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Jolin Tsai

Jolin Tsai (born September 15, 1980) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen of C-pop", she is one of the most influential pop cultural figures in the Chinese-speaking world. Recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual image, she is regarded as a key figure in bringing dance-pop music into the mainstream in Greater China. She assumes creative control over all aspects of her career, and her works, which incorporate themes of societal issues and ideological connotations, have garnered both commercial success and critical acclaim.

Tsai was born in Hsinchuang, Taiwan. In 1998, Tsai won a singing competition held by MTV Mandarin. Her debut album, 1019 (1999), became an instant success, while her girl-next-door image established her as a teen idol with a substantial following amongst teenagers. Magic (2003) saw a transition in the singer's image and marked the beginning of her dance-oriented musical direction. Her album Dancing Diva (2006) helped established her status as a representative dance-pop artist in the Chinese music scene.

In 2009, Tsai founded her company Eternal, and began to exert creative control over all facets of her career. She began demonstrating girl power and concern for minorities with her album Myself (2010), which marked a significant turning point in her musical style. Her album Muse (2012) spanned both mainstream and independent music, while her album Play (2014) received recognition for having helped bring Chinese dance music to the attention of a global audience. Her album Ugly Beauty (2018) explored societal beauty standards and inner psychological polarity.

Tsai has sold over 25 million records, making her the highest-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Beginning with her album Magic (2003), each of her studio albums has been the highest-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in the year of release, with four of which also being the highest-selling album overall in the country. She has won a total of seven Golden Melody Awards, the most of any dance-pop artist in the ceremony's history. Since 2010, she has been ranked top 20 on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list for six out of ten times, and was ranked as the number one Chinese female singer three times. Her net worth exceeded NT$2 billion in 2014, and has been ranked as the highest-paid Taiwanese female singer 16 times from (2003–2022).

1980–1998: Early life and career beginnings
Tsai was born on September 15, 1980, in Hsinchuang City, Taipei County (now Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City), Taiwan. She has an elder sister. Her maternal grandmother was a Taiwanese indigenous Papora people. She attended Hsinchuang Elementary School, Hsinchuang Junior High School, and Chingmei Girls' High School. When she was in high school, she formed a band called Twister with her classmates. Later, she participated in singing competitions to meet the needs of extracurricular activities for university applications, and won Chingmei Girls' High School Singing Competition and the second place in the popular music category of BCC National High School Singing Competition. In May 1998, she participated in a singing competition held by MTV Mandarin, she stood out by singing English songs and won the competition.

In March 1999, Tsai signed with Universal Music Taiwan, and became the record label's key newcomer. After that, Universal arranged a series of courses for her for half a year, including dance classes twice a week to help her improve her stage performance, makeup classes twice a week to help her do her own makeup when she was pressed for schedules or in between brief interviews, and speech training classes to help her cope with the media. In addition, Universal arranged for her to fly to Ireland and the United States to watch live performances of foreign singers. In June 1999, she was admitted to the English literature major of Fu Jen Catholic University by virtue of her first place in the recommendation examination.

1999–2002: 1019, Don't Stop, Show Your Love, and Lucky Number
On July 16, 1999, Tsai released her debut single, "Living with the World". On September 10, 1999, she released her first studio album, 1019. The album, co-produced by David Wu, Peter Lee, and Paul Lee, combined pop with hip-hop, R&B, world music, and others, showing her musical talent and versatility. It was generally well received by music critics, who said that the girlish feelings exuded from the album just filled the vacancy of girl-next-door singer in Taiwan at that time, and both her idol vibe and strength combined with the excellent record production made her an instant hit. The album sold more than 400,000 copies in Taiwan.

On April 26, 2000, Tsai released her second studio album, Don't Stop. The album was co-produced by David Wu, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, and Chen Wei, and combined pop with hip-hop, rock, reggae, R&B, and others. Her singing skills on the album were more powerful than before, with a more flexible interpretation of fast songs and a more emotional interpretation of slow songs. It was well received by music critics, who said that the fast songs were full of enthusiasm and the slow songs were charming, and that it started her musical direction that focused on fast songs. The album sold more than 500,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's second highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's sixth highest-selling album overall in the country, as well as her highest-selling album in the country to date. On May 5, 2000, she released her photo book, Nineteen Years, which sold more than 60,000 copies in Taiwan.

On December 22, 2000, Tsai released her third studio album, Show Your Love. The album was co-produced by David Wu, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, Chen Wei, and Jae Chong, it had more broad musical styles and a more mature vocal performance. It received positive reviews from music critics, and was described as one of the most musically rich albums in the real sense during her Universal period, with a balanced mix of fast and slow songs. The album sold more than 260,000 copies in Taiwan. On September 6, 2001, the music video of the track "Fall in Love with a Street" won an MTV Video Music Award for International Viewers' Choice.

On June 28, 2001, Tsai released the Mandarin version of the theme song "Where the Dream Takes You" of the 2001 Disney film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire. On July 7, 2001, she released her fourth studio album, Lucky Number. The album was co-produced by David Wu, Peter Lee, Paul Lee, Chen Wei, and Kay Huang, and combined pop with R&B, disco, hip-hop, and others. It was considered to be her most exciting album during her Universal period, but also suffered from a lack of promotion due to a contractual dispute with her management company D Sound. The album sold more than 150,000 copies in Taiwan, and was ranked among the year's top 20 highest-selling albums in the country. On February 18, 2002, she, on behalf of Mandopop, together with William Roedy, chairman and CEO of MTV, and t.A.T.u. featured on the cover of Businessweek.

2002–2005: Magic, Castle, and J-Game
On July 23, 2002, Tsai signed with Sony Music Taiwan. On August 2, 2002, she released the book, The Masque of the Princess, the Spirit of Knight, which sold more than 50,000 copies in Taiwan. On March 7, 2003, she released her fifth studio album, Magic. The album was co-produced by Bing Wang, Peter Lee, Jamie Hsueh, Jay Chou, Huang Yi, combining pop with disco, funk, ballads, hip-hop, Britpop, and others, and tailored according to her voice quality, vocal, positioning, and potential. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, and was regarded as a key work for her positioning transformation, establishing her musical direction with dance-pop as the dominant style. The album sold over 360,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1.5 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall in the country. The album was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year, she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and Baby Chung was nominated for Best Music Arranger for the track "Prague Square". Eventually, Baby Chung won Best Music Arranger.

On March 9, 2003, the Taiwanese television series Hi Working Girl starring Tsai premiered on CTV. On April 10, 2003, she released the songs "Angel of Love", "Darkness", and "Sweetie" for the 2003 Hong Kong film, Why Me, Sweetie?!. On June 14, 2003, she graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in English literature. On September 10, 2003, she released the theme song "Mirage" of the 2003 Chinese film, Warriors of Heaven and Earth. On September 15, 2003, she translated the book The English Roses for Madonna, and later translated five other books for Madonna.

On February 27, 2004, Tsai released her sixth studio album, Castle. The album was co-produced by Bing Wang, Peter Lee, Jay Chou, Jamie Hsueh, Huang Yi, and G-Power, and its musical styles were all-encompassing, combining pop with hip-hop, Latin, chanson, heavy metal, Britpop, and others. It was widely praised by music critics, and was credited with consolidating her successful development trend in the Chinese music scene. The album sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1.5 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall in the country.

On August 7, 2004, Tsai embarked on her first concert tour J1 World Tour at Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai, China. The tour lasted one year and nine months with eight shows in seven cities. On November 12, 2004, she released the compilation album, J9. On February 8, 2005, she participated in the CCTV New Year's Gala to perform the song "36 Tricks of Love". On March 9, 2005, she released the book, Jolin's English Diary Book, which sold more than 120,000 copies in Taiwan.

On April 25, 2005, Tsai released her seventh studio album, J-Game. The album was co-produced by Jamie Hsueh, Jack Chou, Bing Wang, and Adia, and combined pop with hip-hop, electronic, disco, Chinese traditional music, and others. It received mixed reviews from music critics, who said that it followed the trend and pursued the extreme, but its positioning was vague and it lacked personality. The album sold over 260,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1.2 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's second highest-selling album overall in the country. On September 23, 2005, she released the live video album, J1 Live Concert. On September 28, 2005, Show Lo released the single "Destined Guy", which he sang with her. On December 30, 2005, she released the book, Jolin's Party, which sold more than 150,000 copies in Taiwan.

2006–2008: Dancing Diva and Agent J
On February 16, 2006, Tsai signed with EMI Taiwan. On May 5, 2006, Sony released the greatest hits album J-Top for her. The album sold over 100,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's fifth highest-selling album overall in the country. On May 12, 2006, she released her eighth studio album, Dancing Diva. Co-produced by Adia, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, Paula Ma, Yuri Chan, and Stanley Huang, the album is based on pop and electronic music, and had a wide variety of musical styles, with smooth melodies and catchy lyrics that were impressive, dynamic dance songs and unforgettable dance moves that stirred up discussion. It was widely praised by music critics for its rich content, exquisite production, as well as high audibility and popularity, establishing her status as a representative dance-pop artist in the Chinese music scene. The album sold over 300,000 copies in Taiwan and over 2.5 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album overall in the country. The album was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album, she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and Adia was nominated for Best Single Producer for the track "Dancing Diva". Eventually, she won both Best Female Mandarin Singer and Favorite Female Singer/Group.

On September 15, 2006, Tsai embarked on her second concert tour Dancing Forever World Tour at Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong. The tour lasted two and a half years and held 28 shows in 20 cities, with audience of about 500,000 and box office of about NT$1 billion. On September 29, 2006, she released the compilation album, Dancing Forever. The track "Marry Me Today" won Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year. On February 17, 2007, she participated in the CCTV New Year's Gala to perform the song "Marry Me Today" with David Tao. On June 8, 2007, she released the live video album If You Think You Can, You Can!, which sold more than 120,000 copies in Taiwan.

On September 21, 2007, Tsai released her ninth studio album, Agent J. The album was co-produced by Lars Quang, Nik Quang, RnG, Adia, Paul Lee, Michael Lin, Paula Ma, and Jamie Hsueh. It was released in conjunction with the film of the same name, which was co-directed by Jeff Chang, Marlboro Lai, and Kuang Sheng, and featured Kim Jae-won, Stephen Fung, and Carl Ng as the three male leads. It received mixed reviews from music critics, who said that she maintained her consistent bold style and diversified musical styles, but it lacked freshness and melodicity. The album sold over 200,000 copies in Taiwan and over 3 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album overall in the country. Adia won Golden Melody Award for Best Single Producer for the track "Agent J", and Andrew Chen won Best Music Arranger for the same track.

On November 21, 2007, Kylie Minogue released the single "In My Arms", which she sang with Tsai. On July 18, 2008, she was awarded the Butterfly Award by the Taiwan's Ministry of Labor, in recognition of her outstanding performance in the entertainment industry. On October 31, 2008, she released her cover album, Love Exercise. The album was released in conjunction with the book of the same name, which included her covers of ten English songs, and was co-produced by Paula Ma, Peter Lee, Jim Lee, Daniel Bi, Paul Lee, and Adia. It was originally planned to be released on March 7, 2008, but the release was delayed due to the personnel change and stock acquisition of EMI in Greater China. It was not well received by music critics, who said that the production lacked new ideas and the original songs were too classic. The album sold more than 30,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling Western-language album in the country.

2008–2018: Butterfly, Myself, Muse, and Play
On December 16, 2008, Tsai signed with Warner Music Taiwan. On March 27, 2009, she released her tenth studio album, Butterfly. The album was co-produced by Adia, Paul Lee, Peter Lee, and Paula Ma. It was not well received by music critics, who said it lacked surprise, sincerity, and breakthrough. With over 120,000 copies being pre-ordered in Taiwan, it became the most pre-ordered album of all time in the country. The album sold over 130,000 copies in Taiwan and over 1 million copies overall in Asia, becoming the year's highest-selling album overall in the country. On March 28, 2009, she embarked on her Butterfly Campus Tour at Chung Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The tour was originally planned to hold a total of ten shows, due to the recurrence of her old injury, it was decided to cancel the remaining shows after four shows. On October 9, 2009, she released the live video album, Love & Live. On October 15, 2009, she and Ke Fu-hung jointly established the company Eternal, specializing in her artist management, music production and copyright, concert production and copyright, fan club member recruitment, and other matters. On April 27, 2010, she released the theme song "Heartbeat of Taiwan" of the Taiwan pavilion at the Expo 2010.

On August 13, 2010, Tsai released her eleventh studio album, Myself. The album was co-produced by Andrew Chen, Adia, and Paula Ma. It was based on the concept of party, and dance music accounted for ninety percent of the entire album. It received mixed reviews from music critics, and was described as a new benchmark for Chinese dance music albums, but an imbalance between commerciality and musicality. The album sold more than 65,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's fourth highest-selling album overall in the country. The music video of the track "Honey Trap" was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Music Video. On December 24, 2010, she embarked on her third concert tour Myself World Tour at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The tour lasted two years and four months and held a total of 35 shows in 31 cities, with audience of about 600,000 and box office of about NT$1.5 billion. On July 12, 2011, she released the book Living Slim, which sold more than 120,000 copies in Taiwan.

On September 14, 2012, Tsai released her twelfth studio album, Muse. Co-produced by Michael Lin, Peggy Hsu, JJ Lin, and Tanya Chua, the album combined pop music and pop art, and spans both mainstream and independent music. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, and was described as a paragon of pop albums, with clear themes and a balanced mix of fast and slow songs. The album sold more than 95,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's third highest-selling album overall in the country. The album was nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album, the track "The Great Artist" and its music video were nominated for Song of the Year and Best Music Video, respectively, and she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer. Eventually, "The Great Artist" won Song of the Year.

On January 16, 2013, Tsai represented Taiwanese singers to attend MIDEM in Cannes, France. On October 19, 2013, she released the live video album, Myself World Tour. On May 19, 2014, she released the song "Now Is the Time" for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was included on the compilation album, Pepsi Beats of the Beautiful Game. On June 13, 2014, she released the theme song "Kaleidoscope" of the 2014 Chinese film, Tiny Times 3. On August 27, 2014, she released the theme song "Be Wonderful Together" of a campaign jointly held by Pepsi and Tmall. On October 31, 2014, she began to serve as a judge of the CCTV variety show Rising Star, which ended on December 30, 2014.

On November 15, 2014, Tsai released her thirteenth studio album, Play. Co-produced by Starr Chen, Andrew Chen, Tiger Chung, JJ Lin, and Michael Lin, the album broke away from the framework of previous Chinese albums, with rich contents and all-encompassing themes. It received critical acclaim from music critics, and was credited with introducing the world to the high standard of Chinese dance music. The album sold more than 85,000 copies in Taiwan, becoming the year's highest-selling album by a female artist and the year's fourth highest-selling album overall in the country. It was nominated for a total of ten Golden Melody Awards, becoming one of the albums with the most Golden Melody Award nominations in history. The album was nominated for both Best Mandarin Album and Best Vocal Recording Album, the track "Play" was nominated for Song of the Year, the music videos of "Play", "We're All Different, Yet the Same", and "I'm Not Yours" were all nominated for Best Music Video, Alex Ni and Starr Chen were jointly nominated for Best Music Arranger for "Play", Starr Chen and Andrew Chen were nominated for Best Single Producer for "Play" and "Lip Reading", respectively, and Aaron Nieh was nominated for Best Album Packaging. Eventually, the album won both Best Mandarin Album and Best Vocal Recording Album, and Andrew Chen won Best Single Producer.

On May 22, 2015, Tsai embarked on her fourth concert tour Play World Tour at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The tour lasted one year and two months and held a total of 34 shows in 23 cities, with audience of about 600,000 and box office of about NT$1.5 billion. On December 2, 2015, she won Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Asian Artist. On February 26, 2016, she dubbed Judy Hopps in the Taiwanese Mandarin edition of the 2016 Disney film Zootopia, which was her first dubbing work. On September 30, 2016, Alesso released the single "I Wanna Know" in collaboration with her. On October 31, 2016, Starr Chen released the single "Ego-Holic" in collaboration with her. On May 12, 2017, she released the theme song "Give Love" of a Mother's Day campaign held by Da Ai Television. On June 20, 2017, Hardwell released the single "We Are One" in collaboration with her. On November 20, 2017, she released the theme song "On Happiness Road" of the film of the same name. On December 29, 2017, she released the theme song "Stand Up" of the 2018 Chinese film, Monster Hunt 2. On January 30, 2018, she released the live video album, Play World Tour. On June 12, 2018, she released the 10th anniversary theme song "The Player" of the video game, Dungeon & Fighter.

2018–present: Ugly Beauty
On December 26, 2018, Tsai released her fourteenth studio album, Ugly Beauty. The album was co-produced by Starr Chen, Razor Chiang, Howe Chen, Øzi, and her, and combined pop with reggae, electronic, hip-hop, and others. It returned to the inner level of the singer herself, with the theme of breaking the secular beauty standard and exploring the inner psychological polarity. It was generally praised by music critics, who said that the concept of the album was complete and unified, the singing state was comfortable, and the production was exquisite and ranked top among Chinese albums. The album became the highest-selling album of 2019 overall in Taiwan. As of August 13, 2023, it has sold more than 850,000 digital copies in China, becoming the highest-selling digital album by a female Hong Kong/Taiwan artist in history, she also became the female Hong Kong/Taiwan artist with the highest-selling digital sales of all time. The album was nominated for a total of eight Golden Melody Awards. The album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, and Best Vocal Recording Album, the track "Womanly" was nominated for Song of the Year, the music videos of the tracks "Ugly Beauty" and "Lady in Red" were nominated for Best Music Video, she was nominated for Best Female Mandarin Singer, and she and Starr Chen were jointly nominated for Best Single Producer for the track "Ugly Beauty". Eventually, the album won Album of the Year, and "Womxnly" won Song of the Year.

On January 21, 2019, Tsai began to serve as the dance mentor of the iQiyi variety show Youth with You, which ended on April 6, 2019. On January 24, 2019, she released the single "Happy New Year Do Re Mi", which she sung with Liu Yuning and TikTok influencers. On November 1, 2019, she released the single "Gravity" with Karry Wang. On December 30, 2019, she embarked on her fifth concert tour Ugly Beauty World Tour at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. On April 3, 2020, she released the single "Fight as One" with Eason Chan. On November 22, 2020, she released the songs "Who Am I", "Turn Back Time", "Opposite" for the 2020 Chinese television series, The Wolf. On March 21, 2021, she released the single "Stars Align" with R3hab. On October 21, 2021, she released the single "Equal in the Darkness" with Steve Aoki and Max Schneider. On December 9, 2022, she released the theme song "Untitled" of the 2022 Taiwanese film, Marry My Dead Body. The song was nominated for Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song. On October 31, 2023, she released the theme song "Someday, Somewhere" of the 2023 Taiwanese web series, At the Moment. She and Richard Craker were jointly nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Composer for this song. On November 20, 2023, she released the 40th anniversary theme song "Oh La La La" of McDonald's Taiwan.

Influences
Tsai has cited Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Destiny's Child as major influences. In May 1998, she won a singing contest held by MTV Mandarin where she performed songs by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. She acknowledged the significant influence that the two artists had on her during her student years, stating, "I've been listening to music since I was a child, at that time, I often listened to tapes and radios. Western music was very popular at that time, I liked Whitney Houston, and I often recorded myself imitating her singing voice. After that, I made my debut as a singer by participating in singing competition." She also mentioned how Destiny's Child were a source of inspiration for her, expressing admiration for the group's singing and dancing abilities.

Tsai remarked that she became a fan of Madonna after watching her perform, and expressed a desire to "lead trends in music, stage, dance, and fashion" in the same vein of the singer. Taiwanese choreographer Bruce Chang recalled Tsai's observations about how Madonna seldom does line dancing, yet her dance movements remained powerful. Tsai expressed a desire to emulate her, commenting, "Madonna has always been an artist I admire and she has done a lot of stuff that became very innovative, even at the moment when her works have been criticized by a lot of people, looking back people still think of her as amazing." Tsai also believed that "when making popular music, we should lead people to accept new styles and new elements, and challenge existing concepts." She has additionally cited Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, amongst others, as inspirations.

Musical style
Tsai has utilized a diverse range of musical genres and concepts throughout her career. Tsai noted, "Apart from experimenting with a variety of styles, I try to interpret and express them with my own colors". Tsai's predominant musical style is dance-pop; she holds the belief that "every singer must establish their own identity and unique traits." The singer expressed that "Maybe I don't have many representative ballad works, but dance music is what I am best at." Her debut album 1019 (1999) featured a variety of styles such as ballads, R&B, and hip-hop. Her 2000 album, Don't Stop, incorporated elements such as rock and reggae, and began to feature dance tracks such as "Don't Stop" and "You Gotta Know". Her next two albums, Show Your Love (2000) and Lucky Number (2001), utilized R&B and hip-hop styles in addition to disco elements.

Tsai's 2003 album, Magic, combined elements of disco, funk, hip-hop, rock, and R&B, and marked the singer's shift towards a predominantly dance-oriented musical direction. Her 2004 album, Castle, expanded on the styles of its predecessor; it contained tracks such as "36 Tricks of Love" and "Priority", which incorporated heavy metal elements, along with the chanson track "Love Love Love". Many of the dance tracks on her album J-Game (2005) were heavily influenced by electronic music and retained the disco and hip-hop elements found in her previous two albums. The track "Exclusive Myth" incorporated hip-hop and Chinese traditional music. Dancing Diva (2006) is primarily a pop and electronic album; its title track is recognized for its exotic elements, while the track "Good Guy" utilizes electronic rock. Agent J (2007) showcased Eurodance and continued to utilize elements like disco and hip-hop. It also included the swing track "Fear-Free".

Her 2009 album, Butterfly, experimented with synth-pop. Myself (2010) primarily utilized house music, but also included tracks such as "Nothing Left to Say" which incorporated R&B and urban pop elements. Muse (2012) is a pop record with styles encompassing mainstream and independent music, with tracks such as "Fantasy", "Dr. Jolin", and "Beast" drawing influences from trance, progressive house, and techno, respectively. Play (2014) was largely influenced by electronic dance music styles such as trap and dubstep. The track "Gentlewomen" blended noise rock and alternative dance, whereas the track "Miss Trouble" integrated opera. Ugly Beauty (2018) integrated reggae, electronic, hip-hop, and other elements. Tracks such as "Necessarily Evil" incorporated gothic rock, whereas "Vulnerability" incorporated soul music.

Voice
Tsai possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Since her debut, she has received criticism for her weak singing skills, directed towards her thin voice and limited vocal range. Taiwanese musician Bing Wang noted that while Tsai's voice might be considered average, he acknowledged the distinctiveness of her articulation. Wawa Chen, one of the vocal judges from MTV Mandarin, also expressed appreciation for Tsai's voice, whereas Sohu Entertainment felt that the singer's vocals and delivery had improved substantially over the years. Qu Er from Tencent Entertainment felt that Tsai's vocal skills have often been misinterpreted, and expressed that only a handful of singers can sustain such seamless breath control throughout an entire performance.

Tsai has been nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer four times, and won the award for her 2006 album Dancing Diva. Some observers questioned whether her vocal ability was enough for Tsai to be qualified to win the award. In response, chief jury of the 18th Golden Melody Awards Liu Ya-wen publicly praised Tsai's singing and songwriting skills in Dancing Diva, and felt that the record signified the singer's transformation from merely a performer to a true vocalist. During the 26th Golden Melody Awards in 2015, she received ten nominations for her 2014 album, Play. However, she was not nominated in the Best Female Mandarin Singer category after a judge pointed out significant pitch correction in the album, which swayed the votes of other judges. In response to this, Tsai's manager Tom Wang dismissed the claim that Tsai had been reliant on pitch correction while recording Play. DJ Casey Cheng commented that he did not see an issue with pitch correction in the first place, emphasizing that "records are designed to produce unique sounds."

In 2017, during her opening performance at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, she was off-key while singing a cover of "Tian Mi Mi" by Teresa Teng. As the following songs she performed were characterized by low pitches, critics believed her overall performance fell short of expectations as she usually excelled in songs with mid and high pitches. The performance sparked discussion and criticism, while Tsai openly acknowledged her mistakes.

Music videos
Tsai is often involved in the creative direction of her music videos, which have been noted for blending creativity and aesthetic appeal, while also considering commercial aspects. According to Apple Music, Tsai has "always been on the cutting edge of fashion, and her music videos are full of varied costumes, sometimes colorful and sometimes avant-garde, very dazzling." You Zuo of The Beijing News wrote, "In the production of her music videos, she has achieved advancements with each release. While there are traditional music videos that primarily showcase the singer's image, she simultaneously releases videos with a distinctive style like 'Play', 'Womxnly', and 'Lady in Red', demonstrating the continual evolution of her work with every album."

Tsai's music videos have been recognized domestically and overseas. The music videos of the songs "Honey Trap", "The Great Artist", "Play", "I'm Not Yours", "Ugly Beauty", and "Lady in Red" have all been nominated for Golden Melody Award for Best Music Video, while the music videos of the songs "The Great Artist", "Play", "I'm Not Yours", and "Ugly Beauty" all won Golden Pin Design Awards. In addition, the video for "The Great Artist" was awarded the Bronze Award for Visual Design at the International Design Awards. Time remarked that the video for "Play" "might be 2014's best pop music video"; it later won a Red Dot Design Award for best Visual Communication Design. The video for "Sweet Guilty Pleasure" won the Gold Award for Best Music Video at the Telly Awards.

Public image
Tsai's fashion sensibilities have consistently garnered public interest, with her style influencing trends within the Mandopop music industry. The singer has been recognized for her unique approach to fashion throughout her career; Vogue Taiwan's Anny Ting noted that Tsai's style had evolved from a youthful and sensual aesthetic to a more contemporary and avant-garde approach. Tsai was initially associated with a girl next door image upon her debut, which resonated with a younger demographic and led her to be dubbed a "teenage boy killer" by the media. Following a contractual dispute, she made a return with the album Magic (2003), showcasing a more "fashionable and sexy" image accompanied by energetic dance music. In recognition of her style, the Taiwanese edition of Ray magazine named her Taiwan's "Fashion Hierarch" in 2003. She received the Style Award at the MTV Asia Awards in 2006 and was voted Best Fashion Artist by fashion magazine editors and internet users in a poll conducted by Yahoo! Taiwan.

Since 2007, Tsai has made appearances at international fashion events such as the "Big Four" fashion weeks, the Met Gala, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She became the first Chinese singer to attend all six of these events, the first Taiwanese artist to attend the Met Gala, and the first Asian artist to attend the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Tsai has appeared on the cover of publications such as Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire several times. She has also been featured in FHM Taiwan's 100 Sexiest Women list eight times between 2000 and 2018. In addition to her contributions to fashion, Tsai has been a trendsetter in nail art. In 2005, she appeared on the cover of the Taiwan edition of Nail Up magazine, who referred to her as the "Queen of Nail Art".

From 2004 to 2019, she was the highest-earning female singer in Taiwan,Annual highest-paid Taiwanese singers:
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.
 * and the second highest in 2020 and 2021. According to a 2014 report by Hong Kong's Next Magazine, Tsai's net worth surpassed NT$2 billion. Several media outlets have thus referred to her as a "Queen of Money-Making".   With record sales exceeding 25 million copies, Tsai is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artist since 2000. Each of her studio albums, beginning with Magic in 2003, has been the top-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in its release year, with four of them being the top-selling album overall in their respective years of release. Tsai has been ranked in the top 20 of the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six times since 2010, including three times as the top-ranked Chinese female singer. She was also listed among Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. With over 43 million followers on Sina Weibo and 4 million on Instagram by the end of 2020, she became one of the most followed Mandopop celebrities on social media.

Tsai is recognized as a gay icon by the LGBT community. In 2012, she participated in a gender equality initiative led by the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights. She has expressed her support for the LGBT community through songs such as "Dr. Jolin", "Fantasy", "Gentlewomen", "We're All Different, Yet the Same", and "Womxnly". In 2015, she was awarded Icon of the Year at the Asia LGBT Milestone Awards, with judges acknowledging her public support for LGBT rights in the face of societal pressure. That same year, she appeared on the cover of the lesbian magazine Lezs, affirming her advocacy for gender equality and same-sex marriage rights. In 2017, Billboard's Tamar Herman highlighted Tsai's work for promoting love and equality through her provocative songs and music videos in the traditionally conservative Chinese music industry, making her one of the most visible icons for LGBT people in Asia. In response, Tsai stated: "I don't intend to become an idol for any specific group of people. All I want to do is to encourage some people by saying things I think to be right, so that they know they are not alone."

Legacy
Referred to as the "Queen of C-pop", Tsai has emerged as a significant figure in the C-pop music scene, earning recognition for her music, image, dance, and resilience. Liu Hsiu-wen of Billboard noted that in the early 2000s, Taiwanese artists like Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai dominated Chinese-speaking markets across Asia, marking a golden era for Taiwanese pop music. Former chairwoman of the Kuomintang, Hung Hsiu-chu, remarked that Tsai's artistic accomplishments have set a "high standard" in the C-pop music industry, adding that Tsai's name had been synonymous with a generation's vibrant youth over two decades. Liang Xiaohui of NetEase Entertainment suggested that when future generations reflect on the early 21st-century Chinese divas, Tsai might be the first name that comes to mind, in a similar vein to Madonna in the late 20th-century. In 2010, Tsai was honored as one of the Top Ten Influential Hong Kong/Taiwan Music Figures of the Decade at the Top Chinese Music Awards.

In addition to her influence on Chinese popular culture, Tsai has made significant contributions to social issues. Tamar Herman of Billboard described Tsai as a leading figure in Chinese pop music who has represented same-sex couples and diverse LGBTQ+ lifestyles through her "vibrant" pop songs, providing a platform for diverse expression in the conservative Chinese music scene. Herman noted that through her music that promoted self-love and understanding of differences, Tsai became a prominent icon in Asia's LGBTQ+ community. Liao Yuanling of Business Today wrote that Tsai consistently uses her platform to advocate for gender equality, empowering minority groups to speak up for themselves. In a 2019 survey conducted by Cheers magazine and Elle Taiwan titled "Who Are the Most Influential Women to the New Generation," Tsai ranked first in the field of fashion styles and second in both fields of gender issues and life attitudes.

Tsai is regarded for having led the way for dance-pop's mainstream acceptance in the Greater China region. QQ Music critic Mimimao wrote that "Jolin Tsai is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the development of electronic dance music in the C-pop music industry", and opined that Tsai's innovative approach had placed her "far ahead" of her contemporaries. Hou Cheng-nan, an associate professor at the Department of Mass Communication at I-Shou University, remarked how Tsai "elevated" the landscape of Chinese dance music and "set a high standard that is difficult to surpass". Fan Jung-ching of Bloomberg Businessweek Taiwan referred to her as a "Great Chinese Dance Music Artist", writing how Tsai showcased the "world-class quality" of Chinese dance music to global audiences. Apple Music wrote that songs such as "Play" and "Ugly Beauty" not only served as "sharp societal critiques", but also helped set "new visual and creative standards for Mandopop".

Tsai and her work has influenced numerous artists, including Cyndi Wang, Rainie Yang, A-Lin, Lala Hsu, Eve Ai, Shi Shi, Emma Wu, Yao Yao, By2, and others. You Zuo from The Beijing News wrote, "As one of the most influential female stars in the C-pop music scene, Jolin Tsai's insistence on making breakthroughs in art and caring for the society deserves the respect of everyone who cares about C-pop music."

Endorsements
Tsai has endorsed many internationally renowned brands and products since her debut, including Absolut Vodka, Adidas, Always, Balvenie, Bausch & Lomb, Bulgari, Crest, Diablo, Dr. Jart+, Dungeon & Fighter, Gap, Head & Shoulders, Intel, Knorr, Levi's, L'Oréal, Lux, Max Factor, McDonald's, Mercedes Benz, Morinaga, Motorola, Nars, Olay, Pepsi, Pony, Puma, Quaker, Rémy Martin, Samsung, Shiseido, Standard Chartered, Sunbites, Swarovski, Toyota, Tropicana, Uber Eats, Valentino, Vidal Sassoon, Yamaha, 7-Eleven, etc.

Tsai has cooperated with some of the brands to launch cooperative products. In December 2018, Pony launched two limited-edition collaborative sneakers of her design, based on the brand's M100 series of sneakers. In July 2019, Gap released six collaborative T-shirts she designed, inspired by six songs from her 2018 album Ugly Beauty. In September 2019, Gap released four long-sleeved pullover hoodies designed by her.

Products
In September 2007, Tsai and her sister released the nail polish brand Oops! Jealous, which was originally sold on the Taiwanese online shopping website PayEasy, while she was mainly responsible for the development of nail polish colors and styles. In August 2010, PayEasy and it further cooperated and sold its products in the vending machine at Qsquare in Taipei, Taiwan. In October 2011, it entered the personal care chain retailer Watson. It has been discontinued since 2014.

In February 2009, Tsai and Ken Erman announced the release of the fashion brand Seventy Two Changes in New York City. It was originally sold in Nordstrom in 12 cities in North America, and planned to expand the business scope to Asia, including Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and others. In February 2010, it entered the mainland Chinese market, and opened its first flagship store in Shanghai Times Square in Shanghai, China. In the following year, it was reported that because the shareholders in the United States and China had differences in business philosophy, coinciding with the expiration of her two-year contract, she quit being the designer of the brand.

On October 20, 2015, Tsai opened a fondant cake fan page Your Majesty on Facebook. On December 7, 2015, she set up a company mainly engaged in the affairs of the fondant cake brand, which mainly sold fondant cakes and offered customized fondant cake order services on Facebook and Instagram. On January 8, 2018, she said that her cake business had four cake chefs.

Achievements
Tsai has been nominated for a total of 16 Golden Melody Awards, including two Album of the Year, four Song of the Year, four Best Mandarin Album, four Best Female Mandarin Singer, one Best Composer, and one Best Single Producer. She has received a total of seven Golden Melody Awards, Including one Album of the Year for the album Ugly Beauty (2018), three Song of the Year for the songs "Marry Me Today", "The Great Artist", and "Womxnly", one Best Mandarin album for the album Play (2014), one Best Female Mandarin Female Singer for the album Dancing Diva (2006), and one Favorite Female Singer/Group. She became the most awarded and nominated dance-pop artist at the Golden Melody Awards in history, and has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the artist who has won the most Song of the Year awards at the Golden Melody Awards. Her 2014 album Play has become one of the nominated albums at the Golden Melody Awards in history with a total of ten nominations, tying Jay Chou's Fantasy (2000) and A-Mei's Amit (2009). In addition, her 2018 album Ugly Beauty was nominated for eight Golden Melody Awards.

Tsai has received several awards from other Chinese music awards, Including Beijing Pop Music Awards, CCTV-MTV Music Awards, China Music Awards, Global Chinese Music Awards, Global Chinese Pop Chart Awards, Hito Music Awards, IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award, KKBox Music Awards, Metro Radio Hits Music Awards, Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards, Migu Music Awards, Music Radio China Top Chart Awards, My Astro Music Awards, Singapore Hit Awards, Top Chinese Music Awards, Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award, TVB8 Mandarin Music on Demand Awards, etc. Among them, she has been awarded eight Hito Music Award for Best Female Singer and eight for Most Weeks at Number One Album/Song, ten KKBox Music Award for Top Ten Singers of the Year, one Top Chinese Music Award for Top Ten Most Influential Hong Kong/Taiwan Music Figure of the Decade in 2010, and one Migu Music Award for Best Female Singer of the Decade in 2016.

Tsai has received accolades from international entities, such as the MTV Video Music Award for International Viewers' Choice for the music video of the song "Fall in Love with a Street" in 2001, the MTV Asia Award for The Style Award in 2006, and the MAMA Award for Best Asian Artist – Taiwan in 2015. She received nominations for MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Buzz Asia for the music video of the song "Pirates" in 2005, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Asian Act in 2012, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Taiwanese Act in 2015, amongst others. In July 2008, she was awarded the Butterfly Award by the Taiwan's Ministry of Labor, in recognition of her outstanding performance in the entertainment industry. In October 2023, her song "Untitled" was nominated for Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song.

Tsai has reached number one on the Taiwan's Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year chart five times with her songs "Marry Me Today", "Sun Will Never Set", "Honey Trap", "Play", and "Ugly Beauty", becoming the singer with the most number one songs on the chart so far. Each of her studio albums, beginning with her 2003 album Magic, has been the highest-selling album by a female artist in Taiwan in the year of release, with four of which, Dancing Diva (2006), Agent J (2007), Butterfly (2009), and Ugly Beauty (2018), also being the highest-selling album overall in the country in the respective years of release.

Personal life
Tsai's personal life has been the subject of media attention. Since her debut, media outlets have speculated that she had been in a long-term romantic relationships with three male artists, Jay Chou, Eddie Peng, and Vivian Dawson. In January 2001, she and Chou met on the CTV variety show, Guess. In December 2001, she and Chou were seen dining at an izakaya in Shinjuku, Japan, and the two were later seen meeting privately several times in Taiwan. In February 2005, Chou and Patty Hou were seen together in Shibuya, Japan, after which Tsai and Chou began to avoid seeing each other on various occasions. In June 2010, Tsai was invited to be the guest performer of Jay Chou's The Era World Tour at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan.

In January 2007, she and Eddie Peng were seen together in London, England, and the two were seen meeting privately in Taiwan several times. In September 2008, Peng was involved in a dispute with his management company, which allegedly tried to block his relationship with Tsai. In August 2009, Peng's former manager Liu Wei-tzu indirectly confirmed that Tsai and Peng had been in a relationship for more than three years since mid-2006, and that the breakup was suspected to be due to Peng's mother preventing the two from continuing their relationship because she was unhappy with Tsai's reluctance to disclose her relationship with Peng.

In July 2010, Vivian Dawson appeared in the music video of her song "Love Player". In September 2010, she and Dawson were seen together in Tokyo, Japan, and the two later traveled together around the world several times. In November 2011, her father indirectly confirmed the relationship between Tsai and Dawson, and indirectly revealed that Tsai had relationships with both Chou and Peng. In February 2013, she and Dawson flew to New Zealand to meet his parents, and the relationship between the two was confirmed. In December 2016, her agent Tom Wang confirmed that the relationship had ended in November 2016.

Discography

 * 1019 (1999)
 * Don't Stop (2000)
 * Show Your Love (2000)
 * Lucky Number (2001)
 * Magic (2003)
 * Castle (2004)
 * J-Game (2005)
 * Dancing Diva (2006)
 * Agent J (2007)
 * Butterfly (2009)
 * Myself (2010)
 * Muse (2012)
 * Play (2014)
 * Ugly Beauty (2018)

Filmography

 * Six Friends (2001)
 * Come to My Place (2002)
 * In Love (2002)
 * Hi Working Girl (2003)
 * Agent J (2007)
 * Zootopia (2016)

Tours

 * J1 World Tour (2004–2006)
 * Dancing Forever World Tour (2006–2009)
 * Myself World Tour (2010–2013)
 * Play World Tour (2015–2016)
 * Ugly Beauty World Tour (2019–2024)

Enterprises

 * Oops! Jealous (2007–2014)
 * Seventy Two Changes (2009–2011)
 * Eternal Music Production Co., Ltd. (2009)
 * Your Majesty (2015)

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Tokyo Monorail

The Tokyo Monorail (東京モノレール), officially the Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line (東京モノレール羽田空港線), is a straddle-beam, Alweg-type monorail line in Tokyo, Japan. It is an airport rail link that connects Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Tokyo's Ōta, Shinagawa, and Minato wards. The 17.8 km line serves 11 stations between the Monorail Hamamatsuchō and Haneda Airport Terminal 2 stations. It runs on a predominantly elevated north–south route that follows the western coast of Tokyo Bay. The monorail is operated by the Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd., which is jointly owned by JR East, the system's rolling stock supplier Hitachi, and ANA Holdings, Inc. (the holding company of All Nippon Airways). It carried an average of 140,173 passengers per day in 2018.

Plans to build Japan's first airport rail link surfaced in 1959 as Tokyo was preparing to host the 1964 Summer Olympics. That year, the Yamato Kanko Co., Ltd.—later renamed the Tokyo Monorail Co.—was established to build the rail connection. Construction began in 1963 and completed on 17 September 1964, just 23 days ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony. Upon opening, the monorail operated between the Hamamatsuchō and Haneda stations, making no intermediate stops. It has since been expanded with infill stations and extensions, and there are plans to extend it to Tokyo Station in the future.

The Tokyo Monorail is one of two rail lines serving the airport, the other being the Keikyū Airport Line. At Hamamatsuchō Station, passengers may transfer to the Keihin–Tōhoku and Yamanote lines of JR East, as well as the Asakusa and Oedo lines of the Toei Subway via nearby Daimon Station. The monorail also connects with Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit's Rinkai Line at Tennōzu Isle Station.

Early history

Tokyo's Haneda Airport had emerged as the country's international gateway by the time Japan's commercial aviation industry recovered from the Second World War in the early 1950s. In 1959, the airport recorded approximately 910,000 total passengers and expected many more for the coming 1964 Summer Olympics. That same year, the government unveiled a plan for a central Tokyo-to-airport rail link. Opponents of the rail line briefly countered with a proposal to extend the Tokyo Expressway instead, but fears that this would only worsen vehicular congestion led to a preference for rail.

In August 1959, the Yamato Kanko Co., Ltd. was established to build the rail line; it renamed to Japan Elevated Railway Co., Ltd. a year later. The company applied for a route license to build a straddle-beam, Alweg-type monorail in January 1960, which the Japanese government granted the following December. The company selected Alweg due to two factors. First, the company's president, Tetsuzo Inumaru, was an old friend of Dr. Axel Wenner-Gren, the founder of Alweg. Second, Hitachi, which would build the line, was keen on further developing the technology.

Project planners originally intended the monorail line to extend from Haneda Airport to Shimbashi or Tokyo Station, and the license that had been acquired allowed building it up to either station. However, opposition from residents living near the Shibaura Canal, which had been part of the proposed route, as well as cost overruns during the construction of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which drained government subsidies, resulted in a shortened route from the airport to Hamamatsuchō Station. To further minimize costs, the line was routed over other public waterways donated by local municipalities, which eliminated the need to acquire expensive private land, but reclaimed parts of Tokyo Bay, as well as rivers and canals. The resulting alignment removed a number of fishing and aquatic farming operations, and local fishing cooperatives had their licences revoked by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Among them was a seaweed harvesting field in Ōta Ward that had produced a premium brand of nori since the Edo period called Omori no nori.

The Ministry of Transport authorized the monorail project in December 1961. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 1 May 1963, and the subsequent construction of the line progressed rapidly. In May 1964, Japan Elevated Railway Co., Ltd. again changed its name to Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. The line cost a total of ¥21.1 billion (equivalent to approximately $60 million in 1964 dollars ), of which ¥20 billion was spent for construction and ¥1.1 billion on rolling stock. Hitachi built the first-generation cars in Japan under license of Alweg (through the Hitachi–Alweg joint venture). Upon its inauguration, the Tokyo Monorail became the world's first commercial monorail service and Japan's first airport rail connection.

Service commenced on 17 September 1964, 23 days ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony on 10 October. At the time of opening, the Tokyo Monorail ran a total length of 13.1 km and served only its termini: Hamamatsuchō Station and the airport. Most of the artificial islands in Tokyo Bay had not yet been reclaimed, and the line mostly ran over water. The price for a one-way ticket was ¥250, which was relatively more expensive than other available options at the time. It was notably cheaper to take a taxi with four people to the airport than to ride the monorail. A recession following the Olympics resulted in a decrease in airport arrivals, which severely affected ridership. In 1966, the Tokyo Monorail was forced to reduce the price of its fare to ¥150 to attract more passengers.

Infill stations and later expansions

Ōi Keibajō Mae became the monorail's first infill station upon its completion in May 1965. It was originally built as a temporary station above the water along the coast and only operated on days when an event was taking place at Ohi Racecourse. Its permanent replacement opened two years later. The city government subsequently reclaimed the area around this station and developed a housing complex known as Yashio Park Town. In November 1967, an overpass connecting the monorail platform to the JR platforms of Hamamatsuchō Station was completed. Between 1967 and 1993, four more stations were built along the original alignment; these were Haneda Seibijō, later renamed Seibijō (1967); Shin Heiwajima, later renamed Ryūtsū Center (1969); Shōwajima (1985); and Tennōzu Isle (1992).

When the monorail began operating, the passenger terminal at Haneda Airport was located on the west side of the airfield, south of Seibijō, and this was the southern end of the line. Upon the opening of a new passenger terminal—now Terminal 1—in 1993, the monorail was extended to a new platform and another station, Shin Seibijō, was built for the employees of nearby maintenance facilities. Meanwhile, the former airport passenger terminal was razed and the monorail tunnel beneath it abandoned to make room for an extension of Runway B. The original Haneda Station, which was abandoned along with the tunnel, was rebuilt farther west along the new section of tracks and renamed Tenkūbashi Station in November 1998. Although the rails were removed and its entrance walled off, the now-unused tunnel remains otherwise intact today below the Runway B extension.

The monorail has continued to adapt and expand with the terminal changes and expansions of Haneda Airport. A single-station, 0.9 km extension to the airport's then new Terminal 2 opened on 1 December 2004, and resulted in the renaming of the existing Haneda Airport Station to Haneda Airport Terminal 1 Station. The opening of a passing loop at Shōwajima allowed for the operation of express services from 18 March 2007. A new infill station to serve the airport's new International Terminal opened on 21 October 2010. On 14 March 2020, the three stations serving Haneda Airport were renamed to coincide with the renaming of the International Terminal to Terminal 3. In Japanese, the word "building" (ビル) in the station names was modified to "terminal" (ターミナル). From north–south, the stations are Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station (羽田空港第3ターミナル駅), Haneda Airport Terminal 1 Station (羽田空港第1ターミナル駅), and Haneda Airport Terminal 2 Station (羽田空港第2ターミナル駅).

Planned extension to Tokyo Station
In June 2009, Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd., formally notified the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of its intent to convert the present single-track terminal at Hamamatsucho, which has remained unchanged since 1964, into a dual-track, dual-platform structure. To be built in six and a half years at an estimated cost of ¥26 billion, this would increase the line's capacity from 18 to 24 trains per hour and lay the groundwork for a long-mooted extension to Shimbashi Station. In August 2014, plans were revealed to extend the line from Hamamatsucho to Tokyo Station, running alongside the Yamanote Line tracks between Shimbashi and Tokyo at a cost of ¥109.5 billion with construction taking approximately ten years. However, in 2021 JR East has announced the construction of the Haneda Airport Access Line which will connect Tokyo Station with conventional rail.

New terminus at Hamamatsucho Station
As part of a redevelopment of World Trade Center Building, a new monorail station will be built at Hamamatsucho Station. It is scheduled to be completed by 2027.

Route
The Tokyo Monorail is 17.8 km long and traverses Tokyo's Minato, Shinagawa, and Ōta wards. From its northern terminus at Monorail Hamamatsuchō Station, the line travels southbound as it crosses over the Yamanote, Keihin–Tōhoku, Ueno–Tokyo, Tōkaidō Main, and Tokaido Shinkansen lines. Upon entering Shibaura, it follows the edge of canals surrounded by artificial islands. On an artificial island within Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo just east of Shinagawa Station and the main campus of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, the monorail starts to follow the Shuto Expressway Haneda Route alignment with a stop at Tennōzu Isle.

Service patterns
The following three service types operate on the line:
 * Local (普通)
 * Rapid (区間快速)
 * Haneda Express (空港快速)

Tokyo Monorail trains operate on an average headway of four minutes. This can be as short as three minutes and 20 seconds during peak hours. "Local" trains stop at every station, with end-to-end travel taking 24 minutes. "Rapid" trains bypass the Shōwajima, Seibijō, Tenkūbashi, Shin Seibijō stations, and take 21 minutes to travel across the line. "Haneda Express" trains make non-stop runs between Monorail Hamamatsuchō Station and Haneda Airport; these trains arrive at Haneda Airport Terminal 3 in 13 minutes, Haneda Airport Terminal 1 in 16 minutes, and Haneda Airport Terminal 2 in 18 minutes. The Tokyo Monorail started operating "Rapid" (快速) trains in December 2001, which departed from Haneda Airport at 11:50 pm; these trains began running all day three years later. In March 2007, the monorail replaced its original "Rapid" service with the two current "Haneda Express" and "Rapid" service patterns.

Rolling stock
All rolling stock that has ever been operated in the Tokyo Monorail since inauguration are built by Hitachi Rail. , the Tokyo Monorail operates three train types: 1000 series, 2000 series, and most recently, 10000 series. All trainsets run in a six-car configuration and are capable of running at speeds of up to 80 km/h. Each car has a combination of aisle-facing bench seats, forward and rear-facing seats, and seats in the center of the aisle. The latter is because the train floor is lower than the diameter of the load bearing wheels above the top of the beam, unlike trains built for newer Japanese Alweg monorails. The trains also feature extra space for hand luggage, as a convenience for air travelers. These trains are stored and maintained at Shōwajima Depot beside Shōwajima Station during off-service hours. The 1000 series trains were introduced from 1989, and the 2000 series trains were introduced from 1997.

From 18 July 2014, the first of a fleet of new 10000 series 6-car trains was introduced, replacing the older 1000 series trains.

Former rolling stock
Former rolling stock once used on Tokyo Monorail include the 100/200/300/350 series (from 1964 until 1978), 500 series (from 1969 until 1991), 600 series (from 1977 until 1997), and 700/800 series (from 1982 until 1998).

Service
The Tokyo Monorail operates from around 5:00 a.m. to midnight with over 500 trains. The first departure towards the airport leaves at 04:58 and the last departure is at 00:01. Towards Hamamatsuchō, the first departure is at 05:11 and the final departure is at 00:05 (final departure serving all stations at 23:38). Passengers using the monorail to travel to the airport can take advantage of check-in facilities at Hamamatsuchō. Japan's domestic airlines (JAL, ANA, Skymark Airlines, and Air Do) have check-in counters and ticket machines right at the station. It carried its 1.5 billionth passenger on January 24, 2007.

An alternative to the monorail is the Keikyu Airport Line between the airport and Shinagawa Station. Both railways compete with bus services.

Ownership
The monorail line is owned and operated by the Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. (東京モノレール株式会社). In 1967, the Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. merged with Hitachi Transport Co., Ltd. and Western Hitachi Transport Co., Ltd. to form Hitachi Transport Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. after Hitachi Transport System acquired an 81-percent share of the company. The company re-established as the Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. in 1981. JR East acquired a 70-percent majority share of the company from Hitachi Transport System in 2002, with the remaining 30 percent going to Hitachi, Ltd. , the Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd. is divided between JR East (79 percent), Hitachi (12 percent), and All Nippon Airways' holding company, ANA Holdings Inc. (9 percent).

Operation and maintenance
The Shōwajima Center (昭和島車両基地), located next to Shōwajima Station, is the operations and maintenance center of the Tokyo Monorail. The complex houses an operations control room that controls the movement of trains, a power control room that controls the line's power supply, a vehicle maintenance and storage depot where cars are inspected and serviced, a track and trolley inspection and maintenance depot, and a crew depot.

Fares

, the Tokyo Monorail offers multiple fare types with varying lengths of validity and terms of use. One-way tickets, which are valid for the day of purchase, may be used to travel between two stations without making intermediate stops. Return tickets are similar but allow for a return trip; these are valid if returning to any Haneda Airport station within 10 days and to other stations within two weeks. Multiple-trip tickets are sold in books of 11 and are valid for two to three months. The purchase of "school commutation" multiple-trip tickets requires proof of a student discount certificate with the Open University of Japan. Groups of 15 or more can acquire discounted group tickets. A special discount ticket is offered to riders needing to transfer to the Yamanote Line. Commuter and travel passes are also available. The Tokyo Monorail began accepting the contactless smart card Suica on 21 April 2002. It began issuing its own "Monorail Suica" cards in 2009. The monorail also accepts the regional Pasmo card and the Japan Rail Pass.

Fares may be purchased from ticket vending machines at any monorail station. , Tokyo Monorail tickets can also be purchased from machines at the following airports: Fukuoka Airport, Hakodate Airport, Hiroshima Airport, Itami and Kansai airports in Osaka, Kagoshima Airport, Kumamoto Airport, Nagasaki Airport, Naha Airport, New Chitose Airport in Sapporo, Oita Airport, Okayama Airport, Takamatsu Airport, and Toyama Airport.

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Example
See my edit titled "Incorrect Example".

SymLinks are not used in Vista or Server 2008 by Microsoft to maintain backwards compatibility with the directory structures of previous Windows versions. Instead, regular Directory Junctions are used, which have been present in NTFS since Windows 2000. I can only speculate why they chose to use Junctions instead of the new SymLink functionality, but I would guess it is tied into backwards compatibility. By using Junctions, if a user mounts a Vista/2k8 system volume on an older Windows version (e.g. due to dual-booting), the Junctions will still be visible and functional. This would not be the case with SymLinks, as only Vista and newer can interpret the NTFS metadata that corresponds to them. So, it probably comes down to not potentially confusing power users.

- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.134.248.108 (talk) 16:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC) Junction points seem to be a hidden feature of NTFS 5.0 :)
 * Please stop the FUD. They're documented in the standard Microsoft fashion. In short, that means it's not on Google (or MSDN), but in (for example) the relevant SDKs, one of them being the Platform SDK, as someone's already pointed out. I'll agree it's an underused and underdocumented feature though. --Ultomten (talk) 11:24, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Undocumented by Microsoft as far as I know, and little documentation on the net otherwise, these can be used almost the same as symbolic links.

However since they are so underdocumented, it's hard to tell what happens when you perform file operations on them, eg copy, move, delete, etc... and whether the effect changes if these operations are instigated from explorer, console, programs, etc or different OS's (I believe WinXP uses NTFS 5.1, whereas Win2000 uses NTFS 5.0) - there could be hidden dangers which might risk your data.

That's the reason for the observed effects section, so please expand it if you get a chance to test things out.

Zarius 22:47, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

They are documented in Platform SDK, AFAIK. And NT Resource kit contained both the ln tool and the documentation for symlinks/hardlinks. --tyomitch 14:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Regarding "Microsoft uses them internally to maintain backward naming convention compatibility for user's profile's among other things". This seems to be pure guesswork. On my Vista, NTFS Junction Points were created during installation to map folders like "Documents and Settings" to their new counterparts. However, they don't actually work, due to errors in the link targets, so I'm not sure what's up. This might be because I did an "upgrade" (from XP) and not a "regular installation", so I won't change anything on the page.

--Ultomten (talk) 11:24, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the layout of the Observed effects section, I think it best laid out like this:

 * Win XP Pro  -- Pro at the moment, since this is the OS I currently use & I can't test if XP Home has any different effects - given the data risk, I thought I'd play it safe and assume difference until proven otherwise)
 * deletion via blah has this effect
 * effect
 * etc
 * Win 2000
 * deletion via blah has this effect
 * move via blah has the same effect as Win XP Pro above
 * etc

This does involve some duplication of information, but makes it easier for someone to check out the effects on the OS they are currently running.

Zarius 22:47, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Oops! :) On an earlier version of the page I stated that deleting via explorer was safe... it's not.  The junction had just been transferred to the recycle bin, not actually deleted and therefore the files were still safe - until you empty the recycle bin :)  Then *poof* there go all the files in the targeted directory :)

Zarius 23:36, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Hmm... it seems a bit much to refer to them as junction points all the time (not to mention the typing :)) - but what's a better way to refer to them? I've been using both junction and JP's, leaning towards JP's.

Zarius 23:36, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Here's some more info that might be relevant: (cut from Microsofts KB article Q262797)
 * The following technologies use reparse points:

 * Directory Junctions is a technology for a folder to be grafted into another folder on the same local computer. Directory Junctions work when they are mounted on the same volume. If a Directory Junction is mounted such that the target folder and host folder are on different Physical Disk resources, the resources must be in the same cluster group. The Physical Disk resource that contains the host folder should be dependent on the Physical Disk resource that contains the target folder. If the drive that contains the target folder does not come online, the drive that contains the host folder does not start.

Zarius 02:36, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Vista does have the RMDIR command
Removed as this is incorrect:

 * Windows Vista no longer uses rmdir, but still has rd.
 * Confirmed on 7 here. 217.50.57.89 (talk) 11:18, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Warnings?
I just noticed the warnings section on this page, is that really necessary? Some of it, like a mention of ACL could be included in the text, but since Wikipedia is not a manual, I don't think a disclaimer is appropriate. arienh4(Talk) 22:18, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

 * I like the warnings section, especially if you take into account the risk included and lack of documentation on the Internet.
 * The warnings section also shows, how the junction working changed over the NTFS specification 195.205.193.228 (talk) 01:47, 9 August 2009 (UTC)Czeciu

"Sync" terminology
I noticed a comment added into the page by TG2, concerning sync terminology: Note ** this "sync" idea is incorrect and should be removed. Sync refers to two distinct files, usually named the same and in different locations, which need to have the contents match. Junction points are references to a set of original files and file locations, not copies of files so this fails the "for all intents and purposes".

This is a fair point, but probably should have been placed here for discussion instead of directly on the page, so I'm removing it from there. Pj81381 (talk) 23:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

vs. hard link or symbolic link?
Could some add to the article how this differs (or doesn't) from the other two features that NTFS now implements? Also the "observed effects" section is WP:OR without refs. Pcap ping  09:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

 * One big difference I encountered is with shares. I created a symbolic link to another drive on the same server. It works on that server just fine. However the symbolic link was in a share. From the share, i.e. over the network, it didn't work. When I destroyed that symbolic link and created a directory junction instead, it works on the server, and from the share. However, since this is original research, I can't add it to the main article. --Rsberzerker (talk) 15:10, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Symbolic links cannot be created with Disk Management; but junctions can!
I don't know if this is useful to add in the article. AFAIK, symbolic links (in Vista/7) can only be created with built-in tools by using mklink on the command line, nothing else. Or you need to use external software for that. Junction points, however, can be created using the GUI provided in the Disk Management application (formerly "fileman.exe"). -andy 217.50.57.89 (talk) 11:15, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Junctions vs. hard links and symbolic links
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

https://web.archive.org/web/20170723213916/http://cects.com/overview-to-understanding-hard-links-junction-points-and-symbolic-links-in-windows/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/hard-links-and-junctions

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/symbolic-links [in contrast to previous link]

These sources seem to imply that junction points are the directory equivalent of a (file) hard link, rather than being a type of symbolic link. Is this accurate, because it seems to contradict this and other relevant articles on Wikipedia? That, or I'm just not understanding the concepts. ZFT (talk) 22:54, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Upon experimenting with 7-Zip File Manager, it seems that junction points are not (exact, at least) equivalents of hard links. ZFT (talk) 21:23, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

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Foreign-born Japanese

A foreign-born Japanese (外国生まれの日本人) is a Japanese person of foreign descent or heritage, who was born outside Japan and later acquired Japanese citizenship. This category encompasses persons of both Japanese and non-Japanese descent. The former subcategory is considered because of intricacies of national and international laws regarding the citizenship of newborn persons.

Dual nationality is not recognized in Japan. Under Japanese nationality law, people who acquire dual nationality before the age of 20 must choose a single nationality before reaching age 22, and people who acquire dual nationality after the age of 20 must choose a single nationality within 2 years.

Japanese by naturalization

 * Akebono Taro (b. Chad Rowan), sumo wrestler
 * Bobby Ologun, TV talent
 * Chen Kenmin, TV chef
 * Sergio Ariel Escudero, football player
 * Ofer Feldman, scholar of Japanese political psychology
 * Tomokazu Harimoto, table-tennis player
 * Dido Havenaar, football player
 * Mike Havenaar, football player
 * Hoshitango Imachi, sumo wrestler
 * Koizumi Yakumo (b. Lafcadio Hearn), Meiji-era author
 * Konishiki Yasokichi (b. Saleva'a Fuauli Atisano'e), sumo wrestler
 * Kotoōshū Katsunori (b. Kaloyan Mahlyanov), sumo wrestler
 * Wagner Lopes (b. Wagner Augusto Lopes), football player
 * Miura Anjin (b. William Adams), Edo-era mariner
 * Erikson Noguchipinto, football player
 * Debito Arudou (b. David Schofill ne Aldwinckle), blogger
 * Ruy Ramos (b. Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho), soccer player
 * Rikidōzan (b. Kim Sin-Nak), wrestler
 * Kenny Omega, professional wrestler
 * J. R. Sakuragi (b. Milton "J.R." Henderson), basketball player
 * Ademir Santos, football player
 * Alessandro Santos (b. Alessandro dos Santos), football player
 * Marcos Sugiyama, volleyball player
 * Takamiyama Daigoro, (b. Jesse James Wailani Kuhaulua), sumo wrestler
 * Marutei Tsurunen (b. Martti Turunen), politician
 * Batara Eto, co-founder of mixi
 * Donald Keene (also known as Donarudo Kiin), scholar and translator of Japanese literature and culture

Japanese born abroad

 * Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor
 * Hikaru Utada, singer
 * Luiz Gushiken
 * Mina, singer in South Korean group Twice
 * Daisuke Ishiwatari, game designer
 * Children of the Japanese abducted to North Korea during the 1970s–80s. Although the children had Korean names at birth, they were registered as Japanese and given Japanese names when they arrived in Japan along with their returning parents.

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North Dumfries

The Township of North Dumfries is a rural township in Ontario, Canada, part of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

Communities
North Dumfries includes the following communities: Ayr, Branchton, Clyde (formerly from Beverley Township, Wentworth County), Reidsville and Roseville. It also contains rural clusters and hamlets such as Brown, Clarkson, Dickie One, Dickie Two, Dumfries, Greenfield, Hall, H’Ayritage, Highway Twenty-Four, Innanen, Lockie, Mackie, McLean, Morrison, Orr's Lake, Parker, Plumtree, Ranchlands, Riverview, Taylor, Wrigley and Young.

History
The history of North Dumfries is closely tied to that of the old City of Galt, now part of the City of Cambridge but which in the early 19th century was part of Gore District. Galt was founded on the east bank of the Grand River by Absalom Shade on behalf of William Dickson of Niagara. Dickson had bought 94,305 acre of land in 1816 for 24,000 pounds, and named it after his hometown of Dumfries in Scotland. The Nith River passes through Dumfries in Canada just as the River Nith passes through Dumfries in Scotland. That same year, he had the land surveyed and opened it for settlement. By 1817, a number of sawmills were operating in the district and the population, comprising 38 families, had reached 163. In 1819, the first municipal meeting for the Township of Dumfries North was held.

In 1820, Dickson encouraged further settlement on his land by inviting other Scotsmen to buy land, resulting in a wave of immigration from 1825 until 1832 when every plot of land was filled.

What is now the village of Ayr, then consisting of three small settlements, was first settled in 1822 by Abel Mudge, initially as a squatter. He built a dam, a sawmill and a grist mill at the junction of Smith and Cedar Creek. A post office opened at the settlement called Mudge's Mills in 1840, with the name Ayr, named after a town in Scotland. The other two settlements, Jedburgh to the east and Nithvale to the west, were not yet a part of Ayr but received their mail at the single post office. The population in 1846 was 230 persons, working in businesses such as a grist mill, barrel making, carpentry, wool processing, blacksmithing, tanning hides, making shoes and clothing, or carpentry. The population of Ayr did not reach 1000 until almost 1870. The largest business was a foundry.

In 1847 or 1848, the John Watson Manufacturing Company (later Ayr Machinery Works) had opened and became very successful, shipping iron implements across the country by 1870. By 1854, the village had a small library, two school houses, a fire company, a newspaper and a single (Presbyterian) church.

In 1858, Cruickston Park house was rebuilt by New York architect Detlef Lienau for the American heiress Eliza Astor and her English husband Matthew Wilks, and was later home tot their son Matthew Astor Wilks. The house has been used as a filming location for TV series and for the 2010 film Red.

The village of Ayr, including Jedburgh, was incorporated in 1884 with John Watson as the Reeve. What is now North Dumfries originally formed the north half of Dumfries Township, hence the current name. With the introduction of the county system in the mid-nineteenth century, Dumfries was split between the new Waterloo and Brant Counties. The remaining southern half of the old Dumfries Township is now South Dumfries in Brant County. At about the same time Dumfries Township was divided, the City of Galt was extracted from it as an autonomous municipality within the new Waterloo County. Though the two municipalities (Galt and North Dumfries) were now technically separated from one another, their histories are tightly interwoven as the township nearly envelopes what was then Galt.

The township's easternmost section (around the village of Clyde) was originally part of Beverley Township (now the city of Hamilton); it was transferred to North Dumfries Township in 1973.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Dumfries had a population of $10,619$ living in $3,689$ of its $3,768$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $10,215$. With a land area of 188.09 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

The ethnic makeup of the township is 97.5% White, 1% Aboriginal and 1.5% visible minorities, of which the largest groups are Black (0.4%), South Asian and Latin American (0.3% each). Around 21.2% of the population is under the age of 14, while those over 65 number 10.3%. The average age is 39.0. There are 3050 private dwellings occupied by usual residents, out of a total of 3103 dwellings. Mother tongues spoken are:
 * English as first language: 88.7%
 * French as first language: 1.3%
 * English and French as first language: 0%
 * Other as first language: 10.1%

Population trend:
 * Population in 2016: 10,215
 * Population in 2011: 9,334 (2006–2011 population change: 3.0%)
 * Population in 2006: 9,063
 * Population in 2001: 8,769
 * Population in 1996: 7,817
 * Population in 1991: 6,821

Local government
The citizens of North Dumfries are represented by the mayor and four township councillors. The mayor is directly elected while the councillors are elected in four wards. The mayor serves as the township's sole representative on Regional Council. As of the 2022 election, the elected council members are:

Mayor: Sue Foxton

Councillors:

 * Ward 1: Timea Brenner and Rodney Rolleman
 * Ward 2: Derrick Ostner
 * Ward 3: Alida Wilms
 * Ward 4: Scott Tilley

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