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Teruyuki Kagawa

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Teruyuki Kagawa
Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965 (age 60)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesIchikawa Chūsha IX
Master Kamakiri
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationActor
Years active1989present
AgentLotus Roots
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

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.

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 assault

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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.
2000Devils on the DoorstepKosaburo HanayaChinese film
Suri
2001Man Walking on SnowRajuchi
2002Doing Time
2003NuanYawa
2004Akai Tsuki
Warau Iemon
Heaven's BookstoreTakimoto
QuillIsamu Nii
2005BashingHotel manager
Kita no zeronen
The Milkwoman
What the Snow Brings
2006SwayMinoru Hayakawa
Memories of TomorrowAtsushi Kawamura
2007Sukiyaki Western DjangoSheriff Hoanka
KisaragiIchigo Musume
2008Tokyo!HikikomoriLead role; "Shaking Tokyo" segment
Tokyo SonataRyūhei SasakiLead role
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the EndYoshitsune
200920th Century Boys 2: The Last HopeYoshitsune
20th Century Boys 3: RedemptionYoshitsune
John RabePrince Asaka YasuhikoGerman-Chinese-French film
Snow PrinceArima Masamitsu
Mt. Tsurugidake
Kaiji: Jinsei Gyakuten GameYukio Tonegawa
2011TormentedKohei
Ashita no JoeDanpei Tange
Kaiji 2: Jinsei Dakkai GameYukio Tonegawa
IsorokuKagekiyo Munakata[8]
2012Key of LifeKondo
Rurouni KenshinTakeda Kanryū
2015MozuRyōta Ōsugi
2016CreepyNishino
2019WhistleblowerMakoto Kitagawa
202199.9 Criminal Lawyer: The MovieAtsuhiro Sada[9]
2022Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021Gilmore (voice)[10]
RolelessMiyamatsuLead role[11]
2026Sai: DisasterThat manLead role[12]

Television drama

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989Kasuga no TsuboneKobayakawa HideakiTaiga drama[13]
1989Onihei Hankachō
1990Wataru Seken wa Oni BakariMasayuki Tōyama
2000AoiUkita HideieTaiga drama[14]
2002Toshiie and MatsuToyotomi HideyoshiTaiga drama[15]
2006Kōmyō ga TsujiRokuheitaTaiga drama[16]
Taigan no KanojoNarahashi Fumimasa
UnfairSato Kazuo
Unfair the Special - Code BreakingSato Kazuo
Yakusha Damashii!Yanagisawa Mitsuharu
2007Shimane no BengoshiAkita Ryoichi
Onward Towards Our Noble DeathsMizuki Shigeru & Private (Second Class) MaruyamaLead role; television film
2009Mr. BrainTanbara Tomomi
2009–2010Clouds Over the HillMasaoka Shiki[17]
2010RyōmadenIwasaki YataroTaiga drama[18]
2011Diplomat Kosaku KurodaTakeshi Shimomura
2012Penance
2013–2020Hanzawa NaokiAkira Ohwada2 seasons
2016MontageAkira ShōjiMini-series
Yuriko-san no EhonMakoto OnoderaLead role; television film
The SnifferKomukai
2019Everyone's DemotedTōru Mayama
2021Japan Sinks: People of HopeYūichi Tadokoro
2022Roppongi ClassShigeru Nagaya
2025Sai: DisasterThat manLead role[12]

Other television

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Year Title Notes
2021–22The TimeFriday host

Video games

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Year Title Role
2026Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark TiesGoh Hamazaki

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. Archived from the original on 2022-08-25. 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. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. 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. 1 2 3 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. Archived from the original on November 24, 2023. 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. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. 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. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. 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!. 27 July 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "災 劇場版". eiga.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  13. "春日局". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  14. "葵 徳川三代". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  15. "利家とまつ 加賀百万石物語". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  16. "功名が辻". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  17. "坂の上の雲". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  18. "龍馬伝". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  19. Teruyuki Kagawa honored with John Rabe Award 2009 (www.john-rabe.de) Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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