Dai Xiangyu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Dai.

Dai Xiangyu (born Dai Yangtian on 27 December 1984) is a Chinese actor and model formerly based in Singapore. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2013.

Dai Xiangyu
Born	Dai Yangtian (1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 40) Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2007-present
Spouse	Chen Zihan ​ (m. 2016)​
Stage name
Traditional Chinese	戴向宇
Simplified Chinese	戴向宇
Hanyu Pinyin	Dài Xiàngyǔ
Wade–Giles	Tai4 Hsiang4 Yü3
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	戴陽天
Simplified Chinese	戴阳天
Hanyu Pinyin	Dài Yángtiān
Wade–Giles	Tai4 Yang2 T'ien1

Career

Dai was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province in 1984. He did some modeling in Japan and Shanghai. While in Shanghai he was talent-spotted by MediaCorp and moved to Singapore to sign the contract. His big break came in 2008 when he played Yamamoto Yousuke, a Japanese photographer, in the blockbuster series The Little Nyonya and earned a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Star Awards. This role was supposed to go to Elvin Ng who was injured just before filming.^[1]

Dai acted the first time with Elvin Ng in Together and second time in No Limits. Dai acted his first antagonist role in Breakout. This is the third time Dai acted with Elvin Ng. Then, 8 Days touted them as the male version of Zoe Tay and Fann Wong. They appeared together in several cover page of 8 Days and I magazine.

In 2011, Dai moved back to Shanghai, China^[2] and film a co-production drama Precious. He played Ling Zhi Chu in Precious.^[3] Qi Yuwu replaced him, who was originally selected to play the role of Mo Li Guang, as the male lead in the drama series A Song to Remember.

In 2012, Dai acted in Poetic Justice.

In 2014, Dai signed on with Chinese artiste management agency Mango Entertainment.^[2]

As of 29 July 2013, Dai officially changed his name from Dai Yangtian to Dai Xiangyu.^[4] After his departure from Mediacorp, Romeo Tan replaced him, who was originally selected to play the role of Hong Khee Leong, as the male lead in the drama series Sudden.

In 2019, he did the remake of Singapore’s most successful TV drama series ever, reprising the same role that shot him to fame in The Little Nyonya with Xiang Yun and Jeffrey Xu.

Personal life

In 2009, Dai applied for Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) status but failed as his academic certificates and birth certificate were not translated to English.^[5] He successfully became a Singapore PR in 2014 but lost the status in 2021 after he failed to renew his Re-Entry Permit in time.^[5]

Dai married actress Chen Zihan in Beijing on 19 May 2016.^[6]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2008	Taste of Love	Fang Youfang
	The Little Nyonya	Yamamoto Yousuke		[1]
2009	Table of Glory	He Jiajun
	Together	Lin Xiaobei
2010	Carlsberg Telemovie Showcase (皇帽瑞狮喜迎虎电视电影系列)	Tiancai
	No Limits	Wang Yule
	Breakout	Yang Zhenfeng
2011	Precious (千金)	Ling Zhichu	Remake of The Little Nyonya
2012	The Quarters	Bai Jinhai
	Poetic Justice	Fang Zhengye		[7]
2014	Pearl Earrings			[8]
2015	Singles Villa			[9]
	The Girl Wearing Tassel Earrings			[9]
2016	Demon Girl (半妖倾城)	Duan Shaoqin
2016-2017	Demon Girl 2 (半妖倾城2)
2020	Eternal Love of Dream	Nie Chuyin
2020	The New Little Nyonya (新。小娘惹)	Yamamoto Yousuke	China Version of The Little Nyonya, in which he reprises his role either
2022	Rising Lady (她们的名字)	Zhang Weichen

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2007	Making Love (美克拉)
2011	The Ultimate Winner	Sky
	X3 Trouble	1st friend
2014	Midnight Hair
2016	Lost in the Pacific	Pilot		[10]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2009	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Little Nyonya (as Yamamoto Yousuke)	Nominated
		Best Newcomer	—	Won
2010	Star Awards	Best Actor	Together (as Lin Xiaobei)	Nominated
		Male Media Darling	—	Won
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Won	[11]
2011	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2012	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2013	Star Awards	Best Actor	Poetic Justice (as Fang Zhengye)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Won
2014	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated

References

1. "Dai Yang Tian is a ray of solemn sunshine". Channel News Asia. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
2. Migration (23 April 2015). "Little Nyonya star Dai Xiangyu struggles to make his mark in China | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
3. "TV heart-throb says 'forget me not'". ird AsiaOne. 19 March 2012.
4. "No more Dai Yang Tian". Channel NewsAsia. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
5. "Dai Xiangyu's Singapore PR Status Was Revoked In April; Is "Upset" That His Application To Be PR Again Has Been Rejected". 8 Days. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
6. "组图：戴向宇陈紫函晒结婚证 获多家外媒祝福_娱乐_腾讯网". ent.qq.com. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
7. "Dai Xiangyu hopes to act in a local drama again". 8 Days. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
8. Chim, Danelia (19 May 2016). "Dai Xiangyu suddenly married". The New Paper. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
9. "Newlywed Little Nyonya actor Dai Xiang Yu hopes to become a father soon". TODAY. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
10. Seah, May (25 April 2015). "Dai Xiang Yu gets a foot in the Hollywood door". Today. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
11. "Actor Dai Xiangyu reveals initial difficulties when he left S'pore to China". AsiaOne. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

External links

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