Tetsuya Takeda

Tetsuya Takeda

Known for

Acting

Born

November 4, 1949 (age 76)

Birthplace

Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan

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.

Best known work

The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

1984

Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985

1985

The Emperor's Cook

The Emperor's Cook

2015

The Yellow Handkerchief

The Yellow Handkerchief

1977

Jin

Jin

2009

Hanagatami

Hanagatami

2017

Labyrinth of Cinema

Labyrinth of Cinema

2020

A Distant Cry from Spring

A Distant Cry from Spring

1980

Say Yes

Say Yes

2013

Strawberry Night

Strawberry Night

2013

Filmography

TBA
Japan Academy Film Prize Award CeremonyTV
as Self (1 episode)
2026
The Potentials
as Haru Yoshizumi
2026
102ⁿᵈ ProposalTV
as Tatsuro Hoshino (12 episodes)
2025
Mito Komon
2025
Sukajan Kung Fu
2024
橋ものがたり「約束」
2023
Would You Like to Play Da Capo?TV
as Ninomiya Tatsunosuke (10 episodes)
2022
Tang
as Masahiko Bamba
2022
武田鉄矢の昭和は輝いていたTV
2022
Tabiya OkaeriTV
2020
KomoribitoTV
2020
Labyrinth of Cinema
as Ryoma Sakamoto
2020
Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"TV
2019
Sketches of Life
as Akira Noda
2019
The Good WifeTV
as Naoya Kusakabe (1 episode)
2019
Detective ZeroTV
as Morio Namatame (10 episodes)
2018
Shouga Dorama Ryouma ga KuruTV
2017
Hanagatami
as Dr. Ichijo
2017
ReverseTV
as Toshio Ogasawara (10 episodes)
2016
Professor Eiko
as Osamu Igarashi
2016
Totto TelevisionTV
as Tatsuo Ooka
2016
Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritTV
as ラルーグ (2 episodes)
2016
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
as Yakuza boss Medaka
2015
Shi no ZōkiTV
as Seiichiro Hino (5 episodes)
2015
The Emperor's CookTV
as Shogo Kirizuka (12 episodes)