Yang Xizi

Yang Xizi
杨肸子
Born (2000-03-18) 18 March 2000 (age 26)
Kaili, Guizhou, China
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2013–present

Yang Xizi (Chinese: 杨肸子; pinyin: Yáng Xīzǐ, born 18 March 2000) is a Chinese actress and singer. She first became known in 2013 as a child singer on the talent show Come Sing with Me. She made her acting debut in 2016 as the lead in the youth series Gardenia 2017, and she later appeared in the fantasy dramas Love and Redemption, The Promise of Chang'an and Immortal Samsara. Her leading roles include the youth series Moments of Youth (2024) and the coming-of-age drama Always Home (2025).

Early life

Yang was born on 18 March 2000 in Kaili, Guizhou. She is of Miao ethnicity, and her Miao name, Amanduolei, means "little girl", "lovely" and "nimble" in Chinese.

Career

2013–2015: Singing

In 2013, Yang took part as a singer in the children's talent show Voice of the New Generation, which first brought her public attention. She later appeared on the music programmes Music Honours Student and Come Sing with Me. In May 2015, she was among the young performers in a student troupe organised by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, which opened a tour of Japan with a performance in Tokyo and was due to continue to Yokohama and Kobe.

2016–2022: Early acting roles

In 2016, Yang made her acting debut in the leading role of Bai Youyou, a girl who is outwardly gentle but inwardly determined, in the youth series Gardenia 2017, which was filmed in Qingdao. She went on to appear in Boyhood, a baseball drama starring the boy band TFBoys that aired on Hunan Television in 2017, and in the series Old Boy, which aired in 2018. In 2018, she also appeared on the singing programme Guofeng Youth, where her performances included a Miao-style song and a song performed with two other singers, for which she wore the uniform of a schoolgirl of the Republican era.

In 2020, Yang played Lu Yanran, also called Xiao Yinhua, a loyal guardian of her mistress, in the fantasy series Love and Redemption, which premiered on Youku on 6 August. In November that year, she was announced as the female lead, Wen Heng, in Ten Years of Loving You, an adaptation of a web novel that Shuhai Cangsheng began writing in 2009, and filming began on 22 November. Reports had linked the role to Yang Zi and later to Yuan Bingyan before Yang, then a newcomer, was cast.

In 2021, Yang played Liu Misha, a headstrong princess from a foreign state, in The Promise of Chang'an, starring Cheng Yi and Zhang Yuxi, which began airing on Hunan Television on 8 August. In 2022, she appeared in the historical drama The Imperial Age, which premiered on Beijing Television and Youku in April. That summer, she played Linlang, a fox princess, in Immortal Samsara, which was released in two parts on Youku.

2023–present: Leading roles

In 2023, Yang was part of the main cast of Love Me Love My Voice, a romance series starring Tan Jianci and Zhou Ye, which premiered on Tencent Video on 30 November. In January 2024, she starred in Moments of Youth, a youth series set in the 1990s, as She Zhenzhen, a motorcycle-riding student of car repair at a vocational school, and the series premiered on iQIYI on 26 January. In July, she starred with Sun Chenjun in the fantasy romance Jade of the Human World, which was released on iQIYI on 31 July.

Filming of Always Home, an adaptation of a novel by Xiao Ge published on Douban Read, began in Fuzhou in January 2024, with Yang as the female lead, Chen Huan'er. The series follows Chen and her friends from 2008 to 2018 as they grow up, from high school to adulthood. Filming ended in April 2024, and the series premiered on Tencent Video on 15 February 2025. In January 2025, filming was completed on the fantasy series The Boundless Bright Moon, in which she plays Hanyue, a saintess of the Xiao tribe.

Yang also appeared in A Moment But Forever, a fantasy romance starring Tang Yan and Liu Xueyi, which she filmed in 2023 and which premiered on iQIYI and Youku on 27 March 2025. In 2025, she took part in the third season of the acting competition Infinity and Beyond. In the final episode, she and Ke Chun performed a scene from Sweet 1990, which the industry guests praised, and by the end of the season in June, she had received offers for five roles, including one in a large Youku period drama. In the crime series Beneath the Undertow, starring Chen Jianbin, Chen Ruoxuan and Li Xirui, she played Shen Xiaozhou, and the series premiered on Migu Video on 31 July 2025. In 2026, she played Duan Jingyuan in Love Beyond the Grave, a fantasy romance directed by Qin Zhen and starring Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Feiyu, which was released on Tencent Video on 28 March.

Music and charity work

In January 2020, Yang performed the song "Big Fish" with two other young singers on the CCTV-15 programme Tongsheng Chang. She has recorded songs for the soundtracks of Love and Redemption and Immortal Samsara. Her song "Wish", from the soundtrack of Love and Redemption, was released on 14 August 2020. In 2025, she recorded "Lake" for the soundtrack of the series Deep Affection Eyes and released the singles "Our Midsummer" and "TA", the latter on 25 December.

In November 2022, the China Children's Charity Relief Foundation named Yang and other young actors from Huanrui Century, including Sun Zeyuan, as ambassadors for children in difficulty, as part of a campaign to raise support for their protection.

Filmography

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes Ref.
2017Gardenia 2017栀子花开2017Bai YouyouLead role
Boyhood我们的少年时代
2018Old Boy老男孩
2020Love and Redemption琉璃Lu Yanran (Xiao Yinhua)
2021The Promise of Chang'an与君歌Liu Misha
2022The Imperial Age山河月明
Immortal Samsara沉香如屑·沉香重华LinlangReleased in two parts
2023Love Me Love My Voice很想很想你
2024Moments of Youth明天的少年She ZhenzhenLead role
Jade of the Human World念念人间玉Lead role
2025Always Home树下有片红房子Chen Huan'erLead role
A Moment But Forever念无双
Beneath the Undertow暗潮缉凶Shen Xiaozhou
2026Love Beyond the Grave白日提灯Duan Jingyuan
TBATen Years of Loving You十年一品温如言Wen HengLead role, filming began in November 2020
The Boundless Bright Moon明月苍茫HanyueFilming completed in January 2025
New Liaozhai新聊斋Ruan Xiaoxie

Variety shows

Year English title Chinese title Notes Ref.
2013Come Sing with Me中国新声代Contestant
2018Guofeng Youth国风美少年Performer
2025Infinity and Beyond (season 3)无限超越班 第三季Contestant

Discography

Year English title Chinese title Notes Ref.
2020"Wish"愿Love and Redemption soundtrack
2025"Lake"湖泊Deep Affection Eyes soundtrack
"Our Midsummer"我们的盛夏Single
"TA"TASingle

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