Name: When We Were Young
Genre: Idol Drama, Romantic Comedy
Released: 2018-11-22
Rating: 9.3
Cast: Hou Ming Hao, Wan Peng, Zhang Yao, Dai Lu Wa, Pan Mei Ye

Hou Ming Hao is a Chinese actor and singer who was born on August 3, 1997, Beijing, China. He studied at the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, and briefly signed with South Korean talent agency SM Entertainment in 2012. He made his music debut in 2014, as part of boy band Fresh Teenager Geek. He also appeared in the 2016 cooking variety show “Fresh Sunday.” Also in 2016, he made his acting debut, appearing in the movies “Funny Soccer” and “Angel Institute.” He made his drama debut in the internet-based series 2017 series “Cambrian Period,” for which he won the Most Popular Actor in a Web Series prize at the Golden Guduo Media Awards. Since then, he has gone on to appear in “When We Were Young” (2018) and “The Lost Tomb 2” (2019).

Hou Ming Hao

Wan Peng is a Chinese actress who was born on August 20, 1996. She graduated from Beijing Dance Academy, where she majored in Classical Dance and made her acting debut in the high school-themed drama series “When We Were Young” (2018). She had a busy 2019, appearing in the drama titles “Detective L” and “My Girlfriend Is an Alien.” She followed up with a part in “Dear Missy” (2020) and “First Romance” (2020).

Wan Peng

Yang Xi

Zhang Yao is an up-and-coming Chinese actor who was born on April 29, 1997, in Shenyang, China. He made his acting debut in the 2018 school-themed drama series “When We Were Young.” He has since followed up with roles in the series “Better Days” (2018) and “Love in Between” (2019) – as well as the more recent “The Best of You in My Mind” (2020).

Zhang Yao

Li Yu

Dai Lu Wa is a Chinese actress. She was born on April 29, 1997 and made her debut as an actress in 2018. Since then, she has appeared in several television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018) and “The Plough Department of Song Dynasty” (2019).

Dai Lu Wa

Huang Deng Deng

Pan Mei Ye is a Chinese actress. She was born on October 28, 1995, and made her acting debut in 2017. Since then, she has appeared in a handful of films and television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018), “Unrequited Love” (2019) and “Forever Love” (2020).

Pan Mei Ye

Li Ming De, or Marcus Li, as he's also known, is a Chinese actor. He was born on December 29, 1996 and made his acting debut in 2018. Since debut, he has appeared in various television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018) and “Go Go Squid!” (2019).

Li Ming De

Si Tu Er Tiao

Wang Sen, or Wilson Wang, as he’s also known, is a Chinese actor. He was born on August 3, 1989 in Beijing, China and made his debut as an actor in 2011. Since then, he has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018) and “Count Your Lucky Stars” (2020).

Wang Sen

Kong Xiao Jun

Chen Xi Jun is a Chinese actor. He was born on December 18, 1991 in Heilongjiang, China, and made his acting debut in 2015. Since then, he has appeared in several television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018), “Go Go Squid!” (2019), and “Mr. Fox and Miss Rose” (2020).

Chen Xi Jun

Wu Yan Shu, or Estelle Wu, as she’s also known, is an award-winning Chinese actress. She was born in 1938 and made her acting debut in 1959. Since then, she has appeared in a number of theater productions, films, and television dramas, including “When We Were Young” (2018), “My True Friend” (2019), and “Fagara” (2019).

Wu Yan Shu

Tencent

Based in 1996, Yang Xi (Wan Peng) is spending her summer break training for a long distance run. One day, she is injured by a lab explosion while chasing a bike thief ruining her chances to compete. 

When the school year begins, a new transfer student is introduced, Hua Xiao (Hou Ming Hao). He is an intelligent and reliable student with a hot-blooded exterior. 

But when Yang Xi realizes it's the same culprit from her accident and that he's running for class president, a new rivalry begins. 

How will daily school life change when a tomboyish girl and a hot-blooded genius go head to head? 

"When We Were Young" is a Chinese web drama based on the Yan Sheng web novel of the same name.

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