Wang Rong-yu was born in 1960 into a family of the theater in Taichung. His grandfather, Hsieh Lien-chih, headed the Tsailien Theater during the period of Japanese rule. His mother, Hsieh Yueh-hsia, adopted from another branch of the family at the age of four, achieved fame at the age of 13, playing young male leads and the even more popular roles of raspy-voiced male leads.
王榮裕，1960 年生於台中戲劇世家，祖父謝連枝為日治時代「彩連社」班主，母親謝月霞 4 歲時過繼給彩連社當養女，13 歲就以「囝仔小生」聞名，及長，更以「稍聲小生」（聲腔沙啞）走紅。