₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ Living embodiments of the word 'Talent' ഒ

Ni Ni

Chinese

Still can't believe 'The Flowers of War' was Nini's first work. From subtle expressions to the character's aura, she nailed everything. Every. Single. Thing. Her performance was so amazing that Yumo is going to be one of those characters I'll never forget in my whole lifetime. In the flowers of war, she was surely a rose — the most memorable flower. You can't say the word 'flower' without thinking of a rose first, just like how after watching that movie I won't be able to not think of her whenever I see the word 'actor' because she defines that word for me. 

Some people are actors but very few are born to be actors, and she's surely the latter.

First Movie (of hers that I watched and discovered her from): The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

Favourite Roles: Shi Tie Qingting/Iron Butterfly — The Thousand Faces of Dunja & Yu Mo — The Flowers of War

Ding Cheng Xin

Chinese

Some people are talented at singing, some are talented at dancing, some are talented at acting, and some are blessed in the brain department. But this guy, this fucking guy, has it all. I can't even do one thing correctly while he's an all-rounder. Not fair ( ︶^︶) =3

First Movie: Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition 

Favorite Roles: Xiao Wei — Painted Skin, Po Xiao — Wuliang, Lin Shuo — Obsessed with Heart & Ding Miao Miao — 21 Days with an Alien Cat

Lu Yu Xiao

Chinese

Bai Lu

Chinese

When she was born, the doctors asked for her autograph in advance because they could tell there's no way this girl is going to lead an ordinary life. And if I were to say that I love her — it would be an understatement; you can even cast her as Tinky Winky in Teletubbies at this point and I'd still watch the shit out of it. 

First Drama: Untouchable Lovers

Favorite Roles: Jiang Jun — Love is Sweet, Lu Zhaoyao — The Legends, Da Xi — King is not Easy, Wang Xiao Qian — Untouchable Lovers, Xie Xiang — Arsenal Military Academy, Li Susu — Till the End of the Moon (her character in the novel was much more fleshed-out and I'll die on this hill), Cui Shiyi — One and Only & Jiang Xuening — Story of Kunning Palace

Chen Fei Yu

Chinese

I'm never going to shut up about how badly I want to boop his perfect nose. One day, I'll open an art gallery dedicated just to him and his beautiful nose because he's a freaking art piece and deserves to be appreciated EVERY SINGLE DAY BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE EARTH. 

First Drama: Ever Night (yes, I've been stanning his nose since 2018)

Favorite Roles: Moran — Haoyixing, Ning Que — Ever Night, Chen Baojin — Gold Panning, Ha Zhabu — My People My Country, Duan Bowen — Secret Fruit, Xin Jun — Sacrifice, Li Xun — Lighter & Princess, Ran Di — Yi Ci Liao Yu & Gu Yuxuan — Yesterday Once More

Zhang Ling He

Chinese

New obsession in town. Lemme just open the doors and welcome him in. He can stay here rent-free as long as he's willing to continue voicing his own characters because this man's voice is smooooth like a heated knife through butter.

First Drama: My Journey to You

Favorite Roles: Gong Ziyu — My Journey to You & Xie Wei — Story of Kunning Palace

Luo Yun Xi

Chinese

My love for him only increases day by day and would only continue to do so for the rest of my life if he didn't ever stop being so talented. But honestly, he shows no signs of being even slightly less than perfect in everything he does. I guess there's no escape. I have no choice but to be his fan forever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

First Drama: Ashes of Love

Favorite Roles: Chu Wanning — Haoyixing (did hyx drop? No. do I still like him as CW despite not even seeing the drama? Yes), Yuan Shuai — Love is Sweet, Rong Qi — Princess Silver & Shangguan Tou — And the Winner Is Love

Song Ji Yang

Chinese

I love how Chinese names have such beautiful meanings like 莫愁 | Mo Chou means 'Free of sadness', 西风 | Xi Feng means 'East wind/wind from east', and 宋继扬 | Song Jiyang means 'Sleeping can only be done on bed and not on his talents.'

First Drama: The Untamed

Favorite Roles: Xiao Xingchen — The Untamed & Dafu — The Birth of The Drama King

Jackson Yee

Chinese

This guy scares me. He's too perfect. 

First Movie: Better Days

Favorite Roles: Li Bi — The Longest Day in Chang'an, Liu Bei Shan — Better Days & Wei Yihang — A Little Red Flower 

Wang Duo

Chinese

He's like a siren who captivates people through his eyes rather than voice.

First Drama: Bloody Romance

Favorite Roles: He Shou Ye — The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity & Gu Qing Zhang — A League of Nobleman 

Shin Ye Eun

South Korean

If I wasn't broke, I'd build a shrine to worship her. 

First Drama: Meow, the Secret Boy

Favorite Roles: Do Hana — ATeen, Yoon Jaein — He is Psychometric & Kim Solah — Meow the Secret Boy 

Dilraba Dilmurat

Chinese

She never disappoints. Amazon can deliver me an insect repellent when I ordered a perfume bottle, but Reba won't deliver a bad performance in her entire career. Saying she's bad at acting is like accusing a fish of being a terrible swimmer. 

First Drama: The King's Woman

Favorite Roles: Gong Sunli — The King's Woman, Lie Ruge — The Flame's Daughter, Xiao Zi — Live For Real & Li Li — Date

Li Qin

Chinese

AND PEOPLE EXPECT ME TO SETTLE FOR LESS WHEN A WHOLE LI QIN EXISTS? Like how... just how am I supposed to keep my standards low when a living, breathing, walking perfection is right here on this godforsaken planet?

First Drama: Joy of Life 

Favourite Roles: Shen Lige — The Song of Glory, Song Wen Nuan — Warm Hug & Lin Wan'er — Joy of Life 

Jenny Zhang

Chinese

This woman plays evil characters so well I want her to personally murder me. 

First Drama: Story of Yanxi Palace 

Favourite Roles: Niohuru Chenbi — Story of Yanxi Palace

Lu Xiao Lin

Chinese

If she's in a drama, it's safe to assume her performance is going to overshadow everyone else's. I would legit watch paint dry if the paint were on her.

First Drama: Gold Panning

Favorite Roles: Ren Yueting — The Long Night & A Qiu — Gold Panning

Xiao Zhan

Chinese

Do I really need to give an explanation? Anyone with an IQ above the room temperature knows that he's the most lovable person in the whole world and deserves nothing but tons of love and support.

First Drama: Oh! My Emperor (both seasons)

Favorite Roles: Wei Ying — The Untamed, Yan Bing Yun — Joy of Life & Bei Tang Mo Ran — Oh! My Emperor 

Bai Jing Ting

Chinese

Please he's so damn handsome and pretty and hot and elegant and graceful and captivating and beautiful and alluring and dazzling and gorgeous and exquisite and godly and photogenic and lovable and talented and breathtaking and ethereal and celestial and charming and perfect, How can I not fall for him? (•᷄ɞ•᷅)

First Drama: Reset

Favorite Roles: Xiao He Yun — Reset & Lu Shu — Unique Way

Yeo Jin Goo

South Korean

Name a more versatile actor. 

I'll wait. 

.... 

Me still waiting for an answer a few centuries later like:

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First Drama: Orange Marmalade

Favorite Roles: Clown Ha Sun/King Lee Hun — The Crowned Clown & Hwayi — Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Meguro Ren

Japanese

Just found out that the world doesn't revolve around him, when it should. I'm greatly disappointed. I'll be packing up my bags and moving to Mars in about an hour or so, hoping my alien brothers and sisters have managed to create a society far better and more cultured than Earth.

First Drama: Kieta Hatsukoi

Favourite Roles: Sakura So — Silent & Kudo Kiyoka — As Long As We Both Shall Live

Yagi Yusei

Japanese

Man's more versatile than a potato. Give him any role and watch him do his magic, just like how you can sneak potato into almost everything. Still can't believe he is an idol-turned-actor, just like Jackson Yi and Ding Chengxin, what are people feeding their idols nowadays? Magical potions?

First Drama: Utsukushii Kare (the novel is better and I'm never going to shut up about it although I admit the main leads' acting here had me in a chokehold)

Favourite Roles: Kiyoi Sou — Utsukushii Kare 1, 2 + the movie, & Neccho — Mannequin Night Fever

Sakurada Dori

Japanese

If someone told me he's actually an anime character in disguise, I'd believe them.

First Drama: Coffee & Vanilla

Favorite Roles: Niragi Suguru — Alice in Borderland & Fukami Hiroto — Coffee & Vanilla (I don't like the characters themselves, I just like his acting) 

Fandy Fan

Taiwanese

Let's normalise sleeping for 16 hours, staying awake for 7, and spending those 7 hours just staring at his face ₍ᐢ ̥ ̮ ̥ᐢ₎ while we're on this, let's also normalise unemployment because that's going to be a huge part of my life after following aforementioned routine.

Initially, I didn't pay much attention to him when I watched him in 'History2'. Although his character was cute and had that golden retriever energy, it was quite forgettable. It was only after I saw him in 'Oh No! Here Comes Trouble' that I realised... Damn, I really yearned to see this man smile happily for once in the drama. His portrayal of LYC was the most subtly executed performance I've seen of a lonely man who feels invisible in a crowd, who wants to approach others yet fears them at the same time. It's quite funny considering that 'History2' had him as the mc, while he played a side character in 'Oh No! Here Comes Trouble' (who only appeared for 1-2 episodes and in some parts, the entire screentime wasn't on him) yet the latter completely changed my opinion on his acting.

First Drama: HIStory2: Crossing the Line

Favourite Roles: Lin Yong Chuan — Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

Jill Hsu

Taiwanese

There needs to be a slang word for "I'm intimidated by this women, yet so captivated at the same time that I can't take my eyes off her" because I'd get that tattooed on my forearm, a long line would hurt more than a word and I'm a coward yk. 

I still remember how I saw her for the first time in 'Bloody Romance' and was as scared as a cat who slipped and fell into a bathtub. Her character was unhinged and the young me from then was an even bigger coward who thought "that's a bad guy right there, if I were in the mc's shoes, she'll slaughter me on day one and make a dress out of my skin" (in my defence, her character actually used to do it, peeling off people's skin and all...) but no matter how much I tried, my eyes kept darting back to her even if other characters were standing right there. She had this screen presence, this aura, that made me want to both take my eyes off her in fear and stare in awe. Of course, the latter won most of the time.  

And even to this day, whenever I'm watching a drama where she happens to be in, I immediately notice her first. It's a pity she's underrated and mostly gets to play side characters, and that not many of her projects have piqued my interest (I don't have a habit of watching things solely because my favourite actors have acted in it), but I would give anything to see her play a character like Cha Luo again, or even to see her take on the role of Wu Zetian, she's always been my top choice for that part. This woman was born to play leaders.

First Drama: Bloody Romance

Favourite Roles: Cha Luo — Bloody Romance, Madame Liu — The Autumn Ballad & Li Lan — Lighter & Princess

Lee Jong Won

South Korean

His looks are concerning, as scientists have recently discovered that a major cause of global warming on earth is him and his hotness. 

First Drama: Amanza, but I actually discovered him from Eyedi's MV for 'Love Highway' and couldn't help falling in love with his smile

Favorite Roles: Park Dong Yeon — Amanza, Jin Soo — Ghostderella, Go Eun Tae — How to Hate You & Hwang Taeyong — The Golden Spoon 

Fukuhara Haruka

Japanese

After seeing her, I'm convinced that fairies are real.

First Drama: Coffee & Vanilla 

Favourite Roles: Shiragi Risa — Coffee & Vanilla  (actually hated her character here because she was an absolute weakling, but that's the writers fault, my girl can't be blamed for this)

Ishihara Satomi

Japanese

Have I seen any of her works? Nah, nope, never, neín, ううん, 아니, 没有, Όχι, नहीं, رقم, Үгүй because frankly, her works haven't caught my attention yet but I love her off-screen personality and of course, her face. She's really cute and nice to everyone.