Oyama Ten (大山天), formerly known as TEN (テン), is a dancer, actor and former participant in audition show THE FIRST. Since the show he has continued as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher often giving dance lessons, as well as taking part in some stage plays.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
TEN in BExDUNK, July 2016
Ten started taking dance lessons in fourth grade of elementary school.
In July 2016 he was chosen as a member of the Avex unit BExDUNK. The group disbanded on August 25, 2018 [1]
2019-2020[]
TEN in a-genic, June 2019
SHUNTO and TEN in a-genic
In 2019, Ten auditioned for Avex's "a-genic PROJECT", aimed to form a new co-ed group. Ten was selected as one of the finalists alongside SHUNTO, and thus got to be a part of the temporary group a-genic [2] . They were active from June to August and were disbanded once the final lineup was decided. Ten was not chosen to be part of the final group, GENIC.
In September 2020, Ten appeared in SKY-HI's Sexual Healing music video as a backdancer.
2021[]
TEN in THE FIRST, February 2021
TEN in THE FIRST, March 2021
In February, Ten auditioned for SKY-HI's THE FIRST and passed the 2nd / Quality screening round in Tokyo (conducted in-person) with "Sky's The Limit" by SKY-HI (rap performance) and "Doze Off" feat. SKY-HI by Novel Core (dance performance). He was ranked 3rd after this round.
In THE FIRST Artisism screening, Ten performed "F-3" by SKY-HI, and was placed in Team E (with Furuie Ran, Misumi Akito, Reiko Cadsawan, and Doki Raia) to sing "Beautiful Now" by w-inds. At the end of the 3rd round, Ten ranked 2nd, successfully continuing on to the training camp.
In THE FIRST training camp Creativity screening, Ten was placed in Team A with Leo, Naoki, Sota, and Manato. The song they created in this round is titled "'A' Life". Ten ranked 6th after this round.
In THE FIRST training camp Mock Professional screening, Ten was placed in Team "Move On" with Shota, Ryoki, Ran, Shunto, and Ryuhei, and performed Move On. However, Ten was eliminated in this round.
On November 26, it was announced that he would take part in the THE FIRST FINAL concert alongside his fellow THE FIRST contestants on January 29 and 30, 2022.
2022[]
TEN in ARIARIUM, April 2022
On January 29 and 30, Ten performed in THE FIRST FINAL concert. After the concert, Ten started being more active in social media in general.
On April 6, Ten announced he would be playing the main character of "Yashiro Kousei" in the SEPT stage play "ReAnimation ARIARIUM", from June 8 to 12. [3]
On July 10, Ten announced he would be appearing as a guest in the SEPT stage play "A Story of ReAnimation: ReverSing" on August 20 reprising his role of Kousei.[4]
On August 30 he released "ON TO THE NEXT", a collaboration single with his sister Miu. [5]
On October 14 he performed at the ZEST×GENIUS「RE:VS」SEPT ReverSing Spin-off after live. [6]
On November 26 he will perform at ZEST2022.
Personal Life[]
Ten has a big sister, Miyu, older by about 4 years, who is an independent singer going by the name of Miu❥ [7].
He has a little brother, Amu, younger by 10 years. [8]
In March 2020, Ten graduated from Kanagawa Tana High School [10]
- SHUNTO: TEN is good friends with BE:FIRST member SHUNTO, since their a-genic days.
- RAN: TEN got close to fellow THE FIRST contestant RAN when they performed Beautiful Now together in the third round of the audition
- REIKO: TEN got close to fellow THE FIRST contestant REIKO when they performed Beautiful Now together in the third round of the audition
- NAOKI: TEN got close to fellow THE FIRST contestant NAOKI during the Creativity Screening of the training camp
- TenTen (てんてん): childhood nickname used by most THE FIRST contestants
- Ten-chan (てんちゃん): used by Aile The Shota
Ten's given name, "天", means "sky, heaven".
Profile[]
- Birth Name: Oyama Ten (大山天)
- Stage Name: -
- Nicknames: TenTen (てんてん)
- Birth Date: August 21, 2001 (24)
- Birth Place: Kanagawa, Japan
- Blood Type: ?
- Height: 162 cm (5 ft 3.7 in)?
- Western Zodiac: Leo
- Eastern Zodiac: Snake
- Emoji: 👼🏻
Discography[]
During the audition TEN participated in each of below performance screenings:
- Creativity
- Team A
- Song: "A" Life
- Professional Trial Stage - Be Free vs Move On
- Team Move On
Live Events[]
- [2022.01.29-30] THE FIRST FINAL
- [2022.10.14] ZEST×GENIUS「RE:VS」SEPT ReverSing Spin-off after live
- [2022.11.26] ZEST2022
Other Works[]
- [2019] a-genic PROJECT
- [2021] THE FIRST
- [2022.06.08-12] ReAnimation ARIARIUM (Yashiro Kousei)