What is Thanapon Aiemkumchai's nickname?

He is known as Pon, written ภณ in Thai, and is often credited as Pon Thanapon.

Who does he play in This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans?

Plawan, a model hired to train at a famous restaurant with a secret mission to win over head chef Oab, played by Sailub Hemmawich.

What is his role in Pit Babe?

Jeff, a recurring role in the 2023 Change2561 series and in Pit Babe 2.

Yes. His debut single "Sai Ta Yao" came out in January 2022, and he sings "Told Ya" with Sailub on the Pit Babe soundtrack.

Who does he play in The Crow Club?

Sun, in the 2026 One31 series from Change2561, with Sailub as Talay.

Did he return to The Moment?

Yes. After The Moment: I Need You he played Bay again in the 2020 sequel The Moment Since.

Thanapon Aiemkumchai

Q: What was Pon's first acting role?

Bay, the lead of the 2020 Line TV miniseries The Moment: I Need You, opposite Thanathip Srithongsuk.

Q: Where did he study?

He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Thammasat University.

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BIOGRAPHY

Thanapon Aiemkumchai (Thai: ธนภณ เอี่ยมกำชัย; born 1 May 1995), nicknamed Pon (ภณ), is a Thai actor and singer with Change2561. He is best known for Bay in The Moment, Jeff in Pit Babe and Plawan in This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans, and in 2026 he stars in The Crow Club opposite Hemmawich Kwanamphaiphan, known as Sailub.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Thammasat University. His acting debut came in 2020 as Bay, the lead of the Line TV miniseries The Moment: I Need You, opposite Thanathip Srithongsuk (Bank), and he reprised Bay later that year in the sequel The Moment Since. Also in 2020 he played Phai in the Channel 3 series Gen Y, a recurring part he continued in Gen Y Season 2, and took the lead as Pon in the film The Message. In January 2022 he released his debut single, “Sai Ta Yao”.

In 2023 he led the Viu series Make a Wish as Met and joined Change2561’s Pit Babe as Jeff, alongside Sailub as Alan. Pit Babe, which premiered on One31 on 17 November 2023, follows a king racer with special abilities and the nerdy young man who asks to join his racing team; Pon returned as Jeff in Pit Babe 2, and the role earned him a nomination for the Cutest Artist Award at the Y Universe Awards.

His first lead opposite Sailub came in 2024 with This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans, on One31 from 5 July to 23 August. He plays Plawan, a model and lifelong fan of pad kaprao made without long beans, who is paid to train at a famous chef’s table restaurant with a secret mission: make the stern head chef Oab fall for him and become his successor. Once there, Plawan is shaken by the harsh, stern looking chef, a perfectionist who scares even his own staff. The pairing was nominated for Best Couple of the Year (Series) at the Thailand Box Office Awards 2024, and the two recorded “Told Ya” for the Pit Babe soundtrack. In 2025 he appeared in Club Friday Theory of Love: A Mother’s Mirror, and in The Crow Club, a One31 series about a society of outcasts who take on the strangest jobs, which premiered on 18 September 2026, he plays Sun.

Pon is the sunshine half of every pairing he joins, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Plawan is supposed to be a spy in Chef Oab’s kitchen, yet Pon plays him as a cheerful food lover who is hopeless at hiding what he feels, which is exactly why the comedy works.

Begin with This Love Doesn’t Have Long Beans; eight episodes, a lot of food and a lot of heart. Then go back to The Moment to see his very first lead, and keep The Crow Club on your list for his newest team up with Sailub.