Teruyuki Kagawa
Born	(1965-12-07)December 7, 1965 (age 60) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Ichikawa Chūsha IX Master Kamakiri
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Agent	Lotus Roots
Children	Ichikawa Danko V (son)
Parent(s)	Ichikawa Ennosuke III (father) Yūko Hama (mother)
Relatives	Ichikawa Danshirō II (great-great-grandfather) Ichikawa En'ō I (great-grandfather) Ichikawa Danshirō III (grandfather) Ichikawa Danshirō IV (uncle) Ichikawa Ennosuke IV (cousin)
Website	Teruyuki Kagawa Official Site

Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之,Kagawa Teruyuki; born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor,kabuki actor (asIchikawa Chūsha IX (九代目 市川中車,Kyūdaime Ichikawa Chūsha)), andboxing commentator. Unlike most other Kabuki actors in his family (such as his fatherIchikawa En'ō II and his cousinIchikawa Ennosuke IV) who play bothmale andfemale roles, he is atachiyaku actor, meaning his specialty is playing male roles, as well as being known for being one of the bestkatakiyaku actors (i.e., kabuki actors specializing in villain roles) of the current generation of Kabuki actors.

Born in 1965, his parents arekabuki actorIchikawa Ennosuke III and cinema actressYuko Hama. His grandmother is film actressSanae Takasugi.

In the Kabuki world, it is common for the son of an actor to follow in his father's footsteps from a very early age, but his parents divorced in 1968 and his mother was given custody. After that, he totally lost contact with his father, and his mother refused to give him any training in 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 theUniversity of Tokyo and decided to start a career in cinema.

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On August 24, 2022, a Japanese media outlet reported that Kagawa had forcibly touched a woman in July, 2019. Kagawa admitted to the sexual misconduct through his agency, Lotus Roots, on August 25, 2022.^[1]

He has twice been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at theJapanese Academy Awards, once forWarau Iemon and once forKita no zeronen. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 33rdJapan Academy Prize forMt. Tsurugidake.^[2]

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His first son Masaaki, born in 2004, showed interest in becoming a Kabuki actor. As a result, Teruyuki tried again to meet with his aged father and succeeded.^[3]

At the same time, he decided to start his own career in Kabuki at 46,^[4] an age which is extremely unusual for an actor. The only other time someone was initiated into the Kabuki world as a fully grown adult was in 1910, whenIchikawa Danjuro IX's adopted and then son-in-law Ichikawa Sansho V decided to start his career at age 28 after his adoptive father's death.^[5]

In June 2012,^[6] it was announced^[7] at their father and cousin'sShūmei that he and his son would take the names of Ichikawa Chusha IX^[6] and Ichikawa Danko V.^[6]

• Teruyuki Kagawa was honored with theJohn Rabe Award^[19] in 2009 by theJohn Rabe Communication Centre inHeidelberg and theAustrian Peace Service.

• Teruyuki Kagawa atIMDb

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