Vanness was born in Santa Monica, California. He is an American Born Chinese (Taiwanese). He loves to play sports and is very active. He is a good singer from his past boy band, F4 (aka JVKV) and the best dancer He has been singing and dancing since he was young, he used hang out with a band called L.A Boyz, a former US Taiwanese boy band. He has also been featured in Run DMC's music video 'It's like that' He has a happy-go personality and is usually seen smiling. He moved to Taiwan at age 18 from America. His father named him after the street they used to live on. He thought it was a nice name and it suited him. His family includes: mother, father, older sister (was in a band), younger brother, and younger sister, Melody. Vanness used to be part of a very popular boy band in Taiwan (F4) and he has also done alot solo work so far. Vanness also has a small thing for anime and Japanese comic characters and loves to collect them. In the last decade, he has been in MANY shows like Meteor Garden, Come To My Place, Peach Girl, Meteor Garden II, Say Yes Enterprise, WIsh to See You Again, Three Kingdoms-Resurrection of the Dragon, Kung Fu Chefs, The Year of the Rain, and voted the best of all of Taiwan in 2009: Autumn's Concerto. He is currently (Fall of 2010) working on a Chinese drama in Paris, and he has done many Japanese as well as Chinese albums.