Which Chinese actor voices San Lang (aka Hua Cheng) in Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Cifu)?

Following on from my article yesterday looking at the two actors who voice Heaven Official’s Blessing‘s Xie Lian in the Chinese donghua, today I’m looking at the actor who voices San Lang (aka Hua Cheng) in the same animated series.

Unlike the voicing of Xie Lian, which required a different actor in the two seasons (likely due to the incredibly busy voice actor from the first series not being available to voice the same character in the second), San Lang was voiced by the same Chinese actor for both seasons and the OVA.

Who is that actor, and what other donghua has he starred in before?

San Lang’s voice actor has starred in a number of very successful donghua

The Chinese VA who played San Lang is a still relatively young actor, but one who has already played several important parts.

His name is Ma Zhengyang (aka 马正阳) and, along with voicing San Lang in every Heaven Official’s Blessing episode so far (and pray we eventually get Season 3), if you have watched a fair number of donghua, you will likely have heard him in at least one of them.

Ma Zhengyang, by the way, was born in Luoyang, Henan, China on May 22nd, 1992, which currently makes him 32-years-old.

He gave a short interview about playing San Lang back in 2021, and one of the things he said was how he was first struck by how calm the character was:

“My first thought was about his calmness. San Lang is omniscient (ie: has infinite awareness like a God), and at the same time so mysterious. But I don’t think he intentionally hid anything in front of His Highness (Xie Lian), and so was always himself with him. That’s because he felt like, no matter how he tried to hide something, His Highness would always see it……

He has also always been like a tour guide to Xie Lian, as he knows everything and can tell a lot of backstories about anyone”.

Watch the rest of that Ma Zhengyang interview below. It’s quite interesting, as well as proves just how much Ma Zhengyang enjoyed playing San Lang.

You can also hear the actor voicing our favorite of the Four Calamities in the fist episode of the donghua down there as well.

Some of the donghua roles Ma Zhengyang has performed in

Scissor Seven (role: Blue Phoenix) — (2018-2023)
You Yao (Are You Okay?) (role: Xie Liang/Aiguo Fan) — (2020-2023)
Yi Nian Yong Heng (A Will Eternal) — (role: Xiaochun Bai) — (2020-2023)
Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Cifu) — (role: San Lang/Hua Cheng) — (2020-2023)
Wanneng Lian Ai Zahuo Dian (Love Magic Grocery)(role: Ye Shi) — (2023)
Zhan Shen: Fanchen Shenyu (Slay the God) (role: Lin Qiye) — (2024)
Cang Yuan Tu (The Demon Hunter) (role: Meng Chuan) — (2023)
Zi Chuan (Purple River) — (2021-2022)