Tetsuya Takeda

Tetsuya Takeda (武田 鉄矢), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei (Mr. Kinpachi of the Third-Year B Class). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.

Takeda wrote and performed several well-known songs, including the theme song for the 1985 animated movie Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (のび太の宇宙小戦争). Takeda's 1980 song Okuru Kotoba (The Word I Give to You) is often sung or performed at junior high school and high school graduation ceremonies in Japan.

Previous to his appearance on Sannen B, Takeda studied to be a teacher at Fukuoka University of Education. He later formed a folk music group called Kaientai. The song Okuru Kotoba, which Takeda wrote and performed with Kaientai, actually had nothing to do with schooling, but is reportedly associated with education because of Takeda's role in the Sannen B show.

Films

 * The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) – Kinya Hanada
 * Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978) – Tomekichi Gotō
 * A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) – Tamiko's cousin
 * The Return of Godzilla (1984) – Homeless Man
 * Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma (1986) – Sakamoto Ryōma
 * Aitsu ni Koishite (1987)
 * Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016)
 * Hanagatami (2017)
 * Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) – Sakamoto Ryōma
 * Tang and Me (2022) – Professor Masahiko Baba

Television

 * Kinpachi-sensei (TBS, 1979–2011) – Kinpachi Sakamoto
 * Kusa Moeru (NHK, 1979) – Adachi Morinaga
 * Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Sakamoto Ryōma (NTV, 1982) – Sakamoto Ryōma
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu (NHK, 1983) – Toyotomi Hideyoshi
 * Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi (TBS, 1985) – Sakamoto Ryōma
 * Taiheiki (NHK, 1991) – Kusunoki Masashige
 * 101st Marriage Proposal (FUJI TV, 1991)
 * Kōmyō ga Tsuji (NHK, 2006)
 * Journey Under the Midnight Sun (TBS, 2006) – Junzō Sasagaki
 * The Family (TBS, 2007) – Ōgame
 * Jin (TBS, 2009) – Ogata Kōan
 * Ryōmaden (NHK, 2010) – Katsu Kaishū
 * Jun to Ai (NHK, 2012–2013) – Zenkō Kanō
 * The Partner (TBS, VTV, 2013) – Inukai Tsuyoshi
 * The Emperor's Cook (TBS, 2015) – Professor Shōgo Kirizuka
 * Asa ga Kita (NHK, 2015) – Fukuzawa Yukichi
 * Totto TV (NHK, 2016) – Tatsuo Ōoka
 * Mito Kōmon (BS-TBS, 2017) – Mito Mitsukuni