Winwin
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| Born | Dong Sicheng 28 October 1997 | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Education | Beijing Dance Academy | ||||||
| Alma mater | Central Academy of Drama | ||||||
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| Instrument | Vocal | ||||||
| Years active | 2016-present | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 董思成 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 董思成 | ||||||
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Dong Sicheng (Chinese: 董思成; pinyin: dǒng sīchéng), known professionally as Winwin (Hangul: 윈윈; Chinese: 昀昀; pinyin: yúnyún), is a mainland Chinese singer, rapper, and dancer based in South Korea and China. He is best known as a member of the South Korean K-pop boy group, NCT and its sub-units NCT 127, NCT U. He is also a member of the affiliated Chinese boy group WayV.
Early life
Winwin was born on 28 October 1997 in Lucheng District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. He has one older sister who lives in New Zealand.[1]
In 2009, Winwin was admitted to the Affiliated Secondary School of Beijing Dance Academy where he ranked first in the Chinese Classical Dance department.[2] In 2015, he was scouted by Korean entertainment company, SM Entertainment, where he subsequently became a trainee.
Winwin currently attends the Central Academy of Drama where he majors in Performing Arts.[3]
Career
Pre-debut
On 5 January 2016, Winwin was introduced as a member of SM Entertainment's pre-debut trainee group, SM Rookies.[4] On 9 April 2016, he made his appearance alongside NCT U in China at the 16th Music Feng Yun Bang Awards for their first live performance of the track "The 7th Sense".[5] He also featured on the music videos for both the Korean and Chinese versions of the NCT U track "Without You".[6]
In May of the same year, he participated in the second season of the group's variety show NCT Life.[7]
2016-2018: Debut and NCT 127
On 1 July 2016, Winwin was announced as a member of NCT's second unit, NCT 127 along with Taeil, Taeyong, Yuta, Jaehyun, Mark, and Haechan.[8] He then made his official debut as a member of NCT 127 with the title track "Fire Truck" on 7 July 2016,.[9]
On 18 February 2018, Winwin went on to debut in sub-unit, NCT U, with "Boss".[10] The track was released as part of NCT's first solo album, NCT 2018 Empathy, where he also participated in the track "Black on Black" as part of NCT 2018.[11] WinWin continued to promote with NCT 127 until the end of 2018.
On 22 November 2018, it was announced that Winwin would not be participating in NCT 127's comeback activities for the repackaged edition of their first studio album, Regular-Irregular, titled Regulate, in order to prepare for his debut in China.[12]
2019-present: WayV and solo endeavours
Winwin made his Chinese debut as part of Chinese boy group WayV on 17 January 2019, with lead single "Regular" off their first single album The Vision.[13] Winwin had previously participated in the English and Korean versions of the song as part of NCT 127 the previous year.
On 30 March 2019, Winwin joined as a cast member of Hunan Television's My Brilliant Masters, alongside Wowkie Zhang, Yu Xiaoguang, and Liu Yuning.[14]
Discography
For his work as a member of NCT, please see NCT discography
Videography
For his work as a member of NCT, please see NCT videography
Variety shows
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Ref |
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| 2019 | My Brilliant Masters | Cast member | Hunan Television | [15] |
Awards and nominations
Please see list of awards and nominations received by NCT
References
- ^ "董思成专访实录：简直是"大耳朵图图"牌团宠大型放飞自我现场". 腾讯视频.
- ^ "《我们的师父》官宣"神秘X"：董思成加盟拜师成"团宠"". 红网精彩一点.
- ^ "董思成毕业中央戏剧学院，刘宇宁毫不避讳自曝学历，大家都笑了". 腾讯网.
- ^ ""임시완 닮았다!" SM루키즈 윈윈은 중국인 "무용을 통해 멋진 모습 보여드리겠다"". 국민일보.
- ^ "중국의 그래미 시상식, '음악 풍운방 연도성전'에서 이수만 총괄프로듀서 한국인 최초 '아시아 최고 프로듀서 상' 수상!!". SM Entertainment.
- ^ "NCT U, 韓·中 방송 데뷔 무대 '양국 동시 공략'". 뉴스1.
- ^ "[TV특종] NCT LIFE '한식왕 도전기'". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "(UPDATE) #NCT127: SM Entertainment Unveils Members Of New NCT Sub-Unit". Hype MY.
- ^ "NCT 127 '소방차(Fire Truck)'으로 글로벌 시장 돌풍 예고 출처". 서울경제.
- ^ "NCT U 'BOSS' 재현, 윈윈 티저 공개! 기대감 증폭!". 서울경제.
- ^ "NCT, 18명의 멤버가 보여줄 세계관과 공감…초대형 프로젝트 'Black on Black' (종합)". 뉴스핌 (in Korean). 14 March 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "SM 측 "NCT 127 윈윈, 예정된 中활동 준비로 새앨범 방송활동 불참"". 뉴스엔.
- ^ OSEN (31 December 2018). "SM "中신인 웨이션브이, 2019년 1월 데뷔확정"…NCT 대거 합류 [공식입장]". mosen.mt.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "《我们的师父》官宣"神秘X"：董思成加盟拜师成"团宠"". 红网精彩一点.
- ^ "《我们的师父》官宣"神秘X"：董思成加盟拜师成"团宠"". 红网精彩一点.