Tan Jianci is active as an actor in China and is known for his roles as Sima Zhao in The Advisors Alliance (2017), Cao Pi in Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018), Chen Renxiang in Winter Begonia (2020), Shen Yi in Under the Skin (2022), and Xiang Liu / Fangfeng Bei in Lost You Forever (2023).
While living there, he changed his own name to Kenji (健次) due to his adoration for Kenshiro, a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fist of the North Star manga series.
[3] In 2006, Tan Jianci was chosen as a trainee for Taihe Rye Music's project group, began a three-year training period in 2007.
Adopting the stage name JC-T, he debuted as a member of the boy group M.I.C at the 2009 World Cyber Games (WCG) in Chengdu.
Following a whirlwind year in 2023, Tan Jianci made a comeback at the Hunan TV spring festival show with his title single, Bad Mona Lisa, from his second album, Brilliance (Chinese: 焕).
Throughout Tan acting career, he had experimented with all kinds of genres, including several low budget indie projects.
At the age of 16, Tan Jianci was cast as Xian-chuen, marking his acting debut in 2008, portraying a bereaved and sullen teenager.
Tan portrays Zhou Ziyi, an athletic, carefree and frivolous young adult, on a soccer scholarship.
[19] The same year he was cast in the drama Winner Is King, adapted from novel Sha Po Lang by Priest alongside Chen Zheyuan.
[22] In 2023, Tan Jianci rose to international stardom for his portrayal of Xiang Liu, the Chenrong (Shennong) General of the resistance army, in the drama, Lost You Forever.
In the same year, Tan wrapped up the filming of Go East, a historical costume drama based on the Chinese novel, Records of Kings of the Western Regions (Sifang Pavilion).
[citation needed] Tan has participated in several variety shows, spanning from his idol years in M.I.C to the present day.
In 2022, Tan joined several of his idol colleagues, Meng Jia and Rainie Yang, as mentors for the college dance competition Campus Go, which was hosted by KUN.