Eden Ang (born 9 November 1987) is an actor and YouTube Star based in Singapore. He has appeared in local television shows such as "Yes Mdm" and "Tanglin". In addition to his main YouTube channel, he has also been featured on local YouTube channel Wah!Banana as an actor on several occasions. In 2018, several sexual harassment allegations surfaced against Eden.

Eden was born on November 9, 1987 in Singapore to a Chinese-Singaporean father and a Japanese mother. He has a younger brother.

At 10 years old, Eden moved to Taiwan with his family. There, he studied at the Taipei American School before moving to New Zealand at the age of 13. He furthered his studies in Christchurch at the University of Canterbury and returned to Singapore at the age of 20 to complete his National Service (NS).^[2]

At the age of 8, he started doing karate and competed nationally from the ages of 15 to 18. He learned to play the guitar, drums and bass guitar from a young age and also pursued breakdancing during this period. He was recruited into a New Zealand breakdancing crew 'Common Ground' and went on to work for Universal Studios Singapore as a breakdancer in the performance group 'Rockafellas'.^[3] Subsequently, he ventured more into acting and producing YouTube videos.

Eden’s presence in Singapore’s entertainment scene ranges from commercials to theatre productions.

In 2012 and 2013, he participated in two productions titled "Spring Awakening" and "Rabbit Hole" respectively.

The two productions were organised by Pangdemonium!, a local theatre company directed by the husband-wife pair, Adrian Pang and Tracie Pang.^[6] In 2014, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award under The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards for his performance in "Rabbit Hole".^[2] In 2015 and 2016, he acted in StarHub TV’s Chinese New Year campaign commercials.

As of June 2019, Eden has more than 178k subscribers on YouTube^[4] and 92k followers on Instagram.^[5]

Eden played the main character Meng in "Love Notes", a Singaporean television film. Meng is portrayed as an idealistic kampung boy in the movie. Set in 1960s Singapore, the story centers around the relationships his character has with friends and family as well as his journey towards chasing his dreams.^[7]

Eden acted in the local Chinese drama as a supporting character by the name of Huang Shi. In the show, Huang Shi served as the main character’s assistant and died in episode 18 of the series. "Disclosed" aired on Mediacorp Channel 8 from October to November 2013. The 20-episode show follows a plot relating to investigations of cybercrimes.^[8]

Eden also played a small role in the now-cancelled Netflix original series "Marco Polo". He made an appearance in Episode 8 of the show’s first season.

Eden played the character Michael Tong, the son of Adam (played by Adam Chen) and Xue Ling (played by Constance Song). "Tanglin" is a long-running TV series centred around 4 Singaporean families - the Tongs, Lims, Rahmans and Bhaskars. The series documents the characters’ daily lives where they navigate through a multiracial society and interactions between generations. On March 13, 2017, Eden declared his departure from the show in an Instagram post. Eden’s last appearance on the show was in an episode that aired in May 2018, where Eden’s character had been sent to Brunei as a National Serviceman. Michael Tong has since been played by Royston Ong.^[9]

Eden played the main character Private Jeremy Ang Bai Zhi, a happy-go-lucky soldier, on Toggle’s Chinese language show "Yes Mdm". The show is centered around the budding romance between Jeremy Ang and his no-nonsense superior, Yang Lei (played by Oon Shu An). The show aims to provide a more light-hearted perspective on National Service in Singapore.^[10]

Eden Ang is well known for the content he creates on his YouTube channel under his production company Eden Ang Productions.^[4] As of June 2019, his most viewed videos include "Undercover | Eden Ang" with 1.7M views^[11] and "Cover Up | Eden Ang" with 1.5M views.^[12] The usual content that he uploads includes skits, vlogs, and short films. His latest video was uploaded on January 24, 2018.^[4]

Eden Ang has also collaborated with and been featured in other YouTube channels.

This includes local YouTube channels such as Wah!Banana,

TreePotatoes, Ryan Sylvia (N.O.C Night Owl Cinematics ), Noah Yap and JUO Productions, as well as the overseas YouTube channel Wengie Lifestyle.

In January 2018, a user by the name of Kuroe Kun on Facebook claimed that her friend, Lilith, had been turned away by the police when she tried to report a case of sexual harassment.

The Singapore Police Force released a statement on Facebook in response to Kuroe Kun, stating that no such exchange had happened between the alleged victim and the police.^[13] In the post, Kuroe Kun also revealed that the supposed perpetrator was Eden.

Subsequently, a local online personality Dee Kosh spoke up in an Instagram Live session that the victim, Lilith, had contacted him and sent him screenshots of the conversation that she had with Eden. In the conversation, Eden had allegedly sent promiscuous messages telling Lilith to refer to him as ‘Daddy’ and to turn up to work in a G-string.^[14] Following this, Lilith herself spoke out about the situation in an Instagram post. She confirmed that Eden had indeed touched her inappropriately despite her repeated rejections. Lilith further clarified that she was going to file a police report.^[15]

In response to the situation, Eden wrote on his Facebook and Instagram that he was confident of his innocence.

In addition, he believed that the allegations against him are not substantiated but rather, misunderstandings of what had actually happened.

Following his response, notable actors from the local film Ah Boys to Men spoke out in support of Eden. Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim, Joshua Tan and Noah Yap uploaded public posts stating that they believed Eden was falsely accused.^[16]

Following this incident, other women came forward with their own stories pertaining to Eden.

The day after Lilith had come forward with her response on the situation, former national gymnast Nicolette Lim claimed that Eden had verbally harassed her in 2015 when they were on set together. He had sent Nicolette inappropriate messages commenting on her underwear and private parts. However, she had deleted these messages with the assumption that nobody would believe her and thus, there was no need to be constantly reminded of the negative incident.^[17]

In May 2018, it was reported on Rice Media that another alleged victim, Naomi Tindall, was raped by Eden Ang.

The incident occurred in New Zealand when Naomi was 13 years old and Eden was 19. At the time, Eden was a university student working at a local ice rink as an entertainer and Naomi had been taking figure skating lessons there as well. They soon got closer and texted each other regularly. In the days prior to the alleged rape incident, Naomi had performed oral sex on Eden on one occasion. Subsequently, Naomi recalled that Eden had invited her to his home where she was pressured to engage in sexual activities with him. Naomi and her family had lodged a police report against Eden but the New Zealand Police did not pursue this case further, citing the lack of a strong case against Eden. In the end, they had issued Eden a formal warning instead.^[18]

Another female victim by the name of E. Lin released screenshots of the conversation she allegedly had with Eden on a local blog, Alvinology.

In the conversation, Eden had proposed that they should film pornography together. She had spoken out in hopes that she could encourage more women to do so as well.^[19]