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Cheng Xiao
Chinese singer and actress (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cheng Xiao (Chinese: 程潇; Korean: 성소, born July 15, 1998) is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actress. She made her debut as a member of the South Korean girl group WJSN in 2016. In early 2018, she began her solo activities in China and took a hiatus from the group since then. After a five-year hiatus from WJSN, she left the group in March 2023. As an actress, she is best known for her role as Tong Yao in Falling into Your Smile (2021).
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Early life
Cheng was born on July 15, 1998, in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong.[1] She has a younger sister, Cheng Chen (程晨). Cheng studied in Shenzhen Art School, and graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul in 2016, where she studied under the Department of Practical Dance.[2][3][4]
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2015–2016: Debut with WJSN
On December 10, 2015, Cheng was revealed as one of the members of WJSN's Wonder Unit.[5] On December 21, she released a Christmas cover of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey with WJSN through JuseTV's YouTube Channel.[6]
Cheng debuted with WJSN on February 25, 2016, with the release of their debut mini album Would You Like?, including the title tracks "Mo Mo Mo" and "Catch Me".[7][8]
In August 2016, Cheng, together with fellow group mates Exy, SeolA, Soobin, Eunseo, Yeoreum, and Dayoung, teamed up with label mate Monsta X to form the unit Y-Teen, a project unit group that will be promoting as CF models for KT's phone fare service.[9]
On September 14, she was proclaimed winner of Pitch King, and on September 15, she won gold for the rhythmic gymnastics segment during the Idol Star Athletics Championships XII.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Cheng along with GFriend's Eunha, Oh My Girl's YooA, Gugudan's Nayoung and Momoland's Nancy formed a special project group Sunny Girls for Inkigayo's Music Crush Project. They released their single, "Taxi" on November 27, 2016.[17]
2017–present: Solo activities and departure from WJSN
On January 30, 2017, Cheng participated in the Idol Star Athletics Championships XIII, where she won a bronze medal during the rhythmic gymnastics segment.[18] That same year, Cheng became a cast member of SBS' Law of the Jungle.[19]
In 2018, Cheng was a cast member and dance mentor in the reality survival show Idol Producer.[citation needed] The same year, she was cast in her first costume drama, Legend of Awakening.[20] In November 2018, Cheng released her first solo song "If Love", an OST for online game Xuanyuan Sword which debuted at No. 3 in QQ Music.[21]
In 2020, Cheng acted in her first drama, Detective Chinatown.[22]
In January 2021, Cheng debuted as a solo artist, with the single "Focus X". Throughout the year, she was also cast as the main role in various dramas such as the Chinese e-sport romance comedy television series Falling Into Your Smile.[23]
On March 3, 2023, Starship Entertainment announced that Cheng had departed from WJSN after her contract expired.[24]
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