Cheng Xiao (; , born July 15, 1998) is a Chinese singer, dancer and actress currently active in China since 2018, and well known as a member of South Korean-Chinese girl group

WJSN WJSN (; ), also known as Cosmic Girls, is a South Korean girl group formed by Starship Entertainment. The group debuted on February 25, 2016, with the extended play '' Would You Like?'' and with twelve members: Seola, Xuanyi, Bona, Exy, Soo ...

Early life

Cheng was born on July 15, 1998, in Nanshan District,

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Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

. She has a younger sister, Cheng Chen (). Cheng studied in Shenzhen Art School, and graduated from

School of Performing Arts Seoul School of Performing Arts Seoul ( ko, 서울공연예술고등학교), colloquially known as (SOPA) in South Korea, is an arts high school in Gung-dong, Guro District, Seoul. History SOPA was founded on March 6, 1966 as Jeonghui High School ...

in 2016, where she studied under the Department of Practical Dance.

Career

2015–2016: Debut with WJSN

On December 10, 2015, Cheng was revealed as one of the members of WJSN's Wonder Unit. On December 21, she released a Christmas cover of " All I Want For Christmas Is You" with WJSN by Mariah Carey through JuseTV's YouTube Channel. 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". In August 2016, Cheng, together with fellow group mates Exy, SeolA, Soobin, Eunseo, Yeoreum, and Dayoung, teamed up with label mate

Monsta X Monsta X (; stylized as MONSTA X) is a South Korean boy group formed through the reality survival program ''No.Mercy'' under Starship Entertainment. The group is currently composed of six members: Shownu, Minhyuk, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Joohoney ...

to form the unit "Y-Teen", a project unit group that will be promoting as CF models for KT's phone fare service. 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''. Cheng along with

GFriend GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) was a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consisted of six members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) '' Season of Glass'' on Ja ...

's Eunha,

Oh My Girl Oh My Girl (, also stylized as OH MY GIRL and OMG) is a South Korean girl group formed by WM Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Hyojung, Mimi, YooA, Seunghee, Yubin and Arin. Originally an eight-piece group, JinE left the gro ...

's YooA,

Gugudan Gugudan (), also stylized as gu9udan or gx9, was a South Korean girl group formed in 2016 by Jellyfish Entertainment and the company's first girl group. The group debuted on June 28, 2016, with their EP '' Act. 1 The Little Mermaid''. The group ...

's Nayoung and

Momoland Momoland () is a South Korean girl group formed by MLD Entertainment (formerly known as Duble Kick Company) through the 2016 reality show ''Finding Momoland''. The show's winners Hyebin, Yeonwoo, Jane, Nayun, JooE, Ahin, and Nancy served as t ...

's Nancy formed a special project group named "Sunny Girls" for Inkigayo's Music Crush Project. They released their single, "Taxi" on November 27, 2016. On January 30, 2017, Cheng participated in the '' Idol Star Athletics Championships XIII'', where she won a bronze medal during the rhythmic gymnastics segment.

2017–present: Solo activities

In 2017, Cheng was a cast member of SBS' ''

Law of the Jungle "The law of the jungle" (also called jungle law) is an expression that has come to describe a scenario where "anything goes". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the Law of the Jungle as "''the code of survival in jungle life'', now usual ...

''. In 2018, Cheng was a cast member and dance mentor in the reality survival show '' Idol Producer''. The same year, she was cast in her first costume drama, ''Legend of Awakening''. 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. In 2020, Cheng acted in her first drama, ''

Detective Chinatown ''Detective Chinatown'' () is a 2015 Chinese comedy- mystery buddy film directed by Chen Sicheng and starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran. It was released in China on 31 December 2015. A sequel, was released in February 2018, and a third film w ...

''. 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''.

Discography

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television show

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Xiao 1998 births Living people K-pop singers Starship Entertainment artists Korean-language singers of China Chinese K-pop singers Singers from Shenzhen Cosmic Girls members 21st-century Chinese women singers Chinese expatriates in South Korea Chinese television actresses 21st-century Chinese actresses Actresses from Guangdong School of Performing Arts Seoul alumni