Tetsuya Takeda

Tetsuya Takeda
Born	(1949-04-11) April 11, 1949 Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Genres	Folk, Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Composer, Actor

Template:Japanese name Tetsuya Takeda (武田鉄矢), 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 (TBS) long-running, highly-rated television drama Sannen B Gumi Kimpachi Sensei (Mr. Kimpachi 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 the theme song for the 1985 animated movie Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (のび太の宇宙小戦争). Takeda's 1980 song Okuru Kotoba (The Word I Give to You) is often sung or performed at junior high school and high school graduation ceremonies in Japan.

Previous to his appearance on Sannen B, 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 the Sannen B show.

Filmography

Films

• The Yellow Handkerchief (幸福の黄色いハンカチ Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi) (1977)
• Stage-Struck Tora-san (男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wagamichi o Yuku) (1978)

Television

• Sannen B Gumi Kimpachi Sensei (TBS, 1979-2011)
• Byakuyako (白夜行 Byakuyakō) (TBS, 2006)
• Jin (TBS, 2009)
• Ryōmaden (龍馬伝) (NHK, 2010)
• Jun to Ai (NHK, 2012–2013)

References

• Schilling, Mark (1997). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture. Weatherhill. pp. {{{p}}}. ISBN 0-8348-0380-1.