Song Weilong

Song Weilong is a Chinese actor and model who has become one of the most recognizable young male leads in Chinese television drama. Born Song Shiquan in Dalian, he now ranks among the top tier of C-drama performers, with more than 26 screen credits across 20 television dramas and 6 films, and a lead role in the 2025 series Shine on Me that carried him into the 2026 awards cycle.

At 27, he works steadily across romance, period and action material, and he is equally visible in fashion, serving as a face for Gucci and appearing on the cover of GQ Hong Kong in May 2026. His Instagram following sits near 3 million, while his Chinese-language audience on Weibo and streaming platforms is considerably larger.

What sets him apart from the typical idol-trained lead is a martial arts foundation: he came to acting through wushu rather than a talent competition, which gives his action work a physical credibility his peers often lack. Fans follow him for the combination of that discipline and an unusually reserved, understated screen presence. [edit]

Song Weilong was born Song Shiquan on March 25, 1999, in Dalian, a port city on the Liaoning coast. His entry into performance was indirect. At nine years old he watched Jet Li in The New Legend of Shaolin and decided he wanted to train in martial arts. That decision took him out of an ordinary childhood and into the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School, one of the largest wushu academies in China, where students train for hours daily in forms, weapons and conditioning.

He spent his early teens at Tagou, competing in martial arts events and developing the lean, athletic build that later became part of his screen image. Acting was not the plan. He has said in interviews that he did not set out to be an actor at all; the transition happened because his appearance drew attention inside martial arts and modeling circles. Before any acting work, he took odd jobs and entered modeling competitions, which gave him his first contact with photographers, stylists and commercial casting.

He attended high school but left before finishing, choosing to commit to modeling and the early acting opportunities that followed. In 2015, at sixteen, he signed with Yu Zheng Studio, a production company with a long record of launching young Chinese talent. The signing marked the end of his pre-fame years and the beginning of a slow build through minor roles and modeling assignments between 2016 and 2018. He has described the shift from martial arts to acting as a change in discipline rather than a break from it: the training taught him repetition and control, and he has said both pursuits demand the same commitment. [edit]

Song's first significant public attention came in 2019 with the historical drama Love The Way You Are, the role that moved him from minor parts into leading-man territory. The same year, Forbes China named him to its 30 Under 30 Asia list, an early signal that his commercial value was being tracked beyond drama audiences.

The real breakthrough arrived in 2020 with two series released close together. In Find Yourself he played Yuan Song, a wealthy heir, which established him as a bankable romance lead. Then came Go Ahead, where he played Ling Xiao, a character carrying family trauma and long stretches of silence. Critics and viewers singled out his restrained, emotionally heavy work in that role, and it did more than any other project to move him past the pretty-boy label. Both series performed strongly on streaming platforms and expanded his audience outside mainland China.

He followed with Catman in 2021, a project that let him use his comedic timing and his action training. In 2023 he took a dual role in Just For Meeting You as Yang Yi and Yang Sihuo, and appeared as Zhang Ping in the period drama A League of Nobleman. In 2025 he led two series, Shine on Me and The Seven Relics of ill Omen, playing Luo Ren in the latter. Shine on Me became the centerpiece of his 2026 awards run. Alongside the acting, he built a fashion portfolio, working with Gucci and other luxury and beauty brands, and appearing on the May 2026 cover of GQ Hong Kong under the headline about him owning the moment. [edit]

Song Weilong's public image rests on restraint. Where many C-drama leads build a persona on warmth and accessibility, he presents as cool and slightly distant, with a minimalist style that has made him a natural fit for luxury fashion. His signature look is a short, textured haircut, clean tailoring mixed with streetwear, and very little jewelry. The overall effect is modern and uncluttered rather than ornamental.

Media coverage tends to frame him as a fashion figure as much as an actor. GQ Hong Kong's May 2026 cover positioned him as a style presence in his own right, and his Gucci association has kept him in the fashion press between drama releases. On Instagram, where he has roughly 3 million followers, his feed mixes professional shoots, behind-the-scenes footage and lifestyle posts, with a tone that is polished but not overly personal. He rarely uses social media for emotional disclosure, and that reserve is consistent with how he is perceived: a performer who lets the work speak and keeps the rest close. [edit]

Song Weilong currently holds a place in the iFANN Global Fame Rankings, sitting as the 37th most famous person in C-Drama as of the October 2026 cycle, holding steady from the previous one. That placement reflects a career that has moved past a single breakout into sustained visibility across drama, streaming and fashion. He is not on the August 2026 iFAMOUS Rankings flagship list.

His fanbase has no formal name of the kind common in K-pop. Chinese-speaking fans organize through Weibo and WeChat groups under hashtags like #SongWeiLong, and a large share of the audience follows him as one half of a pairing with Tian Xiwei, tracked under #SongTianCP. That shipping culture is a real force in his popularity: the two met through Shine on Me and their subsequent public appearances have been covered as events in themselves.

The organization is practical rather than ceremonial. Fans coordinate streaming numbers for his dramas, run birthday campaigns that have included billboards in Times Square and subway advertising in Seoul and Tokyo, and hold charity drives in his name, often directed at rural education. He engages back in a low-key way, mainly through Weibo and Instagram comments and stories rather than large fan events. The result is a following that is highly mobilized on his behalf but built around a performer who does not court attention for its own sake. [edit]

Song's birth name is Song Shiquan, and he performs under the name Weilong. He trained at the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School, one of the largest wushu academies in China, a background that remains rare among C-drama leads and shapes how he handles action scenes.

His height, around 188 cm, makes him one of the taller leading men in Chinese television, and it is frequently cited in fashion coverage as the reason he photographs well in structured tailoring. He owns property in both Dalian, his hometown, and Beijing.

One story fans retell is his scouting: he was reportedly noticed while still inside martial arts circles rather than through a formal audition or talent show, which is unusual for a star of his profile. Another is the reception of his pairing with Tian Xiwei. Their joint appearances, particularly at Milan Fashion Week in September 2026 for the Gucci show, generated enough traffic that Chinese social platforms reportedly slowed under the load, a detail fans cite as proof of the pairing's reach. [edit]

Song Weilong was born and raised in Dalian, Liaoning Province, and has kept his family largely out of the public eye. He has not publicly named his parents or any siblings, and interviews tend to stay on his training and work rather than his household. What he has shared is the shape of his upbringing: a childhood in Dalian that ended early when he left home as a boy to train at the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School, an experience that placed him in a disciplined, communal setting far from his family during his formative years.

He has no children. He maintains homes in Dalian and Beijing, and fan charity drives organized in his name have often focused on education for rural children, a cause that connects to his own account of leaving school early to work. [edit]

Song Weilong is closely associated with actress Tian Xiwei, his co-star in Shine on Me and his reported partner. Producer Yu Zheng signed him to Yu Zheng Studio in 2015 and shaped his early career. He is frequently compared in industry coverage to fellow C-drama lead Zhang Linghe. [edit]

Song Weilong has kept his dating life unusually quiet for a star of his profile. Through his early career, from 2015 into the early 2020s, there were no confirmed long-term relationships. Rumors linking him to various actresses circulated on Chinese entertainment forums, but none were substantiated by credible reporting or by statements from the parties involved, and they are generally treated as unverified.

The relationship that changed that picture is with actress Tian Xiwei. The two are believed to have begun dating around 2024, though they kept it low profile at first. Speculation intensified in early 2025, and their pairing became a central topic of fan culture after they worked together on Shine on Me. Co-appearances at high-profile events through 2025 and 2026 gave the relationship public traction that neither party has explicitly denied.

The clearest public moment came at Milan Fashion Week in September 2026, when they attended the Gucci show together. The appearance drew heavy international coverage and set off fan speculation about a possible engagement, though no engagement has been announced. Neither has confirmed a marriage, and they have no children.

As of 2026, Song Weilong is not married but is in a widely reported, ongoing relationship with Tian Xiwei. That is the latest status supported by the available reporting. [edit]

Song Weilong's income comes mainly from three streams: acting fees, fashion and brand endorsements, and residual payments from streaming platforms. Acting accounts for roughly 60 percent of his earnings. Top-tier C-drama leads in his bracket command an estimated $50,000 to $100,000 per episode, and a 40-episode series at that rate is a substantial single-project payday. Endorsements make up about 30 percent, with his Gucci association, beauty and skincare deals, and tech and automotive partnerships reported through 2026. The remainder comes from streaming residuals and property.

He owns real estate in Dalian and Beijing, and industry reports have suggested he holds equity stakes in production companies, though those holdings are not publicly itemized. Estimates of his fortune have ranged from about $6.5 million on the conservative end, counting known salary and ambassador fees, to around $12 million when private business investments and property are included. The iFANN Editorial Team's analysis of his earnings, ventures and assets points to approximately $10 million as of 2026, a figure that sits between the lower and higher published ranges.

His trajectory has been upward. Endorsement income grew noticeably after 2020, when Find Yourself and Go Ahead raised his profile, and the fashion work that followed, including the GQ Hong Kong cover and the Gucci relationship, added a revenue stream that many actors in his cohort do not have. The 2026 awards cycle around Shine on Me is likely to support further brand deals. He is 27, early in a career where the largest earnings typically come later, so the current figure represents a base rather than a ceiling. [edit]

Song Weilong's awards record is built on popularity and audience voting rather than jury prizes. His main wins came at the 2026 Global OTT Awards, where he took the Popularity Award for Shine on Me and shared the People's Choice Award with co-star Tian Xiwei. He has received many nominations across his career, but the wins reflect his commercial draw with viewers. [edit]