Koike_Teppei

Teppei Koike

Teppei Koike

Japanese actor and singer


Teppei Koike (小池 徹平, Koike Teppei, born January 5, 1986) is Japanese actor and singer associated with Burning Productions. After appearing in the television drama Tentai Kansoku in 2002, Koike began appearing in several other films and dramas, notably as Atsushi Otani in Love Com. At the same time, Koike was also in the music duo WaT with Eiji Wentz from 2002 to 2016.

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Career

2002

2004

  • WaT released debut indies C.D. Sotsugyō Time in June.

2005

  • Acted in the drama Gokusen 2 (January 15 – March 19), which was part of the reason for his increasing popularity.
  • Appeared as Hideki Ogata, a major, regular character in the TBS television drama "Dragon Zakura" (July – September 2005), alongside his high school fellow Tomohisa Yamashita.
  • WaT signs with Universal Music in August, releases first major single Boku no Kimochi in November, reaching second place on the Oricon chart. They are the band with the shortest time gap between debut and appearing on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
  • Released his first photobook, First Letter From Teppei.

2006

  • Presented with the Newcomer's forty-third Golden Arrow Award (WaT).
  • Presented with the twentieth Gold Disc Award for "Best New Artist".
  • First leading role in the movie Lovely Complex as Atsushi Otani.
  • Official supporter in 2006's International Volleyball Tournament (WaT).
  • Nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the forty-ninth Drama Academy Award, for his performance in Iryu.
  • Released his second photobook, Kiss me, Kiss me.
  • On New Year's Eve, WaT performed for the second time in N.H.K.'s Kōhaku.
  • Acted in the drama Iryu, as Ijyuuin.

2007

  • First music solo project was announced on January tenth.
  • His story of leaving his family and hometown to pursue his dream to be a performer was turned into a fifty-two pages one shot manga entitled Bokura no Ibasho by Nakahara Aya, the author of the manga Lovely Complex.
  • Solo single, Kimi ni Okuru Uta, was released on February fourteen, Valentine's Day, with Wentz's solo song Lucky de Happy as the B-side song.
  • Solo album, Pieces was released on June 27.

2015

  • Performed as "L" in the Death Note musical in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, premiere April 6, 2015.

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Variety TV shows

  • Ame ni mo makezu! (Fuji Terebi) – host along with his partner, Wentz.

Solo discography

Singles

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Albums

  • 2007-06-27: pieces, which contains 12 self-penned songs
  • 2009-07-15: Jack in the Box . Debut position & 1st week sales – No. 15; 10,580

Awards

Japan Academy Prize

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References

  1. 誰がために (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  2. ラブ☆コン (2006) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. "My Favorite Girl -The Movie-" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  4. KIDS (2008) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  5. ホームレス中学生 (2008) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  6. サラリーマンNEO 劇場版 (笑) (2011) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  7. サブイボマスク (2016) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  8. プロフィール (in Japanese). Ohata Enterprise. Archived from the original on March 1, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  9. ごくせん 第2シリーズ (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  10. 医龍 Team Medical Dragon (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  11. 医龍 Team Medical Dragon 2 (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  12. まだ見ぬ父へ、母へ~全盲のテノール歌手・新垣勉の軌跡 (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  13. シバトラ~童顔刑事・柴田竹虎~ (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  14. 伊藤歩“異色刑事”役で民放連ドラ初主演 相棒は小池徹平 (in Japanese). Oricon. June 5, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  15. 小池徹平、時代劇初主演は石ノ森作品「携われてうれしい」 (in Japanese). Oricon. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  16. 青木崇高×松尾スズキ、『曾根崎心中』誕生秘話を創作 (in Japanese). Oricon. October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  17. 塚本高史、主演作でピン芸人に!元相方役に小池徹平 (in Japanese). The Television. September 30, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  18. Sherman, Jennifer (March 5, 2020). "Live-Action Guilty Series Casts Keita Machida, Teppei Koike". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  19. Peak chart positions on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart:
  20. "32nd Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year Winners" (in Japanese). Oricon. February 20, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

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