Ichiro Furutachi Explained

Ichiro Furutachi
Native Name:古舘 伊知郎
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:7 December 1954
Birth Place:Kita, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Announcer, tarento, television presenter, newscaster
Years Active:1977–present
Agent:Furutachi-Project
Relatives:Yutaro Furutachi (eldest son)

is a Japanese announcer, tarento, television presenter, and newscaster represented by Furutachi-Project. He was an announcer for TV Asahi. He graduated from Kita Kuritsu Takinogawa Daini (No. 2) Elementary School, Chiyoda Kuritsu Kanda Hitotsubashi Junior High School, Rikkyo Niiza Junior and Senior High School, and Rikkyo University Faculty of Economics Department of Business Administration. Controversy erupted when he stepped down as the anchor of TV Asahi's evening news broadcast, Hōdō Station, a removal that was reportedly due to political pressure in response to the show's critical tone.[2] [3]

Filmography

TV and radio series

Moderator, commentator

YearTitleNetworkNotesRef.
World Pro Wrestling
1981 Ohayō TV Asahi TV Asahi
Afternoon Show TV Asahi Reporter
1982 Yume no Big Studio TV Asahi
Bakushō!Dot Studio TV Asahi
13th Japan Music Awards TV Asahi
1983 Buttama! Pipu TV Asahi
1984 Sports Takarajima TV Asahi
Waratte Iitomo!
Waratte Iitomo Special Issue Fuji TV
Akko Furutachi no Yū You Sunday
1985 Akko Furutachi no a! Itchatta TBS
1987 Omedetō Hiromi Go Yurie Nitani Kekkon Hirō en Fuji TV
FNS Music Festival Fuji TV
1988 Quiz Kore wa Omai! TBS
Chikyū-hatsu 19-ji TBS
Torendyi 9 TV Asahi
Auto Club Fuji TV
1989 Fuji TV F1 Chūkei Fuji TV
F1 Pole Position Fuji TV
Quiz! Yonimo Fushigina Gyaku Kaiten Fuji TV
1991 News Frontier TV Asahi
Game Sūji de Q
1992 Good Japanese TBS
MJ: Music Journal Fuji TV Presenter
1993 Professional Baseball News Fuji TV Monday
Quiz Nihonjin no Shitsumon NHK G TV
1994 Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Quiz Akuma no Sasayaki TBS
All-Star Thanksgiving TBS
Oshare Kankei
1995 Quiz Akahaji Ao Haji
Kinniku Banzuke TBS
1996 Kagayaku Nihon no Hoshi! TBS
1997 Happy Family Plan TBS
Seimei 38 Oku-nen Special: Ningen to wa Nanida!? TBS
2000 OffReco! TBS
2001 FINA World Aquatics Championships TV Asahi
Akko ni Omakase TBS
Saidai Kōyaku Show MBS, TBS
Sasuke TBS
Pro Sportsman No.1 TBS
Dai 4 Gakku Fuji TV
Oyashirazu Variety Tenshi no Kamen! ABC, TV Asahi
Sonnani Watashi ga Warui no ka!? TV Asahi
Satappachi Furutachi no Nihonjōriku TV Asahi
Satappachi Furutachi no Kaimono Bugi! TV Asahi
Quiz Sekai wa Show by Shōbai! NTV
Beat Takeshi no TV Tackle TV Asahi
Ichiro Furutachi no Akasaka Yarō 90-bu
Fujiya Kayō Best Ten
FNS Super Special: 1 Oku-ri no TV Yumerettō Fuji TV
Hatsumōde! Bakushō Hit Parade Fuji TV
2003 Test the Nation TV Asahi
2004 Hōdō Station TV Asahi
Senkyo Station TV Asahi
2005 Test the Nation - IQ 2005 TV Asahi

Dramas

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1983 Abarenbō Shogun II Police officer TV Asahi Episode 22
1984 Ijiwarubāsan Fuji TV
1985 Yoisho-kun Fuji TV Lead role
1987 Seisaku 2-bu Seishun Drama Han TV Asahi
1988 Koroshitai Onna TBS
1989 Gorilla: Keishichō Sōsa Dai 8 Han Commentator TV Asahi Episode 1
1991 Kimi no Na wa Sadahiko Honma NHK Asadora
2020 Yell Torakichi Tsurukame NHK Asadora

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YearTitleNotes
1984
1985
1987 Meganesuper
1994
2017

Stage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 古舘 伊知郎. Nihon Tarento Meikan. ja. Yahoo! Japan. 10 Jun 2016.
  2. The Silencing of Japan's Free Press. Fackler. Martin. 2016-05-27. Foreign Policy. en. 2020-03-05.
  3. News: McCurry. Justin. Japanese TV anchors lose their jobs amid claims of political pressure. The Guardian. 17 February 2016. 15 Jun 2016.