Shinosuke Tatekawa

Shinosuke Tatekawa (立川 志の輔) is a rakugo performer. His real name is Teruo Takeuchi (竹内 照雄). With his comic group, Rokunin-no-Kai (Group of Six), formed in 2003, he has helped to popularise rakugo among young Japanese people. 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".

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)
 * Angry Rice Wives (2021)
 * Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)

Honours

 * Medal with Purple Ribbon (2015)