Annie Yi
Wu Ching-yi (; born March 4, 1968), better known as Annie Yi () or Annie Shizuka Inoh (), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer. Early life and education. Wu Ching-yi () was born on March 4, 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan, the youngest of seven daughters of Yang Shu-wan () and Wu Min (). Her mother is from Keelung and her father is from Shandong. Her father divorced her mother to married another woman who gave him a boy, her half-brother Wu Pu-hui (). During her childhood, she was sent to study in a primary school at Hong Kong to  learn English. Then, she moved to Japan to live with her mother and her step-father 伊能祥光, a Japanese man from the Ryukyu Islands. She took her step-father's surname and took a Japanese name "Shizuka Inoh" (). She lived in Tokyo, Japan for six years and studied at Tokyo Chinese School. After returning to Taiwan in 1988, she took the stage name "Yi Nengjing" (), by simplifying her Japanese name dropping the last character. In 2010, she was selected as a judge for the television series "China's Got Talent". Personal life. On February 14, 2000, Yi married Taiwanese singer  Harlem Yu in the United States. They have dated for 14 years. On March 20, 2009, the Yi and Yu officially issued a divorce statement, ending their eight-year marriage. From this marriage, Yi had a son Harrison Yu () born on 16 March 2002 in the United States. On March 21, 2015, Yi married Chinese actor Qin Hao in Phuket, Thailand. Yi gave birth to their daughter Cindy Qin () in 2016 in the United States. On 25 September 2013, Yi announced that she adopted Xia Junfeng's son Xia Jianqiang () as her godson and his wife Zhang Jing () as her  blood sister. Controversy. In 2019, Annie Yi removed her social media post promoting the teachings of Indian godman Kalki Bhagwan after the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) issued a warning about the Oneness cult's activities in the state run media Global Times.