Li Yitong (singer)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

For the actress, see Li Yitong (actress).

Li Yitong
Born	(1995-12-23) December 23, 1995 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	2013-present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李藝彤
Simplified Chinese	李艺彤
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Yìtóng
Musical career
Genres	Pop, Mandopop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Star48 Ninestyle Model Agency Ninestyle Music

Li Yitong (simplified Chinese: 李艺彤; traditional Chinese: 李藝彤; pinyin: Lǐ Yìtóng; born December 23, 1995, in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China) is a Chinese idol singer and actress. She was a member of Team HII of female idol group SNH48.

Early life

Li had developed an interest in manga and Touhou Project game series since her high school days, and during ninth grade, she developed an interest in cosplay. Prior to joining SNH48, she has also been a huge idol of AKB48, and regards Yuki Kashiwagi as her favorite member.

Career

Li took part in the auditions for second-generation members in mid-2013 before becoming one of the official second-generation members on August 18. With the creation of teams on 11 November, she became one of the 24 members of Team NII. On 2 November, Li missed the "Theater no Megami" stage as she had no prior dancing skills. On 16 November, she participated in SNH48's first major concert, "SNH48 Guangzhou Concert", held in the Guangzhou International Sports Arena.

In 2014, after not performing during public performances, Li decided to write more posts on Sina Weibo, allowing her fans to know her better. On March 19, she wrote a long Weibo post, which caused her to rise in popularity, and she eventually ranked sixth in the first General Election on July 26. On August 19, she started university at Shanghai International Studies University. On 12 October, the release of SNH48's EP "UZA" saw Li as part of the Senbatsu, and her first music video appearance, which was shot in South Korea in June. She was involved in writing the script for the 14th episode of SNHello, broadcast on Youku, which received over a million views.

On 31 January 2015, on SNH48 Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2015, Li Yitong performed "Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou" with Huang Tingting, which ranked fourth, while her performance of "Enjou Rousen" with Feng Xinduo was ranked 10th. On 25 July, Li was ranked third in SNH48's second General Election, receiving 47,134.5 votes, subsequently becoming part of Seine River together with Zhao Jiamin and Ju Jingyi. In October 2015, she was part of Shandong Television's reality program A Song for You, becoming the first SNH48 member to star in such a program. From 11 December onwards, she became one of the hosts for Informal Talks. On 26 December, her performances of "Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou" and "Ame no Pianist" on SNH48's second Request Time were ranked first and fourth respectively.

On June 27, 2016, Li starred in Studio48 drama Campus Beauty. On July 23, she starred in Hunan Television's variety show, Summer Sweetie. On July 30, during SNH48's third General Election, Li was ranked second with 169,971.4 votes.

On January 7, 2017, she participated in SNH48's third Request Time, of which her song "Temodemo no Namida", performed with Huang Tingting, came in second. On June 9, she starred in web drama Stairway to Stardom. On July 29, during SNH48's fourth General Election, Li came in second with 259478.6 votes. During the I Top Fan Festival on November 19, Li won the "Most Popular Female Artist" award. During the Tencent Star Awards 2017 held on December 3, she won the "New Female Artist of the Year" award.

On January 11, 2018, during the NetEase Attitude Awards 2017, Li won the "Most Popular New Artist of the Year" award. On February 3, during SNH48's fourth Request Time, Li was transferred to Team HII as part of the SNH48 Team Shuffle. On July 28, 2018, with 402,040.40 votes from the public, she ranked #1 overall during the 5th General Election held by SNH48 (Senbatsu Election), thus becoming the new Top Girls Center for the coming year.

On July 27, 2019, Li came in first again during SNH48 Group's sixth General Election. On September 13, she became the second SNH48 member after Ju Jingyi to be elevated to the Star Palace for coming in first for two consecutive years. As such, an individual studio and website were set up to manage her solo activities.

Discography

With SNH48

EPs

Year	No.	Title	Role	Notes
2014	5	UZA	A-side
2015	6	Give Me Five!	B-side
	7	After Rain	A-side
	8	Manatsu no Sounds Good!	A-side
	9	Halloween Night	A-side	Ranked 3rd in the 2nd General Election
	10	New Year's Bell	A-side
2016	11	Engine of Youth	A-side	First original EP
	12	Dream Land	B-side	Second original EP
	13	Princess's Cloak	A-side	Ranked 2nd in the 3rd General Election
	14	Happy Wonder World	B-side
2017	15	Each Other's Future	A-side	Center
	16	Summer Pirates	B-side	Sang on "Limited season" as part of Team NII
	17	Dawn in Naples	A-side	Ranked 2nd in the 4th General Election
	18	Sweet Festival	A-side	Center
2018	20	Forest Theorem	A-side	Center
	21	Endless Story	A-side	Center Ranked 1st in the 5th General election
	22	Now and Forever	A-side	Center Also sang on "Say Happy New Year", center

Albums

• Mae Shika Mukanee (2014)

With Seine River

• Sweet & Bitter (2015)

Units

SNH48 Stage Units

Stage No.	Song	Notes
Team NII 1st Stage "Theater no Megami"	Romance Kakurenbo 恋爱捉迷藏
	Locker Room Boy 更衣室男孩	Stand-in
Team NII 2nd Stage "Saka Agari"	Wagamama na Nagareboshi 任性的流星	Stand-in for Luo Lan or Ju Jingyi
Team NII 3rd Stage "Mokugekisha"	Ude wo Kunde 握你的手	With Meng Yue and Yi Jia'ai
Team NII 4th Stage "Boku no Taiyou"	Higurashi no Koi 暮蝉之恋	With Yi Jia'ai
Team NII 5th Stage "Exclusive Party"	Puppet 木偶	Solo song
Team NII 6th Stage "In the Name of Love"	Four Seasons 春夏秋冬	With Jiang Zhenyi, Wan Lina and Huang Tongyang

Concert units

Year	Date	Name	Song	Notes
2013	16 November	Guangzhou Concert	None
2014	18 January	Red and White Concert	None
	26 July	SNH48 Sousenkyo Concert in Shanghai	None
2015	31 January	Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2015	Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou 夜蝶	With Huang Tingting
	25 July	2nd General Election Concert	Blue Rose	With Wu Zhehan, Chen Guanhui and Li Yuqi
	26 December	Request Hour Setlist Best 30 2015 (2nd Edition)	Ame no Pianist 雨中钢琴师 Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou 夜蝶	With Xu Zixuan and Liu Peixin With Li Yitong
2016	30 July	3rd General Election Concert	New World 新世界	With Li Yuqi and Mo Han
2017	7 January	Request Hour Setlist Best 50 (3rd Edition)	You Are My Next Stop 下一站是你 Puppet 木偶 Temodemo no Namida 爱恨的泪	With Feng Xinduo Solo song With Huang Tingting
	29 July	4th General Election Concert	Can't Switch Off 关不掉	Solo song

Filmography

Dramas

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2015	Lonely Gourmet	孤独的美食家
2016	Campus Beauty	贴身校花	Qu Xue'er
2017	Stairway to Stardom	逆袭之星途璀璨	Ye Qiao
2018	Wan Neng Library	万能图书馆	Xiao Qing	Guest
	Cinderella Chef	萌妻食神	Ah Ruan
	Take My Brother Away	快把我哥带走	Fang Jie
2019	Chasing Ball	追球	Tong Jiayue
2020	Candle in the Tomb	鬼吹灯
	Mei Ren Mu Bai Shou	美人暮白首	Rong Su
	Charming and Countries	十国千娇	Fu Jinsheng
	Legend of two Sisters in the Chaos	浮世双娇传	Fu Jinzhan	main

Variety shows

Year	Date	Channel	Title	Notes
2014	17 June	Tudou, Youku	SNH48玩转世界杯	Co-host with Meng Yue
	September	TV Asahi Online	Shang High School 48 上海学院48	Ep 23
	9 September, 25 September	Tudou, Youku	SNHello	Ep 9, 12
2015	14 January	Hunan Television	I Am A Great Beauty 我是大美人	With Ju Jingyi, Qiu Xinyi, Mo Han, Wu Zhehan and Dai Meng
	23 January	Mango TV	Mini美人	With Lu Ting
	1 February	TV Asahi Online	Shang High School 48 上海学院48
	20 May	Kugou Fanxing	Kugou Star 酷狗星乐坊	With Mo Han, Kong Xiaoyin, Ju Jingyi and Gong Shiqi
	9–11 July	AcFun	Weekly News Girl SNH48 周刊少女SNH48	With Mo Han, Feng Xinduo and Yang Huiting (Ep 1) With Feng Xinduo, Huang Tingting and Yi Jia'ai
	10 July	Toonmax Television	学长驾到	With Yi Jia'ai, Dong Yanyun, Feng Xinduo, Zhang Yuxin and Zhao Yue
	13 July	KanKan News	语录	With Feng Xinduo, Yi Jia'ai and Zeng Yanfen
	27 July	QQLive	Running Mei 进击的女生
	16 August	Hunan Television	People (In) News 新闻当事人
	22 August	Dragon Television	Entertainment Online 新娱乐在线	With Ju Jingyi, Zhao Jiamin, Zhang Yuge, Liu Jiongran and Xu Han
	25 October-	iQiyi, iQilu, PPTV	A Song for You 为你而歌
	11 December-	Hubei Television	Informal Talks 非正式会谈
2016	8 January	Jiangsu Television	The Brain 最强大脑
	17 January	Jiangsu Television	Little Cook Star 加油小当家	With Ju Jingyi and Huang Tingting
	17 January	Hunan Television	Mom Loves U 妈妈的牵挂
	6 March-15 May	Zhejiang Television	Hidden Singer 谁是大歌神	With Zeng Yanfen and Sun Rui
	23 July	Hunan Television	Summer Sweetie 夏日甜心
	10 September	Hunan Television	Happy Camp 快乐大本营	With Top 16
2017	18 May	Hunan Television	The Beauty of Chinese Civilization 中华文明之美	With Fei Qinyuan and Sun Zhenni
	23 May	Xing Kong, Toonmax	WA 我爱二次元

External links

• Official Member Profile
• Li Yitong on Twitter
• Li Yitong on Weibo (in Chinese)
• Li Yitong on Instagram