Tan Jianci
Chinese singer and actor
Tan Jianci (Chinese: 檀健次; pinyin: Tán Jiàncì; born October 5, 1990), also known by his stage name JC-T, is a Chinese actor, singer, and dancer. He is the youngest member of the Chinese idol group M.I.C. Tan Jianci is active as an actor in China and is known for his roles as Sima Zhao in The Advisors Alliance (2017), Cao Pi in Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018), Chen Renxiang in Winter Begonia (2020), Shen Yi in Under the Skin (2022), and Xiang Liu / Fangfeng Bei in Lost You Forever (2023). He has been a permanent cast of the variety show Hello Saturday since 2022.
Early life
Tan Jianci was born and raised in Beihai, Guangxi. He studied at the Beihai Haicheng No.3 Elementary School. At the age of six, he moved to Kumamoto, Japan with his family for a year. While living there, he changed his own name to Kenji (健次) due to his adoration for Kenshiro, a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fist of the North Star manga series. He returned to China at the age of seven and attended Beihai No. 3 Primary School of Guangxi. Inspired by Michael Jackson, he began to take dance classes in his spare time.
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