Takes a Real Man

Man (simplified Chinese: 真正男子汉; traditional Chinese: 真正男子漢; pinyin: Zhēnzhèng Nánzǐhàn) is a Chinese variety show that airs on Hunan Television. The show is based on the South Korean series Real Men by MBC. The show is a large national defence education special program in the People's Republic of China. Season 1 began airing on May 1, 2015, Friday nights at 10:00 PM with 12 episodes total. Season 2 began airing on October 21, 2016 on Friday nights with 14 episodes total. Season 3 will start filming on June 18, 2017.

Takes a Real Man
Genre	Variety show
Based on	Real Men (TV series) by MBC
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	TBA
Production
Production location	Mainland China
Camera setup	Multicamera setup
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	HBS: Hunan Television
Release	May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)
Related
Real Men

Cast

Season 1

The first season would start by enlisting 6 males in the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.

• Wang Baoqiang (badly hurt in Episode 5, returned to the troop in Episode 7)
• Zhang Fengyi
• Yuan Hong
• Guo Xiaodong
• Du Haitao
• Liu Haoran
• Oho Ou (first appeared in Episode 6)

Season 2

The second season differed from the first season by enlisting 4 females and 4 males in the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

• Yang Mi
• Jiang Jinfu
• Sun Yang (left the troop in connection with swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics#Men's events in Episode 2, returned in Episode 5)
• Huang Zitao
• Tong Liya
• Shen Mengchen
• Zhang Lanxin
• Li Rui

Season 3

• Liu Tao
• Jackson Yi
• Yang Zi
• Zhang Tianai
• Huang Xuan
• Zhu Yawen
• Wang Luodan
• Zhang Dada

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)