Shinosuke Tatekawa

Shinosuke Tatekawa
Tatekawa Shinosuke, 2015
Birth name	Teruo Takeuchi
Native name	立川 志の輔
Born	(1954-02-15) February 15, 1954 (age 70)
Nationality	Japanese
Genres	Rakugo
Notable works and roles	Tameshite Gatten
Website	Official website (in Japanese)

Shinosuke Tatekawa (立川 志の輔, Tatekawa Shinosuke, born 15 February 1954, from Shinminato, Toyama (now part of Imizu)) is a rakugo performer. His real name is Teruo Takeuchi (竹内 照雄, Takeuchi Teruo). 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 Tameshite Gatten (ためしてガッテン) 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

1. from Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs website Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
2. Shinosuke Tatekawa receives Sponichi Award
3. "映画 えんとつ町のプペル". eiga.com. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
4. "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". Natalie. Retrieved 11 December 2021.