Shinosuke Tatekawa, Date of Birth

Shinosuke Tatekawa

Japanese comedian

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1954

Profession: comedian, rakugoka

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Shinosuke Tatekawa (?? ???, Tatekawa Shinosuke, born 15 February 1954, from Shinminato, Toyama (now part of Imizu)) is a rakugo performer.
His real name is Teruo Takeuchi (?? ??, Takeuchi Teruo).
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 Tameshite Gatten (????????) since it started in 1995. Tatekawa received the grand prize Sponichi Art & Culture Award in 2008 for "Shinosuke Rakugo in Parco".