Gekidan Hitori

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Shōgo Kawashima (川島 省吾, Kawashima Shōgo, born February 2, 1977, in Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, Chiba), known by the stage name Gekidan Hitori (劇団ひとり, 'one-person troupe')[2] is a Japanese comedian, lyricist, actor, novelist, and film director.

Gekidan Hitori
劇団ひとり
Born
Shōgo Kawashima

(1977-02-02) 2 February 1977 (age 47)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • lyricist
  • actor
  • novelist
  • film director
Years active1994–present
AgentOhta Production
Notable work
StyleConte
Television
  • Current
    • Goddotan
    • Masahiro Nakai no Mi ni naru Toshokan
    • Shiawase! Bomber Girl
  • Former
    • Waratte Iitomo!
    • Richard Hall
    • Fake Off
    • Nekketsu! Heisei Kyōiku Gakuin
    • How to Monkey Baby!
Spouse
(m. 2009)
PartnerKazuhiko Akiyoshi (Soup Rix)
Children3
Relatives
  • Yuzo Kawashima (uncle, author)[1]
  • Keiji Osawa (righteous grandfather)
Awards
WebsiteGekidan Hitori profile

Gekidan is mainly known his improvisational ability and for his style of physical comedy. He is represented with Ohta Production.

Early life and career

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Kawashima's parents were employed by Japan Airlines (his father was a pilot; his mother was a flight attendant). Due to the nature of their occupation, Kawashima lived in Anchorage, Alaska, for three years as a child, from second to fifth grade.[3]

In 1992, while in his first year of high school, Kawashima appeared on the variety program Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru Terebi!! and garnered the attention of Ohta Production to sign him as a comedy talent. He began activities in a kombi called "Suplex", but were relatively unsuccessful. Kawashima transferred and dropped out of high schools multiple times before graduating from Chiba Ritsufunabashi High School at the age of 20. He then went on to enroll in Tōhō Gakuen in Tokyo and specialized in broadcasting arts, graduating in 1999.

Kawashima's unit, "Suplex", disbanded in 2000 and Kawashima continued activities as a solo comedian with the name "Gekidan Hitori", which translates to "one-person troupe". After going solo, Gekidan became vastly more popular and successful in the industry, with numerous appearances in various television and variety programs. He continued to flourish in the following years, even becoming active as an actor in TV dramas and movies.

Private life

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His wife is tarento Akane Osawa [ja], the two married in February 17, 2009 .[4] They have three children, their first daughter was born in September 2010 and their first son was born in July 2016. They announced the birth of their third child, a daughter, born March 2019.[5]

Character

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Name

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When "Suplex" disbanded, Kawashima needed a new name to continue activities as a solo comedian. Initially, he set up an Internet voting poll with the top two names with the votes being "Katsu Curry" (カツカレー) and "Namiuchi Giwa Tachio" (波打際立夫), which translates to "The Shoreline People". Both were rejected by Kawashima's manager, stating that he "sees no future" for these names in the industry to succeed.[6] During a chat with fellow comedian and script writer Kazuhiro Yasuda, when Kawashima asked Yasuda who is his favorite actor, Yasuda responded with Robert De Niro, but with bad pronunciation, which to Kawashima sounded like "Rohata de Nirō", which literally translates to "Niro from the Furnace", and sparked him to suggest the use of the name. This was, however, also rejected by his manager. Kawashima chose the name "Gekidan Hitori" in the end.

Gekidan Hitori is commonly referred to as Hitori or Kawashima by most others in the industry. Tamori, on the other hand, calls him Gekidan. His wife Akane Ozawa refers to him as "Shingo-tan".

Interests and Hobbies

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  • He is proficient with Rubik's Cubes, as he is able to solve a standard 3×3 cube in 42 seconds. On July 30, 2006, Kawashima entered the 2006 Tokyo Rubik's Cube Grand Prix and placed 68th out of 133 contestants.
  • His favorite food is pizza. When asked what he last late on a TV program appearance, Kawashima said Domino's Pizza. Afterwards, he appeared as the face of a series of Domino's commercials in 2007 with their invitation.
  • He is good friends with Going Under Ground, a Japanese alternative rock band. He also appeared in their music video for the single "Issho ni Kaerō" (いっしょに帰ろう) in 2009.[7]
  • He has publicly stated that he is a big fan of Christel Takigawa.[8]
  • As a student, Kawashima was a fan of Downtown, and purposefully imitated Hitoshi Matsumoto's hairstyle.[9]

Bibliography

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Year Title Book code Ref.
2006 Kagehinata ni Saku ISBN 4344011023, ISBN 978-4344011021
2008 Sono Knob wa Kokoro no Tobira ISBN 4163696709, ISBN 978-4163696706
2010 Seiten no Hekireki ISBN 4344018753, ISBN 978-4344018754
Gekidan Hitori: Cappuccino o Nominagara ISBN 978-4778312237

Filmography

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Variety

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Current appearances

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Year Title Network
2005 Goddotan TV Tokyo
2013 Shiawase! Bomber Girl NTV
Nakai Masahiro no Mi ni Naru Toshokan TV Asahi
2016 Kyūkyoku no Maru Batsu Quiz Show!! Chō Toi! Shinjitsu ka? Uso ka? NTV

Semi-regular (irregular appearances)

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Title Network
Ameagari Ketsushitai no Talk Bangumi Ame-Talk! TV Asahi

Specials, one-offs

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Year Title Network Ref.
2012 Ariyoshi Hitori Tsuchida@Ryūheikai Presents! Chō Chō! Bureikōna Utage SP NTV
2013 Hiroiki Ariyoshi & Gekidan Hitori & Bibiru Ōki no Tensai Little Fuji TV
Sekai ni Hokoru 50-ri no Nihonjin: Seikō no Iden-shi NTV
2014 Quiz Seikai wa Ichi-nen-go TBS
2015 BS Sk-Per! Tte Shittemasu ka!? BS Sk-Per!
2016 Geinin Cannonball TBS [10]

Former, semi-regular

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Year Title Network
Satoko ime gusan NTV
Otona no Consommé TV Tokyo
Richard Hall Fuji TV
Heisei Kyōiku 2005 Yobikō
Honnō no High Kick!
Fake Off: Kanzen naru Sōkan-zu
Yancha Mokushiroku TV Tokyo
You-Yū-Kibun: Doyōda! Pyon NBS
The M NTV
Gekidan Hitori 5 Minutes Performance BS Fuji
Kaitai-Shin Show NHK-G
Manaberu!! News Show! TV Asahi
Kanbai Gekijō
Gekidan Hitori no Shin Bangumi o Kangaeru Kaigi
2004 Yaguchi Hitori
2006 Nekketsu! Heisei Kyōiku Gakuin Fuji TV
Waratte Iitomo!
Waratte Iitomo! Zōkan-gō
2007 Ima sugu Tsukaeru Mame Chishiki: Quiz Zatsugaku-ō TV Asahi
2009 Moraeru TV!
Chikyū-gō Shokudō: Eco meshi Sengen
How to Monkey Baby! Tokyo MX
2010 Sōdatta no ka! Akira Ikegami no Manaberu News TV Asahi
2011 Star Draft Kaigi NTV
Uretrho Mi Kakunin Shōjo TV Asahi
Yume! Dōbutsu Daizukan TBS
5 Men Tabi NTV
Yoppara Future Game Battle TBS
Masahiro Nakai no Ayashī Uwasa no Atsumaru Toshokan TV Asahi
Nan demo World Ranking Nep & Imoto no Sekai Banzuke NTV
2012 Gekidan Hitori & Bibiru Ōki no "Doko Iku!?" Fuji TV One Two Next
Gyōkai Top News TV Asahi
Gachigase NTV
Yoruben TBS
Urethro Mikansei Shōjo TV Tokyo
Kai Nō! Maji karu Hatena NTV
Gekiron! Doxchi Mania TV Asahi
2013 Acchi Mania
2014 Urethro Mi Taiken Shōjo TV Tokyo
OV Kantoku Fuji TV
Omokuri Kantoku: O-Creator's TV show
2015 Kasetsu Collector Z NHK BS Premium
2016 Urero Bugendai Shōjo TV Tokyo

Other appearances

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Year Title Network
Ucchan Nanchan no Honō no Challenger korega dekitara 100 Man-en! ! TV Asahi
Cosmo Angel THK, BS Fuji
Future Girls THK
Warai no Kin Medal ABC
Enta no Kamisama NTV
Bakushō on Air Battle NHK
Lincoln TBS
2007 Gekidan Hitori no Takumi Tanbō-ki Fuji TV 721
2011 Hisai-chi ni Ikiru! Kodomo-tachi no Tatakai 193-nichi Kiroku Fuji TV
2015 The Hakugaku TV Asahi
2016 Darake! Okane o Haratte demo Mitai Quiz BS Sk-Per!

TV dramas

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Year Title Role Network Ref.
2003 Tokyo Love Cinema Fuji TV
Stand Up!! Hiromi Tachibana TBS
2004 X'smap: Tora to Lion to Go-ri no Otoko Middle-aged Santa Fuji TV
2005 Mahora no Hoshi Takeshi Kita YTV
Densha Otoko Yusaku Matsunaga Fuji TV
Densha Otoko: Mōhitotsu no Saishūkai Special Yusaku Matsunaga
2006 Junjō kirari Naoto Saito NHK-G
Dare Yorimo Mama o Ai su Yamashita TBS
Densha Otoko DX: Saigo no Seisen Yusaku Matsunaga Fuji TV
Kazoku: Tsuma no Fuzai-Otto no Sonzai Hitoshi Tsuno ABC, TV Asahi
2007 First Kiss Shido First Priest Fuji TV
Kyonen Renoir de Yankee Huband TV Tokyo
Suwan no Baka! Kozukai 3 Man-en no Koi Kenji Kamo KTV
2008 Avelegi Atsushi Abe Fuji TV
K-tai Investigator 7 Yoshiki Kashiwagi TV Tokyo
81diver Jiro Mojiyama Fuji TV
Maō Nori Serizawa TBS
Avelegi 2 Fuji TV
Ware wa Gogh ni naru! Ai o Hotta Otoko-Munakata Shikō to sono Tsuma Shikō Munakata
"Hahakoihi no Ki": Junichirō Tanizaki "Shōshōshigemoto no Haha" yori Shigeru Fujiwara NHK
2009 Chance! Kanojo ga Seikō shita Riyū Mikio Inoue Fuji TV
Sayayoi Zakura Hirofumi Izumi
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Torajiro Kanda TBS
2010 Hebi no hito WOWOW
10-Nen-saki mo Kimi ni Koishite Hidaka NHK
Sayonara, Alma: Akagami o moratta Inu
2013 Nagasawa-kun Nagasawa-kun TBS
2015 Hana Moyu Itō Hirobumi NHK [11]
Kekkon ni Ichiban Chikakute Tōi Onna Okasaki Shop owner NTV
2016 Montage: San Oku-en Jiken Kitan Yasunari Suzuki Fuji TV [12]
The Sniffer Hideo Numata NHK-G
2018 Segodon John Manjirō NHK
2024 Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out 2024 Naoki Hanzawa NTV [13]

Anime television

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Title Network
Bean World Fuji TV 721

Films

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Director
Year Title Notes Ref.
2014 A Bolt from the Blue Also writer
2021 Asakusa Kid Also writer [14]
Writer
Year Title Notes Ref.
2016 Crayon Shin-chan: The Movie – Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World [15]
Actor
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2004 The Neighbor No. Thirteen
2006 Memories of Matsuko Takeshi Okano
7 Tsuki 24-nichi-dōri no Christmas
2007 Dororo
Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust
2008 Paco and the Magical Book
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2010 Golden Slumber Kazuo "Kaz" Ono
2011 Rebirth Takashi Kishida
Share House
2012 The Wings of the Kirin Akira Itsukawa
Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō Sekiro Seki (voice) [16]
2013 Goddotan: Kiss Gaman Senshuken – The Movie Shogo Kawashima
2014 A Bolt from the Blue Shotaro Toru
Goddotan: Kiss Gaman Senshuken – The Movie 2: Psychic Love Shogo Kawashima
Miracle: Debikuro-kun no Koi to Mahō Devil Claus (voice)
2025 Broken Rage [17]

Animated films

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Year Title Role Ref.
2006 Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 Uncle, Housewife A, Recycling Contractor, Newscaster, Time Patrol Secretary [18]
2007 Strings Erito (Japanese dub)
2010 Coraline Black cat (Japanese dub) [19]
Shrek Forever After Rumpelstiltskin (Japanese dub) [20]
2011 Happy Feet Two Mumble (Japanese dub) [21]
2015 Chibi Maruko-chan: A Boy from Italy Shin

Radio programmes

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Current
Title Network
Gekidan Samba Carnival FM Fuji
Former
Title Network
Jungle Paradise FM Fuji
All Tegami Nippon Japan Post internet radio

Advertisements

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Year Title Ref.
2005 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 24 Season III DVD Collectors Box
Aderans
Life Card "Phishing Sagi ni Kiwotsukete!"
Outsourcing
2006 Meiji Seika "Xylish Show"
Pioneer Corporation "Cyber Navi"
Daiwa House "Dee Room"
NTT DoCoMo Kara Watashi wa DoCoMo desu "Gekidan Hitori – Kara Watashi wa DoCoMo desu"
2007 Sapporo Brewery "Hanjō-ten"
PlayStation Portable Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Lion Corporation Top Fūai-kan
Domino’s Pizza "Domino tomaranai"
Japan Post Holdings "Nenga Campaign"
2008 Asahi Soft Drinks Citrulline Water "Citrulline Tōjō", "Slider Asa", "Slider Furo"
Mazda Biante "Contrast", "Nobi nobi", "Shijō Kokuchi"
Aflac "Ahiru Hoken Sōdan: Hitori-san"
NTT DoCoMo "Answer House Tōjō", "4Tsu no Heya"
2009 Otsuka Pharmaceutical CalorieMate
2009 Tokyo prefectural election
Kao Corporation Essential
2015 Sanyō Shokuhin Sapporo Ichiban Curry Ramen
Sega Phantasy Star Online 2
2016 U-Can Tsūshin Kōza [22]
Asahi Soft Drinks Wonda Morning Shot "Tezukuri Seal"

Serials

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Title
Quick Japan
TV Station
Shūkan Bunshun
Yomiuri Shimbun

Video games

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Year Title Role
2005 Heavy Metal Thunder Go Shimokitazawa

Stage

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Year Title
2005 Atami Satsujin Jiken
2006 Usukawa Ichi-mai
2013 Butai Urethro Mi Kōkai Shōjo
2015 Tokyo 03 Frolic A Holic Love Story "Tori-gaeshi no tsukanai Sugata"
Year Title
2004 Tokai no Napoleon
2006 Tokai no Shakespeare
2008 Gekidan Hitori no Takumi Tanbō-ki
Gekidan Hitori: Mukūkan 1DK – One Dream Keeper
Kanbai Gekijō Series
Kanbai Chika Gekijō
Tokyo Chōnenten Series

Music videos

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Title
Tokyo Jihen "Koi wa Maboroshi for musician (Haishin Gentei Track)"
Tokyo Jihen "Kabuki (album Adult Shūroku)"
Ketsumeishi "Deai no kakera"
Going Under Ground "Issho ni Kaerou"

References

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