Tetsuya Takeda

Biography

Tetsuya Takeda (武田 鉄矢, Takeda Tetsuya; 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 long-running, highly rated television drama 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 "Childhood", the theme song for the 1985 animated film Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars. Takeda's 1980 song, "The Word I Give to You", is often performed at junior high school and high school graduation ceremonies in Japan.
Previous to his appearance on Kinpachi, 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 Kinpachi.

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
Baby Elephant Story: The Angel Who Descended to Earth (1986), Shota Tanabe
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
The Potentials (2026), Haruo Yoshizumi

Television drama

Kinpachi-sensei (1979–2011), Kinpachi Sakamoto
Kusa Moeru (1979), Adachi Morinaga
Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma (1982), Sakamoto Ryōma
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi (1985), Sakamoto Ryōma
Taiheiki (1991), Kusunoki Masashige
101st Marriage Proposal (1991)
The Man Who Wanted to be Ultraman (1993)
Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006), Goto Kichibei
Journey Under the Midnight Sun (2006), Junzō Sasagaki
The Family (2007), Ōgame
Jin (2009), Ogata Kōan
Ryōmaden (2010), Katsu Kaishū
Jun and Ai (2012–2013), Zenkō Kanō
The Partner (2013), Inukai Tsuyoshi
The Emperor's Cook (2015), Professor Shōgo Kirizuka
Asa ga Kita (2015), Fukuzawa Yukichi
Totto TV (2016), Tatsuo Ōoka
Mito Kōmon (2017), Mito Mitsukuni

Other television

Takeda Tetsuya no Shōwa wa kagayaiteita (2013 onwards), the host