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TEN
Personal information
Birth name	Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล)
Other names	李永钦 (Lǐ Yǒng Qīn) (Chinese) 이영흠 (Lee Young Heum) (Korean)
Nicknames	TEN, TNT, Dandy, TEN On TEN, Mister Chittaphon, TEN-nyang
Birth date	February 27, 1996 (1996-02-27)
Birth place	Bangkok, Thailand
Body statistics	172 cm (5 ft 8 in) (height) 58 kg (128 lb) (weight) 270 mm (shoe size)
Blood type	A
MBTI	INFJ
Zodiac sign	♓ pisces
Chinese zodiac sign	🐀 rat
Other information
Current residence	Schedules in China WayV dorm, Seoul, South Korea
Family	Parents Younger sister
Education	Shrewsbury International School (Graduated)
Languages	Chinese (Mandarin) Thai Korean English Japanese
Instruments	Piano Guitar
Hobbies	Sports Drawing Singing, Dancing, Rap Playing with animals Watching movies
Likes	Coffee Candy Nature Art Music Shopping Sweets Cats
Dislikes	Fruit Football Horror/mystery movies Deer meat PC games Noodle dishes with just noodles
Career
Unit(s)	NCT U (2016–present) WayV (2019–present)
Occupation	Singer, Dancer
Members
Previous	KUN (WayV) DOYOUNG (NCT)
Next	WINWIN (WayV) JAEHYUN (NCT)

• "10vely" is TEN's solo fandom name created by his fans
• Official emoji: 🐱 (cat)

Pre Debut

Training/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.

Nicknames

• Dandy
• Mister Chittaphon
• TEN
• TEN-nyang
• 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.

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
• 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
• Number: 10, 0, 1
• 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.
• He dislikes bugs.

Other

• 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.
• Aside from speaking Korean and Thai, he can also speak English, Japanese, and Mandarin fluently.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• TEN has his driver’s license. He had failed the driving test the first time because it was raining really hard when he was taking it.
• 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.
• He thinks his charming point is his eyes.
• 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.
• When he was in Thailand, he said he went surfing every weekend.
• The first K-pop song he danced to was Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry".
• 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.
• He said it takes him two hours to decide what to eat.
• His go-to coffee order is decaf iced americano.
• He said his bad habit is that he sticks his tongue out a lot when he's bored.
• 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.