Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (Thai: ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล) known by his stage name TEN (Hangul: 텐) is a Thai Chinese dancer, singer and rapper, born in Bangkok on February 27, 1996. He is the main dancer, main vocalist, and the sub-rapper of WayV, and a main dancer, lead vocalist, and sub-rapper of NCT U and SuperM.
History on NCT[]
- April 9, 2016: Made his debut on the sub-unit NCT U with the first digital single, "The 7th Sense".
- March 14, 2018: Participated on the project unit NCT 2018 with the first full album, NCT 2018 EMPATHY.
- January 17, 2019: Made his debut on the sub-unit WayV with the digital EP, The Vision.
- October 12, 2020: Participated on the project unit NCT 2020 with the second full album, NCT RESONANCE Pt.1.
- November 23, 2020: Participated on the project unit NCT 2020 with the second full album repackage, NCT RESONANCE Pt.2.
- December 4, 2020: Participated on the project unit NCT 2020 with the second full album final single, RESONANCE.
- August 18, 2021: Collaborated (with YANGYANG) on their debut single, Low Low.
- December 14, 2021: Participated on the project unit NCT 2021 with the third full album, Universe.
- August 23, 2023: Participated on the project unit NCT 2023 with the fourth full album pre-release single, Golden Age.
- August 28, 2023: Participated on the project unit NCT 2023 with the fourth full album, Golden Age.
Profile[]
- Full Name: Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (Thai: ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล)
- Chinese Name: Lǐ Yǒngqīn (Chinese: 李永钦)
- Stage Name: TEN (텐)
- Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
- Zodiac Sign: Pisces
- Position:
- Main Dancer
- Main Vocalist (WayV)
- Lead Vocalist (NCT U, SuperM)
- Sub-Rapper
- Nickname: Ten, TNT, Dandy, Ten On Ten, Mister Chittaphon, Ten-nyang[1]
Endorsements []
| Year | Brand | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | SK Telecom | Pre-debut with TAEYONG and MARK |
| Lotte Duty Free | with NCT 127 and DOYOUNG | |
| Ivy Club | with NCT 127 and DOYOUNG | |
| 2017 | Est PLAY | with TAEYONG |
Awards & Nominations[]
| Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Thailand Headlines Person of The Year Awards | Most Popular Award | Won |
Trivia[]
- "10vely" is TEN's solo fandom name created by his fans
- Official emoji: 🐱 (cat)
Pre Debut
Training and childhood
- TEN was a trainee for 2 years and 8 months.
- He was accepted to SM Entertainment through the 2013 Bangkok SM Global Audition, Thailand.
- TEN joined in August of 2013 and debuted in April of 2016.
- During school, he practiced gymnastics (he won a trophy and 5 medals).
Casting story
- Prior to his debut, he was trained in gymnastics and basketball and also the champion of the “Teen Superstar”, a talent show in Thailand. He was one of the first NCT members to debut with NCT U’s The 7th Sense in 2016. In 2019 he became a member of NCT's Chinese sub-unit, WayV. The group debuted with the Chinese version of Regular.
Personality
- TEN's MBTI personality type is INFJ.
- Also known as the protagonist in the personality type which means combining charms and inspiring and mesmerizing to everyone which many artists and idols praised TEN for his kindhearted soul, artistic designs, soothing voice and inspiring dancing abilities.
- Personality: Kind, caring, sweet, lovable, gentle, sincere, polite, likable, poised, humble, elegant, talented, graceful, collected, decisive, attentive, laid-back, thoughtful, sophisticated, charming, and magnificent
Appearance
- He 6 tattoos on his body. One tattoo on his right arm that resembles some of his art designs and a tattoo of a crescent-like moon on his chest. He has a butterfly tattoo and a cherry blossom tattoo on the upper half of his right arm, a quote tattoo on his right biceps, and another tattoo on the back of his right arm just above his elbow that resembles a stylized compass.
- He has 11 ear piercings.
- He looks seductive in music videos, but in reality, he is known to be very cute.
- He thinks his best feature is his eyes.[2]
Nicknames
- Dandy
- Mister Chittaphon
- TEN
- TEN-nyang[1]
- TEN On TEN
- TNT
Relationships
- Younger sister (born in 1999) named Tern Kulisara Leechaiyapornkul, who is a designer.
- Pets: Bingo, Tommy, Kimchi, Lily, Dango, Louis, and Leon.
- He shares a birthday with SIMS (M.I.B), Yoojun (TAKEN), Ricky (Teen Top), and Lune (DKB), and Saet Byeol (Girls’ Alert) among others.
Famous friends
- TEN is in a Thai Line group chat with Sorn from CLC, BamBam from GOT7, Lisa from BlackPink, and Minnie from (G)I-DLE. Sorn has mentioned that they hang out from time to time and BamBam has said that he wishes SM would let TEN hang out with them more.
Pets
- Bingo (Family pet dog, passed away)
- Louis (Pet cat with WayV)
- Leon (Pet cat with WayV)
- Levi (Pet cat with WayV)
Items
- He can't live without his phone, earphones, perfume, his glasses, and his sanity
Likes
- He is most confident in designing and drawing
Favorites
- Color: Black[1]
- Drinks: Café Americano, orange juice
- Food: Chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, dark chocolate, sushi (tuna in particular), naan, tteokbokki, pork, pad Thai, green tea ice cream, Italian cuisine[1]
- Number: 10, 0, 1[3]
- Season: Summer
- Sport: Surfing, snowboarding
- Subject: Art (TEN is Artistic when it comes to drawing and painting)
- Weather: Sunny
Dislikes
- He hates being called "short-legged"
- He is scared of ghosts.[1]
- He dislikes bugs.
- He is SM's first Thai Idol
- TEN is known to be a “Thailand Prince”.
- He is known to be very flexible as shown on “Hit the stage”.
- TEN is ethnically Chinese, but his nationality is Thai
- He won the title "Teen Superstar" in 2011 at a talent show in Thailand
- TEN, along with JOHNNY and YUTA, was revealed as an SMROOKIES member on December 24, 2013.[4]
- Aside from speaking Korean and Thai, he can also speak English, Japanese, and Mandarin fluently.[3]
- His favorite idols are Shinee’s Taemin and Super Junior’s Donghae. His role model is Taemin, and his dream came true when he and Taemin are the members of SuperM.
- His role model is also Rihanna.[1]
- When he cannot sleep, he drinks hot milk. He also eats sweets as well.
- His first dance genre was B-Boying (breakdancing)
- He spends most of his money on clothes
- Because of his love for shopping, the members call him "dandy"
- TEN had a Barbie doll collection when he was younger and also watched the Barbie movies.[5]
- He shares a dorm with KUN and YangYang. He has his own room.
- He was a participant on Hit The Stage and won the "Uniform" round.[6]
- If he would have to introduce a member to his sister, he would choose MARK.
- If TEN were to date one of the members, he’d choose JOHNNY.
- He was scouted to debut in SM's new super boy group, SuperM, alongside MARK, TAEYONG, and LUCAS, EXO's Baekhyun and Kai and SHINee's Taemin.
- He's had surgery done on his knee.[7]
- TEN has his driver’s license.[8] He had failed the driving test the first time because it was raining really hard when he was taking it.[8]
- His voice is known to be gentle and soft.
- He is one of SM most talented dancers alongside with EXO’s Kai, Girls Generation’s Hyoyeon, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, and SHINee’s Taemin.
- When he wakes up in the morning, he first hugs his cat.[1]
- He thinks his charming point is his eyes.[1]
- The people that TEN is closest are JOHNNY, TAEYONG, Bambam, LUCAS, MARK, and Taemin. Especially Taemin, his role model.
- He is known to be a good cook.
- KUN says that he takes a long time to shower.[9]
- When he was in Thailand, he said he went surfing every weekend.[10]
- The first K-pop song he danced to was Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry".[3]
- When self-evaluating how good his cooking is, he gave himself a 0 on a scale of 1-10 for human food, but a 10 for animal food.[11]
- He said it takes him two hours to decide what to eat.[2]
- His go-to coffee order is decaf iced americano.[2]
- He said his bad habit is that he sticks his tongue out a lot when he's bored.[2]
- Shows TEN has seen: End Of The F***ing World, Atypical, Altered Carbon, Riverdale, It's Okay to Not Be Okay
- Specialty: Basketball, Piano, Dance, Rap, Taekwondo, Surfing
- Ideal Type: He said that he doesn’t have an ideal type and likes a relationship which starts from learning about each other before developing love.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 YouTube: SuperM 중간고사 | SuperM Midterm Exam : ✏️LUCAS ✏️TAEMIN ✏️TEN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 DIVE Studio Podcasts on YouTube: BUILDING CHEMISTRY with TEN (WayV) | Get Real S2 Ep. #3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 YouTube: (SUB) 0 Mile 같은 사이 되고 싶다는 말 유죄❣ 당장 우리 집으로 구속시켜💘 | #텔미썸씽 EP.6-1 #TEN #YANGYANG #WayV #신동 #꽈뚜룹
- ↑ Soompi: SMRookies Reveals Three More Members: Johnny, Ten, and Yuta
- ↑ NCT Night Night: October 14, 2017 broadcast
- ↑ Soompi: Watch: Hyoyeon, Stephanie, And Ten Perform On “Hit The Stage,” 3rd Winner Crowned In Tearful Ceremony
- ↑ WayV-ariety: Take Your Worries Away
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 YouTube: The best tiki-taka ever | WINformation Ep.6-1
- ↑ @WayVSubs2019 on Twitter: September 30, 2020 tweet
- ↑ YouTube: (MTOPIA) Among SuperM, who are having a blast in water, there's a hidden pro surfer? 🏄 | EP03
- ↑ WOW大牌 on Weibo: December 31, 2020 update
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LUCAS | |||||
| Discography | |||||
| Studio albums | Awaken The World • On My Youth | ||||
| Special albums | Take Over The Moon - The Sequel | ||||
| Digital EP | The Vision | ||||
| Mini albums | Chinese | Take Off • Take Over The Moon • Kick Back • Phantom • Give Me That | |||
| Japanese | The Highest | ||||
| World | FREQUENCY | ||||
| Singles | Korean | "Turn Back Time (Korean Ver.)" | |||
| English | "Love Talk (English version)" • "Bad Alive (English Ver.)" • "Back To You" • "Low Low" • "Miracle" | ||||
| Japanese | "Welcome To My Paradise" | ||||
| Filmography | |||||
| Variety shows | Dream Plan • WayVision | ||||
| Videography | |||||
| Web shows | I Love You 3M • KUN's Cloud • TEN X YANGYANG's Enjoy The Challenge! • The Lonely Master Chef XIAO • WayV-ariety • WINformation | ||||
| Reality shows | Play V • Rainbow V • The Summer Talk • WayV-ehind • WayV-log | ||||
| TEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discography | ||||
| Mini albums | TEN | |||
| NCT LAB | "Birthday" | |||
| SM STATION | "Dream In A Dream" • "New Heroes" • "Paint Me Naked" | |||
| Collaborations | "Swipe (Prod. C-Young, Alawn)" | |||
| Features | "The Riot" | |||
| NCT special mentions | "Baby Don't Stop (Special Thai Ver.)" • "Low Low" | |||