Teruyuki Kagawa

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

Roppongi Class 2022 ★ 6.7
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 2022 ★ 6.5
99.9 Criminal Lawyer 2016 ★ 6.9
I'm Home 2015 ★ 7.3
MOZU 2014 ★ 8.6
Hanzawa Naoki 2013 ★ 8.3
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins 2012 ★ 7.5
One Piece Film: Z 2012 ★ 7.5
Penance 2012 ★ 7.6
From Up on Poppy Hill 2011 ★ 7.5
Antarctica 2011 ★ 8.3
Ryōmaden 2010 ★ 9.1
Space Battleship Yamato 2010 ★ 6.4
Clouds Over the Hill 2009 ★ 7.7
MR.BRAIN 2009 ★ 7.1
Tales from Earthsea 2006 ★ 6.5
Love and Glory 2006 ★ 7.0
Unfair 2006 ★ 7.0
Tenka 2004
The Private Detective Mike 2002 ★ 8.5
Toshiie and Matsu 2002 ★ 8.3
Emergency Room 24 Hours 1999 ★ 7.4
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen 1990 ★ 9.5
Onihei Hankachō 1989 ★ 7.8