Cheng Gin Yi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Gin Yi
鄭進一
Born	Cheng Gun-yi (1955-06-23) 23 June 1955 Xinjing, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Occupation(s)	singer, host
Years active	1982-present
Spouse	Chen Zhuli ​ ​ (m. 2006; div. 2007)​
Family	Chang Jinji (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Folk, T-pop
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭進一
Simplified Chinese	郑进一
Transcriptions Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tēⁿ Chìn-it
Cheng Gun-yi (birth name)
Traditional Chinese	鄭俊義
Simplified Chinese	郑俊义
Transcriptions Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tēⁿ Chùn-gī

Cheng Gin Yi (Chinese: 鄭進一; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ Chìn-it) is a Taiwanese singer, composer, producer, and show host. He was born in Xinying, Tainan. He was mentored by Chang Fei. Yi is famous for hosting Taiwanese variety shows and singing Taiwanese Hokkien music.

Career

1962-1984

From 1962 to 1965, Yi participated in many singing competitions; among them, in five singing competitions including Tainan Victory Radio, Yunlin Huwei Radio, Changhua Guosheng Radio, Chiayi Radio and Nantou Caotun Radio, he won the singing competition. One. When Yi was ten years old, he recorded the first single "A Duty Son's Wishes" to be included in the compilation. After Yi became an adult, he was invited by host Chang Fei to serve as the host of the show. The two performances in show venues all over Taiwan were very popular, and Yi has been a household name ever since. In 1982, Yi composed the single "Feelings" for Lin Huiping , which was the first song that Yi had written for others;he has since continued to help other singers compose lyrics and music.