Shinosuke Tatekawa

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.

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