Shinosuke Tatekawa Explained

Shinosuke Tatekawa
Birth Name:	Teruo Takeuchi
Native Name:	立川 志の輔
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	15 February 1954
Nationality:	Japanese
Genre:	Rakugo
Notable Works:	Tameshite Gatten
Website:	Official website

is a rakugo performer. His real name is . With his comic group, Rokunin-no-Kai (Group of Six), formed in 2003, he has helped to popularise rakugo among young Japanese people.^[1] He is also well known as a TV presenter, and has presented the primetime NHK General show since it started in 1995.

Tatekawa received the grand prize Sponichi Art & Culture Award in 2008 for "Shinosuke Rakugo in Parco".^[2]

Filmography

Television

• Taiyō ni Hoero! (1976), mechanic (episode 196)
• Tameshite Gatten (1995–2022), host

Film

• GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007), Bakezōri (voice)
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013), Inbe no Akita (voice)
• A Living Promise (2016), Yōsuke Kondō
• The Island of Cats (2019), Daikichi
• Poupelle of Chimney Town (2020) (voice)^[3]
• Angry Rice Wives (2021)
• Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)^[4]

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (2015)

Notes and References

1. http://www.bunka.go.jp/culture-online/genre/entertainment.html from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs website
2. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2743 Shinosuke Tatekawa receives Sponichi Award
3. Web site: 映画 えんとつ町のプペル. March 3, 2021. eiga.com.
4. Web site: 志の輔の落語を実写化した「大河への道」に岸井ゆきの、橋爪功ら出演、全員1人2役. December 11, 2021. Natalie.