Yang Yang: China’s Ultimate Leading Man
With diverse roles under his belt and a whopping over 52 million followers on Weibo, it’s safe to say that Yang Yang is more than just a heartthrob—he’s China’s ultimate leading man.
Owing to his superbly acted variety of roles, irresistible good looks and undeniable talent, multi-faceted actor Yang Yang won over the hearts of millions and continues to enjoy widespread popularity not only in China but also overseas.
Yang Yang’s stellar entertainment resumé consist of high profile as well as successful movies and TV dramas such as The Lost Tomb, The Whirlwind Girl, Love 020, The King’s Avatar and Once Upon A Time.
He is consistently ranked as one of the most powerful stars from 2017-2020 under Forbes China Celebrity 100, hitting a peak of 5th spot in 2017. He was also listed in 2018 as part of the Forbes China 30 under 30 list.
Outside of China, Yang Yang earned scores of international fans with his breakthrough project Love 020 as Xiao Nai, a college student and gaming expert who falls in love with a computer genius (Zheng Shuang) and gets her as a wife in an online game to participate in a couple competition within the game.
To know more about the 29-year-old actor, Metro.Style listed some interesting facts about the beloved actor.
Yang Yang
Yang Yang
He’s a professional dancer.
Yang Yang is passionate about dancing and started taking dance classes at age five. When the turned 11, the actor enrolled in the Department of Dance in People’s Liberation Army Arts College in China and graduated. He received the highest grades in college and has joined numerous international dance competitions representing his school.
He’s a professional dancer.
Yang Yang is passionate about dancing and started taking dance classes at age five. When the turned 11, the actor enrolled in the Department of Dance in People’s Liberation Army Arts College in China and graduated. He received the highest grades in college and has joined numerous international dance competitions representing his school.
He is a versatile star.
Because he’s incredibly talented, Yang Yang has an impressive array of work ranging from theatre, drama, variety shows to film. You’ll see him as a romantic leading man, then in a coming-of-age character, sometimes as an action hero and then suddenly see him in a travel-reality show.
He is a versatile star.
Because he’s incredibly talented, Yang Yang has an impressive array of work ranging from theatre, drama, variety shows to film. You’ll see him as a romantic leading man, then in a coming-of-age character, sometimes as an action hero and then suddenly see him in a travel-reality show.
He is a versatile star.
Because he’s incredibly talented, Yang Yang has an impressive array of work ranging from theatre, drama, variety shows to film. You’ll see him as a romantic leading man, then in a coming-of-age character, sometimes as an action hero and then suddenly see him in a travel-reality show.
He was once featured on China’s postage stamps.
As a testament to how loved and popular he is, Yang Yang became the first ever celebrity to be featured on a China Post postage stamp. The stamps served like a new year’s gift to his fans and were immediately sold out.
Wax figure? He’s got two!
At Madam Tussauds, Yang Yang has a wax figure on Shanghai and has another version, a second one, in Beijing.
He is well-loved by luxury brands.
Because of his massive popularity and influence, Yang Yang has represented luxury brands such as Dunhill, Montblanc, Guerlain, Valentino and Dior.
He is well-loved by luxury brands.
Because of his massive popularity and influence, Yang Yang has represented luxury brands such as Dunhill, Montblanc, Guerlain, Valentino and Dior.
He is boyfriend material.
Prepare your fragile heart, ladies! Not only is Yang Yang bf material onscreen, it appears he’s a good catch in real life too. He was rumored to have dated actress and former K-pop group f(x) member Victoria Song, his co-star on period drama The Chronicles of a Town Called Jian. In 2019, he was spotted in London with Chinese actress Bridgette Qiao on a romantic dinner and shopping trip. Don’t be jealous.
Yang Yang has an Instagram account.
Missing Yang Yang all the time? Fear not, Weibo-less fans. The actor opened an Instagram account in 2019 to the delight of his fans overseas. He currently has 572K followers. Give him a follow on IG here: @yang_0099
Here are also some Yang Yang dramas to feast on and binge-watch to get to know him better:
Love 020. This 2016 drama deserves to be on top of the Yang Yang essential viewing list mainly because Love 020 is considered to be his breakthrough mainstream project. It tells the story of two people who got together first as a couple in an online role-playing game before falling in love offline. It is one of the most-watched Chinese modern dramas garnering over 25 billion views online.
The Lost Tomb. Catch Yang Yang as an action hero in this drama as a skilled and mysterious character often hired as an assistant in grave-robbing assignments. This was based on the internet novel Daomu Biji. His co-stars include Li Yifeng, Tiffany Tang, Liu Tianzuo, Ken Chang and Wei Wei.
The King’s Avatar. The 2019 live action adaptation of a web novel, The King’s Avatar showcases Yang Yang’s versatility who showcased both his glam and goofy sides in this drama. He plays Ye Xiu, a former captain of an e-Sports team who must pose and reinvent as an internet café manager to reclaim his position as one of the four master tacticians. It was a commercial success attracting more than 1 billion views on Tencent Video and over 10 million views on international viewing platforms. A sequel is currently in the works.
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