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Kenchi Tachibana

Kenichiro Teratsuji (寺辻健一郎; Teratsuji Kenichiro, born September 28, 1979, in Yokohama, Japan),[1] better known by his stage names Kenchi Tachibana (橘ケンチ) or simply KENCHI, is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a member of J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second. He was also member of J Soul Brothers' second generation Nidaime J Soul Brothers until their migration to Exile in 2009.

Kenchi Tachibana
橘 ケンチ
Born
Kenichiro Teratsuji (寺辻 健一郎, Teratsuji Ken'ichirō)

(1979-09-28) 28 September 1979 (age 44)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesKENCHI
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actor
Years active2002–present
Notable workAttaku No. 1
TelevisionRokudenashi Blues
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
WebsiteOfficial website

He is represented with LDH and also acts as a representative of LDH Asia.[2]

Biography edit

Kenchi was born on September 28, 1979, in Yokohama, Japan and grew up in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

He became an active dancer in his youth and joined dance teams such as Poly-3, Fulcrum and Red Blockerz in his early 20s. At the same time, he also started working as an LDH apparel staff.[3][4]

In 2007, he was selected as a member of the group Nidaime J Soul Brothers. They announced their indefinite hiatus after releasing one album in 2009 and all members joined the line-up of Exile shortly after.[5]

In July 2012, Kenchi joined the Exile sub-unit Exile The Second alongside his fellow former Nidaime J Soul Brothers members Nesmith, Shokichi, Keiji and Tetsuya.[6]

On December 4, 2015, he was announced as leader of Exile The Second.

In 2017, Kenchi entered the literature business by becoming an ambassador for the 2nd Short Shorts Award. He also opened his blog Tachibana Bookstore, in which he regularly introduces the books he has read.[7]

While attending a business presentation for the Future Sake Project (未来の日本酒プロジェクト) held in Tokyo on February 21, 2019, he expressed his desire to enter the Sake business with a long-term perspective.[8] On September 8 in the same year, Kenchi opened his first Izakaya with the name LDH Kitchen IZAKAYA AOBADAI in Tokyo. The Izakaya is intended to collaborate with local Sake breweries and to hold events related to Sake and Japanese culture every day.[9]

In 2023, he made his stage musical debut, in the role of Miguel da Corella in CESARE ~ Creator of Destruction ~.

Personal life edit

Kenchi and Exile members Akira, Tetsuya and Keiji met each other and became friends in the early 2000s, long before entering LDH as artists.

On October 1, 2019, Kenchi announced his marriage to a non-celebrity woman in her 30s.[10][11] They were introduced to each other by mutual friends and had been dating for 3 years.[12][13] This made him the 8th married member of Exile.[14]

Participating groups edit

Name Period of time Ref.
Poly-3 2002 – unknown
Fulcrum 2005 – 2006
Red Blockerz 2006 – unknown [15]
Nidaime J Soul Brothers 25 January 2007 – 1 March 2009
Exile 1 March 2009 –
Exile The Second 2012 –

Filmography edit

For his appearances with Exile, see Exile (Japanese band).

※His roles in bold are his starring works

Stage edit

Year Title Role Ref.
2004 Heart of Gold: Street Future Opera Beat Pops
2008 Crown Nemuranai Yoru no Hate ni...
2009 Attaku No. 1 Military Medicine Captain Hideaki Muramatsu, Lt. Ichiro Terauchi [16]
2010 Night Ballet Oga / Miyake
2011 Moshimo Kimi ga. Yumoto
Red Cliff: Sen Sun Quan
2012 Guitar o Machinagara Makoto Kurosawa
Love Letters 2012 22nd Anniversary Andy
2014 Atami Satsujin Jiken Battle Royal Seigei Kimura
Utahime Matsu's Croissant
2015 Don Dracula Count Don Dracula [17][18][19]
2016 Aitakute...
2019 Mōryōnohako (魍魎の匣) [20]
2023 CESARE ~ Creator of Destruction ~ Miguel da Corella [21]

Films edit

Year Title Role
2006 Backdancers!
2013 SPEC: Close Kentaro Fukuda
2016 Road To High & Low Nikaido
High & Low: The Movie
Ninkyō Yarō Muto

TV dramas edit

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2011 Rokudenashi Blues Fuji Maeda NTV [22]
QP Mario [23]
2013 Star Man Kono Hoshi no Koi Kohei Satake KTV [24]
2015 Oretachi ga Propose Dekinai no ni wa, 3ttsu no Riyū shika nakuteda na Shunsuke Hoshino BS Sk-Per! [25]
High & Low –The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.– Nikaido NTV [26]
2016 Night Hero Naoto TV Tokyo Episode 9; ending dance [27]

Internet dramas edit

Year Title Role Website Notes Ref.
2009 Genryō Boxer Pancho Tamura Bee TV Co-starring with Naoto [28]
2013 Bokura wa minna Shinde iru Hiroki Takahashi Not TV

TV programmes edit

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2011 Shūkan Exile TBS MC
2012 Ex-Lounge
2013 Little Charo 4 Eigo de Aruku New York NHK-E
2014 EXILE Casino Fuji TV [29]

Radio edit

Year Title Network
2009 Oh! My Radio J-Wave
2011 Radio Mashup FM Yokohama

Advertisements edit

Year Title Ref.
2011 Recruit Hot Pepper Gourmet
2012 Fujitsu Arrows [30]
Angfa "Scalp D" [31]
2013 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical "Air Salon Path"
The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola Zero
Daiichi Kosho Company "SmartDam"
2015 Yōfuku no Aoyama [32]

Magazine serials edit

Year Title Ref.
2014 Gekkan The Television [33]

Others edit

Year Title Notes Ref.
2016 Yokosuka Excitement Ambassador [34][35]
2017 2nd Short Shorts Award Ambassador [36][37]

References edit

  1. ^ Radio Mashup (in Japanese). 25 Jun 2012. FM Yokohama.
  2. ^ "LDH ASIA | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD - (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. ^ "ＥＸＩＬＥ ＨＩＲＯ、橘ケンチの結婚を祝福「おめでたいこと続き」（スポーツ報知）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ "EXILEHIRO、橘ケンチの結婚祝福「これからの活躍が本当に楽しみ」出会った頃の思い出も". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  5. ^ Inc, Natasha. "EXILEにJ Soul Brothers合流！14人体制で新たな出発". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-02. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "EXILEから新ユニット誕生、映画主題歌でデビュー". natalie.
  7. ^ "橘ケンチ、北方謙三氏から小説執筆の勧め「EXILEの暴露本でも出そうかな？」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  8. ^ "橘ケンチ、和装姿で"日本酒愛"語る「酒蔵50ヶ所以上は巡ってる」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  9. ^ "橘ケンチ"NEO角打ち"店をプロデュース 日本酒メインに提供も「レモンサワーLOVEは変わりません」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  10. ^ "いつも橘ケンチを応援して下さっている皆さまへ | NEWS". EXILE mobile (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  11. ^ "EXILE・橘ケンチ、30代一般女性と結婚「温かく愛を持って支えてくれた」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  12. ^ "Kenchi Marriage". Archived from the original on 2019-10-01.
  13. ^ "EXILE橘ケンチが本日入籍「男としても人間としても成長して恩返しを」（音楽ナタリー）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  14. ^ "橘ケンチが30代一般女性と結婚 ＥＸＩＬＥ８人目 - 結婚・熱愛 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  15. ^ "１０月になって…". Mad Hand Blog (in Japanese). Livedoor Blog. 2 Oct 2006. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  16. ^ "EXILE・KENCHI＆TETSUYA、戦火の潜水艦組員役に「責任感」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  17. ^ "手塚治虫「ドン・ドラキュラ」初の舞台化！EXILE橘ケンチが出演". MyNavi News (in Japanese). 16 Feb 2015. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  18. ^ "【写真レポート】EXILEの橘ケンチが主演舞台『ドン・ドラキュラ』初日を迎えて想いを語る！" (in Japanese). WWS Channel. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  19. ^ "EXILE・橘ケンチ、金髪＆赤目で役作り ドラキュラの「イメージ覆したい」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  20. ^ "橘ケンチ、けいこ場で意外な掃除率先 紫吹淳ら称賛「何をしてもかっこいい」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  21. ^ "ミュージカル「チェーザレ 破壊の創造者」公式サイト". ミュージカル「チェーザレ 破壊の創造者」公式｜明治座 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  22. ^ "EXILEのMATSUとKENCHIがドラマ『ろくでなしBLUES』に出演". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  23. ^ "三池作品『QP』に渡部豪太、林遣都ら若手集結！ EXILE・KENCHIも起用". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  24. ^ "EXILEKENCHI、ドラマで"音痴"な歌声披露". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  25. ^ "/ EXILE・橘ケンチが"プロポースできない男"に！主演ドラマ9月放送" (in Japanese). TV Life. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  26. ^ "HIGH&LOW公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  27. ^ "EXILE TRIBE、NAOTO主演ドラマでド迫力ダンス 豪華メンバーとコラボ". Model Press (in Japanese). Net Native. 19 Mar 2016. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  28. ^ "EXILEのKENCHIとNAOTO、ボクサー役でドラマデビュー｜キャリア関連ニュース｜オリコン顧客満足度ランキング". CS RANKING (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  29. ^ "EXILEで"勝負強い"のは…満場一致で「HIROさん」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  30. ^ "EXILE・TAKAHIRO、世界視野に決意新た". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  31. ^ "EXILE・TETSUYA、シャワーシーンで「全力で脱ぎました」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  32. ^ "洋服の青山『AOYAMA PRESTIGE TECHNOLOGY』の第5弾新CMに橘ケンチ&黒木啓司＆TETSUYAが登場!!" (in Japanese). Ex Family. 1 Oct 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  33. ^ "橘ケンチのEXILE TRIBE連載". The Television (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  34. ^ "地元出身のEXILEメンバー子どもたちなどへ「横須賀オリジナルダンス」プレゼント 橘ケンチさん・EXILE TETSUYAさんの2名 横須賀盛り上げ大使に就任（臨時市長記者会見）（2016年10月5日）" (in Japanese). Yokosuka Home Page. 5 Oct 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  35. ^ "EXILE が横須賀応援 地元出身メンバーが「盛り上げ大使」に" (in Japanese). Kanagawa Shimbun News. 6 Oct 2016. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  36. ^ "第2回 ショートショート大賞" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
  37. ^ "橘ケンチ、文筆業挑戦に意欲「アイデアある」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.

External links edit

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