Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之, Kagawa Teruyuki, born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor (as Ichikawa Chusha IX (九代目 市川中車, Kyūdaime Ichikawa Chūsha)), and boxing commentator.

Teruyuki Kagawa
Born (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965
Tokyo, Japan
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 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

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 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 misconduct allegations

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

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

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

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000Devils on the DoorstepKosaburo HanayaChinese film
Suri
2001Man Walking on SnowRyoichi
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
2012Key of LifeKondo
Rurouni KenshinTakeda Kanryū
2015MozuRyōta Ōsugi
2016CreepyNishino
2019WhistleblowerMakoto Kitagawa
202199.9 Criminal Lawyer: The MovieAtsuhiro Sada[8]
2022Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021Gilmore (voice)[9]
RolelessMiyamatsuLead role[10]

Television drama
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989Kasuga no TsuboneKobayakawa HideakiTaiga drama
1989Onihei Hankachō
1990Wataru Seken wa Oni BakariMasayuki Tōyama
2000AoiUkita HideieTaiga drama
2002Toshiie to MatsuToyotomi HideyoshiTaiga drama
2006Kōmyō ga TsujiRokuheitaTaiga drama
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
2009–2010Saka no ue no kumoMasaoka Shiki
2010RyōmadenIwasaki YataroTaiga drama
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

Other television
Year Title Notes
2021–22The Time,Friday host

Awards

References
  1. phuongminhdo (2022-08-25). ""Roppongi Class" Teruyuki Kagawa admits sexual harassment of a female club employee". KBIZoom. 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. 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. 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. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. Teruyuki Kagawa honored with John Rabe Award 2009 (www.john-rabe.de) Archived December 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine


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