Junjun

Career

2007-2010: Morning Musume In 2006, Li auditioned for Super Girl, but failed to enter the top 10. Tsunku, who planned on expanding Hello! Project into overseas Asian markets, offered her and the other eliminated Super Girl contestants an opportunity to participate in Morning Musume's Happy 8 Generation Audition in Beijing, China, which was kept secret from the members of Morning Musume themselves. Li accepted in spite of her family's disapproval due to the Japanese-Chinese tensions.

On March 15, 2007, Li was officially announced as an eighth generation member in Morning Musume as a "foreign exchange student" along with Lin Lin. On March 18, 2007, she made her first Japanese television appearance on Hello! Morning, Morning Musume's variety show. Within the same week, she moved to Tokyo, Japan.

In 2009, Li, along with Morning Musume members Sayumi Michishige and Koharu Kusumi and Berryz Kobo member Risako Sugaya, released the song "Sekai wa Futari no Tame ni" as the group Zoku V-U-Den.

During the final show of Hello! Project's 2010 summer tour on August 8, 2010, Li, along with Lin Lin and Eri Kamei, announced they would be leaving Morning Musume after the final show of their fall tour, Morning Musume 2010 Rival Survival. Her final single with the group was "Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game", which was released on November 17, 2010. Li's final performance with the group took place on December 15, 2010, during which she sang "Furusato" as her graduation song.

2011-present: Return to China

In late August 2011, she was announced to be cast in a Chinese school-life film "Love for a Second" and as of early September 2011, she was discovered to be enrolling in the famous Beijing Film Academy, studying Performance Arts.

On May 8, 2015, Li announced through her Weibo account that she would be changing her professional name to "Li Qinyao".

Personal life

On December 26, 2014, Li announced on Weibo that she had married Chinese music producer Bernard Zheng. On May 28, 2020, Li announced on Weibo that she had given birth to a child.

Discography

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes 2007 Hello! Morning Herself TV Tokyo Morning Musume's variety show 2007–2008 Haromoni Herself TV Tokyo Morning Musume's variety show 2009 Bijo Houdan Herself TV Tokyo Hello! Project's variety show 2015 Moon Embracing the Stars Xia Mingxing Sichuan TV, Shenzhen TV Supporting role 2016 Eastern Battlefield Suya Jiangsu TV, Hubei TV Supporting role

Film

Year Title Role Notes 2013 Silent Witness Mengmeng's classmate Minor role; credited as Li Chun