Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Born 1965-12-07 (age 60) Tokyo, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012

as Kanryu Takeda

From Up on Poppy Hill
From Up on Poppy Hill

2011

as Tokumaru Board Chairman (voice)

Tales from Earthsea
Tales from Earthsea

2006

as Hare (voice)

One Piece Film: Z
One Piece Film: Z

2012

as Binz (voice)

Memories of Matsuko
Memories of Matsuko

2006

as Norio Kawajiri

Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonata

2008

as Ryuhei Sasaki

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

2009

as Yukio Tonegawa

Devils on the Doorstep
Devils on the Doorstep

2001

as Kosaburo Hanaya

Sukiyaki Western Django
Hana
Hana

2006

as Jirozaemon Hirano

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler
Tokyo!
Tokyo!

2008

as Man (segment "Shaking Tokyo")

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour

2008

as Jun

Rabbit Horror
Rabbit Horror

2011

as Kohei Imazato

Hero
Hero

2007

as Yusaku Mayuzumi

John Rabe
John Rabe

2009

as Prince Asaka Yasuhiko