Tenshinhan

Tenshinhan, also known as Ten and Tien Shinhan, is a character from the Dragon Ball series.
== Charactah Account ==
Trained by the Turtle Hermit's rival, the Crane Hermit, Tenshinhan starts out as an enemy of Son Goku but soon makes peace and becomes an ally. He is usually accompanied by Chiaotzu, his training partner and best friend, whom he can communicate with telepathically.
Tenshinhan has a unique physical composition, he has the ability to grow arms from his back, split into four people, and he has a third eye on his forehead. During the early years of his life, Tenshinhan entered the ruthless Crane-Style School where he learned powerful ki-based techniques such as the Dodonpa, the Kikoho and the Taiyo-Ken, he was taught deadly assassination techniques by the Crane Hermit's younger brother, Tao Pai Pai.
At the time of his introduction, Tenshinhan is among the most powerful warriors in the series, matched only by Goku himself. Heavily devoted to martial arts, reclusive and disciplined, Tenshinhan is one of the strongest humans within the Dragon Ball world. He battles alongside the other characters when major threats to the Earth surface, often courageously engaging enemies far more powerful than himself.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball GT
* Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z Kai
* Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 03: The Tree of Might
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 09: Bojack Unbound
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Battle of Gods
* Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Resurrection 'F'
=== Manga ===
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball Side Story: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha!
* Dragon Ball Super
* Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of 'F'
* Dragon Ball: Heya! Son Goku and His Friends Return!
=== Video Games ===
* Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
* Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure
* Dragon Ball FighterZ
* Dragon Ball Fusions
* Dragon Ball Heroes
* Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden
* Dragon Ball Legends
* Dragon Ball Online
* Dragon Ball RPG: Shounen-hen
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse
* Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
* Dragon Ball Z For Kinect
* Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza
* Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzouningen
* Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
* Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
* Dragon Ball Z: Battle Taikan Kamehameha 2 - Ossu Omee Goku Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
* Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
* Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
* Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Battlers
* Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
* Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai
* Dragon Ball Z: Goku Hishouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
* Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
* Dragon Ball Z: Kyoushuu! Saiyan
* Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
* Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butouden
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Kakusei-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Totsugeki-Hen
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors
* Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2
* Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
* Dragon Ball Z: The Legend
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
* Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
* Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
* Dragon Ball: Daimaou Fukkatsu
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
* Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
* Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
* Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle
* IC Carddass Dragon Ball
* Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
== Trivia ==
* Ten's Japanese name pun is tenshindon, a quasi-Chinese dish actually invented in Japan and consisting of a crabmeat omelet over rice. It gets its name from the fact that it was originally made using high-quality rice. The character’s name is written in hanzi/kanji via the on'yomi rendering, making it read as Tenshinhan (Teh-n-shee-n-hah-n).
** However, the "tien" part in the English dub is mainly modelled after the Mandarin/pinyin pronunciation of the kanji/Chinese character for "sky/heaven" ("Tee-ean" as opposed to "Tee-ah-n"). The proper pinyin formatting for his name due to having Chinese characters as its base is Tiaanjiinfaan, and is pronounced either as "Tee-ah-n-jee-n-fah-n" or "Tee-ean-jee-n-fah-n".
* Ten supposedly has had hair, as Master Shen states that he shaves his head.
* At the end of the episode "Full-Moon Vengeance", due to an animation error Ten is briefly seen without his third eye when Chiaotzu leaves to enter the ring.
* The scar on Ten's chest is from his fight with Mercenary Tao in the 23rd World Tournament. Oddly, it never healed, even with the aid of any Senzu Bean he ate after the tournament.
* A minor three-eyed background character is referred to as Ten's Mom in the Funimation dub credits for "Day 1".
* Ten is one of the most notable characters who does not appear in Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends!. This was done because his original voice actor, Hirotaka Suzuoki, had died 2 years earlier, although this can easily be explained story-wise by Ten and Chiaotzu's reclusive nature. He appears with Chiaotzu in the opening and is briefly mentioned when Gotenks utilizes his Volleyball Attack technique in battle against Aka. However, they are included in the manga adaptation.
* In Dragon Ball Forever's poll of the top 20 best characters, he was voted number 16 by Japanese fans. This is above Bulma, Android 17, Yajirobe and Videl.
* Ten's hobby is playing volleyball with Chiaotzu.
* Ten's favorite foods are jiaozi and shumai.
* Ten's favorite vehicle is a llama and ostrich.
* In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, while you are doing a training session with Ten, Yamcha will state that "Ten is doing this to just impress Launch".
* In the original 1997 FUNimation episode of Nappa... the Invincible?, when Ten's arms got chopped off by Nappa, Ten infamously claims that he could grow his arm back, very likely said to tone down the severity of such injury since Piccolo has regenerated his arm earlier despite the fact that Tien is a human and likely wouldn't have such ability.
* Ten Shinhan is the only Earthling character in the series to fight against Beerus the Destroyer.
** In Xenoverse 2, if the Future Warrior talks to Whis while having Ten as their instructor, Whis will say that Ten is very brave to fight against Beerus and hopes that they will be as brave as him.
* Ten shares parallels to another mythological figure from Chinese mythology that has appeared in Journey to the West: Yang Jian, also known as Erlang Shen, the three-eyed demigod who is able to see through lies and deception with his third eye, and has a dog companion by the name of "Howling Heaven Hound/Dog". Like how Ten fought against Goku, Erlang Shen was also known for fiercely combating the original Son Goku/Sun Wukong in order to subdue him during his prequel tale before the journey west, which was overall both Ten and the Three-Eyed People's likely inspiration.
** A coincidental tie-in to Journey to the West/Chinese mythology in general is also the usage of his Four Witches Technique; Nezha was another known figure who could also both sprout extra arms and/or heads that also was one of the original Sun Wukong/Son Goku's prior adversaries.
* There's a rap song named after him and Yamcha by rapper Sada Baby.
* In the first Budokai game's Legend of Mister Satan mode, before fighting Ten as Mister Satan notices that Ten has 3 eyes, he wonders what Ten's glasses would look like.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Tien Shinhan at Dragon Ball Wiki
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