Karry Wang

Age: 25

Birthday: September 21, 1999

Nationality: Chinese

Gender: Male

Wang Jun Kai (English name: Karry), born in Chongqing, is a Chinese singer, dancer, actor, model, and leader of the Chinese boy group TFBOYS. Karry graduated from Beijing Film Academy. In 2010, at the age of 11, Karry was chosen as a trainee under times Fengjun Entertainment. He trained as the first generation of trainees. On August 6th, 2013, Karry officially debuted as a member of TFBOYS alongside Roy Wang and Jackson Yee and within a few years time, TFBOYS became China's most popular boy group. In March of 2014, Karry appeared on screen as an actor for the first time in a small drama called "Nan Sheng Xue Yuan Zi Xi Shi". Soon after, in 2016, he got his first main role in the drama "Finding Soul". In 2016, He released his first solo single "Ode to A Tree", which he took part in composing, and in July of the same year he released his second solo single, "Memory in Ferris Wheel" and the OST reached number 1 on the Billboard China V Chart for 3 consecutive weeks. In January 2017, He released his third single "Homeward" which was named as one of the Top 10 Songs at the Fresh Asia Chart Festival 2017. In March 2017, Karry was invited by Nike to take part in the design process of the new Air Max sneakers and in June, he made his walkway debut for fashion house Dolce & Gabbana during the Men's Spring/Summer 2018 fashion shows in Milan. In the same year, Karry became the youngest male celebrity to grace the front cover of Harper's Bazaar and L'Officiel Hommes. In December of 2017, it was announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) will work with Visa China and Wang, to bring to the public a tailor-made "Galaxy·Karry Wang" credit card. Karry has won a lot of awards as a soloist and with TFBOYs. Some of his biggest achievements as a soloist are the 17th Golden Phoenix Award Newcomer Award, Weibo Awards Ceremony Popular Artist of the Year, and more. He was presented with a Guinness World Record for a total of 42,776,438 re-posts on Weibo (Chinese social media) for his birthday message, which till now still remains as the most number of reports on Weibo. As a group, they were presented the Guinness World Record for the most-viewed paid concert, beating the old record holder, Korean boy group BTS. In March 2017, Karry was appointed as one of the "Special Envoy of Youth Action" for "World Life Day", a joint campaign by the United Nations Environment Programme, International Fund for Animal Welfare and The Nature Conservancy. On his 18th birthday, he announced the set up of his own charity foundation – "Kindle Blue Fund" and its first project is to build a library for children who lived in the mountain area. In April 2018, Karry was appointed by United Nations Environment Programme as the UN Environment National Goodwill Ambassador. In 2019, he ranked 12th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list, In 2020, he ranked 10th and In 2021, he ranked 9th on the list. Karry is one of China's wealthiest people born after 1990, with a personal net worth of 248 million yuan (US$36 million) as of December 2016. (Source: Baidu, Wikipedia, xue er at mydramalist).

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