Yao Chi, formerly known as Niu Xudong, was born on February 26, 1998 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and has loved music since childhood. He graduated from China University of Geosciences and is a male pop singer and film and television actor in mainland China .
In 2016, he achieved a high score of 141 in the college entrance examination English, and was successfully admitted to China University of Geosciences. During school, he also formed a band with friends and served as the lead singer . In 2018, he participated in the Tencent video music program 'The Second Season of Tomorrow's Son', thereby entering the entertainment industry ;
In 2019, he participated in the iQIYI youth inspirational variety show 'Youth with You' as a trainee, and finally ranked 12th in the finals; Show 'Fairy Tale Under the Starry Sky'; On September 6, the promotion song '70' for the movie 'Decisive Moment' sung with Chen Feiyu, Zhang Xueying and others was launched; On October 28, the first personal single was released 'Last Night, Diving into a Strange Planet' .
On February 26, 2020, he released his second single 'Romantic Biochemical Analysis'; in October, as a flying guest, he participated in the Mango TV Healthy Life Experience reality show 'Oops, Good Body Season 2' ; In the same year, he also co-starred with Wang Qiang and Song Yiren in the comic film 'Here in the Headlines' .
In April 2021, he joined the iQIYI outing and camping reality show 'Spring Sauce' as a spring youth, and participated in singing the show's theme song 'Spring is like you'; On June 11, he collaborated with Li Tingting and Li Junting The starring youth campus drama 'Don't Go After School' was launched. In the play, he played Wei Lai, who dropped out of a key university. He also sang the theme song 'Summer Miracle' for the play. June 23 , the urban e-sports drama 'You Are Beautiful When You Smile' co-starring with Xu Kai and Cheng Xiao was broadcast; on July 23, the starring reality-themed comedy film 'Our New Life' was released; 10 On the 28th, the urban romantic drama 'Dream of Lions' starring Chen Yustrontium and Fu Jing was broadcast, and she played the ancient stage drama producer Bai Feili .
On March 1, 2022, the urban romance drama 'My Love and the Stars' co-starring with Zhang Nan and Li Siyang was broadcast on Mango TV. He played the talented singer An Xiaoyu in the play; May 20 On the same day, the special feature film 'Love Dogs' was released, in which he played the dog master Wang Zicheng .