Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa | |
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| Born | December 7, 1965 |
| Other names | Ichikawa Chūsha IX Master Kamakiri |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Agent | Lotus Roots |
| Children | Ichikawa Danko V (son) |
| Parent(s) | Ichikawa Ennosuke III (father) Yūko Hama (mother) |
| Relatives | Ichikawa Danshirō II (great-great-grandfather) Ichikawa En'ō I (great-grandfather) Ichikawa Danshirō III (grandfather) Ichikawa Danshirō IV (uncle) Ichikawa Ennosuke IV (cousin) |
| Website | Teruyuki Kagawa Official Site |
Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之, Kagawa Teruyuki, born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor (as Ichikawa Chūsha IX (九代目 市川中車, Kyūdaime Ichikawa Chūsha)), and boxing commentator. Unlike most other Kabuki actors in his family (such as his father Ichikawa En'ō II and his cousin Ichikawa Ennosuke IV) who play both male and female roles, he is a tachiyaku actor, meaning his specialty is playing male roles, as well as being known for being one of the best katakiyaku actors (i.e., kabuki actors specializing in villain roles) of the current generation of Kabuki actors.
Lineage
[edit]Born into a renowned Tokyo Kabuki acting family (known as Omodakaya or Kagawa family), Teruyuki is the ninth Kabuki actor to assume the name Ichikawa Chūsha, being known as Ichikawa Chusha IX (九代目 市川中車)
His great-great-grandfather, Ichikawa Danshirō II (二代目 市川段四郎) was a prominent Japanese kabuki actor and dancer who was the founder of the Omodakaya acting house and also the first kabuki actor from this acting house to bear the prestigious name Ichikawa Ennosuke (usually given to the head of the Omodakaya house), being known as Ichikawa Ennosuke I (初代 市川猿之助).
His great-grandfather, Ichikawa En'ō I (初代 市川猿翁) was one of the most important Kabuki actors and dancers of the Showa era, being responsible for creating numerous dance-dramas for the Kabuki theater, in addition to being the founder of Shunjūza, a well-known study group focused on Kabuki theater. He was the second Kabuki actor to bear the name Ichikawa Ennosuke, being known for most of his career as Ichikawa Ennosuke II (二代目 市川猿之助).
His great-great-uncle, Ichikawa Chūsha VIII (八代目 市川中車) was a tachiyaku actor whose career spanned from the end of the Meiji era to the middle of the Showa era and who, unlike the rest of his family, was a member of the Tachibanaya acting house and not the Omodokaya acting house.
His grandfather, Ichikawa Danshirō III (三代目 市川段四郎) was an actor and Kabuki dancer known for his dancing skills, although he did not achieve the same level of fame as his father (Ennosuke II/En'ō I) or grandson (Ennosuke III/En'ō II).
His father, Ichikawa Ennosuke III (三代目 市川猿之助) or Ichikawa En'ō II (二代目 市川猿翁), was one of the most celebrated and revolutionary Kabuki actors and dancers of the Showa era and the early Heisei era, as he was the creator of a new genre of Kabuki theater, known as Super Kabuki, in addition to being famous for perfecting several techniques that had been sidelined in more recent eras of Kabuki theater, known as keren and for having flown over the audience more than any other Kabuki actor (which earned him the nickname "The King of Chunori").
His uncle, Ichikawa Danshirō IV (四代目 市川段四郎) was a popular and outstanding tachiyaku and katakiyaku actor who was known for playing aragoto roles, being considered one of the leading aragotoshi of the late Showa and early Heisei eras and was the leading aragotoshi of the Omodakaya acting house until his retirement in 2015.
His cousin (son of the late Ichikawa Danshirō IV), Ichikawa Ennosuke IV (四代目 市川猿之助) is a popular Kabuki, film and television actor who is known for his prolific career in both Kabuki theater and in film and television, as well as being the fourth Kabuki actor of the Omodakaya house to be the bearer of the prestigious name Ichikawa Ennosuke.
His son, Ichikawa Danko V (五代目 市川團子) is a rising kabuki star who is the heir to the Omodakaya acting house and the future head of the Omodakaya house. It is said that he will become the head of the Omodakaya acting house in the future and take one of these four possible names:
- Ichikawa En'ō III (三代目 市川猿翁), in honor of his great-great-grandfather Ichikawa En'ō I (初代 市川猿翁) and his grandfather Ichikawa En'ō II (二代目 市川猿翁).
- Ichikawa Danshirō V (五代目 市川談四郎), in honor of his great-uncle, Ichikawa Danshirō IV (四代目 市川段四郎).
- Ichikawa Ennosuke V (五代目 市川猿之助), the most prestigious name in his family (and one of the most prestigious in Kabuki theater) in honor of his grandfather, Ichikawa Ennosuke III (三代目 市川猿之助)/Ichikawa En'ō II (二代目 市川猿翁) and his uncle, Ichikawa Ennosuke IV (四代目 市川猿之助).
- Ichikawa Chūsha X (十代目 市川中車), in honor of his father, Ichikawa Chusha IX (九代目 市川中車).
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (June 2020) |
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
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 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
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 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 | Clouds Over the Hill | Masaoka Shiki | [12] | |
| 2010 | Ryōmaden | Iwasaki Yataro | Taiga drama | [13] |
| 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
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | The Time, | Friday host |
Awards
[edit]- Teruyuki Kagawa was honored with the John Rabe Award[14] in 2009 by the John Rabe Communication Centre in Heidelberg and the Austrian Peace Service.
References
[edit]- ^ phuongminhdo (2022-08-25). ""Roppongi Class" Teruyuki Kagawa admits sexual harassment of a female club employee". KBIZoom. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ 第 33 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Family Tradition Alive in Asakusa". Japan Zone. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "ICHIKAWA SANSHÔ V". kabuki21. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "坂の上の雲". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "龍馬伝". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Teruyuki Kagawa honored with John Rabe Award 2009 (www.john-rabe.de) Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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