Biography

Tetsuya Takeda is a Japanese folk singer and actor, perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Kinpachi-sensei (San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.

Known For

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

Yakuza boss Medaka

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

Shota Tanabe (Tokyo Fujimi Zoo Keeper)

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Tomekichi

Sukajan Kung Fu

It's All Right, My Friend

Nurse

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Takeuchi

Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro

Kinjiro Oribe

Karate Cop

Hajime Katayama