Alien Huang (28 November 1983 – 16 September 2020), also known as Xiao Gui (Little Ghost), was a Taiwanese singer, actor, television presenter, illustrator and fashion designer.
He was a member of Japanese TV Asahi's disbanded boy band HC3 in 2002 and Taiwanese Rock Records' disbanded boy band in 2003. He went on to release five solo albums and acted in movies and television dramas. He was known as the host of popular Taiwanese variety entertainment show 100% Entertainment, which he left in early 2016.
Huang was the founder and designer of AES (Alien Evolution Studio), a clothing brand which he established in 2008. He also published three illustration books.
Early life Alien Huang was born in Taipei. He grew up living with his father, younger sister and paternal grandmother. Although he lived separately from his mother due to his parents' early divorce, they still maintained a close relationship. Ever since primary school, his talent in arts and crafts had been evident as his grades were always within the top three ranks in poster-designing projects. When he was in middle school, his father intended to train him to become a professional golf player. 小鬼老爹砸400萬教練費 揮桿馴躁動魂（苹果日报·整理报导） 13 April 2012 However, due to his interest in performing, he decided to apply to HuaGang High School of Performing Arts, where he was accepted after achieving first place out of thousands of applicants. There, he met classmate Rainie Yang, and they dated for three years. 《SS小燕之夜》楊丞琳 許瑋甯（談到小鬼黃鴻升部分） 15 August 2011 《SS小燕之夜》那些年 我們在華岡的日子（黃鴻升 蝴蝶姐姐 王心如） 9 January 2012 Their relationship ended when Rainie made her debut in the entertainment industry and dropped out of high school. He also put his hosting talents to use by serving as the MC of all major events held at school. In his spare time, he even worked in a fast-food restaurant. He obtained a lifeguard licence at the age of 18, 黃鴻升18歲當救生員（聯合報·整理報導） 4 August 2012 and a swimming coach qualification when he was 20 years of age.
Huang chose his English name "Alien" because he hoped to be an indefinable and unique character, like aliens are, full of creativity and not confined to normality. 黃鴻升解釋為何選擇“Alien”作為英文名字 15 March 2010 He previously also had various other English names, including "Janson" 楊丞琳送聖誕禮物 並爆出黃鴻升以前的英文名字“Janson” 25 December 2012 when he was in high school and "Harry" 黃鴻升兒時曾收到聖誕老公公的英文信 27 December 2005 when he was in primary school.
Career In high school, Huang was chosen to take part in a pre-casting training course for the film Blue Gate Crossing. While he did not participate in the film, it was during this time that he was discovered by his first manager, and had officially entered the entertainment industry at the age of 18.
In 2002, he began hosting a nature-discovery show for children named Follow Me, Go!. He then joined the Japanese-Taiwanese boy band HC3. They released their debut single "We Are Friends"《我們是朋友》, but disbanded not long afterwards.
In 2003, he became part of the boy band Cosmo, but due to a problem with the contract of one of the members, Richard（綠茶）, they disbanded after releasing their debut album《關東煮》.
In 2004, he played one of the main roles in the film Holiday Dreaming《夢遊夏威夷》.
In 2005, he started hosting various entertainment shows, and in 2006 he officially became a fixed host of the show 100% Entertainment《娛樂百分百》.
In 2007, he released a duet, "The Melody of Love"《愛的主旋律》, with co-artist Genie Chuo. He also released his first book《搞什麼鬼?!》the same year.
In 2008, he starred in the drama series Mysterious Incredible Terminator《霹靂MIT》 as one of the main roles, 747黃輝宏. He also released his first single "Fooling Around"《鬼混》 along with his second book《鬼怒穿》that year.
In July 2009, he released his first mini album Disdain《不屑》 and in December of the same year he released his first full album titled Love & Hero《愛&英雄》.
In 2010, he released another single, "Heart Amulet"《御守之心》, along with his third book,《赤鬼流》.
In 2011, he took on leading roles in the drama series Love You《醉後決定愛上你》 and "Lin Bei"《珍愛林北》, as well as the Singaporean film Already Famous《一泡而紅》. In August, he released the single "Transformers Cuz of You"《金剛變形》. In December, he released his second full album Break Heart, Black Heart《黑心傷品》.
In 2012, he starred in Taiwanese film Din Tao: Leader of the Parade《陣頭》, which earned a box office of NTD 315 million, as well as the highly rated Singaporean drama series Joys of Life. He also starred as the lead role in the Taiwanese television drama Sweet Sweet Bodyguard《剩女保鏢》, which gained high local popularity. His debut Asia concert tour G·host Tour 2012 also took place towards the end of the year, starting in Taiwan on his birthday (28 November) and continuing to Hong Kong and Singapore.
In 2013, he released his third full album, Make Sense《超有感》. He also held concerts in Taipei and Shanghai in the latter part of the year. He won “Most Popular Male Artiste” at the 2013 Singapore Hit Awards, as well as “MeRadio Top Downloaded Hit Award (Male Artist), for which the winning female artist for the same award was Singapore singer songwriter Serene Koong (龚芝怡). He also won two awards at the 2014 HITO Radio Music Awards, namely "hito网路首播人气” and “hito舞台演绎”.
In 2016, as his focus in the entertainment industry shifted to musical and acting careers, Alien left 100% Entertainment, the only show he was hosting at the time.
In 2018, he returned to hosting when joined Jacky Wu as hosts of Mr. Player. In 2019, he joined Shiny Zhang as hosts for I'm the Best In Taiwanese, an educational program about teaching Taiwanese to the public. At the time of his death, the show finished airing its second season, totaling 26 episodes.
Death At 11:27 a.m. on 16 September 2020, the police received a call from Huang's father, who reported that Huang was unresponsive. Huang was discovered lying between the bedroom and bathroom in his Beitou District apartment, with external injuries to the head. The paramedics who arrived at the scene pronounced Huang dead, with the body reported to already be at the stage of rigor mortis. The preliminary results of an autopsy suggested that Huang had cardiovascular disease. The autopsy concluded that Huang died of aortic dissection, but found no history of cardiovascular disease and no external injuries.
Personal life Huang dated Rainie Yang, the daughter of his godmother, for two years while they were both students at Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, although he clarified that they were not each other's first loves. Their relationship ended after Yang entered the entertainment industry and dropped out of the school, but they remained close friends thereafter.
In 2016, Huang was reported to be in a relationship with NueNue, a member of the girl group Weather Girls, who was spotted staying overnight at his home. Huang admitted that she was "the type I like" and briefly updated his Facebook relationship status to "in a relationship." The relationship came to an end after three years in 2019.
At the time of his death, Huang had been dating Wu Han-chun, a member of the cheerleading team The Passion Sisters, for a year and a half. Their relationship had been rumored, but was not confirmed until Wu made an Instagram post acknowledging Huang's death.
Discography
Solo studio albums and singles Release year English title Chinese title Format 2008 Fooling Around《鬼混》 Single 2009 Disdain 《不屑》 Mini album Love & Hero 《愛&英雄》 Album 2010 Heart Amulet 《御守之心》 Single 2011 Transformers Cuz of You 《金剛變形》 Single Break Heart, Black Heart 《黑心傷品》 Album 2012 Forgot How To Be Happy 《忘了怎麼快樂》 Single 2013 Make Sense 《超有感》 Album 2014 Dare to believe, dare to do, dare to love 《自以為我以為》 Single Love Song 《有感情歌》 Single 2015 Forget Me 《忘了我》 Single Napoléon 《拿破崙》 Single ALiEN 《同名音創作品》 Album2018HUMAN《人類》Album2020Plan B《Plan B》Album
Studio albums and singles (band) Name of band English title Chinese title Release year Format HC3 We Are Friends《我們是朋友》 2002 Single Cosmo Kanto Stew 《關東煮》 2003 Album Speedball Fastball Boys《直球對決男子漢》 2004 Album Playboyz Happy New Year – It's All Good 《Happy New Year 這個讚》 2010 Compilation
Collaborations Release year English title Chinese title Co-artist(s) Junior Han Richard Rim Jin-Xiu Duet BiBi Zhao Josephine Anan Xu Pei-Lin Cai Alex To Junior Han Richard Rim Genie Chuo Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Rui En Genie Chuo2020 Alan Kuo Bobby Dou
Soundtrack appearances Year English title Chinese title OST 2004 "Shining"(Cosmo) 「Shining」（丸子） Love Contract "Perfect Ending"(Cosmo) 「Perfect的完結」（丸子） Herb Lovers "Come Go to Hawaii"Speed Force(Cosmo) 「來去夏威夷」「上流速力霸」（丸子） Holiday Dreaming 2010 "Clone" 「複製人」 Rogue Principal 2011 "Transformers Cuz of You" 「金剛變形」 Lin Bei "Thank You for Letting Me Equal You" 「謝謝你讓我等於你」 Already Famous 2012 "Solicitude"(with Rui En) 「牽掛」 （與瑞恩合唱） Joys of Life "Forgot How to Be Happy" 「忘了怎麼快樂」 Sweet Sweet Bodyguard "One Four One Three" 「一四一三」 Dong-Huachun Barbershop 2013年 "One out of A Thousand" 「千分之一」 Just You "The Cat from the Farm" 「村上的貓」 "Beloved"(with Genie Chuo) 「心愛的」（與卓文萱合唱）
Filmography
Television series
Year Title Role Notes 2002 Freedom of Half Grown-Ups《半成年主張之搞個自由式》 Xiao Gui小鬼 2005 KO One《終極一班》 Cai Yi-Ling蔡一零 Cameo Detective Story A.S.T.《偵探物語》 Ah-Jun阿君 Cameo 2006 Tokyo Juliet《東方茱麗葉》 Lu Yi-Mi陸一彌 A Child from Heaven《天堂來的孩子》 Zhong Da-Gui鍾大規 Hey! Is the Water Boiled?《喂！水開了沒?》 Ah-Zhong阿忠 2007 Corner With Love《轉角*遇到愛》 Ah-Yi阿義 Summer x Summer《熱情仲夏》 Chen Lang-Zhu陳朗竹 2008 Mysterious Incredible Terminator《霹靂MIT》 Huang Hui-Hong黃輝宏(747) Taiwan 2009 Letter 1949《我在1949，等你》 Li Wen-Xiong李文雄 2010 Rogue Principal《流氓校長》 Wang Tuo-Hai王拓海 2011 Love You《醉後決定愛上你》 Geng Shuo-Huai耿爍懷 Lin Bei《珍愛林北》 Kong Yun-Qing孔雲青 Taiwan 2012 Joys of Life《花样人间》 Zhao Ming-Xing赵明星 Singapore Sweet Sweet Bodyguard《剩女保鏢》 He Zhong-Qi何仲祈 Taiwan 2014 Lovestore at the Corner《巷弄裡的那家書店》 Li Ze Xuan李澤暄 Taiwan 2017 Running Man《逃婚一百次》 Hsu Da-cai许达才 Taiwan 2019 Without Her, Even Hero is Zero《我是顧家男》 Brian Cameo Someday Or One Day《想見你》 Du Qi-min杜齊閔 Cameo 2020 Dream Raider《獵夢特工》 特勤隊長 HBO Asia Cameo
Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Wild (狂放) Lin Yi-jie 2002 Holiday Dreaming (夢遊夏威夷) Xiao Gui 2006 A Flight to Yesterday (飛往昨天的CI006) Li Zheng-fei 2007 Burn! Motorbike (燃燒吧！機車) Hu Di-ni 2009 Black Tide (黑潮) Xiao Gui 2011 Already Famous Christopher Singaporean film 2012 Din Tao: Leader of the Parade Ah-xian 2015 Gatao Ah-xiong 2016 Go! Crazy Gangster (風雲高手) Ren Laifeng The Big Power (大顯神威) Lin Keqiang 2017 All Because of LoveHong Disuo CameoWho is the Champion? (舞極限) Zhang Yunhan Malaysian film2024Fat Hope Nathan Singaporean film; posthumous release
Music video appearances Acting in music videos of songs by other artists:
Year English song title Original song title Artist 2002 Love Starts from Zero 「愛從零開始」 Stefanie Sun孫燕姿 2003 To See You 「來看你」 Jeffrey Kung孔令奇 Tomorrow 「明天」 Faith Yang楊乃文 2004 Never Back Down 「永不退縮」 Richie Jen任賢齊 2006 Lately 「最近」 Sam Lee李聖傑 2007 Trying Hard 「很用力」 Olivia Yan閻韋伶 The Melody of Love 「愛的主旋律」 Alien Huang & Genie Chuo黃鴻升 & 卓文萱 2008 Fly Together 「一起飛」 Various Artists群星 2009 Let Love Spin the Entire Universe 「讓愛轉動整個宇宙」 Various Artists群星 2010 Tomorrow Will Be Better 「明天會更好」 Various Artists群星 Happy New Year – It's All Good 「Happy New Year 這個讚」 Playboyz 2012 Solicitude 「牽掛」 Alien Huang & Rui En黃鴻升 & 瑞恩 2013 Habitual Hibernation 「慣性冬眠」 Gillian Chung鍾欣桐 After Returning Home 「回家以後」
Show hosting
Year English title Original title Location 2002 Follow Me, Go! 《下課花路米》 Taiwan 2004 Entertainment Oh My God 《娛樂歐MyGod》 Taiwan 2005 Survival Bus 《生存巴士》 Taiwan 2006 Cool Army 《蓋酷兵團》 Taiwan 2005 (as locum), 2006 (from official hosting)→ 2016 100% Entertainment 《娛樂百分百》 Taiwan 2008 Xiao Gui at Home Alone 《小鬼當家》 Taiwan 2009 The Winner Is 《得獎的事》 Taiwan 2011 China Love • Music Show 《中国爱•大歌会》 China 2014CityColor《:zh:城彩名人堂》 Taiwan 2017《趣你的娛樂》 Taiwan 2018《:zh:綜藝玩很大》 Taiwan 2019Best At Taiwanese《台語我上讚》 Taiwan2020《聊聊大明星》 Taiwan
Books