Yen Hsing-su

Yen Hsing-su
Yen at the 2008 Leisure Taiwan Day in Taipei
Taiwan Beer Leopards
PositionChief operating officer
League
Personal information
Born (1976-09-08) 8 September 1976 (age 48)
Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight163 lb (74 kg)
Career information
High schoolPrivate Nanshan Senior High School (私立南山高級中學), Taipei County, Taiwan
CollegeFu Jen Catholic University
Playing career1995–2010
PositionPoint guard
Career history
Career highlights and awards
As executive:
Yen Hsing-su
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYán Xíngshū
Wade–GilesYen2 Hsing2-shu1

Yen Hsing-su (Chinese: 顏行書; born 8 September 1976), also known as Johnny Yen, is a Taiwanese basketball coach and former basketball player, singer and actor. Since 2017 he has been the assistant coach of the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team.[1][2] From 2015 to 2017 he coached the Fubon Braves in Taiwan's Super Basketball League.[3]

Nicknamed "The Basketball Genie" (籃球精靈) for his playmaking skills, Yen was a regular of the Chinese Taipei national basketball team from 1997 to 2003. At the 2003 ABC Championship, he led the tournament in assists (4.7 per game), but retired soon afterwards to pursue a career in entertainment. In the years to follow, he led the boy band 183 Club and also starred in many popular TV dramas. He returned to professional basketball in 2007 and permanently retired in 2010. He has played professionally in both Taiwan (Chinese Basketball Alliance) and mainland China (Chinese Basketball Association).

  1. ^ "HSING-SU YEN basketball profile". Asia-basket.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Chinese Taipei - FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ Ye Shihong (19 April 2017). "《籃球》富邦勇士大地震 總教練顏行書轉任顧問". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 July 2020.