Xu Ziyin (

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: 徐紫茵;

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: 쉬쯔인; born Luo Ruihua ��瑞华 May 6, 1996), also known as Roada Xu, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, and actress under T Entertainment. She is best known for participating in the girl group survival shows ''

Youth With You (season 2) ''Youth With You (season 2)'' (), is a Chinese girl group elimination reality show, which premiered on 12 March 2020 on video platform iQiyi. The show is presented by Cai Xukun with Lalisa Manoban, Jony J and Ella Chen serving as the mentors. T ...

'' and ''

Girls Planet 999 ''Girls Planet 999: The Girls Saga''; zh, s=少女星球999：少女們的盛典, p=Shàonǚ Xīngqiú 999: Shàonǚmen de Shèngdiǎn; ja, ガールズプラネット999：少女祭典, translit=Gāruzu Puranetto 999: Shōjo Saiten (simply ...

''.

Early life

Xu Ziyin was born as Luo Ruihua on May 6, 1996 in

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong' ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...

, China. She started singing from a young age and uploaded many song covers on the music platform 5sing since 2008, when she was 13 years old. She graduated from

Xiamen Shuangshi High School Xiamen Shuangshi High School of Fujian (Shuangshi or XMSS for short; ), which is also called Xiamen No. 8 High School once, is a public high school including both junior grades and senior grades. Shuangshi was founded by group of overseas Chinese ...

in 2014, and in 2018, she graduated from the

Beijing Film Academy Beijing Film Academy (BFA; ) is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specializing in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia. The academ ...

, placing first in her specialized course.

Career

Xu was qualified to be a trainee in several

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n entertainment companies, but she never signed contracts with them to focus on her studies. In 2008, Xu was qualified to be a trainee for

JYP Entertainment JYP Entertainment Corporation () is a South Korean multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate founded in 1997 by J. Y. Park. It is one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea, and operates as a record label, tale ...

. In 2011, Xu was qualified to be a trainee for

SM Entertainment SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies where it was established in 1995 by record executive and record producer Lee Soo-man. The company ha ...

. In 2013, Xu was qualified to be a trainee for

Cube Entertainment Cube Entertainment Inc. () is a South Korean entertainment company. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. Cube are known for h ...

. In 2018, Xu participated in

Dragon TV Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV () is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as "Shanghai Television Shanghai Television () is a TV station based in Shanghai, China. It was founded in early 1980s. Its old web site ...

's idol survival show ''

The Next Top Bang ''The Next Top Bang'' () is an original Chinese reality variety show produced by Dragon Television. It was first aired on 21 October 2018. Concept ''The Next Top Bang'' brings together 108 trainees from 13,699 auditionees. Out of the 108 train ...

''. In March 2019, Xu starred in the fil
Song of Youth
as Li Haiyan. In June 2019, she acted in the drama ''Young Blood'' as Xiao Hua. In the beginning of 2020, Xu participated in the girl group survival show ''

'', where she finished in 18th place. On June 27, she performed the song "想见你想见你想见你" at the "Hello Future - Graduation Songs 2020" concert, and on August 8, she took part in the K11 x TME music festival "Born To Be Impatient", performing the song "做梦" with

Joyce Chu Joyce Chu (; born 7 March 1997; nicknamed 'Si Ye Cao' (), literally "four-leaf clover") is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her viral songs "Malaysia Chabor" and "I Miss You", whose catchy melodies became internet ...

. On October 4, 2020, Xu released her first OST, "Say Yes", for the drama '' Love is Sweet''. In November and December 2020, she participated in the exploration variety show ''Bird Girls'' along with three other contestants from ''

''. On December 14, Xu attended the 2020 Sina Fashion Style Awards and won the "Fashion Potential Artist of the Year" award. Later that month, on December 30, she released the song "My Gravity (地心引力)", which was also the first song of her first self-composed EP "IN". On February 19, 2021, Xu released her first self-composed EP "IN", which was composed of the songs "My Gravity (地心引力)", "Hunger (饿意)", and "VIBE". An MV for "VIBE" was later released on February 25. On March 30, 2021, Xu released the OST "Love Letter" for the drama ''In Love With Your Dimples.'' On July 18, 2021, Xu was officially announced as a contestant in

Mnet M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...

's upcoming survival show ''

''. Despite being able to survive in the second elimination round, she left the show shortly after the announcement due to health issues and finished 9th in C-Group. On January 26, 2022, Xu acted as Han Tengteng for the drama ''

Shining For One Thing ''Shining for One Thing'' (), is a 2022 Chinese romance fantasy mystery coming-of-age streaming television Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, as streaming media delivered over the Inter ...

''. On September 26, 2022, Xu Ziyin signed to

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...

Awards and achievements

Discography

Extended plays

Soundtrack appearances

Youth With You (Season 2)

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television shows

Fandom

Name

* Routuan (Chinese: 肉团); meaning "meatball".

Color

* Ziyin color (Chinese: 紫茵色); a mix of purple and silver, and a wordplay on her name as "zi" means purple and "yin" sounds like silver in Chinese.

References

External links

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