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Kenichi Hagiwara

Acting · Born July 26, 1950 · Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

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.

Movies with Kenichi Hagiwara

• Kagemusha (1980) — Katsuyori Takeda
• Modori River (1983) — Gakuyo Sonoda
• Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) — Shiro Nonaka
• Night Train (1987) — Masahiko Tamura
• The Triple Cross (1992) — Kanzaki
• Over Your Dead Body (2014)
• Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) — Tatsuya Terada
• Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
• Capone Cries a Lot (1985) — Kaiemon
• Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989) — Testuro Akamatsu
• To Trap a Kidnapper (1982)
• Ghost Pub (1994) — Sotaro

TV shows with Kenichi Hagiwara

• Genroku Ryoran (1999) — Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
• Katsu Kaishu (1974) — Okada Izo
• Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (1993)
• Wounded Angels (1974) — Osamu Kogure
• Bark at the Sun (1972) — Hayami Jun (Macaroni)
• Fighting Girl (2001) — Yuzo Yoshida
• Ceremonial Officiator (1996) — Ryuhei Oyamada
• Kamogawa Shokudo (2016)