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'The female Yon-Sama'

Lee Young-Ae called 'the female Yon-Sama' by the Japanese media
From Leeyoungae.net



The Japanese media named Lee Young-Ae 'the female Yon-Sama'. Major Japanese newspapers such as Sports Hochi and Sankei Sports featured articles about the pressing meeting at the 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' production site held on March 31 in Paju, Kyunggi-do in their April 4 internet edition, and showed keen interest in Lee Young-Ae.

In particular, Sports Hochi described Lee Young-Ae with expressions such as "Korea's top actress who has become popular through 'Daejanggeum', currently being aired on NHK-BS2", "the female Yon-Sama", "a national actress surpassing Jeon Ji-Hyeon and others", and "Korea's 'Yoshinaga Sayuri'".

The nickname "female Yon-Sama" comes from the fact that both Bae Yong-Joon's 'Yong' and Lee Young-Ae's 'Young' are written as 'Yon' in Japanese, and implies that she is an actress enjoying a reputation equalling that of Bae Yong-Joon.

The newspaper introduced 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance' as "a collaboration between the world-renowned director Park Chan-Wook and the 'female Yon-Sama'".

At the press meeting on March 31, more than 100 reporters from Japan and Hong Kong gathered to report on the production of 'Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'.

*Another nick goes to the list ^^*