Xu Yiyang (born September 12, 1997) is a Chinese singer and actress.
Influenced by the girl groups at the time and other artists such as Lu Han and Victoria Song, Xu auditioned for SM Entertainment in 2014 and was revealed as the newest member of the trainee group SM Rookies, alongside Aespa's Ningning on September 19, 2016. During her time as a trainee, Xu appeared on the Rookies Princess: Who's the Best? segment of the program My SMT that year.
On October 1, 2018, Xu confirmed she had left SM Entertainment and returned to China, later signing under former Exo member Huang Zitao's label L.Tao Entertainment. Xu then joined the idol competition show The Next Top Bang on October 16.
Xu debuted in January, 2019, as a member of the project group Legal High (Chinese: å¨æÂÂéÂÂ; pinyin: HÃÂi Zhànduì), formed from the final survivors of the girls' team on The Next Top Bang. The group were active for a year, releasing two singles: their debut single "å¨ (Hi)" on January 3, and "å¿Âæ (Heart Star)" on February 18.
On May 2, 2020, Xu participated in the Chinese girl group reality competition show Produce Camp 2020 where she was eliminated in the final episode on July 4, finishing in eighth place. Following the completion of the show, Xu made her solo debut on July 16 with the single "èÂÂå¬ (Listen)". On September 28, she released the single "OMG". On December 18, she made her acting debut as the female lead in the web series Timeless Love which was released the following year.
On January 8, 2021, Xu released her first EP ä¼Âä¸Âä¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ觠(Will We Meet Again).
Xu is married to Huang Zitao. The two had first met when Xu was a trainee at SM and Huang was still a member of Exo. After both had left the company, they met again in Shanghai in 2018. Rumours surrounding their relationship had been circulating since 2020, and the two confirmed their relationship on their respective Weibo accounts on July 14, 2024. On August 26 the same year, Huang proposed to Xu on his reality show Dare or Not. The two got married after 5 months of public dating on December 2.