In 2007, Rain beat out Stephen Colbert by over 100,000 votes for the Time 100, the list of the 100 most influential people of the year. The battle continues between Rain and Stephen Colbert in 2008. Significantly more votes have been cast this year. Rain already has well over 1 million votes, while Stephen Colbert have about 750k vote. You can vote for Rain in the Time 100 poll.

Here’s a clip from the April 23rd airing on Comedy Central challenging Rain:

To prove he’s more influential than Korean pop star Rain, Stephen made his own Korean pop video in 2007 :

BTW – Rain is scheduled to appear tonite at the Los Angeles ImaginAsian Center’s Special Advance Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ SPEED RACER. He is scheduled to walk the red carpet at 7:00pm. Rain stars in the film as Taejo Togokahn, a rival driver to Speed Racer.

ImaginAsian Center

251 South Main Street

Los Angeles, CA

Add Rain as Myspace friend.

Update: the dance off between Rain and Stephen Colbert. Watch the dance off: