Person
Kenichi Hagiwara
Born 26 July 1950 Died 26 March 2019, aged 68 Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan TMDB ↗
Kenichi Hagiwara (born 26 July 1950 in Omiya, Saitama, Japan), also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. After The Tempters, he formed the band PYG along with Kenji Sawada, the first true Japanese supergroup, a unit which included members of The Tigers, The Tempters and The Spiders.
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The numbers
17age in their first credit on record (1967)
51years on screen and counting
4credits in 1975, their busiest year
54dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 64 Over Your Dead Body
2014
Age: 59 Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
2009No poster
Age: 52 Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan.
2003as Inspector Totsugawa
Age: 50 Desert Moon
2001as Keechie's Boss
Age: 50 Doubles
2001No poster
Age: 46 The Terrorist’s Parasol
1996
Age: 44 Ghost Pub
1994as Sotaro
Age: 42 The Triple Cross
1992as Kanzaki
Age: 40 Traffic Jam
1991as Rinzo Fuji
Age: 40 1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
Age: 40 Betrayal Tomorrow
1990
Age: 38 Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989as Shiro Nonaka
Age: 38 Yakuza Ladies 3
1989as Testuro Akamatsu
Age: 37 The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
Age: 36 Night Train
1987as Masahiko Tamura
Age: 36 Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
Age: 36 South to the Horizon
1986as Ryuji Gondo
Age: 35 Love Letter
1985as Shoichi Takehara
Age: 34 The Seburi Story
1985as Hajime Kinoshita
Age: 34 Capone Cries a Lot
1985as Kaiemon
Age: 32 Modori River
1983
Age: 32 To Trap a Kidnapper
1982
Age: 30 Summer of Demon
1981as lemon
Age: 29 Kagemusha
1980as Katsuyori Takeda
Age: 28 Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
Age: 27 Village of Eight Gravestones
1977as Tatsuya Terada
Age: 24 Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975
Age: 24 Light of Africa
1975as Jun
Age: 24 Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975as Sakuda
Age: 23 Bitterness of Youth
1974as Kenichiro Eto
Age: 23 Summer Days Across the River
1973
Age: 23 The Petrified Forest
1973
Age: 22 The Wanderers
1973as Mokutaro
Age: 22 Beyond the Rainbow
1972as Jiro
Age: 21 The Rendezvous
1972as Akira Nakahara
Age: 20 Price of Life
1971as Akio
Age: 20 Memai
1971
Age: 18 The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969as Kenichi Yamakawa (Shôken)
Age: 17 Wet Encounter
1967 FR·03
TV credits
No poster
Age: 67 Ashita e no Chikai
2018
Age: 67 Dokonimo nai Kuni
2018
Age: 65 Kamogawa Shokudo
2016
Age: 50 Fighting Girl
2001as Yuzo Yoshida
Age: 48 Genroku Ryoran
1999as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Age: 45 Ceremonial Officiator
1996as Ryuhei Oyamada
Age: 42 Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
Age: 34 水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984
Age: 27 I Can Hear the Sound of Festival
1977
Age: 25 前略おふくろ様
1975
Age: 24 Wounded Angels
1974as Osamu Kogure
Age: 23 Katsu Kaishu
1974as Okada Izo
No poster
Age: 23 Kaze no Naka no Aitsu
1973as 黒駒の勝蔵
Age: 21 Bark at the Sun
1972as Hayami Jun (Macaroni)
Age: 21