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Dilraba Dilmurat’s Deng Yan surpasses 10 million in popularity – Sword Rose protagonist may be one of 2025’s most loved

Michelle Topham July 30, 2025

Tencent Video has announced Dilraba Dilmurat’s character Deng Yan from Sword Rose, has passed 10 million in popularity just two days after the C-drama premiered.

This is particularly congratulatory-worth, as Deng Yan is the female character from a 2025 drama to hit 10000 the fastest.

Along with a congratulatory poster of Deng Yan (aka Dilraba Dilmurat) via its Weibo account, Tencent also commented:

#Dilraba’s Character Deng Yan Surpasses 10 Million Popularity#

Roses as swords, guarding reunions.
Congratulations to Dilraba (@Dear-迪丽热巴) for her role’s popularity exceeding 10 million on Tencent Video—making her the fastest female character in a modern drama to reach this milestone in 2025!

The exclusive Deng Yan dynamic avatar pack has been unlocked! Head to the #利剑·玫瑰# (Sword·Rose on Weibo) discussion zone to leave supportive messages on the fan wall.

Keep the love coming to help boost the show’s popularity!

Let’s see then how high Deng Yan’s popularity climbs going forward but, if she continues to grab viewers’ attention at this speed, she could end up being 2025’s most popular female character on Tencent.

As for Sword Rose, the Chinese thriller premiered on July 28th on Tencent/WeTV, and has already reached over 27,000 on Tencent’s heat index. That makes the drama one of the season’s most popular as well.

Sword Rose stars Dilraba Dilmurat, who stars in the child-trafficking-themed thriller alongside co-stars Jin Shi Jia, You Yong and Li Zhi.

The Chinese drama currently has 8 episodes out for VIP subscribers, with two more episodes dropping tomorrow.

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British-American journalist currently residing in Vienna, Austria and obsessed beyond measure with C-dramas, a subject I have been writing about for more than two decades. How many C-dramas have I watched? Many many hundreds. How many are still in my backlog? Hundreds more.

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