Yosuke Tagawa (太川 陽介, Tagawa Yōsuke, born 13 January 1959, in Ōmiya, Naka (now Kyōtango), Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actor, tarento, and former idol singer. His real name is Ikuo Tsubokura (坪倉 育生, Tsubokura Ikuo).

Yosuke Tagawa
太川 陽介
Tagawa in 2023
Born
Ikuo Tsubokura

(1959-01-13) 13 January 1959 (age 65)
EducationJapan Gakuen High School
Years active1976–present
AgentSun Music Production
WebsiteOfficial profile

Tagawa is a resident of Chōfu, Tokyo. He is represented by Sun Music Production.

Tagawa's wife is actress Kumiko Fujiyoshi.

Discography

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Singles

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Year Title Notes
1976 "Hidamari no Naka de"
1977 "Minamikaze"
"Lui-Lui"
"Cry Cry Cry"
1978 "Motte Ike Omoide"
"Yo-yo"
"Boku no Nēsan"
"Sore wa nai yo Ojōsan"
1979 "Venus in Burgin"
"Moonlight Carnival" Let's Go Young theme
"Hashire! Enoden"
1980 "Otogibanashi"
"Kokoro no Tsubasa" Sarutobi Sasuke ending theme
1981 "Soko ni Bishō ga" Kakurenbo theme
1985 "Hey, Mister Bike!" CHiPs ending theme

Albums

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Year Title
1977 Asahi ni Mukatte Hashire
1978 Seishun ni Kake
Ano Hi Ano Koro
1979 Aozora Meguri
1981 Connection
2014 Toki no Tabibito

Best album

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Year Title
1978 Yosuke Tagawa: Best Hit Album
1980 Seishun no Kiseki
2007 Yosuke Tagawa Golden Best

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Ref.
1984 Hare, tokidoki Satsujin Yuzo Uemura
1985 Yaban Hito no yō ni Hashimoto
1992 Watashi o Daite soshite Kiss shite Kenichi Tanabe
2016 Local Rosen Bus Noritsugi no Tabi: The Movie [2]

Music, variety programmes

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Year Title Network Notes Ref.
1977 Let's Go Young NHK-G Sundays member; after graduating from Sundays in 1978, he became presenter
Kin-chan no doko made yaru no!? TV Asahi Regular appearances
Kakkurakin Dai Hōsō NTV Regular appearances; appeared with his song "Lui-Lui"
Draft Quiz TV Tokyo
1985 Zōshirushi Quiz: Hint de Pint TV Asahi "Technical Mondai", nicknamed Technical Ōji by Masaru Doi; after becoming a regular he made guest appearances
1986 Mori no Miyako ni Hito ga yuku: Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Matsuri' MRO Regular until 2002; guest appearances in 2013 and 2015
2007-2019 Local Rosen Bus Noritsugi no Tabi TV Tokyo Regular with Yoshikazu Ebisu
2016 Utae! Shōwa no Best Ten BS NTV Presenter [3]
2019-present Local Rosen Bus vs Train Noritsugi Taiketsu Tabi TV Tokyo Regular with Miki Murai
2020-present Local Rosen Bus Noritsugi Taiketsu Tabi Jintori Kassen (Turf Wars) Regular with Fumito Kawai
2021-present Local Rosen Bus Noritsugi Taiketsu Tabi Rosen Bus de Onigokko (Fugitive vs Demons Tag) Regular with Toshio Matsumoto
2021-present Bingo Taiketsu Tabi Regular with Reiko Takashima

Informal, cultural programmes

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Year Title Network Notes
Burari Tochū Gesha no Tabi NTV Quasi-regular; recent was Episode 83, aired April 2016, with Mainoumi Shūhei; appeared in two hour specials since 2012
Gogo wa MaruMaru omoikkiri TV NTV
2013 Oshiete! Shishūbyō no koto BS Fuji Appeared in a drama (as Toru Hoshiyama)
Genki ni naru! Taiwan: Shira rezaru Shin Kita no Miryoku TV Tokyo
Tan Q! A Trip TVA
Poshlet Morning NTV

TV drama

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Year Title Role Network Notes
1978 Netchū Jidai Ikumin Amagi NTV
1979 Netsuai Ikka Love TBS
1980 Sarutobi Sasuke Sarutobi Sasuke NTV Lead role
1981 Nureta Kokoro: Lesbian Satsujin Jiken TV Asahi
1982 Ohayō 24-jikan TBS
1983 Sen no Rikyū KTV
1984 Hidamari Yokochō no Love Song NHK
Wakakichi ni Moyuru: Yukichi Fukuzawa to Meiji no Gunzō Inukai Tsuyoshi
1985 Tadaima Zekkōchō! TV Asahi
1986 Mito Kōmon TBS Part 16 Episode 11, Part 20 Episodes 8 and 46, Part 22 Episode 25
1987 Abarenbō Shōgun II Masayuki Kawai TV Asahi Episode 182
Edo o Kiru VII Shintaro Hayami TBS
1988 Kyoto Satsujin Annai Shintaro Kusamori ABC Episode 14
1990 Abarenbō Shōgun III Ikichi TV Asahi
Binta TBS
1992 Ōoka Echizen Dai 12-bu Kiyotaro TBS Episode 22
Tantei Kyosuke Kamizu no Satsujin Suiri Kenzo Matsushita TV Asahi
1994 Edo o Kiru VII Shogo Yuki
1999 Inochi no Genba kara MBS
2001 Tensai terebi-kun NHK
2005 Shin Kasōken no Onna 2 TV Asahi
2008 Men-dol: Ikemen Idol Keishi Sarukawa TV Tokyo
2009 Tsubasa Ryo Maruyama NHK
Zaimu Sōsa-kan Ruriko Amemiya 5 TBS
2011 Kenji Yoko Asahina Kenji Nogami TV Asahi
2014 Aibō Takumi Tomobe TV Asahi Season 12 Episode 18
Keishichō Sōsaikkachō: Hira kara Nariagatta Saikyō no Keiji! 3 Akira Matsushima TV Asahi
2015 MaruMaru Zuma Taxi driver
2016 Nobunaga Moyu Prince Masahito

Radio

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Year Title Network
1996 Saturday Hot Request NHK FM
Nissan hotto Wave Yosuke no Kibun wa Dainoji Dai Hōsō SBS
2009 Yosuke Tagawa no 1, 2, Sun! NBC

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
1977 Ganbare Genki Genki Horiguchi Lead role
2007 Tsuma o metoraba: Akiko to Tekkan Hakushu Kitahara
2011 The Makioka Sisters Saburo Akira
2015 South Pacific Luther Bilis
2017 Kiss Me, Kate Gang

Advertisements

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Year Title Notes
Hoya Corporation
Kukure Kurry
Chardin Liquid Koji Aihara's manga Koji En appeared in a scene of the advert
Ribbon Citron
Kanko Company
Kikkoman
2014 Manulife Co-starring with Yoshikazu Ebisu

Bibliography

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2014 Lui-Lui Shikiri-jutsu: Jinsei mo Kaisha mo Rosen Bus no Tabi mo Deikō ni Michibiku 40 no Tsubo

References

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  1. ^ "太川陽介". Sun Music Production (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 Nov 2016.
  2. ^ "太川陽介&蛭子能収「バス旅」、映画化決定!三船美佳をヒロインに台湾へ" (in Japanese). Cinema Cafe. 10 Nov 2015. Retrieved 26 Nov 2016.
  3. ^ "太川陽介が「ベストテン」で30年ぶり歌番組司会". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 21 Sep 2016. Retrieved 26 Nov 2016.
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