Tetsuya Takeda
Birthday
1949-11-04
Place of Birth
Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Biography:
Tetsuya Takeda (Japanese: 武田 鉄矢), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Sannen B Gumi Kimpachi Sensei (Mr. Kimpachi of the Third-Year B Class). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.
