Ping Pong | |
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Traditional Chinese | 榮耀乒乓 |
Simplified Chinese | 荣耀乒乓 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Róngyào Pīngpāng |
Genre | Sports Slice-of-life |
Written by | Li Jia |
Directed by | Li Jia |
Starring | Bai Jingting Xu Weizhou |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 44 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Dai Ying An Rong |
Production companies | iQiyi Dream Media Give Me Five |
Original release | |
Network | iQiyi |
Release | March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09) |
Ping Pong (Chinese: 荣耀乒乓; pinyin: Róngyào Pīngpāng) is a 2021 Chinese television series starring Bai Jingting and Xu Weizhou. The series centres around the lives of professional table tennis players and their journey to becoming representatives of the sport on the world stage. It begin to aired on iQiyi starting from 9 March 2021.
Synopsis
Endless competitions takes place on the ping pong tables with two young men at the center. Xu Tan is physically weak but strongly passionate and Yu Kenan is unruly but talented. Despite their opposite personalities, Xu Tan and Yu Kenan's mirror the same journey in their sports careers and witness a pivotal time in the history of Chinese ping pong. Xu Tan is a player who undergoes a major transformation. Under the influence of his grandfather, he starts the sport to improve his health and gets noticed for his abilities. Yu Kenan is the star player from a famous family who comes to realize that there are many things he has yet to learn. For their dreams and for the sake of their country, they stand at two ends during the biggest competition of their lives.
Cast
Main
- Bai Jingting as Xu Tan
- Xu Weizhou as Yu Kenan
Supporting
- Yu Lang as Lei Lei
- Hong Bingyao as Zhang Caiwei
- Wan Guopeng as Liu Shi
- Bian Yiming as Fu Jingchun
- Qin Yijia as Xiao Jun
- Liu Yitie as Lu Xiaobei
- Dong Chengming as Lin Haozhi
- Yi Cheng as Zhang Chen
Production
The series began filming in November 2018 in Shenzhen, and wrapped up in May 2019.
References
- "Drama: Ping Pong". chinesedrama.info.
- "《乒乓》杀青首曝角色海报 许魏洲出演国乒选手". Netease (in Chinese). April 9, 2019.