💃🔥 10DANCE (2025) — Rivalry, Rhythm, and Romance Collide on the Dance Floor | Premieres December 18 Only on Netflix

“When pride takes the lead, passion follows every step.” 💫

Get ready to move with emotion and intensity — because Netflix’s upcoming Japanese film 10DANCE is not just about competition, it’s about connection, chemistry, and the magnetic pull between two rivals who can’t look away.

Dropping December 18, 2025, 10DANCE brings to life the award-winning manga by Inouesatoh, known for its mesmerizing blend of artistry, sensuality, and human emotion. Directed by Keishi Otomo (Rurouni Kenshin, The Legend & Butterfly), this is one of Netflix Japan’s most anticipated international releases of the year — a high-stakes, high-heat drama where pride clashes with passion, and bodies speak louder than words.

🎬 10DANCE — Quick Overview

Details	Information
Title	10DANCE
Genre	Drama • Romance • Sports • Music • BL
Based On	10DANCE manga by Inouesatoh (Kodansha’s Young Magazine)
Director	Keishi Otomo (Rurouni Kenshin)
Writers	Keishi Otomo, Tomoko Yoshida
Music	Masaru Yokoyama (Your Lie in April)
Production Company	Episcope Inc.
Distributed by	Netflix
Country of Origin	Japan
Release Date	🌍 December 18, 2025 (Worldwide on Netflix)
Language	Japanese (with multilingual subtitles)

🕺 Plot — When Competition Becomes Connection

In a world where perfection is everything, two men named Shinya dance for glory — but end up discovering something far deeper.

Shinya Suzuki (Ryoma Takeuchi) is Japan’s reigning Latin Dance Champion — intense, disciplined, and obsessed with control.Shinya Sugiki (Keita Machida) is Japan’s Ballroom King, ranked second in the world — elegant, composed, and effortlessly magnetic.

When Sugiki challenges Suzuki to join the grueling “10-Dance” — a combined contest of both Latin and Ballroom — sparks fly.What begins as rivalry soon blurs into respect… and something electric neither man can name.

“When they move together, it’s no longer a dance — it’s a confession.” 💞

As they push each other to perfection, their competition transforms into connection — a delicate balance of trust, tension, and temptation that transcends the dance floor.

💫 Cast — Elegance Meets Emotion

Character	Actor	Role Description
🕺 Shinya Suzuki	Ryoma Takeuchi	Japan’s fiery Latin dance champion. Precision-driven and proud.
💃 Shinya Sugiki	Keita Machida	The cool, world-ranked Ballroom champion who challenges Suzuki.
👠 Aki Tajima	Shiori Doi	Suzuki’s passionate and supportive dance partner.
👗 Fusako Yagami	Anna Ishii	Sugiki’s poised and graceful Ballroom partner.
💥 Supporting Cast	Shinya Hamada, Oshiro Maeda, Nadiya Bychkova, Susie Trayling, Pasquale La Rocca	Add depth and international flair to the competitive dance world.

Takeuchi and Machida reunite on screen for the first time in nearly eight years, and their palpable chemistry drives the film — blending intensity, elegance, and raw emotion in every movement.

🎥 Direction & Cinematic Craft — Where Dance Becomes Art

Director Keishi Otomo masterfully transforms the manga’s slow-burning emotional tension into a visual feast. With choreography supervised by Ai Shimoda, and lush cinematography from Tatsunosuke Sasaki, every frame pulses with rhythm and sensuality.

The dance scenes — intimate, graceful, yet explosive — mirror the emotional tug-of-war between the two protagonists. Otomo captures not just steps and spins, but the vulnerability that comes when two souls move in sync.

Adding depth to the experience is Masaru Yokoyama’s evocative score, blending classical strings with Latin beats, echoing the heartbeats of two rivals caught in a duet of pride and desire.

💃 From Page to Screen — The Manga That Started It All

The film adapts 10DANCE, the acclaimed manga by Inouesatoh, which has long captivated readers with its mature storytelling and sensual depiction of competitive dance.

Celebrated as a breakthrough in BL (Boys’ Love) storytelling, the manga won the “This BL Is Amazing! 2019” award for

It's a rich emotional narrative and a groundbreaking portrayal of masculinity and intimacy.

Now, Netflix gives it a cinematic spotlight — retaining the manga’s elegance while elevating its artistry through motion, light, and sound.

💞 The Trailer — Pride Meets Passion

The newly released main trailer teases breathtaking choreography and emotional vulnerability. From intense training montages to stolen glances mid-performance, every beat of the trailer hints at the slow transformation from rivalry to something unspoken and undeniably magnetic.

“Every touch feels like a challenge. Every glance feels like a promise.”

The key art mirrors that emotional duality — two dancers frozen in motion, bodies moving as one, perfectly capturing the tension between control and surrender.

🩰 Themes — Love, Pride, and the Language of Movement

At its heart, 10DANCE isn’t just a film about dance — it’s a meditation on connection, vulnerability, and ambition.

✨ Pride vs. Passion — When winning stops being enough, and feeling takes over.

💔 Rivalry vs. Romance — How two opposites find themselves in the same rhythm.

🎭 Discipline vs. Desire — The battle between control and surrender.

💃 Dance as Dialogue — Words aren’t needed when movement says it all.

Each step in 10DANCE tells a story — of two men learning not just to move together, but to trust, to open up, and to let go.

📅 10DANCE Netflix Release Date & Streaming Details

Event	Date	Platform
🌍 Worldwide Premiere	December 18, 2025	Netflix
🎞️ Main Trailer Drop	November 2025	Netflix Japan YouTube
📺 Subtitles & Dubs	English, Spanish, Korean, French, Thai

💥 Final Thoughts — When Movement Becomes Emotion

In a cinematic year packed with spectacle, 10DANCE stands apart — not with explosions or CGI, but with intimacy, elegance, and raw human connection.

From its breathtaking choreography to its emotional undercurrent, the film invites you to feel every step, every glance, every heartbeat.

“They started as rivals. They ended as something more.”

💃 10DANCE premieres worldwide on Netflix, December 18, 2025.

Let yourself be swept away — one move, one look, one dance at a time.