Teruyuki Kagawa

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Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之, Kagawa Teruyuki, born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor (as Ichikawa Chusha IX (九代目 市川中車, Kyūdaime Ichikawa Chūsha)), and boxing commentator.

Teruyuki Kagawa
Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965 (age 58)
Other namesIchikawa Chūsha IX
Master Kamakiri
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
AgentLotus Roots
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
ChildrenIchikawa Danko V (son)
Parent(s)Ichikawa Ennosuke III (father)
Yūko Hama (mother)
RelativesIchikawa Danshirō II (great-great-grandfather)
Ichikawa En'ō I (great-grandfather)
Ichikawa Danshirō III (grandfather)
Ichikawa Danshirō IV (uncle)
Ichikawa Ennosuke IV (cousin)
WebsiteTeruyuki Kagawa Official Site

Biography

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Born in 1965, his parents are kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and cinema actress Yuko Hama. His grandmother is film actress Sanae Takasugi.

In the Kabuki world, it is common for the son of an actor to follow in his father's footsteps from a very early age, but his parents divorced in 1968 and his mother was given custody. After that, he totally lost contact with his father, and his mother refused to give him any training in the Kabuki art and he grew believing that it was "something that must not be watched". However he tried several times to meet his biological father. When he was 20, he went to one of his performances and asked if he could see him, stating that he was Ennosuke's son, but when his father's assistants reported to him the situation he refused, stating that he didn't have any son.

He graduated in social psychology at the University of Tokyo and decided to start a career in cinema.

Sexual harassment

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On August 24, 2022, a Japanese media outlet reported that Kagawa had forcibly touched a woman in July, 2019. Kagawa admitted to the sexual misconduct through his agency, Lotus Roots, on August 25, 2022.[1]

Career

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He has twice been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards, once for Warau Iemon and once for Kita no zeronen. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Mt. Tsurugidake.[2]

Reconciliation with his father

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His first son Masaaki, born in 2004, showed interest in becoming a Kabuki actor. As a result, Teruyuki tried again to meet with his aged father and succeeded.[3]

At the same time, he decided to start his own career in Kabuki at 46,[4] an age which is extremely unusual for an actor. The only other time someone was initiated into the Kabuki world as a fully grown adult was in 1910, when Ichikawa Danjuro IX's adopted and then son-in-law Ichikawa Sansho V decided to start his career at age 28 after his adoptive father's death.[5]

In June 2012,[6] it was announced[7] at their father and cousin's Shūmei that he and his son would take the names of Ichikawa Chusha IX[6] and Ichikawa Danko V.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000 Devils on the Doorstep Kosaburo Hanaya Chinese film
Suri
2001 Man Walking on Snow Ryoichi
2002 Doing Time
2003 Nuan Yawa
2004 Akai Tsuki
Warau Iemon
Heaven's Bookstore Takimoto
Quill Isamu Nii
2005 Bashing Hotel manager
Kita no zeronen
The Milkwoman
What the Snow Brings
2006 Sway Minoru Hayakawa
Memories of Tomorrow Atsushi Kawamura
2007 Sukiyaki Western Django Sheriff Hoanka
Kisaragi Ichigo Musume
2008 Tokyo! Hikikomori Lead role; "Shaking Tokyo" segment
Tokyo Sonata Ryūhei Sasaki Lead role
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End Yoshitsune
2009 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope Yoshitsune
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Yoshitsune
John Rabe Prince Asaka Yasuhiko German-Chinese-French film
Snow Prince Arima Masamitsu
Mt. Tsurugidake
Kaiji: Jinsei Gyakuten Game Yukio Tonegawa
2011 Tormented Kohei
Ashita no Joe Danpei Tange
Kaiji 2: Jinsei Dakkai Game Yukio Tonegawa
Isoroku Kagekiyo Munakata [8]
2012 Key of Life Kondo
Rurouni Kenshin Takeda Kanryū
2015 Mozu Ryōta Ōsugi
2016 Creepy Nishino
2019 Whistleblower Makoto Kitagawa
2021 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie Atsuhiro Sada [9]
2022 Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 Gilmore (voice) [10]
Roleless Miyamatsu Lead role [11]

Television drama

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989 Kasuga no Tsubone Kobayakawa Hideaki Taiga drama
1989 Onihei Hankachō
1990 Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari Masayuki Tōyama
2000 Aoi Ukita Hideie Taiga drama
2002 Toshiie to Matsu Toyotomi Hideyoshi Taiga drama
2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Rokuheita Taiga drama
Taigan no Kanojo Narahashi Fumimasa
Unfair Sato Kazuo
Unfair the Special - Code Breaking Sato Kazuo
Yakusha Damashii! Yanagisawa Mitsuharu
2007 Shimane no Bengoshi Akita Ryoichi
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths Mizuki Shigeru & Private (Second Class) Maruyama Lead role; television film
2009 Mr. Brain Tanbara Tomomi
2009–2010 Saka no ue no kumo Masaoka Shiki
2010 Ryōmaden Iwasaki Yataro Taiga drama
2011 Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda Takeshi Shimomura
2012 Penance
2013–2020 Hanzawa Naoki Akira Ohwada 2 seasons
2016 Montage Akira Shōji Mini-series
Yuriko-san no Ehon Makoto Onodera Lead role; television film
The Sniffer Komukai
2019 Everyone's Demoted Tōru Mayama
2021 Japan Sinks: People of Hope Yūichi Tadokoro
2022 Roppongi Class Shigeru Nagaya

Other television

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Year Title Notes
2021–22 The Time, [ja] Friday host

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ phuongminhdo (2022-08-25). ""Roppongi Class" Teruyuki Kagawa admits sexual harassment of a female club employee". KBIZoom. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  2. ^ 第 33 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  3. ^ Kyodo News, "At 46, actor continues in father's kabuki footstep", Japan Times, 6 June 2012, p. 3 Archived June 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Family Tradition Alive in Asakusa". Japan Zone. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ "ICHIKAWA SANSHÔ V". kabuki21. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b c 近藤, 正高. "「誰よりつらい状況になることを、自ら望むのが俳優である」 55歳になった香川照之"俳優の原点"". livedoor NEWS. Line Corporation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "The new Ennosuke; Kohei the assassin; CM of the week: Fuji-Q Highland". The Japan Times Ltd. The Japan Times. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. ^ "聯合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六 太平洋戦争70年目の真実". eiga.com. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "松本潤×香川照之「99.9 刑事専門弁護士」映画化! 新ヒロイン登場を示唆". eiga.com. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  10. ^ "映画『ドラえもん』新公開日は3月4日 香川照之、松岡茉優の出演&リバイバル上映も決定". eiga.com. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "香川照之、14年ぶり単独主演映画で演じるのはエキストラ『宮松と山下』11月公開決定". Crank-in!. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  12. ^ Teruyuki Kagawa honored with John Rabe Award 2009 (www.john-rabe.de) Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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