Jay (played by Jay Chou) is a protagonist in Secret.
A piano prodigy who transfers to Tamkang Secondary School in 1999. He falls in love with classmate Xiaoyu and discovers a time-traveling piano piece called Secret. After she mysteriously disappears, he plays the song backward to travel to 1979 to find her. Rain (played by Gwei Lun-mei) is a protagonist in Secret.
A talented piano student who shares the mysterious melody Secret with Jay. She actually travels back 20 years to 1979, where she meets Jay's father. After seeing Jay kiss another girl and wear her bracelet, she decides to vanish from Jay's timeline to spare him pain. Sir. Yip (played by Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) appears in Secret.
A music teacher at Tamkang Secondary School and Jay's father. In 1999, he guides Jay through his musical journey. In 1979, he is the same teacher but interacts with Rain, receiving her time-travel manuscript which he initially dismisses as mental illness. Rain's Mom (played by So Ming-Ming) appears in Secret.
Xiaoyu's mother. In 1999, she informs Jay that her daughter dropped out of school long ago and warns him to stop searching. In the 1979 timeline, she learns about Rain's time travel story from the school staff. Sky (played by Alice Tzeng) appears in Secret.
A classmate who tours Jay around the school and develops romantic feelings for him. She accidentally receives a kiss from Jay while he waits for Xiaoyu, and lends him a bracelet for luck, which inadvertently causes Rain's jealousy and disappearance. Lance (played by Alang Huang) appears in Secret.
Bob (played by Devon Song) appears in Secret.
York (played by Funky Tu) appears in Secret.
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Characters
Jay
(played by Jay Chou) — protagonist
A piano prodigy who transfers to Tamkang Secondary School in 1999. He falls in love with classmate Xiaoyu and discovers a time-traveling piano piece called Secret. After she mysteriously disappears, h...
Rain
(played by Gwei Lun-mei) — protagonist
A talented piano student who shares the mysterious melody Secret with Jay. She actually travels back 20 years to 1979, where she meets Jay's father. After seeing Jay kiss another girl and wear her bra...
Sir. Yip
(played by Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) — supporting
A music teacher at Tamkang Secondary School and Jay's father. In 1999, he guides Jay through his musical journey. In 1979, he is the same teacher but interacts with Rain, receiving her time-travel man...
Rain's Mom
(played by So Ming-Ming) — supporting
Xiaoyu's mother. In 1999, she informs Jay that her daughter dropped out of school long ago and warns him to stop searching. In the 1979 timeline, she learns about Rain's time travel story from the sch...
Sky
(played by Alice Tzeng) — supporting
A classmate who tours Jay around the school and develops romantic feelings for him. She accidentally receives a kiss from Jay while he waits for Xiaoyu, and lends him a bracelet for luck, which inadve...
Lance
(played by Alang Huang) — supporting
Bob
(played by Devon Song) — supporting
York
(played by Funky Tu) — supporting
Yu Hao
(played by Chan Yu-Hao) — supporting
Ice
(played by Yuki Huang) — minor
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Rain → Sir. Yip
(Professional Student)
Sky → Jay
(Romantic Admirer)
Sir. Yip → Rain
(Professional Teacher)
Jay → Rain
(Romantic Lover)
Rain → Rain's Mom
(Family Mother)
Jay → Sir. Yip
(Family Father)
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Jay → Ice
(Social Classmate)
Jay → Yu Hao
(Social Classmate)
Jay → York
(Social Classmate)
Jay → Bob
(Social Classmate)
Jay → Lance
(Social Classmate)
Rain → Sky
(Conflict Rival)
Story Analysis
A young pianist follows a mysterious melody through loss, time travel, and a dangerous final performance to reunite with someone separated from him by decades.
