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Alien Huang

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
Alien Huang
黃鴻升
Huang performing at the Night King concert at Taipei Station on 28 November 2012
Born(1983-11-28)28 November 1983
Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan
Died16 September 2020(2020-09-16) (aged 36)
Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan
Alma materTaipei City University of Science and Technology
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
  • television host
  • lyricist
  • writer
  • illustrator
  • fashion designer
  • artist
  • businessman
Years active2002–2020
Musical career
Also known as
  • Xiao Gui
  • Little Ghost
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsRock Records
Formerly of
  • HC3
  • Cosmo
  • Playboyz
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃鴻升
Simplified Chinese黄鸿升
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Hóng Shēng
JyutpingWong4 Hung4 Sing1
Hokkien POJN̂g Hông-seng

Alien Huang (28 November 1983 – 16 September 2020), also known as Xiao Gui (Little Ghost), was a Taiwanese singer, actor, television presenter, illustrator and fashion designer.

He was a member of Japanese TV Asahi's disbanded boy band HC3 in 2002 and Taiwanese Rock Records' disbanded boy band Cosmo (丸子) [zh] in 2003. He went on to release five solo albums and acted in movies and television dramas. He was known as the host of popular Taiwanese variety entertainment show 100% Entertainment, which he left in early 2016.

Huang was the founder and designer of AES (Alien Evolution Studio), a clothing brand which he established in 2008. He also published three illustration books.

Early life

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Alien Huang was born in Taipei. He grew up living with his father, younger sister and paternal grandmother. Although he lived separately from his mother due to his parents' early divorce, they still maintained a close relationship. Ever since primary school, his talent in arts and crafts had been evident as his grades were always within the top three for poster-designing projects. When he was in middle school, his father intended to train him to become a professional golf player.[1] However, due to his interest in performing, he decided to apply to HuaGang High School of Performing Arts, where he was accepted after achieving first place out of thousands of applicants. There, he met classmate Rainie Yang, and they dated for three years.[2][3] Their relationship ended when Rainie made her debut in the entertainment industry and dropped out of high school. He also put his hosting talents to use by serving as the MC of all major events held at school. In his spare time, he even worked in a fast-food restaurant.[4] He obtained a lifeguard licence at the age of 18,[5] and a swimming coach qualification when he was 20 years of age.

Huang chose his English name "Alien" because he hoped to be an indefinable and unique character, like aliens are, full of creativity and not confined to normality.[6] He previously also had various other English names, including "Janson"[7] when he was in high school and "Harry"[8] when he was in primary school.

Career

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While still in high school, Alien Huang was chosen to take part in a pre-casting training course for the film Blue Gate Crossing. Although in the end he did not participate in the film, it was during this time that he was discovered by his first manager, and he officially entered the entertainment industry at the age of 18.

In 2002, he began hosting a nature-discovery show for children named Follow Me, Go!. He then joined the Japanese-Taiwanese boy band HC3. They released their debut single "We Are Friends"《我們是朋友》, but disbanded not long afterwards.

In 2003, he became part of the boy band Cosmo, but due to a problem with the contract of one of the members, Richard（綠茶）, they disbanded after releasing their debut album《關東煮》.

In 2004, he played one of the main roles in the film Holiday Dreaming《夢遊夏威夷》.

In 2005, he started hosting various entertainment shows, and in 2006 he officially became a fixed host of the show 100% Entertainment《娛樂百分百》.

In 2007, he released a duet, "The Melody of Love"《愛的主旋律》, with co-artist Genie Chuo. He also released his first book《搞什麼鬼?!》the same year.

In 2008, he starred in the drama series Mysterious Incredible Terminator《霹靂MIT》 as one of the main roles, 747黃輝宏. He also released his first single "Fooling Around"《鬼混》 along with his second book《鬼怒穿》that year.

In July 2009, he released his first mini album Disdain《不屑》 and in December of the same year he released his first full album titled Love & Hero《愛&英雄》.

In 2010, he released another single, "Heart Amulet"《御守之心》, along with his third book,《赤鬼流》.

In 2011, he took on leading roles in the drama series Love You《醉後決定愛上你》 and "Lin Bei"《珍愛林北》, as well as the Singaporean film Already Famous《一泡而紅》. In August, he released the single "Transformers Cuz of You"《金剛變形》. In December, he released his second full album Break Heart, Black Heart《黑心傷品》.

In 2012, he starred in Taiwanese film Din Tao: Leader of the Parade《陣頭》, which earned a box office of NTD 315 million, as well as the highly rated Singaporean drama series Joys of Life. He also starred as the lead role in the Taiwanese television drama Sweet Sweet Bodyguard《剩女保鏢》, which gained high local popularity. His debut Asia concert tour G·host Tour 2012 also took place towards the end of the year, starting in Taiwan on his birthday (28 November) and continuing to Hong Kong and Singapore.

In 2013, he released his third full album, Make Sense《超有感》. He also held concerts in Taipei and Shanghai in the latter part of the year. He won “Most Popular Male Artiste” at the 2013 Singapore Hit Awards, as well as “MeRadio Top Downloaded Hit Award (Male Artist), for which the winning female artist for the same award was Singapore singer songwriter Serene Koong (龚芝怡).[9] He also won two awards at the 2014 HITO Radio Music Awards,[10] namely "hito网路首播人气” and “hito舞台演绎”.

In 2016, as his focus in the entertainment industry shifted to musical and acting careers, Alien left 100% Entertainment, the only show he was hosting at the time.

In 2018, he returned to hosting when joined Jacky Wu as hosts of Mr. Player. In 2019, he joined Shiny Zhang as hosts for I'm the Best In Taiwanese, an educational program about teaching Taiwanese to the public. At the time of his death, the show finished airing its second season, totaling 26 episodes.

Death

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At 11:27 a.m. on 16 September 2020, the police received a call from Huang's father, who reported that Huang was unresponsive.[11] Huang was discovered lying between the bedroom and bathroom in his Beitou District apartment,[12][13][14] with external injuries to the head.[15][16] The paramedics who arrived at the scene pronounced Huang dead, with the body reported to already be at the stage of rigor mortis.[15] The preliminary results of an autopsy suggested that Huang had cardiovascular disease.[17] The autopsy concluded that Huang died of aortic dissection, but found no history of cardiovascular disease and no external injuries.[18][19]

Personal life

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Huang dated Rainie Yang, the daughter of his godmother, for two years while they were both students at Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, although he clarified that they were not each other’s first loves. Their relationship ended after Yang entered the entertainment industry and dropped out of the school, but they remained close friends thereafter.[20]

In 2016, Huang was reported to be in a relationship with NueNue, a member of the girl group Weather Girls, who was spotted staying overnight at his home. Huang admitted that she was “the type I like” and briefly updated his Facebook relationship status to “in a relationship.” The relationship came to an end after three years in 2019.[20]

At the time of his death, Huang had been dating Wu Han-chun, a member of the cheerleading team The Passion Sisters, for a year and a half.[21][22] Their relationship had been rumored, but was not confirmed until Wu made an Instagram post acknowledging Huang's death.[23][24]

Discography

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Solo studio albums and singles

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Release year English title Chinese title Format
2008 Fooling Around 《鬼混》 Single
2009 Disdain 《不屑》 Mini album
Love & Hero 《愛&英雄》 Album
2010 Heart Amulet 《御守之心》 Single
2011 Transformers Cuz of You 《金剛變形》 Single
Break Heart, Black Heart 《黑心傷品》 Album
2012 Forgot How To Be Happy 《忘了怎麼快樂》 Single
2013 Make Sense 《超有感》 Album
2014 Dare to believe, dare to do, dare to love 《自以為我以為》 Single
Love Song 《有感情歌》 Single
2015 Forget Me 《忘了我》 Single
Napoléon 《拿破崙》 Single
ALiEN 《同名音創作品》 Album
2018 HUMAN 《人類》 Album
2020 Plan B 《Plan B》 Album

Studio albums and singles (band)

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Name of band English title Chinese title Release year Format
HC3 We Are Friends 《我們是朋友》 2002 Single
Cosmo Kanto Stew 《關東煮》 2003 Album
Speedball Fastball Boys 《直球對決男子漢》 2004 Album
Playboyz Happy New Year – It's All Good 《Happy New Year 這個讚》 2010 Compilation

Collaborations

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Release year English title Chinese title Co-artist(s)
2003
You Better Remember
《你給我記住》
2004
Resurrection Island
《復活島》
2007
The Melody of Love
《愛的主旋律》
Angel's Wings
《天使的翅膀》
  • Various Artists
2008
Fly Together
《一起飛》
  • Various Artists
2009
Let Love Spin the Entire Universe
《讓愛轉動整個宇宙》
  • Various Artists
2010
Tomorrow Will be Better
《明天會更好》
  • Various Artists
2012
Solicitude
《牽掛》
2013
Beloved
《心愛的》
2020
Carry On
《扛得住》

Soundtrack contributions

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Year English title Chinese title OST
2004 Shining
(Cosmo)		 「Shining」
（丸子）		 Love Contract
Perfect Ending
(Cosmo)		 「Perfect的完結」
（丸子）		 Herb Lovers
Come Go to Hawaii
Speed Force
(Cosmo)		 「來去夏威夷」
「上流速力霸」
（丸子）		 Holiday Dreaming
2010 Clone 「複製人」 Rogue Principal
2011 Transformers Cuz of You 「金剛變形」 Lin Bei
Thank You for Letting Me Equal You 「謝謝你讓我等於你」 Already Famous
2012 Solicitude
(with Rui En)		 「牽掛」
（與瑞恩合唱）		 Joys of Life
Forgot How To Be Happy 「忘了怎麼快樂」 Sweet Sweet Bodyguard
One Four One Three 「一四一三」 Dong-Huachun Barbershop
2013年 One out of A Thousand 「千分之一」 Just You
The Cat from the Farm 「村上的貓」
Beloved
(with Genie Chuo)		 「心愛的」
（與卓文萱合唱）

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Freedom of Half Grown-Ups
《半成年主張之搞個自由式》		 Xiao Gui
小鬼
2005 KO One
《終極一班》		 Cai Yi-Ling
蔡一零		 Cameo
Detective Story A.S.T.
《偵探物語》		 Ah-Jun
阿君		 Cameo
2006 Tokyo Juliet
《東方茱麗葉》		 Lu Yi-Mi
陸一彌
A Child from Heaven
《天堂來的孩子》		 Zhong Da-Gui
鍾大規
Hey! Is the Water Boiled?
《喂！水開了沒?》		 Ah-Zhong
阿忠
2007 Corner With Love
《轉角*遇到愛》		 Ah-Yi
阿義
Summer x Summer
《熱情仲夏》		 Chen Lang-Zhu
陳朗竹
2008 Mysterious Incredible Terminator
《霹靂MIT》		 Huang Hui-Hong
黃輝宏
(747)
Taiwan
2009 Letter 1949
《我在1949，等你》		 Li Wen-Xiong
李文雄
2010 Rogue Principal
《流氓校長》		 Wang Tuo-Hai
王拓海
2011 Love You
《醉後決定愛上你》		 Geng Shuo-Huai
耿爍懷
Lin Bei
《珍愛林北》		 Kong Yun-Qing
孔雲青		 Taiwan
2012 Joys of Life
《花样人间》		 Zhao Ming-Xing
赵明星		 Singapore
Sweet Sweet Bodyguard
《剩女保鏢》		 He Zhong-Qi
何仲祈		 Taiwan
2014 Lovestore at the Corner
《巷弄裡的那家書店》		 Li Ze Xuan
李澤暄		 Taiwan
2017 Running Man
《逃婚一百次》		 Hsu Da-cai
许达才		 Taiwan
2019 Without Her, Even Hero is Zero
《我是顧家男》		 Brian Cameo
Someday Or One Day
《想見你》		 Du Qi-min
杜齊閔		 Cameo
2020 Dream Raider
《獵夢特工》		 特勤隊長 HBO Asia

Cameo

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Wild (狂放) Lin Yi-jie
2002 Holiday Dreaming (夢遊夏威夷) Xiao Gui
2006 A Flight to Yesterday (飛往昨天的CI006) Li Zheng-fei
2007 Burn! Motorbike (燃燒吧！機車) Hu Di-ni
2009 Black Tide (黑潮) Xiao Gui
2011 Already Famous Christopher Singaporean film
2012 Din Tao: Leader of the Parade Ah-xian
2015 Gatao Ah-xiong
2016 Go! Crazy Gangster (風雲高手) Ren Laifeng
The Big Power (大顯神威) Lin Keqiang
2017 All Because of Love Hong Disuo Cameo
Who is the Champion? (舞極限) Zhang Yunhan Malaysian film
2024 Fat Hope Nathan Singaporean film; posthumous release

Music video appearances

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Acting in music videos of songs by other artists:

Year English song title Original song title Artist
2002 Love Starts from Zero 「愛從零開始」 Stefanie Sun
孫燕姿
2003 To See You 「來看你」 Jeffrey Kung
孔令奇
Tomorrow 「明天」 Faith Yang
楊乃文
2004 Never Back Down 「永不退縮」 Richie Jen
任賢齊
2006 Lately 「最近」 Sam Lee
李聖傑
2007 Trying Hard 「很用力」 Olivia Yan
閻韋伶
The Melody of Love 「愛的主旋律」 Alien Huang & Genie Chuo
黃鴻升 & 卓文萱
2008 Fly Together 「一起飛」 Various Artists
群星
2009 Let Love Spin the Entire Universe 「讓愛轉動整個宇宙」 Various Artists
群星
2010 Tomorrow Will Be Better 「明天會更好」 Various Artists
群星
Happy New Year – It's All Good 「Happy New Year 這個讚」 Playboyz
2012 Solicitude 「牽掛」 Alien Huang & Rui En
黃鴻升 & 瑞恩
2013 Habitual Hibernation 「慣性冬眠」 Gillian Chung
鍾欣桐
After Returning Home 「回家以後」

Show hosting

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Year English title Original title Location
2002 Follow Me, Go! 《下課花路米》 Taiwan
2004 Entertainment Oh My God 《娛樂歐MyGod》 Taiwan
2005 Survival Bus 《生存巴士》 Taiwan
2006 Cool Army 《蓋酷兵團》 Taiwan
2005 (as locum), 2006 (from official hosting)→ 2016 100% Entertainment 《娛樂百分百》 Taiwan
2008 Xiao Gui at Home Alone 《小鬼當家》 Taiwan
2009 The Winner Is 《得獎的事》 Taiwan
2011 China Love • Music Show 《中国爱•大歌会》 China
2014 CityColor 《zh城彩名人堂》 Taiwan
2017 《趣你的娛樂》 Taiwan
2018 Mr. Player [zh] 《zh:綜藝玩很大》 Taiwan
2019 Best At Taiwanese 《台語我上讚》 Taiwan
2020 《聊聊大明星》 Taiwan

Books

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Year English title Chinese title Category
2007 Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die 《搞什麼鬼?!》 Illustration book
2008 Gui Nu Chuan 《鬼怒穿》 Illustration book
2010 Chi Gui Liu 《赤鬼流》 Illustration book

Awards

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  • 2010 Singapore Entertainment Awards（新加坡E樂大賞2010）:
    Most Popular Regional Newcomer（E樂人氣海外新人獎）
  • 2010 Channel V:
    Top 10 Chinese Golden Melodies（第一季華語十大金曲）：《搞砸了》[25]
  • 2010 Hong Kong Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards（香港新城國語力頒獎禮2010）：
    King of New Artistes（新人王）[26]
  • 2010 Singapore Hit Awards（新加坡金曲獎2010）:
    Most Acclaimed Male Artiste（新晉男歌手人氣獎）
    F&N Fruit Tree Fresh Greatest Improvement Artiste（大躍進歌手獎）
  • 2011 Malaysia MY Astro Music Awards（馬來西亞 MY Astro 至尊流行榜頒獎典禮2011）:
    Best New International Artist（至尊海外新人獎）
    Golden Melody Song（至尊金曲獎）《地球上最浪漫的一首歌》
  • 2011 Singapore Entertainment Awards（新加坡e樂大賞2011）:
    Most Popular Male Singer（e樂人氣男歌手獎）
    Hottest Web Celeb（omy 網絡紅人獎）
  • 2011 China Music Radio Top Chart Awards（MusicRadio中國Top排行榜頒獎禮2011）：
    Most Recommended Album of the Year: Love & Hero（港臺年度推薦唱片）：《愛&英雄》
  • 2012 Singapore Entertainment Awards（新加坡e樂大賞2012）:
    Most Popular Taiwanese TV Actor（e樂人氣台灣電視演員獎）
    Most Popular Male Singer（e樂人氣男歌手獎）
    Most Popular Music Video（e樂人氣MV獎）：《六十億分之一》
  • 2012 Hong Kong Metro Radio Mandarin Hit Music Awards （香港新城國語力頒獎禮2012）：
    Best Male Singer（國語力男歌手）
    Best Mandarin Song（國語力歌曲）：《澀谷》
  • 2012 Singapore Blog Awards（新加坡部落格大獎2012）：
    Most Popular Overseas Celebrity Blog/Microblog（最受歡迎海外名人部落格/微博）[27]
  • 2013 Taiwan PixNet Entertainment Awards（台灣痞客邦娛樂丸咖獎2013）：
    King of Entertainment – Silver Award（男藝人 最佳國丸 – 銀獎）
    Best Album of the Year – Silver Award（年度專輯 強力放送丸 – 銀獎）
  • 2013 Singapore Entertainment Awards（新加坡e樂大賞2013）:
    Most Popular Taiwanese TV Actor（e樂人氣台灣電視演員獎）
    Most Popular Cover Celebrity（e樂人氣封面人物）
  • 2013 Singapore Hit Awards（新加坡金曲獎2013）:[28]
    Most Popular Male Artiste Award（最受欢迎男歌手獎）
    MeRadio Top Downloaded Hit Award (Male Artiste)（MeRadio下载率最高金曲（男歌手）:《超有感》）
    F&N Fruit Tree Fresh Stylish Artiste Award（F&N Fruit Tree Fresh 时尚歌手奖）

References

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  1. ^ (in Chinese) 小鬼老爹砸400萬教練費 揮桿馴躁動魂（苹果日报·整理报导） 13 April 2012
  2. ^ (in Chinese) 《SS小燕之夜》楊丞琳 許瑋甯（談到小鬼黃鴻升部分） 15 August 2011
  3. ^ (in Chinese) 《SS小燕之夜》那些年 我們在華岡的日子（黃鴻升 蝴蝶姐姐 王心如） 9 January 2012
  4. ^ "黃鴻升聊除夕夜打工趣事". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ (in Chinese) 黃鴻升18歲當救生員（聯合報·整理報導） 4 August 2012
  6. ^ (in Chinese) 黃鴻升解釋為何選擇“Alien”作為英文名字 15 March 2010
  7. ^ (in Chinese) 楊丞琳送聖誕禮物 並爆出黃鴻升以前的英文名字“Janson” 25 December 2012
  8. ^ (in Chinese) 黃鴻升兒時曾收到聖誕老公公的英文信 27 December 2005
  9. ^ "The Singapore Hit Awards 2013: The winners". TodayOnline. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  10. ^ 2014 HITO Radio Music Awards
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  25. ^ (in Chinese) Alien's Blog Channel[V] 2010第一季華語十大金曲黃鴻升-搞砸了 29 April 2010
  26. ^ (in Chinese) Alien's Blog 黃鴻升勇奪香港新城電台「新城國語力新人王」受肯定 11 August 2010
  27. ^ Singapore Blog Awards 2012 – Winner 31 July 2012
  28. ^ 新加坡金曲奖”大赢家 莫文蔚、潘玮柏、林俊杰、黄鸿升最风光 23 November 2013
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