Teppei Koike

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Teppei Koike (小池 徹平 Koike Teppei?, born January 5, 1986) is an actor, and singer from Japan. His nicknames are "Teppei-chan", "Teppei-kun," and "Te-chan". He was born in Osakasayama, Osaka. Capricorn. His blood type is B. He belongs to the production company Burning Productions and is a member of the singer-songwriter duo WaT.

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[edit] History

2001

  • Attended Osaka Furitsu Nagano High School.
  • Was the grand prix winner of the 14th Junon Super Boy Contest.

2002

  • Moved to Tokyo in the spring. Changed schools to Horikoshi High (also attended at the same time by NEWS' Yamashita Tomohisa, D-BOYS' Shirota Yuu, and KAT-TUN's Tanaka Koki)
  • Met Wentz Eiji while working and formed WaT. Started doing street lives.
  • Debuted as an actor in the drama "Tentai Kansoku".

2004

  • WaT released debut indies CD "Sotsugyou TIME" in February.

2005

  • Acted in the drama "Gokusen 2", which was part of the reason for his increasing popularity.
  • WaT signs with Universal Music in August, releases first major single "Boku no Kimochi" in November, ranking 2nd place on the Oricon chart. They are the band with the shortest time gap between debut and appearing on NHK's Kouhaku Uta Gassen.
  • Release his first photobook, "First Letter From Teppei".

2006

  • Presented with the Newcomer's 43rd Golden Arrow Award (WaT).
  • Presented with the 20th Gold Disc Award for "Best New Artist".
  • First leading role in the movie "Lovely Complex" as Otani Atsushi.
  • Official supporter in 2006's International Volleyball Tournament (WaT).
  • Nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the 49th 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 NHK's Kouhaku.

2007

  • First music solo project was announced on the 10th of January.
  • His story of leaving his family and hometown to pursue his dream to be a performer was turned into a 52 pages one shot manga entitled "Bokura no Ibasho" by Nakahara Aya, the mangaka of "Love Com" in which Teppei starred as the main male character in its live-action movie.
  • Solo single, "Kimi ni Okuru Uta" is to be released on 14th of February, Valentine's Day, with Wentz's solo song "Lucky de Happy" as the b-side song.

[edit] Personal Profile

[edit] Family

  • Immediate family consists of Father, Mother, Little brother.
  • The name "Teppei" came from his father's favourite manga, "Ore wa Teppei"

[edit] Wentz

  • He is really good friends with Wentz. They often visit each other's houses, watch movies and go out to eat together. When they were doing street lives, they often borrowed each other's clothes.
  • Teppei calls Wentz "Ei-chan".
  • They have spent Christmas together ever since they met. (The first year, they took purikura in Shinjuku; the second year, they ran the maranthon for their indies debut PV; the third year, they ate at a hamburger shop; the fourth year was a WaT event and love*con photoshoot)
  • For Wentz's 20th birthday, Teppei bought him a lot of underwear (Wentz has showed up on variety TV wearing just underwear a lot of times)
  • In "Bokura no Ibasho" (a manga based on Teppei's life story), Teppei said the only thing he had in common with Wentz was their love of music. Other than that, they are complete opposite. ("If we were in the same class or something, I definitely think we wouldn't be friends" - quote from "Bokura no Ibasho")

[edit] TV Dramas

  • Tentai Kansoku (2002)
  • Anata no Jinsei Ohakobishimasu (2003)
  • Okaasan to isshou (2003)
  • Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru (2003)
  • Waterboys 2 - Iwata Iwao (2005)
  • Gokusen 2 - Takeda Keita (2005)
  • Dragon Zakura - Ogata Hideki (2005)
  • Oniyome Nikki - Sawamura Ryousuke (2005)
  • Iryu (Team Medical Dragon) - Ijuuin Noboru (2006)

[edit] Variety TV Shows

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

[edit] Solo Single

  • Kimi ni Okuru Uta - release: 14th February 2007

[edit] Movies

[edit] External links

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