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Kenny Chen

BIOGRAPHY

Flips first, lines second: Taiwanese actor Kenny Chen came to the screen as a dancer who specialises in acrobatic dance. He made his screen debut in 2019 as Zhao Li An, a young man drawn into an organised crime storyline, in the boys love series HIStory3: Trapped, appearing opposite Andy Bian. He returned to television in 2021 with a supporting part in Sometimes When We Touch, and in 2022 he competed on the idol survival programme Atom Boyz as a member of the Earth team, which finished in second place. He continued acting with a supporting role in the 2025 series Fight for You. He is managed by YiJi Entertainment. Alongside screen work he performs as a dancer.

HIStory3: Trapped ran for twenty episodes on LINE TV in 2019. Jake Hsu plays a police officer who keeps pursuing an old murder case, Chris Wu plays the gang leader that case points toward, and Andy Bian appears as the bodyguard Jack. Kenny’s Zhao Li An sits inside that crime storyline, in a cast built around four young leads.

His 2025 series Fight for You ran for twelve episodes of about twenty four minutes on iQIYI and GagaOOLala, from 28 March to 6 June 2025. Andy Ko and Nelson Ji lead it as Da Hei, a young man who takes odd jobs to pay for medical care in his family, and Xiao Bai, the roommate who is secretly working undercover. Kenny appears in the cast as A O.

The first season of Atom Boyz reached its finale on TVBS in July 2022, with Earth among the four teams that competed in the last episode.

The Acrobat in the Crime Drama

Kenny Chen is what you get when a trained acrobatic dancer wanders onto a boys love set and stays. Ballet, folk dance and modern dance since high school, a national collegiate cheerleading championship with his team, and then a screen debut as Zhao Li An in HIStory3: Trapped. Watch him for movement: a dancer’s physical control in ensemble parts built on crime and secrecy. Bonus points for personality, since at the Atom Boyz open auditions he skipped the polished idol routine and performed a comic 大法師 act. Bold choice. Also his nickname is 國民甜點, the national dessert, which is frankly an elite nickname.

Trapped First, Then Fight for You

Start with HIStory3: Trapped (2019), twenty episodes on LINE TV, where his Zhao Li An sits inside the organised crime storyline. Then try Fight for You (2025), twelve episodes of about twenty-four minutes on iQIYI and GagaOOLala, where he plays A O in a cast led by Andy Ko and Nelson Ji. Short episodes, easy binge.

Andy Bian, Team Earth and a Korean Detour

His first screen partner was Andy Bian, opposite whom he appeared in HIStory3: Trapped, where Andy plays the bodyguard Jack. On Atom Boyz in 2022 he competed in the Earth team, which finished second, and at YiJi Entertainment he shares an agency with Thomas Chang. Then came the Korea chapter: self-taught Korean via YouTube and dramas, the KPOP Idol Training Dream Camp ambassador role in 2024 and a short trainee stint in South Korea, plus the discovery that Kim Sejeong had studied at the same BORN Star Academy. Small world, big dance floor.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
陳廷軒
Born
(Age 28)
Gender
Male
Western Zodiac
Sagittarius ♐
Profession
Nationality
Debut
2019 · HIStory3: Trapped (2019)
Agency / Label
YiJi Entertainment
Years Active
2019 to present
Languages
Mandarin
Skills
Dancing, Acrobatic dance

FILMOGRAPHY: TV SERIES (1)

PERSONAL LIFE

Hobbies
dancing, watching Korean dramas, learning Korean
Sports
competitive cheerleading
Favorite Music
K-pop, with HyunA named as his own idol
Personality
unpretentious, positive, approachable, steady on stage

FUN FACTS

  • His Instagram handle opens with sawadikap, a transliteration of a Thai greeting.
  • Dance, not acting, was his first discipline.
  • He was born in December 1997.
  • One of his nicknames is 國民甜點, the national dessert.
  • At the Atom Boyz open auditions he performed a comic 大法師 routine, not a polished idol piece.

TRIVIA

  • He is managed by YiJi Entertainment, the same agency as Thomas Chang.
  • He has trained hard in dance since high school, across ballet, folk dance and modern dance.
  • At twenty he was part of the team that won the national collegiate cheerleading championship.
  • He taught himself Korean using YouTube and Korean dramas.
  • In 2024 he became promotional ambassador for the KPOP Idol Training Dream Camp and travelled to South Korea in late July for a short term trainee experience.
  • He met the Korean singer Kim Sejeong through work and found she was a former student at the same BORN Star Academy, praising her training attitude.
  • He published a photobook in 2020.
  • Before Atom Boyz reached its finale he had already taken part in recordings of the Taiwanese variety programmes 綜藝大熱門 and 完全娛樂.

DREAMS & ASPIRATIONS

He wants to work as a singing and dancing performer and has said he hopes to release a Korean language single of his own.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What was Kenny Chen doing before he acted?

Dancing. Dance, not acting, was his first discipline, and he has trained hard in it since high school across ballet, folk dance and modern dance. At twenty he was part of the team that won the national collegiate cheerleading championship, and acrobatic dance remains his speciality.

What did he perform at the Atom Boyz auditions?

A comic 大法師 routine, not a polished idol piece. He was placed in the Earth team on the 2022 programme, and that team finished in second place.

What is his connection to Korea?

He taught himself Korean using YouTube and Korean dramas, became promotional ambassador for the KPOP Idol Training Dream Camp in 2024, and travelled to South Korea in late July of that year for a short term trainee experience.

Who did he meet through that work?

The Korean singer Kim Sejeong, whom he discovered had been a student at the same place, BORN Star Academy, before him. He has spoken warmly about her attitude to training since.

What does he want to do next?

Work as a singing and dancing performer as well as an actor, and release a Korean language single of his own.

What do fans call him?

國民甜點, the national dessert. Separately, his Instagram handle opens with sawadikap, a transliteration of a Thai greeting. He also published a photobook in 2020.

How popular was he on Atom Boyz?

In an online discussion ranking of the programme’s top twenty contestants, covering May 2021 to May 2022, he came third.

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