Alien Huang (28 November 1983 – 16 September 2020), also known as Xiao Gui (Little Ghost), was a Taiwanese singer, actor, television presenter, illustrator and fashion designer.
Huang was the founder and designer of AES (Alien Evolution Studio), a clothing brand which he established in 2008.
Ever since primary school, his talent in arts and crafts had been evident as his grades were always within the top three ranks in poster-designing projects.
In high school, Alien Huang was chosen to take part in a pre-casting training course for the film Blue Gate Crossing.
In 2003, he became part of the boy band Cosmo, but due to a problem with the contract of one of the members, Richard(綠茶), they disbanded after releasing their debut album《關東煮》.
In 2012, he starred in Taiwanese film Din Tao: Leader of the Parade《陣頭》, which earned a box office of NTD 315 million, as well as the highly rated Singaporean drama series Joys of Life.
[11] Huang was discovered lying between the bedroom and bathroom in his Beitou District apartment,[12][13][14] with external injuries to the head.
[15][16] The paramedics who arrived at the scene pronounced Huang dead, with the body reported to already be at the stage of rigor mortis.
[17] The autopsy concluded that Huang died of aortic dissection, but found no history of cardiovascular disease and no external injuries.
[18][19] Huang dated Rainie Yang, the daughter of his godmother, for two years while they were both students at Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, although he clarified that they were not each other’s first loves.
Their relationship ended after Yang entered the entertainment industry and dropped out of the school, but they remained close friends thereafter.
[20] At the time of his death, Huang had been dating Wu Han-chun, a member of the cheerleading team The Passion Sisters, for a year and a half.