Hu Yi Tian

Although there has been speculation about Hu’s relationship with his co-star Shen, neither actor has confirmed it these rumors. However, Hu recently faced some backlash for calling his costar ‘plain’ in an interview and speculating that she was cast to allow fans who were not ‘pretty’ themselves to relate to her.

In June 2018, however, Hu became embroiled in a sex scandal with internet personality Bei Ye Bei. He was allegedly caught on camera entering a hotel room with his assistant, where he reportedly cheated on his girlfriend with her. Bei states that he deleted her from his contacts immediately after the video was released, and angered by this treatment, she made audio tapes of him in bed with her public soon after. Hu apparently discusses recreational drug usage and calls his costar Shen ‘ugly’ in these recordings. Hu has not commented on this incident but has faced significant backlash nonetheless.

Hu Yitian (pinyin: Hú Yītiān) was born on December 26, 1993 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China to a Han family. He has stated in interviews that he was a popular student in high school, and no stranger to female attention, even as a teenager. Not many details of his early upbringing have been made public at this time.

Although he majored in landscape architecture, Hu indicated that he would have pursued a career in banking/ design, had he not been discovered and ushered into show business.

Hu first appeared on television as a four-year-old guest star in the series ‘Happy Camp’ (1997). He was featured in four episodes.

After an extended break from acting, he made his debut as an adult in ‘Rush to the Dead Summer’ (2017) as the student Ou Jun.

This minor role brought him unexpected recognition and led to a lead role in the hit 2017 web series ‘A Love So Beautiful’ where he plays aloof romantic lead and genius-next-door Jiang Chen, opposite Shen Yue’s Chen Xiaoxi. Hu and Shen’s pairing proved so popular that it ignited rumors of a real-life romance, which neither actor has confirmed. The 3rd China Pan-Entertainment Award Ceremony recognized the show as a ‘Top 10 Web Series’ and, during its runtime on Tencent Video, it garnered over 3.5 billion views, making both its stars household names. Hu notably performed the end theme song for this series, ‘It’s a Dream’.

Between February and April 2018, Hu appeared on season three of the reality game show ‘Twenty-Four Hours’ on Zhejiang TV as a regular cast member.

Given his success, Hu was also approached to play Hua Wuque in ‘Handsome Siblings’ (2018), an upcoming period drama based on Gu Long’s 1966 wuxia novel ‘Juedai Shuangjiao’ about twin brothers who are separated at birth and pitted against each other. Hu has stated in interviews that he is apprehensive about making the shift from modern melodramas to period pieces.

2017 brought Yu much recognition–he was notably awarded the ‘Beautiful Idol of the Year’ award at the 2017 Cosmo Beauty Ceremony.

His work on ‘A Love So Beautiful’ specifically won him the ‘Most Promising Actor’ award from the Tencent Video Awards as well as the ‘New Generation Young Actor Awards’ from the 9th China TV Drama Awards in 2017.