Bae to meet with 100,000 Japanese fans

Bae Yong-joon, known as "Yonsama" by his Japanese fans, will meet with an estimated 100,000 this September according to the 37-year-old Hallyu star`s management company, Boundaries of Forest (BOF).

Bae is scheduled to hold two events at the 40,000-plus capacity Tokyo Dome on Sept. 29 to promote the animated version of "Autumn Sonata" - the 2002 KBS drama that catapulted him into continental super-stardom along with a book signing the following day for "The Beauty of Korea," which he penned over the course of a year.

BOF said yesterday "The Tokyo Dome can hold over 40,000 so over a two-day span we`re looking at a maximum fan turn-out of around 90,000. If we take the estimated 10,000 that will hopefully attend live satellite broadcasts around movie multiplexes throughout Japan, we`re estimating a ballpark figure of 100,000 total."

The upcoming events will be the actor`s first "fan-meeting" in Japan since last June, when he was there to promote his MBC fantasy serial "The Legend."

(kws@heraldm.com)