Huang Weijin (, born March 23, 1990), also known as Wayne Huang, is a

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actor, singer, dancer and host. He was a member of the boyband

SpeXial SpeXial is a Taiwanese boy band formed by Comic International Productions in 2012. The group name is a combination of "eXtra" and "Special", which expresses the desire of the group to be unique. The group started off with four members and debuted ...

from 2012 to 2019, and currently member of another Taiwanese band

W0LF(S) W0LF(S) () is a Taiwanese band that was formed in 2020 with five members, Wayne Huang, , , Qiu Fengze and . The group was first formed with four members: Wayne Huang, , and Qiu Fengze. Formerly called W0LF, they came to be known as W0LF(S) i ...

Biography

Huang was born in

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on March 3, 1990. He is ethnically part Amis from his mother's side. Huang attended and graduated from Chihlee University of Technology. In 2009, he participated in Taiwanese TV singing contest ''

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'' and was placed eighth. He debuted as a singer in 2012 as one of the four founding members of the boyband

, alongside Wes, Brent and Sam. Later that year, Huang debuted as an actor with a supporting role in the drama ''PM10-AM03''. In the following years, he continued appearing in web series and movies, mostly with his bandmates. On May 31, 2015, SpeXial won two Hito Music Awards. In 2016, the group became known in the Chinese market by acting in various series and web movies. In August, Huang starred in the popular web series ''

Men with Sword ''Men with Sword'' () is a 2016 Chinese streaming television series produced by Sohu and premiered on August 14, 2016, with 30 episodes. The all-male cast is mainly composed by members of the Taiwanese boy band SpeXial, including Eden Zhao, Eva ...

'', alongside bandmates

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, Dylan, Zhiwei,

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, Simon, and Win. On June 5, SpeXial again won two awards at the 2016 Hito Music Awards. On March 23, 2018, Huang announced on his personal Facebook account that he was going to enlist in the army in order to fulfill his military service. His first solo concert took place on May 27 of the same year. He enlisted in the army on September 3, 2018 and came back on August 12, 2019. On September 19, 2019 Huang announced that he was going to leave SpeXial.

Filmography

Television

Movies

References

External links

Official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Weijin 1990 births Living people Taiwanese male television actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors 21st-century Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese pop singers Taiwanese idols People from New Taipei Amis people