Rain (Real name: Jung Ji-Hoon, born on 25 June 1982 in Seoul) is a male Korean pop singer, dancer and actor. He has become well-known throughout East and Southeast Asia — including Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China, Vietnam and Thailand.

In April 2006, he was mentioned in the Time magazine website article that named the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World."In 2007, Rain topped Time Magazine's online user poll, although he was not in the magazine's actual list.He also made it into People's 2007 list of the "Most Beautiful People" in the world.