Actor
Tetsuya Takeda
November 4, 1949 · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Tetsuya Takeda is a Japanese folk singer and actor, perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Kinpachi-sensei (San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.
Notable work
Often works with
Keisuke Koide
5 titles together
Jin, Strawberry Night, Into the White Night
Mizuho Suzuki
3 titles together
The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 1985, A Distant Cry from Spring
Junkichi Orimoto
3 titles together
The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 1985, Station
Kunio Murai
3 titles together
The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 1985, Reverse
Kei Satō
3 titles together
The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 1985, Station
Tetta Sugimoto
3 titles together
The Emperor's Cook, Strawberry Night, Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
Full filmography · 83
The Potentials
as Haru Yoshizumi
2026
Mito Komon
cast
2025
Sukajan Kung Fu
cast
2025
橋ものがたり「約束」
cast
2024
Tang
as Masahiko Bamba
2022
Labyrinth of Cinema
as Ryoma Sakamoto
20206.9
Sketches of Life
as Akira Noda
2019
Hanagatami
as Dr. Ichijo
20177.2
Professor Eiko
as Osamu Igarashi
2016
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
as Yakuza boss Medaka
2016
Furiko
as Umekichi Hashimoto
2015
Don't Lose Heart
as Kenichi Shibata
2013