Wang Junkai ( simplified Chinese : 王俊凯 ; traditional chinese : 王俊凱 ; pinyin : Wáng Jùnkǎi, born 21 September 1999 ), besides known as Karry Wang, is a chinese singer and actor. He was a trainee of TF Family since 2010 and debuted as the leader of TFBOYS in 2013. [ 1 ] He is one of China ‘s wealthiest people born after 1990, with a personal web deserving of 248 million yuan ( US $ 36 million ) as of December 2016. [ 2 ]

early on life and education [edit ]

Junkai was born in Chongqing, China. Junkai grew up largely under his grandparents ‘ care due to his parents ‘ busy sour schedules. His father works as a taxi driver while his mother works as a hairdresser. In former 2010, he became one of the trainees under the TF Entertainment, and becoming the alone trainee former then. [ 3 ] Prior to his debut, Junkai participated in TF Family ‘s miniskirt album I Don’t Want to Change. He has released respective overlay songs online, and participated in hearing programs. In particular, his top of “ Onion ” ( originally by Aska Yang ) received attention and was covered by several news outlets. He officially debuted as a extremity of TFBOYS on August 6, 2013, at the age of 13 aboard Roy Wang and Jackson Yee. [ 4 ] In 2017, he was enrolled into the Beijing Film Academy after having passed the college entrance examen ; which received a lot media flourish. [ 5 ]

career [edit ]

In 2016, Wang released his foremost solo single “ Ode to A Tree ”, which he took part in composing. [ 6 ] In July, Wang released his second solo single, “ memory in Ferris Wheel ” as part of the soundtrack of web serial Finding Soul. [ 7 ] The OST reached number 1 on the Billboard China V Chart for 3 consecutive weeks. [ 8 ] The same class, Wang had a support character in Zhang Yimou ‘s film The Great Wall. [ 9 ] He released his third individual “ Homeward ” in January 2017, produced by Li Ronghao. [ 10 ] “ Homeward ” was named as one of the Top 10 Songs at the Fresh Asia Chart Festival 2017. In April, he joined the draw of assortment platform Give Me Five. [ 11 ] The lapp year, Wang was named as the chinese promotional ambassador for the film Kingsman: The Golden Circle and released the theme song “ Become a Gentleman ”. [ 12 ] In September, Wang released a single titled “ Karry On ” as part of as eighteenth birthday celebration. [ 13 ] He then starred in the taiwanese movie adaptation of popular japanese fresh Miracles of the Namiya General Store, which premiered in December 2017. [ 14 ] He sang the subject song of the film, titled “ coach in the Mist ” with Li Jian. [ 15 ] Wang won the Golden Phoenix Awards for Best Newcomer with Namiya. [ 16 ] In 2018, Wang starred in the youth gamble drama Eagles and Youngster. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The same year, it was announced that he will star in the fantasy animated movie L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties 2. [ 19 ] In 2019, Wang starred in the movie Bureau 749 directed by Lu Chuan. [ 20 ] On 1 November 2019, Wang held his first solo concert called Karry ‘s Dream Concert 2019 in Cadillac Center. [ 21 ]

other activities [edit ]

Wang held the Guinness World Record Holder for having “ the most reposted Weibo position ” in 2015. [ 22 ] In March 2017, Wang was invited by Nike to take partially in the design action of the modern Air Max sneakers. [ 23 ] In June, Wang made his walk debut for fashion house Dolce & Gabbana during the Men ‘s Spring/Summer 2018 fashion shows in Milan. [ 24 ] The lapp class, Wang became the youngest male fame to grace the front covering of Harper’s Bazaar and L’Officiel Hommes. [ 25 ] In December 2017, Wang was announced as the global brand ambassador for Swatch. [ 26 ] In the like calendar month, it was announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( ICBC ) will work with Visa China and Wang, to bring to the populace bespoke “ Galaxy·Karry Wang ” credit card. [ 27 ]

On 21 November 2018, Wang severed his ties with Dolce & Gabbana, ultimately ending his function as the ambassador for the brand after the Shanghai consequence controversy. [ 28 ] In August 2019, Wang appeared as a special guest at Mayday ‘s concert ( mayday 2019 Just Rock It ! ! ! “ 蓝| BLUE ) held at Beijing National Stadium, performing “ onion ” with the band. [ 29 ]

social activities [edit ]

In March 2017, Wang was appointed as one of the “ particular Envoy of Youth Action ” for “ World Life Day ”, a joint crusade by the United Nations Environment Programme, International Fund for Animal Welfare and The Nature Conservancy. [ 30 ] On his 18th birthday, Wang announced the set up his own charity foundation garment – “ Kindle Blue Fund ”. Its first project is to build a library for children who lived in the batch sphere. [ 31 ] In April 2018, Wang was appointed by United Nations Environment Programme as the UN Environment National Goodwill Ambassador. [ 32 ] In 2019, Wang ranked 12th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list. [ 33 ] In 2020, Wang ranked 10th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list. [ 34 ]

discography [edit ]

Filmography [edit ]

film [edit ]

television series [edit ]

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Noble Aspirations 青云志 teenage Lin Jingyu Cameo [50]
Love for Separation 小别离 Li Xiang [51]
Finding Soul 超少年密码 Xia Chang’an / 001 [52]
2017 Boy Hood 我们的少年时代 Wu Tong [53]
2018 Eagles and Youngster 天坑鹰猎 Zhang Baoqing [17]
2019 I Am The Head Teacher 我是班主任 Bao Yan Cameo [54]
2020 Guardians of the Ancient Oath 山海经之上古密约 Baili HaoHe Supporting [55]
2022 重生之门 Zhuang Wen Jie

Variety usher [edit ]

Awards and nominations [edit ]

To see his band ‘s awards, please yoke to TFBOYS

Year Award Category Nominated work Results Ref.
2015 Guinness World Record Most forwarded Weibo post Won [60]
2016 Fresh Asia Chart Festival Top Ten Songs “Young” Won [61]
2017 “Imperfect Child” Won [62]
“Homeward” Won
2018 L’Officiel Night Generation Breakthrough Award N/A Won [63]
2019 17th Golden Phoenix Awards Newcomer Award Namiya Won [16]
16th Esquire Man At His Best Awards Fashion Figure of the Year N/A Won [64]
Most Commercially Valuable Artist N/A Won
2020 Weibo Awards Ceremony Popular Artist of the Year N/A Won [65]

Forbes China Celebrity 100 [edit ]

Year Rank Ref.
2019 12th
2020 10th
2021 9th

References [edit ]