"Miss Mermaid" screenwriter Im Sung-han cast him again in her next drama, "Lotus Flower Fairy" (also known as "Heaven's Fate", 2004).But when "Miss Mermaid" was exported to Taiwan and the Philippines, foreign viewers had difficulty pronouncing his given name "Sung-taek," so to further build his Korean Wave profile, Kim adopted the stage name Kim Sung-min in 2005.