TEN

## Oyama Ten  大山(おおやま)天(てん)

Oyama Ten, October 2021

**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 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

### 2019-2020

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  . 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

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

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.

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.

On August 30 he released "ON TO THE NEXT", a collaboration single with his sister Miu.

On October 14 he performed at the ZEST×GENIUS「RE:VS」SEPT ReverSing Spin-off after live.

On November 26 he will perform at ZEST2022.

## Personal Life

* Family
* Education
* Friendships
* Nicknames
* Name Meaning

Ten has a big sister, Miyu, older by about 4 years, who is an independent singer going by the name of Miu❥ .

He has a little brother, Amu, younger by 10 years.

He keeps a male toy poodle and pomeranian mix named Shuumai

In March 2020, Ten graduated from Kanagawa Tana High School

He did not pursue higher education and instead started working part time at a restaurant  and then as a dance instructor to support himself.

* **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

* Information
* Q&A

* **Birth Name**: Oyama Ten (大山天)
* **Stage Name**: -
* **Nicknames**: TenTen (てんてん)
* **Birth Date**: August 21, 2001 (2001-08-21) (age 22)
* **Birth Place**: Kanagawa, Japan
* **Blood Type**: ?
* **Height**: 162 cm (5 ft 3.7 in)?
* **Western Zodiac**:  Leo
* **Eastern Zodiac**:  Snake
* **Emoji**: 👼🏻

* **Special Skills**: drinking water fast
* **Hobbies**: excercising, watching movies

## Discography

* Solo
* THE FIRST

Collaborations
* [2022.08.30] Miu x Oyama Ten - ON TO THE NEXT

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

* One Man Lives
* Featured Lives
* Tours

* [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

* Starring TV Programs
* Music Videos
* Theater

* [2019] a-genic PROJECT
* [2021] THE FIRST

**Featured**

* [2020] SKY-HI - Sexual Healing  (backdancer)

* [2022.06.08-12] ReAnimation ARIARIUM  (Yashiro Kousei)

## References

1. ↑  BExDUNK Twitter
2. ↑ a-genic PROJECT website
3. ↑ ARIARIUM announcement
4. ↑ ReverSing Information
5. ↑ Single announcement
6. ↑ RE:VS Announcement
7. ↑  Miu Instagram
8. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BsE8ueGAbGN
9. ↑ Shuumai Instagram
10. ↑ Ten's Instagram
11. ↑ Ten's Instagram
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 BExDUNK blog