Joni Anwar, also known as Joni Raptor (born August 30, 1981), is a Thai singer and actor. Early life and education Anwar was born in Bangkok, to an Indonesian father and a Scottish mother. He graduated from Bangkok Patana School in 2000, after which he went on to study business in South Hampton, New York in the United States. Career Anwar started his career making television commercials for Ovaltine, Bata, and Krissadanakorn before signing a record deal with RS Promotion. In 1994, Anwar began his musical career in the pop dance duo Raptor with Louis Scott. After the group disbanded in 1998, Joni contributed to his younger brother's self-titled debut album, Anan Anwar. Not long after that, Joni began a solo career and released three albums: Bad Boy, Freeman, and Outtaspace. Raptor Anwar and Louis Scott were 12 and 13 years old when they released their self-titled debut album, Raptor, in August 1994. They were the youngest singers in Thailand at that time. The duo's name was inspired by the famous two dinosaurs in the kitchen scene at the end of the movie Jurassic Park, and the duo liked the suggestion of "rap" in "raptor." "Kid Thung Ter" (Missing you) was a big hit. "Super Hero" and "Kum Wa Peun" (The word friend) also charted. Their album sold over a million copies. On September 24, 1994, Raptor participated in a joint concert at MBK Hall with senior boy band Hijack, debuting a collaboration track entitled "Yha Kid Wa Ter Mai Mee Krai" (Don't think you have no one). The song was later released on one of Hijack's greatest hits albums. On November 17, 1995, they performed a concert with other RS artists at Amy Sports Stadium, debuting their song "Kow Kew," which was then featured on Hot Collection 4. After releasing their collaboration album The Next, Anwar and Scott released their fourth studio album, Raptor Goodbye. This was supposedly their last album together before they parted ways. "Sayonara Goodbye", which features on the album, is a Thai cover of "Sayonara" performed by Pat Kirby. The famous songs were "Sayonara Goodbye," "Oh Yes," "In My Heart," "Go Go Go!," and "Ruu Tao Bang Mai." Raptor Monchos Dance Concert, on 4 July 1998 at MBK Hall, was the biggest concert in this album but was not the last concert, as they continued to tour around Thailand throughout July and August 1998. The