Wu Chin-yi (; born March 4, 1968), better known as Annie Yi () or Annie Shizuka Inoh ( ja, 伊能静, Inō Shizuka), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer.

Early life and education

Wu Chin-yi () was born on March 4, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan, the youngest of seven daughters of Yang Shu-wan () and Wu Min (). Her mother is from

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

and her father is from

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

. Her father divorced her mother to married another woman who gave him a boy, her half-brother Wu Pu-hui (). During her childhood, she was sent to study in a primary school at Hong Kong to learn English. Then, she moved to Japan to live with her mother and her step-father 伊能祥光, a Japanese man from the Ryukyu Islands. She took her step-father's surname and took a

Japanese name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

"Shizuka Inoh" ( ja, 伊能静江, Inō Shizuka). She lived in Tokyo, Japan for six years and studied at Tokyo Chinese School. After returning to Taiwan in 1988, she took the

stage name A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and they may be similar, or nearly identical, to an individu ...

"Yi Nengjing" (), by simplifying her Japanese name dropping the last character. In 2010, she was selected as a judge for the television series '' China's Got Talent''.

Personal life

On February 14, 2000, Yi married Taiwanese singer Harlem Yu in the United States. They had dated for 14 years. On March 20, 2009, the Yi and Yu officially issued a divorce statement, ending their eight-year marriage. From this marriage, Yi had a son Harrison Yu () born on 16 March 2002 in the United States. On March 21, 2015, Yi married Chinese actor Qin Hao in Phuket, Thailand. Yi gave birth to their daughter Cindy Qin () in 2016 in the United States. On 25 September 2013, Yi announced that she adopted

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's son Xia Jianqiang () as her

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and his wife Zhang Jing () as her blood sister.

Controversy

In 2019, Annie Yi removed her social media post promoting the teachings of Indian godman Kalki Bhagwan after the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) issued a warning about the Oneness

cult In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ...

's activities in the state run media Global Times.

Filmography

Film

TV series

Television show(s)

References

External links

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Annie's Internet Conservatory
Official site (in Chinese)
Annie's Blog
1968 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese women singers 21st-century Taiwanese women singers 20th-century Taiwanese actresses 21st-century Taiwanese actresses Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese television actresses Actresses from Taipei Taiwanese Mandopop singers Cantopop singers Japanese-language singers Musicians from Taipei Taiwanese women film directors Film directors from Taipei China's Got Talent Taiwanese expatriates in Hong Kong Taiwanese expatriates in Japan {{Taiwan-singer-stub