Shinosuke Tatekawa
# Shinosuke Tatekawa

Shinosuke Tatekawa (立川 志の輔, Tatekawa Shinosuke, born 15 February 1954, from Shinminato, Toyama (now part of Imizu)) is a rakugo performer. His real name is Teruo Takeuchi (竹内 照雄, Takeuchi Teruo). 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".

## Filmography

### 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)
