Keep Running (TV program)


Keep Running, previously known as Running Man China, or Hurry Up, Brother before 2017, is a Chinese variety show broadcast on ZRTG: Zhejiang Television. It is a spin-off from the popular original South Korean variety show Running Man by SBS. It was first aired on 10 October 2014. The show is classified as a game-variety show, where the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win a race.
The program has itself also been spun-off into a supplemental show, named Running Man Is Coming. It is hosted by Shen Tao, Luo Xi, and/or "Jenny" Lin Jieni. The show typically centers around secondary footage of Keep Running episodes, behind-the-scenes clips, or even the conclusion or final outcomes of a Keep Running episode that is too long to fit into the original broadcast time slot.

Program name

When the show was first announced, it was known as "跑男" or "Running Man" in Chinese. Programs on the Zhejiang TV channel required names with five Chinese characters, hence the program was then renamed to "奔跑吧兄弟" or "Hurry Up, Brother". But, before the official name changed, ZRTG had registered "跑男" as a trademark with the SAIC.
The supplemental show "跑男来了" continues to retain the "跑男" moniker in its title.

Episode style

撕名牌 or "Name-tag Elimination" is one of the main games of each episode and is usually the longest game. There are also many games played by the MCs and guests that often contribute to their result for the final mission.
The team that wins the final mission will receive a prize, usually related to the theme of the episode. However, even if a team wins most of the games, victory is not guaranteed.

Personnel

Cast members

The original members of Running Man are Deng Chao, Angelababy, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Wong Cho-lam, and Wang Baoqiang.
After season 1, Wang Baoqiang recorded his last episode and left the program to focus on his career but returned on season 3, episode 10 as a guest.
In season 2, Bao Bei'er replaced Wang Baoqiang but left at the end of the season as he was cast in Stephen Chow's Journey to the West II.
Singer Lu Han then replaced Bao Bei'er from season 3 to season 6.
Dilraba Dilmurat replaced Angelababy in season 5 due to Angelababy's pregnancy. Due to scheduling conflicts, Dilraba left in season 6.
For season 7, Deng Chao, Chen He, and Lu Han left due to scheduling conflicts, while Wong Cho-Lam left to focus on his family. Lucas from South Korean boy group NCT and its Chinese unit WayV, Song Yuqi from South Korean girl group I-dle, and actors Zhu Yawen and Wang Yanlin replaced them in the new season.
For season 8, Zhu Yawen and Wang Yanlin left due to scheduling conflicts. Singer Cai Xukun, actor/comedian Guo Qilin, and actor Sha Yi joined as new members and replaced them. Lucas and Song Yuqi, who are both based in South Korea, were absent for the whole season due to COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions.
For the first Yellow River special season, Lucas and Yuqi were again absent. Cai Xukun only participated in episodes 1-2 due to scheduling conflicts, while Guo Qilin only participated in episodes 3-4 due to scheduling conflicts. Zheng Kai was absent from episodes 1-2 due to the birth of his daughter.
For Season 9, Guo Qilin left the cast due to scheduling conflicts while Lucas and Yuqi rejoined the cast. Yuqi was absent from the first few episodes due to quarantine restrictions.
For Season 10, it was announced that due to scheduling conflicts, Lucas would not be involved in filming, while Yuqi left to focus on her career. Actress Bai Lu, who joined during the second Yellow River special season, and singer Zhou Shen joined the cast. Meanwhile, Cai Xukun returned after a temporary hiatus in the second Yellow River season. Zheng Kai was absent for the second half of the season, starting from episode 7, due to the birth of his second child.
For the Common Prosperity special season, Cai Xukun only participated in the first two journeys, which spanned the first two-and-a-half episodes. Zhou Shen only participated in the first three journeys, which spanned episodes 1-4.
For Season 11, it was announced that due to his upcoming tour, Cai Xukun would not be participating. Yuqi rejoined the cast, and Fan Chengcheng from the Chinese boy group NEXT also joined as a new cast member.
For the Nature special season, it was announced that Angelababy would not be participating, while Zhang Zhenyuan from the Chinese boy group Teens In Times joined as a new cast member. This member setup was retained in Season 12.
During the Ancient Tea Horse Road Season both Yuqi and Zhou Shen only appeared in episodes 6-8 due to scheduling conflicts. Fan Chengcheng also did not participate in this season, as he was filming a television show at the time.
For Season 13 of Keep Running the regular 8 cast members Li Chen, Zheng Kai, Yuqi, Sha Yi, Bai Lu, Zhou Shen, Fan Chengcheng and Zhang Zhenyuan reunited and were joined by Meng Ziyi and Li Yunrui. The newest cast members had been guests during the previous Tea Horse Road Season and starred in the Chinese drama Blossom.

Production staff

The chief production director is Yao Yitian, who is often referred to on the show by his nickname "Yao PD". His voice is typically the one heard during interactions between cast members and the production crew. He has also at various times been featured on-camera during the show, such as during the last episode of Season 9, "Cast members vs. Production team", where he was nominated by the cast members to be one of the production team members to undergo the final "giant water bomb" punishment if the cast members were able to beat the production team, and episode 8 of Season 10, where he was pulled on-camera by one of the teams to be their extra helper during one of the games.
The announcer and provider of most of the voice-overs is He Yannan, who is a radio host for Zhejiang Radio and Television Group and also provides voice-over for various other Zhejiang Television programs, such as The Voice of China.

Guests with the most appearances

Some guests were occasionally featured or invited to the show during its run. The following list is of guests who appeared the most often as of 13 December 2025.
RankNameNo. of episodesEpisodesOccupation
1175/01, 6/12, YR2/05, 10/09-10/10, LBaBL/01, LBaBL/05, 11/09-11/10, NS/04-NS/07, 12/06-12/08, 12/12Actor
210YR1/06, 9/12, 10/01, 11/08, NS/01-NS/03, TATHRS/03-TATHRS/05Actress
39YR1/05, 9/04, 9/13, YR2/01-YR2/02, 10/05, 12/07, TATHRS/04-TATHRS/05Actor
471/02, 1/09, Movie, 12/07, TATHRS/01-TATHRS/02, 13/11Actress
47TATHRS/03-TATHRS/04, 13/06, THR/01-THR/04Actor
665/06, 7/06-7/07, 8/06, 9/10-9/11Rapper
666/02-6/03, 8/09, YR1/03-YR1/04, 9/12Actress
6610/02-10/03, 11/11-11/12, 12/10, 13/04Actor
6612/03, 13/06, THR/01-THR/04Actor

List of episodes

''If more than one set of teams are used other than the Race Mission teams, they are divided and distinguished to the corresponding mission under Teams. Team members are listed in alphabetical order from Team Leader to Members, to Guests. As some episodes consisted of road missions and were not confined to a single landmark nor was a landmark officially recognized on-air, the landmark shown for those episodes is the final mission venue.''

Series overview

Movie

is a 2015 Chinese reality comedy film directed by Hu Jia and Cen Junyi. Deng Chao was unable to participate in the movie filming due to scheduling conflicts. The movie was released to theaters on 30 January 2015.

Guests

Many guests have taken part in Keep Running. The following is a compilation of guests and the number of times they have been on the show. With regards to guest-turned-members or former members of the show, only the times they were a guest are counted. The guests are sorted based on the first episode that they took part in.
GuestEpisodeNumber of episodesNumber of appearances
Ma Su1/01, 3/0222
Shawn Dou1/0111
Kim Jong-kook 1/01, 1/05, Movie, 4/0544
Gülnezer Bextiyar1/0211
Tang Yixin1/02, 5/03-5/0432
Zhang Lanxin1/02, 3/1122
Sie Yi-lin1/02, 1/09, Movie, 12/07, TATHRS/01-TATHRS/02, 13/1176
Lin Gengxin1/03-1/05, 2/04, 4/0353
1/03-1/04, 2/0332
Wang Likun1/03-1/0421
Yoo Jae-suk 1/05, 4/0522
Jee Seok-jin 1/05, 4/0522
Gary 1/05, 4/0522
Haha 1/05, 4/0522
Song Ji-hyo 1/05, 4/0522
Lee Kwang-soo 1/05, 4/0522
1/06-1/07, 1/14, 1/SP43
Yi Yi1/06-1/07, 1/SP, Movie43
1/0811
Guan Zhe1/0811
1/0811
1/0811
Lynn Hung1/09, Movie, 3/1133
1/0911
1/10, Movie, 5/0933
Zhang Xinyi1/1011
Yuan Hong1/1011
JJ Lin1/11, 1/SP, 5/0233
Emma Wu1/1111
Blackie Chen1/12, 4/01, 4/1233
Zhao Liying1/1211
Sun Yang1/1211
Chen Yufan 1/14, 1/SP22
Bai Baihe1/14, 2/1022
Show Lo1/SP11
Cyndi Wang1/SP11
G-Dragon 1/SP11
Chen Huan1/SP11
Fan Bingbing2/0111
Han Geng2/01, 11/00-11/0132
Huang Xiaoming2/0211
Song Jia2/03, 3/0222
Lay Zhang 2/0411
2/0411
Aarif Rahman2/0411
Jiang Jinfu2/0411
Nicky Wu2/0511
Joe Chen2/05, 3/02, 12/1133
Du Chun2/0511
Yao Chen2/0611
Jam Hsiao2/06, 7/08, 9/1133
Shin2/06, 10/05-10/0632
2/06, 9/01, 11/0333
Da Peng2/0611
Liu Tao2/07, 5/07, 12/00-12/0143
Ada Choi2/0911
Huo Siyan2/0911
Rain Lee2/0911
Jiang Xin2/0911
Jiang Yiyan2/0911
Wallace Chung2/1011
Jing Boran2/10, 7/1222
Tiffany Tang2/1111
Liu Yan2/11, 3/06-3/07, 8/0843
Amber Kuo3/0211
Zhang Huiwen3/0211
Elva Hsiao3/0311
3/0311
3/0311
Wu Mochou3/0311
Xie Na3/0411
Huang Bo3/0511
Ruby Lin3/0511
Xia Yu3/0511
Feng Shaofeng3/06-3/0721
Ella Chen3/06-3/07, 4/0332
Sun Li3/0811
Yang Mi3/09, 6/0822
Wang Baoqiang3/1011
Kuo Bea-ting3/1111
Leanne Li3/1111
Sui He3/11, 4/02, 8/0433
Jia Ling4/02, 5/05-5/0632
Lin Yun4/02, 10/0122
Ma Sichun4/0211
Janine Chang4/0211
Ivy Chen4/0411
Zhang Tian'ai4/04, 5/12, 8/0433
Jason Zhang4/06, 6/1122
Rain4/0611
Tan Weiwei4/0611
Song Joong-ki4/0711
Zhang Yuqi4/07, 13/0222
Alec Su4/0811
Zhang Hanyu4/0811
Na Ying4/0911
Song Xiaobao4/09, 6/10, 8/0733
Yang Kun4/1011
Yangwei Linghua 4/1011
Zeng Yi 4/1011
4/1011
Jimmy Lin4/1111
Jiang Shuying4/1111
Yue Yunpeng4/1211
Jacky Heung4/1211
Qiao Shan4/12, 12/0422
Zhang Jingchu4/1211
Wang Ziwen4/1211
Hua Chenyu4/1211
Carina Lau5/0111
Yuan Shanshan5/0111
Bosco Wong5/0111
Guan Xiaotong5/01, 8/01, 11/0333
Wei Daxun5/01, 6/12, YR2/05, 10/09-10/10, LBaBL/01, LBaBL/05, 11/09-11/10, NS/04-NS/07, 12/06-12/08, 12/121710
William Chan5/0211
Li Qin5/03-5/04, 8/06, 9/0843
Charlene Choi5/03-5/04, 13/01-13/01 pt.242
Lin Chi-ling5/03-5/0421
Joey Yung5/03-5/04, YR1/06, 10/02, 12/0854
Jing Tian5/05-5/0621
Jackson Wang5/06, 7/06-7/07, 8/06, 9/10-9/1164
Ma Dong5/0711
"Ethan" Ruan Jingtian5/0911
Karena Lam5/0911
Li Xian5/1011
"Ariel" Lin Yichen5/10, 12/0622
"Allen" Ren Jialun5/1011
Zhang Kaili5/1011
Yang Xuwen5/1111
Zhu Yawen5/1111
Cherrie Ying5/1211
Wang Leehom5/1211
Elvis Han5/12, 8/0622
Wu Xiubo6/02-6/0321
Hannah Quinlivan6/02-6/0321
Song Zu'er6/02-6/03, 8/09, YR1/03-YR1/04, 9/1264
Zhong Chuxi6/02-6/0321
Selina Jen6/02-6/0321
Lan Yingying6/02-6/0321
He Yujun6/04-6/0521
Hui Ruoqi6/04-6/0521
Wu Dajing6/04-6/05, 11/00-11/0142
Su Bingtian6/04-6/05, 12/1232
Zhang Guowei6/04-6/0521
Xu Yaping6/04-6/0521
Sha Yi6/06, 7/08-7/0932
Wang Luodan6/0711
Ouyang Nana6/07, 8/1222
Fan Chengcheng6/07, 6/1122
Fan Zhiyi6/0811
Li Yi6/0811
Du Jiang6/0811
Zhang Yunlong6/0811
Li Jiayue6/0811
Luís Figo6/0811
Zhao Yixiong6/0811
Deng Jiajia6/0911
Sun Yizhou6/09, 12/0322
Li Jinming6/0911
Li Jiahang6/0911
Lou Yixiao6/0911
Angela Zhang6/10, 9/04, 13/01-13/01 pt.243
Han Xue6/1011
Jane Zhang6/11, 13/0922
Darren Wang6/1111
Chen Linong 6/11, 7/12, 8/11, 9/1344
Justin Huang 6/11, 8/01-8/0232
Lin Yanjun 6/1111
Zhu Zhengting 6/1111
Wang Ziyi 6/1111
Xiao Gui 6/11, 13/0922
You Zhangjing 6/1111
Bai Yu7/01, 8/1122
Wu Chun7/0211
Yang Di7/03, 7/07, 8/02, 10/08, LBaBL/0655
Nie Yuan7/04, 8/06, 10/09, 11/0544
Charmaine Sheh7/0511
Wu Jinyan7/05, 8/0722
Jenny Zhang7/0511
Darren Chen7/0611
Xu Kai7/06, 9/1022
Fu Yuanhui7/0611
Joe Cheng7/0711
Guo Ailun7/0811
Wang Zhelin7/0811
Yang Ming7/0811
Chen Xuedong7/09, YR1/0622
Peng Xiaoran7/0911
Su Qing7/0911
Richie Jen7/1011
Hu Xia7/1011
Raymond Lam7/1111
Shen Jiani7/1211
Qian Kun 7/1211
Xiaoshenyang7/1211
Zuo Chao7/1211
Wang Yaoqing8/03, YR2/0522
Hu Ke8/0311
Cheng Xiao8/0411
Song Yanfei8/04, 10/01, 12/1133
Song Yi8/0411
Zhang Han8/0411
Zhou Shen8/05, YR2/0522
Li Ronghao8/0511
Wang Sulong8/05, YR1/05-YR1/0632
Jin Jing8/08, YR1/02, 9/08, 10/07-10/0855
Yan Qing Zi8/0811
Wu Lei8/0811
Meng Mei Qi8/0911
Huang Ling8/0911
Zhang Da Da8/09, 10/03, 11/0233
He Luo Luo 8/1111
Zhou Zhennan 8/1111
Duan Aojuan8/1111
Jiang Yiyi8/11, 11/0811
Wu Xuanyi8/12, 9/11, 10/0533
G.E.M.YR1/03-YR1/04, 9/01-9/0352
Victor MaYR1/04, 11/0222
Bai LuYR1/05, 9/01-9/0342
Zhang JikeYR1/0511
Yan Xujia YR1/0511
Zhou JieqiongYR1/05, 9/0922
YR1/05, 9/04, 9/13, YR2/01-YR2/02, 10/05, 12/07, TATHRS/04-TATHRS/0597
Meng ZiyiYR1/06, 9/12, 10/01, 11/08, NS/01-NS/03, TATHRS/03-TATHRS/05106
Qin Hao9/01-9/0333
Baby Zhang9/02-9/0322
Meng Jia9/04, 10/01, 11/0533
Zhou Ye9/0411
He Hongshan9/0411
Li Chun9/0411
Zhang Binbin9/04, CP/07-CP/0832
Bi Wenjun9/0511
Chen Feiyu9/0511
Miao Miao9/06, 12/0322
Cao Bingkun9/0711
Ayanga9/07-9/0821
Li Yunrui9/07, 11/06, TATHRS/03-TATHRS/0553
Guo Qilin9/0911
Dong Sicheng 9/1011
Qin XiaoxianYR2/03-YR2/04, YR2/05, 10/05-10/0653
Gong LijiaoYR2/03-YR2/0411
Hu Yanbin10/01, 10/0422
Dylan Wang10/02-10/03, 11/11-11/12, 12/10, 13/0464
Tang Jiuzhou10/02, Eco/04-Eco/0752
"James" Li Zhuxian10/0211
Mao Xiaotong10/0211
Zhang Bichen10/0311
Wang Ju10/0411
Chen Youwei10/0511
Shan Yichun10/0611
Shao Bing10/0611
Jin Chen10/07-10/0822
Ni Hongjie10/0711
Yuan Yawei10/0711
Li Dan10/0811
Curley Gao10/09, 12/0922
Li Wen10/0911
Lü Xiaojun10/1011
Xu Mengtao10/1011
Zhang Changning10/1011
Gao Tingyu10/1011
Liu Genghong10/1011
Lu Keran10/1111
An Qi10/1111
Jiang Dunhao10/1211
Zhao Lusi10/1211
Zhang JianingCP/0111
Sun YiCP/02-CP/0321
"Jason" Fu LongfeiCP/03-CP/0421
Chen ZhuoxuanCP/03-CP/0421
Wu YiCP/0511
Liu XieningCP/0511
Liu YitongCP/0511
Bo PangCP/0611
Tang XiaotianCP/0611
Zhang RuonanLBaBL/06, 11/06, 12/0533
Shen YueCP/07-CP/0821
Qiao XinCP/07-CP/0821
Zhang YuxiCP/07-CP/0821
Chen ZheyuanLBaBL/07-LBaBL/08, 11/02, 12/0543
Zhang Jingyi11/00-11/0121
Allen Su11/00-11/01, 12/0832
Zhang Yishan11/0311
Liu Yu 11/0411
Uno Santa 11/0411
Rikimaru Chikada 11/0411
Mika Hashizume 11/0411
Gao Qingchen 11/0411
Lin Mo 11/0411
Bo Yuan 11/0411
Zhang Jiayuan 11/0411
Yin Haoyu 11/0411
Zhou Keyu 11/0411
Liu Zhang 11/0411
Huang Xiaoyun11/0511
Hou Minghao11/0611
Xue Kaiqi11/0611
Huang Yi11/0811
Zhang Weili11/0811
Ma Tianyu11/0811
Zhang Linghe11/0911
"Patrick" Shih Boyu11/1011
Sun Zhenni11/1011
Xu Hongzhi11/1011
Minnie 11/1111
Yang Yunqing11/1211
Cai WenjingEco/01-Eco/0331
Huang XinchunEco/03-Eco/0421
Lu YuxiaoEco/03-Eco/0421
Fan ShiqiEco/03-Eco/0421
Deng EnxiEco/04-Eco/0741
Chen BingEco/04-Eco/0741
Jiang LongNS/04-NS/07, 12/0452
Yang Tian Zhen12/00-12/0121
Zheng Yecheng12/0211
Zhang Yi Fan12/0211
Ao Rui Peng12/0311
Sun Qian12/0311
GAI12/0311
Tim Huang12/0611
Cai Guo Qing12/0611
Shen Xiao Ting12/08, TATHRS/01-TATHRS/0232
Zhang Hao12/0911
Ricky12/0911
Duan Xiao Wei12/0911
Steve Chou13/01-13/01 pt.221
Wang Heye13/01-13/01 pt.221