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Kōji Kikkawa (吉川 晃司, Kikkawa Kōji, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese singer, musician and actor. His most recent album is 2022's Over the Nine. [1]
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吉川晃司 | |
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Years active | 1984–present |
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Website | www |
Kōji was born in Hiroshima and his music career began on February 1, 1984, with "Monica" (later remade in Cantonese sung by Leslie Cheung) and he won eight music awards in the same year. After taking a short break in 1988, he came back as a lead singer in the band Complex with Tomoyasu Hotei (former guitarist of Boøwy) and "Be My Baby" was released. Complex remained as one of the most popular bands in Japan until 1990, when it was announced that Complex had disbanded.
After "Complex", Kōji released series of hit singles such as "Setsunasa O Korosenai", "Kiss Ni Utarete Nemuritai" and "Boy's Life". Kōji completed a "20th Anniversary Tour" at Budokan on February 1, 2005.
In 2006 he recorded "One World," the theme for the 2006 motion picture Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love. More recently, he had teamed up with popular Japanese DJ TWINS to release a single "Juicy Jungle". Also, DJ TWINS had released an album with remixes of several of Kōji's previous hits.
With this new sound-disco revisit, Kōji redefined himself like he does year after year. Throughout all his career, it could be considered that Kōji had outgrown from an idol to an artiste that explore the music boundary. He writes his own songs, produced and arranged his own albums and also played most of the instruments in it. He had just released a remix album of his old hits-titled-DISCO K2. In April 2007, a new single "BABY JANE" was released.
In 2011, Kōji and Tomoyasu Hotei reunited as Complex for two concerts at the Tokyo Dome to benefit victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The duo had not performed together as Complex for almost 21 years.
In 2024, 13 years later, Kikkawa and Hotei reunited again for another Complex benefit concert at the Tokyo Dome, this time to benefit the victims of the 2024 Noto earthquake.
He portrays Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull for the Kamen Rider W franchise, and sung "Nobody's Perfect," Skull's theme.
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1984 | Sukanpin Walk | Yuji Tamikawa | Lead role | |
1985 | You Gotta Chance | Yuji Tamikawa | Lead role | |
1986 | Take It Easy | Yuji Tamikawa | Lead role | |
1988 | Shatterer | Koichi Honda | Lead role | |
2000 | The City of Lost Souls | Fushimi | ||
The Guys from Paradise | Kōhei Hayasaka | Lead role | ||
2004 | Lady Joker | Shuhei Handa | ||
2005 | Until the Lights Come Back | Gingi | ||
2007 | Three for the Road | Seijuro | ||
2008 | The Glorious Team Batista | Kyoichi Kiryu | ||
2009 | Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 | Sokichi Narumi | ||
2010 | Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core | Sokichi Narumi | [2] | |
Wararaifu!! | Shuichi's Dad | |||
Sword of Desperation | Hayatonosho Obiya | |||
2012 | Rurouni Kenshin | Udō Jin-e | [3] | |
2015 | Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam | Himself | [4] | |
2016 | Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days | Kyoichi Garcia | [5] | |
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind | Kiyotaka Kainuma | [6] | ||
2019 | A Town and a Tall Chimney | Yoshinosuke Kihara | [7] | |
2023 | Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny | Pang Nuan | [8] | |
2024 | Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony | Maestro Vento (voice) | [9] | |
Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General | Pang Nuan | [10] | ||
2025 | Trillion Game: The Movie | Kazuki Kedōin | [11] |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2009 | Tenchijin | Oda Nobunaga | Taiga drama | [12] |
2010 | Kamen Rider W | Sokichi Narumi | ||
Sunao ni Narenakute | Ryōsuke Nakajima | |||
2013 | Yae's Sakura | Saigō Takamori | Taiga drama | [13] |
Gifū Dōdō!! Kanetsugu to Keiji | Narrator | |||
2015–18 | Downtown Rocket | Michio Zaizen | 2 seasons | [14] |
2017–18 | Guardian of the Spirit | Jiguro | ||
2018 | Black Lecture Hall's Rokubee | Rokubee Montoya | Lead role | [15] |
2019 | MAGI Tensho Keno Shonen Shisetsu | Oda Nobunaga | [12] | |
2020 | Detective Yuri Rintaro | Yuri Rintaro | Lead role | [16] |
2022 | DCU: Deep Crime Unit | Atsushi Nariai | [17] | |
2022–23 | Maiagare! | Mamoru Ōkōchi | Asadora | [18] |
2023 | Trillion Game | Kazuki Kedōin | [19] | |
2024 | Acma: Game | Seiji Oda | [20] |
Music video
editYear | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2002 | Pandoora |
References
edit- ^ "Over the 9". K2 Net Cast: Kikkawa Koji Official Web Site. Axcel Music Entertainment Inc. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "「日本の正月は仮面ライダーが守る!」3大ライダー共演にちびっ子ら熱狂". oricon.co.jp. December 9, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "るろうに剣心". eiga.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "ベトナムの風に吹かれて". eiga.com. October 17, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "さらば あぶない刑事". eiga.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "秘密 THE TOP SECRET". eiga.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "キャスト - 映画『ある町の高い煙突』公式サイト". takaientotsu.jp. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "「キングダム 運命の炎」吉川晃司、小栗旬、佐久間由衣の"シークレット出演"が解禁". Natalie. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "デビュー40周年の吉川晃司、「映画ドラえもん」最新作で声優初挑戦! 石丸幹二もシリーズ初参戦". eiga.com. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "「キングダム 大将軍の帰還」公開は7月12日!「馬陽の戦い」クライマックス描く【映像あり】". eiga.com. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ "劇場版 トリリオンゲーム". eiga.com. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "吉川晃司、9年ぶりの織田信長!ドラマ『MAGI-天正遣欧少年使節-』予告映像解禁". RBB Today. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ "八重の桜の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "『下町ロケット』キャスト追加発表 財前部長役・吉川晃司はTBSドラマ初出演". oricon.co.jp. September 17, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "吉川晃司、セリフ無しの難役に挑戦!「黒書院の六兵衛」ドラマ化". eiga.com. March 26, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "志尊淳、吉川晃司とバディに 「由利麟太郎」シリーズを初連ドラ化". mdpr.jp. May 14, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "吉川晃司、日曜劇場『DCU』第1話で"殉職"することが判明 伊與田P「重要な役どころは吉川さんしかいない」". oricon.co.jp. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "吉川晃司、朝ドラ初出演が決定「不向きな気がしましたが(笑)」『舞いあがれ!』航空学校の鬼教官役". Oricon. September 20, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 8, 2023). "Live-Action Trillion Game Series Casts Kouji Kikkawa". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "吉川晃司がドラマ「ACMA:GAME」出演、息子役の間宮祥太朗は「腹が据わっている」". natalie.mu. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
External links
edit- Official site (in Japanese)
- Kōji Kikkawa at IMDb