Teppei Koike (小池 徹平, Koike Teppei, born January 5, 1986) is Japanese actor and singer associated with Burning Productions. After appearing in the television drama Tentai Kansoku in 2002, Koike began appearing in several other films and dramas, notably as Atsushi Otani in Love Com. At the same time, Koike was also in the music duo WaT with Eiji Wentz from 2002 to 2016.

Teppei Koike
小池 徹平
2019
Background information
Born (1986-01-05) January 5, 1986 (age 38)
Ōsakasayama, Osaka, Japan
GenresJ-pop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, actor
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active2002–present
LabelsUniversal Music Group, A&M
Formerly ofWaT
Websiteteppei.fanmo.jp

Career

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2002

2004

  • WaT released debut indies C.D. Sotsugyō Time in June.

2005

  • Acted in the drama Gokusen 2 (January 15 – March 19), which was part of the reason for his increasing popularity.
  • Appeared as Hideki Ogata, a major, regular character in the TBS television drama "Dragon Zakura" (July – September 2005), alongside his high school fellow Tomohisa Yamashita.
  • WaT signs with Universal Music in August, releases first major single Boku no Kimochi in November, reaching second place on the Oricon chart. They are the band with the shortest time gap between debut and appearing on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
  • Released his first photobook, First Letter From Teppei.

2006

  • Presented with the Newcomer's forty-third Golden Arrow Award (WaT).
  • Presented with the twentieth Gold Disc Award for "Best New Artist".
  • First leading role in the movie Lovely Complex as Atsushi Otani.
  • Official supporter in 2006's International Volleyball Tournament (WaT).
  • Nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the forty-ninth Drama Academy Award, for his performance in Iryu.
  • Released his second photobook, Kiss me, Kiss me.
  • On New Year's Eve, WaT performed for the second time in N.H.K.'s Kōhaku.
  • Acted in the drama Iryu, as Ijyuuin.

2007

  • First music solo project was announced on January tenth.
  • His story of leaving his family and hometown to pursue his dream to be a performer was turned into a fifty-two pages one shot manga entitled Bokura no Ibasho by Nakahara Aya, the author of the manga Lovely Complex.
  • Solo single, Kimi ni Okuru Uta, was released on February fourteen, Valentine's Day, with Wentz's solo song Lucky de Happy as the B-side song.
  • Solo album, Pieces was released on June 27.

2015

  • Performed as "L" in the Death Note musical in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, premiere April 6, 2015.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2005 Taga Tame ni Boy [1]
2006 Love Com Atsushi Ōtani [2]
2006 My Favorite Girl: The Movie Direct-to-video [3]
2008 Kids Asato [4]
2008 The Homeless Student Hiroshi Tamura [5]
2009 Gokusen: The Movie Keita Takeda [6]
2009 Genkai in a Black Company Masao Ōneta [7]
2011 Salaryman Neo Makoto Shinjō [8]
2016 Sabuibo Mask Gonsuke [9]
2018 Eating Women Yūta [10]
2018 Lock-On Love Masaki Takatsugu [11]
2019 The Confidence Man JP: The Movie

Television

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2002 Searchin' For My Polestar Noboru Yamada CX [12]
2003 Okāsan to Issho Naoki Kobayakawa CX [13]
2003 Anata no Jinsei o Hakobishimasu! Yoshimatsu Kogure TBS [13]
2003 Yankee Bokō ni Kaeru Motoya Murase TBS [13]
2004 Water Boys 2 Iwao Iwata CX [13]
2004 Division 1: Hōkago Kaname Komiya CX
2005 Gokusen 2 Keita Takeda NTV [14]
2005 Dragon Sakura Hideki Ogata TBS [13]
2005 Oniyome Nikki Ryōsuke Sawamura CX [13]
2006 Iryū Noboru Ijūin CX [15]
2007 Iryū 2 Noboru Ijūin CX [16]
2007 Mada Minu Chichi e, Haha e Tsutomu Aragaki CX Television film [17]
2008 Shibatora Taketora Shibata CX [18]
2008 The Homeless Student Man CX Television film [13]
2009 Chelsea Hotel e Yōkoso CX [13]
2009 Ohitorisama Shinichi Kamisaka TBS [13]
2010 Tetsu no Hone Heita Tomishima NHK [13]
2010 Iryū 3 Noboru Ijūin CX [13]
2011 Propose Kyōdai Jirō Yamada CX [13]
2012 Joi Kuraishi Shōko Shun Kamata CX [13]
2012 Naniwa Shōnen Tanteidan Shūhei Shindō TBS [13]
2012 Doroctor Shinichi Nakamura NHK BS Premium [13]
2013 Amachan Hiroshi Adachi NHK Asadora [13]
2013 Nigakute, Amai: Kibō no Cha Kōta Hayakawa NHK [19]
2014 Iryū 4 Noboru Ijūin CX [13]
2014 Borderline Akira Kawabata NHK
2015 Konkatsu Keiji Tsutsuji Fujioka YTV [20]
2015 Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Satake BS4 Television film [21]
2016 Chikaemon Tokubei NHK [22]
2017 Senju Crazy Boy Kō Saitō NHK BS Premium Television film [23]
2017 Reverse Yoshiki Hirosawa TBS
2018 Dai Renai: Boku o Wasureru-kun to Kōhei Matsuo TBS Episode 6 [24]
2020 Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi desu ka? Kazuma Ogino YTV, NTV [25]
2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Sanai Hashimoto NHK Taiga drama
2021 Dragon Sakura 2 Hideki Ogata TBS Cameo [26]

Variety TV shows

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  • Ame ni mo makezu! (Fuji Terebi) – host along with his partner, Wentz.

Solo discography

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Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
[27]
"Kimi ni Okuru Uta" (君に贈る歌) 2007 Pieces
My Brand New Way
"Kimi Dake" (キミだけ) 2009 4 Jack In The Box
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Albums

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  • 2007-06-27: pieces, which contains 12 self-penned songs
  • 2009-07-15: Jack in the Box . Debut position & 1st week sales – No. 15; 10,580

Awards

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Japan Academy Prize

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 The Homeless Student Newcomer of the Year[28] Won

References

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(一)^  (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(二)^  (2006) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(三)^ "My Favorite Girl -The Movie-" (in Japanese). Universal Music. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(四)^ KIDS (2008) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(五)^  (2008) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(六)^   (in Japanese). Oricon. July 11, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(七)^  (2009) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(八)^ NEO  () (2011) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(九)^  (2016) (in Japanese). Cinema Today. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(十)^  (in Japanese). eiga.com. March 22, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(11)^  (in Japanese). eiga.com. June 19, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(12)^ 1  (in Japanese). Nishinippon Shimbun. July 7, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(13)^ abcdefghijklmnopq (in Japanese). Ohata Enterprise. Archived from the original on March 1, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(14)^  2 (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(15)^  Team Medical Dragon (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(16)^  Team Medical Dragon 2 (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(17)^  (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(18)^  (in Japanese). Fuji TV. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(19)^  (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(20)^   (in Japanese). Oricon. June 5, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(21)^  (in Japanese). Oricon. September 28, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(22)^ × (in Japanese). Oricon. October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(23)^  (in Japanese). The Television. September 30, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(24)^  (in Japanese). The Television. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

(25)^ Sherman, Jennifer (March 5, 2020). "Live-Action Guilty Series Casts Keita Machida, Teppei Koike". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

(26)^ ": ""SNS". Mantan-web. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

(27)^ Peak chart positions on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart:
"Kimi Dake": "". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 9, 2021.

(28)^ "32nd Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year Winners" (in Japanese). Oricon. February 20, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

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