# Swimming Battle

Swimming Battle (Chinese: 飛魚高校生; pinyin: fēi yú gāo xiào shēng) is a 2016 Taiwanese romance, sports television series created and produced by Sanlih E-Television. It stars Kingone Wang, Mandy Wei, Enson Chang and Cindy Yen. Filming began on June 1, 2016 and wrapped up in October 20, 2016. First original broadcast began on July 8, 2016 on SET Metro airing every Friday night at 10:00-11:30 pm.

## Synopsis

Can a woman who can’t remember her past and a man who is trying to hide his true identity break a swim team’s losing streak? Yu Die (Mandy Wei) was a genius child prodigy who lost everything she loved. Yu Die’s mother drowned while trying to save Yu Die and, in one very bad day, Yu Die lost her mother, her memory and her ability to swim. Years later, she crosses paths with Gao Hai Fei (Kingone Wang), the CEO of a multibillion corporation. Intrigued by Yu Die’s lost memories, Hai Fei hides his true identity from her and gets mistaken for a professional part-time worker who is a jack-of-all-trades. Yu Die asks Hai Fei for his help with the “Flying Fish” Men’s Swim Team, which has never been able to win a meet and is the laughing stock of the sport of swimming. With Hai Fei searching for a “mermaid” crush from his past, will he agree to help Yu Die turn the losing swim team around?

## Cast
### Main cast

* Kingone Wang as Gao Hai Fei （Phillip）
** Liao Bai Xiang as childhood Hai Fei
* Mandy Wei as He Yu Die
** Ella Wilkins [zh] as childhood Yu Die
* Enson Chang [zh] as Lin Ke Le
** Qiu Chen En as childhood Ke Le
* Cindy Yen as Fei Ou Na （Fiona）
* Emerson Tsai as Chen Jia Luo (Ah Luo)
** Cai Rui Ze as childhood Ah Luo

### Supporting cast

* Peter Guan as Fang Yi Lei
* Aaron Lai as Wang Er Tai
* Roy Chang as You Yu An
* Huang Hung-hsuan [zh] as Ruan An Zhuo
* Ally Chiu [zh] as Du Xiao Mi
* Zoey Lin [zh] as Luo Shan Shan
* Dewi Chien as Qiao Ke Qi
* Ban Tie Xiang as He Xing Xiong
* Pa Yu [zh] as Pan Duo La
* Charles Tu [zh] as Jin Chen Lang (Ah Lang)
* Wayne Song as Cui Min Hao
* Collins Ying as Ying Shao Hua
* Vic Lin [zh] as An Ge Ming (Ah Wei)
* Tina Chou [zh] as Hei Mo Li

### Cameos

* Chang Fu-chien as school principal
* Gao Wei Teng as director of student affairs
* Tu Kai Xiang as section manager
* Lu Wen Xue as Fang Jia Hao
* Jennifer Yin [zh] as Sandy Wang
* Lin Hai Er as Ke Le's mother
* Wu Shi Wei as Mr. Cheng
* Yang Li-yin as Auntie Hua Zhi
* Zhang Chang Mian as Qing Fang
* Chen Wan Hao as Uncle Black Carp
* Zhuang Zhuang as Reporter Wang
* Li Bo Ming as reporter
* Tan Ai-chen as Gao Yan Ming Zhu
* Darren Do [zh] as Lei Long En
* Michael Tao [zh] as Fei Tian Ci

## Soundtrack

* Handsome to Break Up 帥到分手 by Nick Chou
* When You Are Gone 餘波盪漾 by Hebe Tien
* Every Day is a Miracle 人間煙火 by Hebe Tien
* A Dream Where You Dreamt of Me 我夢見你夢見我 by Yoga Lin
* Unshakeable Rascals 熱血無賴 by Yoga Lin
* Spoiled Innocence 天真有邪 by Yoga Lin
* Structure of the Heart 心的構造 by Nicola Tsang
* What Is The Shape Of Your Love 你的愛是甚麼形狀 by J.Arie

## Broadcast

| Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
| SET Metro | Taiwan | July 8, 2016 | Friday 10:00-11:30 pm |
| EBC Variety | Taiwan | July 9, 2016 | Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm |
| Astro Shuang Xing | Malaysia | July 8, 2016 | Friday 10:00-11:30 pm |
| E City | Singapore | July 17, 2016 | Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm |
| True Asian Series HD | Thailand | Nov 18, 2017 | Saturday to Sunday 8:00-9:00 pm |
| UNTV | Philippines | This 2021 | TBA |

## Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
* FTV - My Teacher Is Xiao-he
* SET Taiwan - La Grande Chaumiere Violette, My Sister
* TTV - Life List, Q series
| Air Date | Episode | Average Ratings | Rank |
| Jul 8, 2016 | 1 | 1.40 | 1 |
| Jul 15, 2016 | 2 | 1.25 | 1 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | 3 | 1.45 | 1 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | 4 | 1.36 | 1 |
| Aug 5, 2016 | 5 | 1.36 | 3 |
| Aug 12, 2016 | 6 | 1.18 | 3 |
| Aug 19, 2016 | 7 | 1.41 | 3 |
| Aug 26, 2016 | 8 | 1.29 | 3 |
| Sep 2, 2016 | 9 | 1.38 | 2 |
| Sep 9, 2016 | 10 | 0.96 | 3 |
| Sep 16, 2016 | 11 | 1.27 | 3 |
| Sep 23, 2016 | 12 | 1.37 | 2 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 13 | 1.38 | 3 |
| Oct 7, 2016 | 14 | 1.47 | 2 |
| Oct 14, 2016 | 15 | 1.42 | 2 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 16 | 1.38 | 2 |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 17 | 1.26 | 2 |
| Nov 4, 2016 | 18 | 1.62 | 2 |
| Average ratings | Average ratings | | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Viewers Choice Drama Award | Swimming Battle | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Actor Award | Kingone Wang | Won |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Actress Award | Mandy Wei | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Potential Award | Peter Guan | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Crying Award | Kingone Wang & Mandy Wei | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Kiss Award | Kingone Wang & Mandy Wei | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Best Screen Couple Award | Kingone Wang & Mandy Wei | Nominated |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Viewers Choice Drama's Song Award | "Handsome to Break Up" - Nick Chou | Won |
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Viewers Choice Drama's Song Award | "Unshakeable Rascals" - Yoga Lin | Nominated |