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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.<ref>[[Kyodo News]], "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f3.html At 46, actor continues in father's kabuki footstep]", ''[[Japan Times]]'', 6 June 2012, p. 3 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605175954/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f3.html |date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref>
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.<ref>[[Kyodo News]], "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f3.html At 46, actor continues in father's kabuki footstep]", ''[[Japan Times]]'', 6 June 2012, p. 3 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605175954/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f3.html |date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref>


At the same time, he decided to start his own career in Kabuki, at an age which is extremely unusual for an actor. The only time it happened 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.
At the same time, he decided to start his own career in Kabuki at 46<ref>{{cite web |title=Family Tradition Alive in Asakusa |url=https://www.japan-zone.com/news/2012/05/12/family-tradition-alive-in-asakusa/ |website=Japan Zone |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref>, an age which is extremely unusual for an actor. The only time it happened 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.


In 2011, it was announced that in June 2012 he and his son, at their father and cousin's [[Shūmei]], they would have taken the names, respectively, of Ichikawa Chusha IX and Ichikawa Danko V.
In 2011, it was announced that in June 2012 he and his son, at their father and cousin's [[Shūmei]], they would have taken the names, respectively, of Ichikawa Chusha IX and Ichikawa Danko V.

Revision as of 09:50, 20 December 2020

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
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
ChildrenIchikawa Danko V (son)
Parent(s)Ichikawa Ennosuke III (father)
Yūko Hama (mother)
RelativesIchikawa Ennosuke IV (cousin)
WebsiteTeruyuki Kagawa Official Site

Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之, Kagawa Teruyuki, born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and boxing commentator.

Biography

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

In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps since very early ages, but his parents divorced in 1968 and his mother was given the custody of him. After that event, he never saw his father again, and his mother refused to give him any training on 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.

Career

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.[1]

Reconciliation with his father

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.[2]

At the same time, he decided to start his own career in Kabuki at 46[3], an age which is extremely unusual for an actor. The only time it happened 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.

In 2011, it was announced that in June 2012 he and his son, at their father and cousin's Shūmei, they would have taken the names, respectively, of Ichikawa Chusha IX and Ichikawa Danko V.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2000 Devils on the Doorstep Kosaburo Hanaya
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
Tokyo Sonata Ryūhei Sasaki
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End Yoshitsune
2009 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
John Rabe Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
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
2012 Key of Life Kondo
Rurouni Kenshin Takeda Kanryū
2015 Mozu Ryōta Ōsugi
2016 Creepy Nishino
2019 Whistleblower Makoto Kitagawa

Television

Year Title Role
1989 Kasuga no Tsubone Kobayakawa Hideaki
1989 Onihei Hankachō
1990 Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari Masayuki Tōyama
2000 Aoi Ukita Hideie
2002 Toshiie to Matsu Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Rokuheita
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
Kitaro ga Mita Gyokusai - Mizuki Shigeru no Senso Mizuki Shigeru & Private (Second Class) Maruyama
2009 Mr. Brain Tanbara Tomomi
Saka no ue no kumo Masaoka Shiki
2010 Ryōmaden Iwasaki Yataro
2011 Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda Takeshi Shimomura
2012 Penance
2013–2020 Hanzawa Naoki Akira Ohwada
2016 Montage Akira Shōji
Yuriko-san no Ehon Makoto Onodera
The Sniffer Komukai
2019 Everyone's Demoted Tōru Mayama
2021 Japan Sinks: People of Hope Yūichi Tadokoro

Awards

References

  1. ^ 第 33 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Family Tradition Alive in Asakusa". Japan Zone. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ Teruyuki Kagawa honored with John Rabe Award 2009 (www.john-rabe.de) Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine