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(portrayed by
Peter Ho)
Age: 29
Blood Type: B
Horoscope: Cancer
Identity: A retired table tennis master
Personality: Loves his family, discreet and cautious
Specialty: Table tennis
Special Move: Vanishing Arc
Weakness: Shadows from the past
He is the legendary master of table tennis, nicknamed The
Gentleman of Table Tennis. He is an expert at the perfect table
tennis attack. His graceful body and an almost zero rate of
misses at striking the ball is the key to his success. His
special move, the "vanishing arc" almost becomes the legend of
the world of table tennis. Because of a family issue, he
withdraws from the world of table tennis and moves overseas to
live. However, when he discovers that his younger brother starts
to play table tennis, at first he was against it but then he
actually chooses to silently give his blessing and help because
that is one of his dreams that he never completed.
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(portrayed by
Tammy Chen) Age: 25
Blood Type: O
Horoscope: Pisces
Identity: Table tennis master
Personality: Arrogant, strives to excel, naïve and rash
Specialty: Different types of sports
Special Move: Fast smashing
Weakness: Jiang Tao
Practices playing ball with Jiang Tao since they were young, are
childhood friends and also both are table tennis masters.
Originally, she is already at the stage of talking about
marriage with Jiang Tao but Jiang Tao wants to go abroad first
to achieve his own dream in competing. However, Jiang Tao left
and never came back and there was no news from him whatsoever.
Ding Ni is a girl who is extremely stubborn when it comes to
relationships and feelings and as a result, she goes around
looking for Jiang Tao's whereabouts. Finally, one day, she finds
Jiang Tao in United who is acting as judge. Yet, Jiang Tao tries
to avoid Ding Ni in every which way that he can and hurts Ding
Ni even more in the process.
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(portrayed by
Roy Qiu)
Age: 25
Blood Type: O
Horoscope: Libra
Identity: Table tennis master
Personality: Uncommunicative and keeps to himself
Specialty: Different types of sports
Special Move: n/a
Weakness: Ding Ni
Jiang Tao and Lian Di coach, Wu Di, comes from the same school
and they want to find a new generation of table tennis masters.
In his mind, he believes that Ling Xiao has the greatest
potential. As a result, he returns to Taiwan from overseas to
train Ling Xiao. But he finds out that Ling Xiao lost all of his
memory after a car accident and decides that he will start
training Ling Xiao all over again and become the coach of the
table tennis society. However, he never thought that Ding Ni
would find him and cause him to face his own feelings.
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(portrayed by
Peng Bo Shao)
Age: 19
Blood Type: O
Horoscope: Aquarius
Identity: Student, Table tennis master
Personality: Optimistic, carefree, naïve, rash, full of sunshine
and warmth
Specialty: Looking toward the future
Special Move: Vanishing Arc
Weakness: Lin Han, friends, impatient
New student of United University. Is an intelligent, carefree
guy with a bit of foolishness. Filled with a sense of justice,
he loves his friends and his family. With a deep natural born
talent for table tennis, he has learned how to play when he was
young. Because of a car accident, he loses his childhood
memories and forgets that he knows how to play table tennis.
Once he enters United University, he accidentally joins the
table tennis society and becomes good friends with Gao Qiao and
Ah Du. Possessing the talent and based on impulse and his
strange passion towards table tennis, he advances very quickly
and becomes a new rising star in the world of table tennis. He
likes to search for inspirations on how to play ball in the
daily activities of his life and is one of Shen Ma's favorite
players. Yet his bad point lies in his short temper and falling
very easily into a psychological struggle within himself during
competition. Finally, he learns his brother's special move the
"vanishing arc" and becomes Chen Lie's number one opponent for
the College Cup Championship. On the relationship front, he and
Xiao Han both have feelings for each other yet have never
clearly expressed their feelings. It never crossed his mind that
Lin Han would accidentally die and this has become one of the
regrets in his life.
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(portrayed by Lin
Han) Age: 19
Blood Type: B
Horoscope: Aries
Identity: Student
Personality: Detailed, direct, a bit of a tomboy, understanding
Specialty: Dissolving conflicts
Special Move: Twirling Flips
Weakness: Love, Health
New student in the foreign language department of United
University, is the only female member in the table tennis
society. She possesses extremely clever hand skills. As a
result, she can strike the ball and then suddenly changes hand
directions and performs the "twirling flip", leading to a change
in the tempo of the play. She's naïve, direct and extremely
detailed. Her appearance gives one the feeling of being a young
boy and she is very easy to get along with. Always thinking
about other people, she doesn't like to compete with anyone. She
has known Li Zi for a long time and is better than Li Zi in more
areas than one. As a result, Li Zi is very cold towards her.
Even though she has good feelings toward Ling Xiao, she never
thought that she would get acquainted with Chen Lie at the same
time. At the moment, she can't figure out with whom her true
feelings are being directed towards. When she finally decides to
start a relationship with Chen Lie, she dies in an accident. Her
departure brings many regrets to the people around her as well
as causing people to realize the importance of life once again.
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(portrayed by
Wang Jian Long)
Age: 20
Blood Type: A
Horoscope: Pisces
Identity: Student, table tennis master
Personality: Silent and strives to be the best, arrogant yet
soft-hearted
Specialty: Different types of sports
Special Move: Tearful smash, indefinite random shots
Weakness: Lin Han, self-respect
A student of the physical fitness department in United
University. Champion of the previous College Cup Championship.
Nicknamed "The Tearful Prince." When he strikes his last winning
ball, a sympathetic tear will drop from his right eye. He, who
believes in scientific data as well as specialized training, is
an expert in fast kill shots and counter drive smashes. There
are very few people who are able to get more than 5 points off
of him. A new star in the world of table tennis, always striving
to be the best. Yet without any opponents, he is filled with
anticipation for the appearance of a worthy rival. He is happy
with regards to Ling Xiao's appearance, because he finally meets
a respectable rival in the field of table tennis. Besides from
playing ball, he is an extremely cool and cold person. And this
lonely prince's Cinderella is not Li Zi, a family acquaintance's
daughter, but rather, Xiao Han, the daughter of Lin's family,
whom he incidentally gets acquainted with. In the field of table
tennis, he is having a satisfying time, yet his road down the
path of relationships are not as smooth. He pursues Xiao Han
enthusiastically and after many twists and turns, he finally
succeeds. Yet because of an accident, Xiao Han parts from this
world. He becomes so depressed that he gives up on everything,
including his most beloved table tennis. Fortunately, Ling Xiao
is there to encourage and console him and pull him out of his
misery.
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(portrayed by Ren
Lei)
Age: 21
Blood Type: A
Horoscope: Capricorn
Identity: Student, President of the table tennis society
Personality: Calm, humorous, focused, hard-working
Specialty: Breaking through defenses
Special Move: Backspin / underspin
Weakness: Overly conservative, parents, women
Third year student of the Chemical department in United
University, president of the table tennis society. He seems to
act a bit crazy sometimes, but he is actually a very calm and
cautious person. He is good at observations and analyzing. He is
very familiar with the history of table tennis. He belongs to
the class of a very hardworking defense player. In the eyes of
his opponent, he is a very hard rival to match. Because he
doesn't have any special moves, not giving up on any ball is the
key to his win. But his special move is the backspin / underspin.
In his opponent's weakest backhand moves, he can strike out the
most beautiful and fastest backspin. With regards to Ling Xiao's
talent and fast progress, there is a time when Gao Qiao is a bit
jealous, but being a kind-hearted person, he is quickly able to
change his own attitude and thinking. During the table tennis
society's lowest time, he took on full responsibility as the
president of the society. More in love with table tennis than
any other person, under the pressure of his parents, he decides
to stop playing after the College Cup Championship and prepare
for the research institute exams. Anticipating the arrival of
love, he is very shy and conservative when it comes to his
feelings. As a result, with regards to Hu Li's affection for
him, he is at a total loss of what to do.
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(portrayed by Lin
Yu De)
Age: 20
Blood Type: O
Horoscope: Taurus
Identity: Student, Vice president of the table tennis society
Personality: Careless, lively, active
Specialty: Throwing in funny comments and jests in dialogues
Special Move: Never giving up
Weakness: Beautiful women, lacking in confidence, food
Student at United University, vice president of the table tennis
society. Has a simple, lively personality, is optimistic,
content with life. Not particularly in love with table tennis,
he joins the table tennis society in order to get a girlfriend.
Becomes the vice-president as members of the society start
drifting away with each year. But, the enthusiasm that he has
for table tennis is not dedicated enough and as a result, each
time that he holds a racket in his hands, he would not have any
confidence. Having feelings for Xiao Han also, he doesn't have
the courage to express his feelings to her because he knows that
he is not outstanding enough. Therefore, Ah Du chooses to step
back and become good friends with Xiao Han instead. Until after
the death of Xiao Han, Ah Du realizes that there is only one
chance in life. As a result, he decided to put all his strength
into practicing table tennis and become a true table tennis
athlete.
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(portrayed by
Fang Si Yu)
Age: 20
Blood Type: A
Horoscope: Leo
Identity: Student
Personality: Pampered, strives to be the best, righteous person
Specialty: Causing trouble
Special Move: Violent attacks
Weakness: Ling Xiao
Student of United University, president of the student
committee, daughter of Wang Shi Enterprise. Is pampered, spoiled
and strives to be the best in everything. Is especially
interested in those things that she is not able to get. However,
the commendable thing about her is that she is a righteous
person and very reasonable. Because her father and Uncle Chen
are long time friends, therefore, Li Zi and Chen Lie have been
friends since childhood. She deeply loves Chen Lie but this
feeling comes from her inexperience with love. Because not only
doesn't she have the chance, but she has never even thought
about taking notice of other guys. Yet after she accidentally
gets acquainted with Ling Xiao, she discovers that her heart
can't help it but continues to turn toward Ling Xiao's
direction. Always striving to be the best, Li Zi is very jealous
of Xiao Han who always surpasses her in everything. She even
purposely tries to frame the table tennis society to destroy the
relationship between Ling Xiao and Xiao Han. But after the death
of Xiao Han, she has a much deeper understanding of the meaning
of life and love. She decided to respect herself and Ling Xiao
and chooses to not make demands and not give up. Her way of
playing table tennis is only to attack and not defend, which is
totally different than her original personality.
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(portrayed by Cai
Shu Zhen)
Energetic and professional, An
Na gets promoted by Wang Fu to be the General Manager of the
Graphics Department in Wang Shi Enterprise. She used to be Ling
Yun's girlfriend and possesses extremely keen judgments. With a
great brain and methods to run a business, she is well above her
colleagues who are in the same field. She used to be the closest
person to Ling Yun, gentle and considerate. Because of Ling
Yun's departure 8 years ago, it caused an extreme change in her
personality. Since then, she has focused entirely on her work
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(portrayed by
Shen Jian Hong)
Male, 12 years old. Shen Ma's
son. Table tennis child prodigy. Has a playful personality and
likes to hang out with the females. He often helps Shen Ma with
training the others and is in charge of approving everyone's
training. When everyone is trying to kiss up to him, he would
always take as much advantage as he can and will not relax for
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(portrayed by
Song Chen Quan)
He and Ling Yun were famous
table tennis players 8 years ago. The move that made him famous
"indefinite random shoots" have yet to meet its opponent. At
that time, Ling Yun suddenly withdrew from the competition. Even
though Ling Yun's withdrawal succeeded in Wu Di's championship,
but he is not happy at all. He looks forward to playing a match
with Ling Yun again to determine the true winner. The main
reason that he accepted to become Chen Lie's coach is in hopes
of seeing "indefinite random shoots" and "vanishing arc" match
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(portrayed by
Hu Li)
Has a charming and witty
personality, likes to know about other people's business. Deeply
in love with all kinds of magazines geared toward women, she can
easily help other people with their problems by giving them her
opinions. It's just that when she encounters problems herself,
she becomes even more flustered and helpless than those people
she tries to help. This is the lovable part about her. She is Li
Zi's best friend and they both talk about everything with each
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(portrayed by
Chen Cheng Xiang)
Graduate student of United
University. The second in charge person in the school team. He
is good at psychological tactics as well as rapid alternate
rhythms. Being that he likes Li Zi, he is willing to voluntarily
deal with the table tennis society for her. Yet, Li Zi hasn't
shown any feelings for him at all. |
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