
JN Yu
BIOGRAPHY
JN Yu (Chinese: 余杰恩, Yu Jie-en; also credited as Jerry Yu; born March 28, 1998 in Taoyuan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor signed to iStar Entertainment. He graduated from Ming Chuan University’s Department of Information Communication and trained in jazz drums from childhood, competing publicly in the discipline before acting became his profession. His agency lists drumming, badminton and singing among his skills.
His BL filmography began with Be Loved in House: I Do (2021), where he played Wu Si-qi, and continued with The On1y One (2024) as Pang Xie. Outside the genre he appeared in Bro and Me (2019) as Jie En and in the 2026 series Bloody Smart. His commercial work includes campaigns for Suzuki, Taiwan Mobile and Amway and print work for EDWIN, MUJI and FILA.
In film he appeared in the 2023 feature Pipe Dream as Li, then took the role of Chiu Tai-cheng in Marching Boys (2025), the 1990s-set drama directed by Chiang Jui-chih. In 2026 he reunited with Chiang on the Taiwanese BL series Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars, playing Li Wan-zhe across all twelve episodes. He stands 183 cm (6’0″) and speaks Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien.
In The On1y One Pang Xie is the old classmate and friend of Sheng Wang, one of two teenage boys who become stepbrothers when their parents marry. The twelve episode series runs about fifty minutes an episode, adapts the web novel Mou Mou by Mu Su Li, and was released between August 22 and September 26, 2024. In Marching Boys, Chiu Tai-cheng is the conductor and coach of the school band, and the screenplay is by Chen Hui-ju and Huang Chih-kai.
JN Yu worked with director Chiang Jui-chih on Marching Boys in 2025 and again on Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars in 2026.
Marching Boys collected 62nd Golden Horse Award nominations including Best New Performer and Best Action Design, and was selected for the Golden Rooster Film Festival, the Asian World Film Festival and the Chiang Mai International Film Festival.
The Idea Production and Calf Film made Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars, while iStar Entertainment manages him.
His BL credits arrive at uneven intervals: Be Loved in House: I Do in 2021, The On1y One three years later, and Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars two years after that. The gaps are filled with other formats. Pipe Dream came in 2023 and Marching Boys in 2025, so each BL series is followed within about a year by a feature film. His 2019 role as Jie En in Bro and Me predates all three BL titles by two years. The only part that keeps him across a full season is Li Wan-zhe, played in all twelve episodes, which makes the 2026 series the broadest of his BL appearances.
What stayed with me in his list is the step from friend to figure of authority: Pang Xie is a classmate, while Chiu Tai-cheng is the adult who holds a school band together. In my view Marching Boys is the better first watch for seeing that change, and The On1y One shows the friendlier register he started from.
PROFILE DETAILS
- Native Name
- 余杰恩
- Real Name
- JN Yu (余杰恩, Jie-En Yu)
- Nickname
- Jerry Yu
- Pronouns
- he/him
- Born
- (Age 28)
- Birthplace
- Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Gender
- Male
- Western Zodiac
- Aries ♈
- Height
- 183 cm (6'0")
- Profession
- Nationality
- Agency / Label
- iStar Entertainment (星發現娛樂股份有限公司) (current)
- Languages
- Mandarin Chinese (native), Taiwanese Hokkien
- Skills
- Acting, Drumming, Singing, Badminton


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