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 | |
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橘 ケンチ | |
Born | Kenichiro Teratsuji (寺辻 健一郎, Teratsuji Ken'ichirō) 28 September 1979 Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | KENCHI |
Occupation |
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Years active | 2002– |
Notable work | Attaku No. 1 |
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Television | Rokudenashi Blues |
Website | Official website |
He is represented with LDH and also acts as a representative of LDH Asia.[2]
Biography
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]
Personal life
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
Name | Period of time | Ref. |
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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
※His roles in bold are his starring works
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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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] |
Films
Year | Title | Role |
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2006 | Backdancers! | |
2013 | SPEC: Close | Kentaro Fukuda |
2016 | Road To High & Low | Nikaido |
High & Low: The Movie | ||
Ninkyō Yarō | Muto |
TV dramas
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | Rokudenashi Blues | Fuji Maeda | NTV | [21] | |
QP | Mario | [22] | |||
2013 | Star Man Kono Hoshi no Koi | Kohei Satake | KTV | [23] | |
2015 | Oretachi ga Propose Dekinai no ni wa, 3ttsu no Riyū shika nakuteda na | Shunsuke Hoshino | BS Sk-Per! | [24] | |
High & Low –The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.– | Nikaido | NTV | [25] | ||
2016 | Night Hero Naoto | TV Tokyo | Episode 9; ending dance | [26] |
Internet dramas
Year | Title | Role | Website | Notes | Ref. |
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2009 | Genryō Boxer | Pancho Tamura | Bee TV | Co-starring with Naoto | [27] |
2013 | Bokura wa minna Shinde iru | Hiroki Takahashi | Not TV |
TV programmes
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | Shūkan Exile | TBS | MC | |
2012 | Ex-Lounge | |||
2013 | Little Charo 4 Eigo de Aruku New York | NHK-E | ||
2014 | EXILE Casino | Fuji TV | [28] |
Radio
Year | Title | Network |
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2009 | Oh! My Radio | J-Wave |
2011 | Radio Mashup | FM Yokohama |
Advertisements
Year | Title | Ref. |
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2011 | Recruit Hot Pepper Gourmet | |
2012 | Fujitsu Arrows | [29] |
Angfa "Scalp D" | [30] | |
2013 | Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical "Air Salon Path" | |
The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola Zero | ||
Daiichi Kosho Company "SmartDam" | ||
2015 | Yōfuku no Aoyama | [31] |
Magazine serials
Year | Title | Ref. |
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2014 | Gekkan The Television | [32] |
References
- Radio Mashup (in Japanese). 25 Jun 2012. FM Yokohama.
- "LDH ASIA | LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD -". LDH - LOVE + DREAM + HAPPINESS TO THE WORLD - (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-07.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- "EXILEから新ユニット誕生、映画主題歌でデビュー". natalie.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Kenchi Marriage". Archived from the original on 2019-10-01.
- "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.
- "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.
- "10月になって…". Mad Hand Blog (in Japanese). Livedoor Blog. 2 Oct 2006. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
- "EXILE・KENCHI&TETSUYA、戦火の潜水艦組員役に「責任感」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "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.
- "【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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "EXILEのMATSUとKENCHIがドラマ『ろくでなしBLUES』に出演". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "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.
- "EXILEKENCHI、ドラマで"音痴"な歌声披露". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "/ 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.
- "HIGH&LOW公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
- "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.
- "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.
- "EXILEで"勝負強い"のは…満場一致で「HIROさん」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "EXILE・TAKAHIRO、世界視野に決意新た". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "EXILE・TETSUYA、シャワーシーンで「全力で脱ぎました」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- "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.
- "橘ケンチのEXILE TRIBE連載". The Television (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
- "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.
- "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.
- "第2回 ショートショート大賞" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 Jan 2017.
- "橘ケンチ、文筆業挑戦に意欲「アイデアある」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.