Ten (Korean: 텐; Japanese: テン) is a Thai dancer and singer under SM Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group NCT, its sub-units NCT U and WayV, and a member of the supergroup SuperM. He is also one-half of WayV's subunit duo WayV-TEN&YANGYANG.
In 2011, he was a contestant of Teen Superstar, under the stage name TNT. In 2013, he was cast into SM Entertainment through SM's Global Audition 2013 in Bangkok. On December 23, 2013, he was introduced as a member of the pre-debut trainee team SMROOKIES.[1] In 2014, Ten and other future NCT members participated on the show Exo 90:2014, remaking K-pop songs from the 90s.
2016–2018: NCT U, Hit The Stage, NCT 2018[]
On April 9, 2016, he officially debuted as a member of NCT, in the unit NCT U, with the single "The 7th Sense".[2]
In July 2016, he joined the cast of Mnet's dance program Hit The Stage. He finished the reality in 4th place.[3]
On March 24, 2017, SM released a teaser for Ten's first solo single through SM's STATION Season 2 project titled "Dream In A Dream".[4] The song was released on April 7 with the music video featuring Lucas.[5]
On February 26, 2018, he took part in the NCT U song, "Baby Don't Stop", alongside Taeyong.[6] On March 14, 2018, Ten took part in NCT's first studio album, NCT 2018 Empathy, and appeared in the "Black On Black" music video as part of NCT 2018. On April 6, 2018, Ten released the single "New Heroes" for the STATION Season 2.[7]
2018–2019: WayV, SuperM[]
On December 31, 2018, it was revealed that he was a member of NCT's Chinese sub-unit, WayV[8] which debuted on January 17, 2019, with the digital EP, The Vision.
On August 8, 2019, it was announced that Ten would be a member of the supergroup SuperM. They released their self-titled debut mini-album on October 4, 2019. On November 18, 2019, they released the promotional single "Let's Go Everywhere".
2024: Solo debut with Ten[]
Through SM Entertainment's 3Q23 earning release, it was revealed that Ten will be releasing a mini album in early 2024.[9] On January 4, SM Entertainment announced that he will release his solo album in February. Additionally, Ten will be going on his first solo fan-con tour across Asia titled 2024 Ten First Fan-Con [1001].[10]
On January 26, a teaser was revealed for his self-titled mini album, set to be released on February 13.[11]
His Thai nickname, "เตนล์" (Ten), is derived from "นกกระเต็น" (Nok Kraten), which means "The Kingfisher" in English.
เตนล์ (pronounced "tten" with a middle tone), sounds like the Thai word for “dance,” which is เต้น (pronounced "tten" with a high tone). The only difference is the tone.
