1. He earned a spot on People magazine’s 2007  Most Beautiful People list

2. Rain made it onto TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World list in 2006, see here

3. Rain almost didn’t become a singer 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.”
– Rain (from Discovering Hip Korea)

4. His mother passed away from diabetes complication in 2000, the same year he was recruited by JYP Entertainment

5. J. Tune Entertainment was founded by Rain and was formerly known as Rainy Entertainment

6. Appeared on the Colbert Report, where he had a dance off with Stephen Colbert when he out ranked the TV Show host on the TIME magazine list

7. Won an MTV Movie Award in 2010 for his role in Ninja Assassin

8. Rain is the man behind boy band, MBLAQ, at one point composing, writing, producing or choreographing for them