is a rakugo performer. His real name is . With his comic group, Rokunin-no-Kai (Group of Six), formed in 2003, he has helped to popularise rakugo among young Japanese people. He is also well known as a TV presenter, and has presented the primetime NHK General show since it started in 1995.
Tatekawa received the grand prize Sponichi Art & Culture Award in 2008 for "Shinosuke Rakugo in Parco".
Filmography
Television
Taiyō ni Hoero! (1976), mechanic (episode 196) Tameshite Gatten (1995–2022), host
Film
GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007), Bakezōri (voice) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013), Inbe no Akita (voice) A Living Promise (2016), Yōsuke Kondō The Island of Cats (2019), Daikichi Poupelle of Chimney Town (2020) (voice) Angry Rice Wives (2021) Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)
Honours
Medal with Purple Ribbon (2015)