乔任梁

简介

Qiao Renliang was born on 15 October 1987 in Shanghai as an only child, and his father was a captain on an ocean freighter. Before entering show business, he was a track and field athlete who reached national second-class athlete level in high jump, and was a schoolmate of hurdler Liu Xiang. He graduated from Shanghai Dianji College. He participated in the 2005 Hunan TV Star-Shining "Free My Voice" competition and won the national championship. He rose to fame in 2007 through the program "Come on! Good Boys," where he placed second nationwide and won the Most Fashionable Individuality Award, then signed with Orange Sky Entertainment. He chose the English name Kimi in honor of his favorite F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen. He released his first EP "Start From Today" in January 2008, which ranked among the top ten best-selling albums of 2008. He went on to appear in numerous films and television dramas. He passed away on 16 September 2016 in Shanghai at the age of 28.