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Teruyuki Kagawa Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1965-12-07

Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan

Credits:
177 Total Roles

Teruyuki Kagawa

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Biography

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

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.

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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Sai: Disaster MOVIE Self
2025 Sai TV Mysterious Man
2022 Roleless MOVIE Self
2022 Roppongi Class TV Shigeru Nagaya
2022 Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 MOVIE Gilmore (voice)
2021 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie MOVIE Atsuhiro Sada
2021 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP MOVIE Atsuhiro Sada
2021 JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope TV Yūsuke Tadokoro
2020 Toukakushi TV Self
2020 最後のオンナ TV Self

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