang, Gyeonggi, where he received his first formal instruction in acting and was able to continue dancing as well. Rain again found he could not focus on both dance and his studies in acting; he was truant on several occasions.
Rain lost his mother as she struggled with diabetes and died in 2000. Within that same year, Rain was recruited as a trainee for JYP Entertainment, led by recording artist and producer Park Jin-Young. In a CNN interview and also in a Discovery Channel documentary called Discovering Hip Korea, however, he recalled being repeatedly rejected because of his looks: "In fact, I was told after one audition that my singing and dancing was great but I did not make it because I did not have double eyelids. During the early years of training, Rain was a backup dancer.
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