Ben Xi

Not to be confused with Benxi.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

Benxi (Chinese: 本兮; pinyin: Běnxī, 30 June 1994 – 24 December 2016), also known as Mǎ Xiǎochén or Utaoki, was a Chinese Hui singer-songwriter.^[1]

Benxi
Born	Ma Xiaochen (马晓晨) (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Died	24 December 2016(2016-12-24) (aged 22) Beijing, China
Other names	Utaoki
Occupation	singer-songwriter
Years active	2011–2016
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	本兮
Simplified Chinese	本兮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běnxī
Website	Benxi's Weibo Benxi's Douban page

Biography

Benxi was born in Kuytun, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China in June 1994.

In 2011, she began to enter the music scene.^[2]

On 30 June 2012, her personal music brand "Go! Go!" was established, which was the first exclusively post-90s music brand in China.^[1]

On 24 December 2016, she committed suicide by jumping off a building. Some Chinese media reported that Benxi died of depression in Beijing.^[3][4]