Richie Jen Hsien-chi (Traditional Chinese: 任賢齊 | Simplified Chinese: 任贤齐; Mandarin pinyin:Rén Xiánqí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jîm Hiân-chê / Jîm Hiân-chôe, born 23 June 1966 in Tianzhong, Changhua, Taiwan) is a singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. In 1990, while a senior at CCU, Richie Jen signed a contract with Synco Cultural Corporation and released a complication album named Towards the Rainbow (奔向彩虹).
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Richie Jen Hsien-chi (Traditional Chinese: 任賢齊 | Simplified Chinese: 任贤齐; Mandarin pinyin:Rén Xiánqí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jîm Hiân-chê / Jîm Hiân-chôe, born 23 June 1966 in Tianzhong, Changhua, Taiwan) is a singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. In 1990, while a senior at CCU, Richie Jen signed a contract with Synco Cultural Corporation and released a complication album named Towards the Rainbow (奔向彩虹). In December of that year, he released his first solo album Ask Again (再問一次). He released two more albums in 1991, Cold & Tender (冷漠與温柔), and Fly to My Own Sky (飛向自己的天空), before enlisting in the military. In 1996, he joined Rock Records, and released the album I Feel Good! (依靠, lit. 'Rely On'), which sold 160,000 copies. His breakthrough came when the album Too Softhearted (心太軟) was released, which sold millions of copies and the title track became popular in Mainland China and Taiwan. In 1998, Jen's album Love Like Pacific Ocean (愛像太平洋) was released. The tracks "Unknown Pleasures" (任逍遥) "The Sad Pacific" (傷心太平洋) from the album were the opening and closing theme songs of the 1998 series The Return of the Condor Heroes, respectively. Jen also starred in the Condor Heroes, playing Yang Guo. In 2005, Jen joined EMI, and his first album from EMI Old Place (老地方) was released a year later. In 2008, Jen signed a contract with East Asia Records (東亞唱片). With them, Jen released three albums – R.S.V.P (齊待) in 2009, Daredevil Spirit (不信邪) in 2011 and On My Way (在路上) in 2023.
