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Wang Yibo is a Chinese actor, dancer, singer, rapper, host and a professional motorcycle racer. He is a member of South Korean-Chinese boyband UNIQ. Wang received recognition for his role as Lan Wangji (่ๅฟๆบ) in the drama The Untamed (2019).
Wang Yibo was born on 5 August 1997 in Luoyang, Henan, China. He started dancing when he was young and in 2011, during his second year in secondary school, Wang participated in IBD dance competition. Emerging as top sixteen in the hip-hop category, he then became a trainee of Yuehua Entertainment. Prior to his debut, Wang trained in South Korea and studied in Hanlim Multi Art School.
Wang Yibo is a Chinese actor, dancer, singer, rapper, host and a professional motorcycle racer. He is a member of South Korean-Chinese boyband UNIQ. Wang received recognition for his role as Lan Wangji (่ๅฟๆบ) in the drama The Untamed (2019).
Wang Yibo was born on 5 August 1997 in Luoyang, Henan, China. He started dancing when he was young and in 2011, during his second year in secondary school, Wang participated in IBD dance competition. Emerging as top sixteen in the hip-hop category, he then became a trainee of Yuehua Entertainment. Prior to his debut, Wang trained in South Korea and studied in Hanlim Multi Art School.
Wang debuted in 2014 as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band group Uniq with the song "Falling in Love". He served as the lead dancer and rapper of the group.
Wang made his acting debut in the film MBA Partners. He then played the role of Red Boy in A Chinese Odyssey Part Three, and starred in the romance comedy drama Love Actually. Since 2016, he is a host on the variety program Day Day Up.
In March 2017, Wang was cast in his first lead role in the youth xianxia drama Private Shushan Gakuen. In April, he won the Best New Idol Award at the Top Chinese Music Awards. In August, Wang and Guan Xiaotong collaborated to sing Once Again, the theme song of the movie with same name. In November, Wang released the theme song Just Dance for the 4th Xuan Wu Dance Festival. The same year, he made a guest appearance in the youth campus drama When We Were Young, and was cast in the science fiction drama Super Talent.
In celebration of the 2018 lunar new year, Wang performed his solo dance number at the Hunan Spring Festival of the Hunan Television. He also performed, along with other Hunan Television hosts, an adaptation of UNIQ's song "Happy New Year".
In March 2018, Wang was confirmed as a dance mentor in the reality survival show Produce 101. He gained increased recognition for his dance skills on the show. In one of the episodes of the show, Wang revealed that during his childhood he had a disease called myocarditis and had to give up dancing and undergo serious medication to recover. Eventually, he was cured and had to start learning how to dance from scratch. Wang further shared that after his recovery, he went to dance lessons for six hours everyday.
In 2019, Wang starred in the esports romance drama Gank Your Heart, playing a misunderstood professional gamer. He also sung the drama's theme song, "The Coolest Adventure".
The same year, he starred in the xianxia drama The Untamed, based on the novel Mo Dao Zu Shi, as one of the two male leads alongside Xiao Zhan. He and Xiao also released a duet tiled "Unrestrained" for the drama; and also released the song "Won't Forget", the theme song of his character in the series. Wang gained increased recognition and popularity with his portrayal of Lan Wangji. The series was also popular overseas, leading to increased global recognition for Wang.
Wang entered the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list for the first time, ranking 71st; Forbes China also listed Wang under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields.
On 30 December 2019, Wang released his single "No Sense". Within 20 minutes of its release, 6 million digital copies were sold with the sales exceeding 18 million yuan. After 10 hours, 10 million digital copies were sold and the sales exceeded 30 million yuan. It has become the fastest selling digital single of NetEase Music to reach the sales of 10 million yuan. "No Sense" is the first attempt of Wang in songwriting. He wrote it intermittently as he was also busy shooting the drama series Legend of Fei. Wang shared that the song was about his own feelings and experiences. He wanted to portray through his song that he wished others can also overcome difficulties and keep a good mindset. During the Hunan Television New Year's Eve Concert 2020, Wang performed "No Sense" live on stage for the first time.
In May 2020, Wang was confirmed as one of the captains of the dance competition show Street Dance of China.
Wang is set to star in the wuxia drama Legend of Fei alongside Zhao Liying. He is also set to play as a policemen in the crime detective drama Being a Hero alongside Chen Xiao directed by Fu Dongyu.
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