Personal Life
Denis Ten was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan and is a member of the Korean minority in Kazakhstan. His great-great-grandfather, Min Keung-ho, was a Korean Independence Fighter general during the time of the Korean Empire when Korea fought for independence from Japan. His grandfather, like other independence fighters, operated from Gando (Manchuria), as known in Korea at that time, (modern-day Primorsky Krai).
Ten attended music school for five years and competed as part of a choir. In 2002, his team won the silver medal at the World Choir Games, held in Busan, South Korea. This was Ten's first trip to that country. He also tried taekwando, karate, tennis, swimming and acrobatics.
Ten moved with his mother to Moscow, Russia in 2004 while his father and older brother, Alexei, remained in Kazakhstan. Ten already knew Russian – it is co-official in Kazakhstan and Ten's first language. In 2010, he moved with his mother to California.
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