Actor Joo Jin-mo to hold fan meeting in Japan in July

Actor Joo Jin-mo [Bodyguard]

Actor Joo Jin-mo will hold a fan meeting in Japan this summer, according to his agency JM Company on Tuesday.

Joo’s manager told 10Asia over the phone today that the actor is set for a fan meeting in Tokyo on July 25 which is expected to be attended by some 2,000 fans.

The fan meeting was originally set for April 25 but was delayed due to an earthquake and tsunami that has devastated the eastern part of the country on March 11.

Over 200 of his fans from Japan had shown up at the actor's fan meeting held in Korea in 2009, his first-ever fan event held since his debut in 1997.

Joo, 36, made his name known in Japan through TV dramas “Fashion 70s” (SBS, 2005) and films “200 Pound Beauty” (2006) and “A Frozen Flower” (2008), the latter project for which he won the award for best male actor at Baeksang Arts Awards in 2009.

Born Park Jin-tae, Joo has appeared in other numerous films and dramas including “Queen of The Game” (SBS, 2006) as well as films “A Better Tomorrow” (2010) “A Love” (2007), “Puzzle” (2006) Liar (2004) and “The Warriors” (2001).

He has been cast as one of the leading characters in a historical film tentatively titled “Coffee” where he will appear as a brilliant swindler and a double spy opposite actress Kim So-yeon who will star as Korea’s first barista woman in the 19th century.

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