Hou Minghao
Born
August 3, 1997 (27 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Neo Hou is a Chinese actor and pop singer from Beijing, China. He graduated from the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (北京現代音樂研修學院). He debuted on December 12, 2014, as a member of the boy group Fresh Geek Youth (新鮮娛樂), releasing their first album "UP 4 U." He left the group on January 11, 2016, to pursue a solo career in acting and music.
Born into a military family with a three-generation military background, he began learning the accordion at age four, winning several first-place awards in Beijing competitions over eight years. In 2012, at 15, he became a trainee at South Korea's SM Entertainment (SM엔터테인먼트) for a year and a half. He later returned to China in 2014 to join Shang Wenjie Studio (尚雯婕工作室), where he was selected as a trainee through Shang Laoban’s Trainee (尚老板的练习生).
During his time with Fresh Geek Youth, the group won the Best New Group Award at the 22nd Eastern Wind and Cloud Music Awards (東風雲歌大獎) in 2015. In 2015, he also filmed his debut movie, "Funny Soccer" (笑林足球). In 2016, he released his first self-written single, "Super Dad" (超能奶爸), on July 11.
He won the Potential TV Actor of the Year award at the 2018 Tencent Video Starlight Awards (腾讯视频星光大赏) on December 18. He was affiliated with Black Gold Fashion (黑金時尚) during his time with Fresh Geek Youth from 2014 to 2016 and with Black Gold Entertainment (黑金娛樂) from 2016 to 2021. Since December 27, 2021, he has been with Hesong Media (和松传媒).

Love in Pavilion
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2025

I Am Nobody: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang
(13 episodes)
2025

2024爱奇艺尖叫之夜
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2024

Fangs of Fortune
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2024

Dashing Youth
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2024

Tenday
(20 episodes)
2024

Young Babylon
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2024

I Am Nobody
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2023

Hidden Strike
Assistant Ning
2023

Back From the Brink
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2023

Hu Tong
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2022

Hello Saturday
(3 episodes)
2022

People's Property
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2021

Our Times
Pei Qinghua · (36 episodes)
2021

Faith Makes Great
Cai Fuzhen · (1 episode)
2021

A Girl Like Me
Rong Xia · (40 episodes)
2021

When We Write Love Story
Self · (20 episodes)
2020

Psych-Hunter
Jiang Shuo · (36 episodes)
2020

Think Like a Dog
Xiao
2020

Over Again
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2019

The Lost Tomb 2: The Wrath of The Sea
Wu Xie · (40 episodes)
2019

终极高手
(1 episode)
2019

When We Were Young
Hua Biao · (24 episodes)
2018

Dunk of China
(10 episodes)
2018

Shake It Up
(11 episodes)
2018

Everlasting Classics
(1 episode)
2018

Inference Notes
Mi Kaka · (20 episodes)
2017

Tasty Life
(1 episode)
2017

Rakshasa Street
Cao Xuanliang · (48 episodes)
2017

Cambrian Period
Jian Zi · (24 episodes)
2017

Detective Club
(5 episodes)
2017

Funny Soccer
2016

Let me go my Baby
(12 episodes)
2016

Who's the Murderer
侯孩儿 · (2 episodes)
2016

Who's the Murderer
侯助理 · (2 episodes)
2016

Who's the Murderer
侯侯喝 · (2 episodes)
2016

Keep Running
(1 episode)
2014

Core
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2014

Divas Hit the Road
(23 episodes)
2014

Love in the Clouds
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Reading Class
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The Unclouded Soul
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Glory
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