Shinosuke Tatekawa
Introduction  is a rakugo performer. His real name is . With his comic group, Rokunin-no-Kai (Group of Six), formed in 2003, he has helped to popularise rakugo among young Japanese people. He is also well known as a TV presenter, and has presented the primetime NHK General show  since it started in 1995.Tatekawa received the grand prize Sponichi Art & Culture Award in 2008 for "Shinosuke Rakugo in Parco".
Filmography ===Television===*''Taiyō ni Hoero!'' (1976), mechanic (episode 196)*''Tameshite Gatten'' (1995–2022), host===Film===*''GeGeGe no Kitarō'' (2007), Bakezōri (voice)*''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'' (2013), Inbe no Akita (voice)*''A Living Promise'' (2016), Yōsuke Kondō*''The Island of Cats'' (2019), Daikichi*''Poupelle of Chimney Town'' (2020) (voice)*''Angry Rice Wives'' (2021)*''Dreaming of the Meridian Arc'' (2022)
Honours *Medal with Purple Ribbon (2015)
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