TenZ

TenZ's professional career began in July 2019 when, at the age of 18, he joined the Cloud9 team in the first-person shooter title Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). He was seen as a rising North American prodigy. He had previously stood in for some organizations. However, after the team failed to perform at a high level, TenZ was benched in October of that year.^[5][6][7]

TenZ began full-time content creation in January 2020.^[8] In However, in April 2020, following the public beta release of Riot Games' first-person shooter Valorant, TenZ announced his decision to retire from CS:GO and opted to transition into Valorant, thereby becoming Cloud9's first professional player in the title.^[9][10]

In January 2021, TenZ announced his departure from professional Valorant to focus on a career in content creation.^[11] However, his hiatus was short-lived, as Cloud9 agreed to loan TenZ to Sentinels in April 2021, following the suspension of Sentinels player Sinatraa.^[12] During the first two stages of the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT), TenZ competed remotely from Canada. Sentinels went on to win the first international Valorant tournament, the VCT Stage 2 Masters Reykjavík after sweeping Fnatic in the grand finals by a score of 3–0; TenZ was named the grand finals MVP.^[13] On June 2, 2021, Sentinels bought out TenZ's contract, reported to be valued between US$1.25 to $1.5 million.^[14][15]

After their first international trophy on May 30, 2021, TenZ and Sentinels would not win another trophy for almost 3 years.

On April 18, 2023, Sentinels head coach Adam Kaplan announced that TenZ would be temporarily benched due to illness and a hand injury.^[16]

On March 24, 2024, TenZ achieved his second international trophy, winning VCT Masters Madrid alongside Sentinels by defeating Gen.G 3-2. With this win, he is the second Valorant player to win two Masters trophies, and the only player to do so under the same organization. (Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov was the first to do so with Gambit and Fnatic.)^[17]

On September 14, 2024, TenZ announced his retirement from professional Valorant after four years of competing.

Ngo, born on May 5, 2001,^[18] is from Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and is of Vietnamese and French descent.^[1] He lived in Canada before moving to Los Angeles in January 2022.^[13]

Ngo was engaged to Kyedae Shymko, a content creator. The couple announced their engagement in August 2022.^[19][18] They jointly announced an amicable end to their relationship in February 2026.^[20]

Ngo stated in an interview that he had ADHD, but he did not fully address the disorder until he took a break from competitive Valorant.^[21]

Ngo also revealed in a video published on the official Sentinels YouTube channel that he is protanomaly colorblind, and as a result uses yellow instead of red as his enemy highlight color in Valorant.^[22]

In April 2025 Ngo was unveiled as a global brand ambassador for Dutch peripheral manufacturer Wooting. The agreement formalised several years of on‑stream use of Wooting’s keyboards models and will feature collaborative content and limited‑edition products.^[23][24]

In February 2026, TenZ and Kyedae jointly announced the amicable end of their six‑year relationship. In a statement shared on social media, the pair emphasized mutual respect and expressed gratitude for their time together, noting that they would continue to support one another in their respective careers.^[25]