Ken'ichi Hagiwara

The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is acting and singing. Works named in the authority record are Kizu Darake no Tenshi and Love Letter. Distinctions recorded are Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Golden Arrow Award.

• Name — Ken'ichi Hagiwara • Native Name — 萩原健一 • Born — 26 July 1950 • Birthplace — Yono, Saitama, Japan • Birth Name — Keizō Hagiwara • Died — 26 March 2019 • Place of death — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actor, singer • Years Active — 1966–2019

Also known as Sho-Ken, he was the lead singer of The Tempters, which was a blues-rock band connected to the Group Sounds scene, and gained big hits in the late 1960s. Hagiwara was known for his good looks and wild vocals, which appealed to young male and female 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. He was in the Donjuan R&R Band with Hideki Ishima, formerly of The Flowers Travelln' Band.

After being highly praised for his acting in the film The Rendezvous (1972), he appeared in many films and television shows, including many films directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and such hit TV dramas as Taiyō ni hoero!, Kizudarake no tenshi, and Zenryaku ofukurosama. He was still popular as an actor in the early 2000s.

On 26 March 2019, Hagiwara died of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor at the age of 68 in a hospital in Tokyo. He had been fighting the disease since 2011, but declined to publicize the name of the illness.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1973 — Taiyō ni Hoero! — Jun "Macaroni" Hayami — 6 episodes • 1974 — Katsu Kaishū — Okada Izo — Taiga drama • 1999 — Genroku Ryōran — Tokugawa Tsunayoshi — Taiga drama • 2001 — Fighting Girl — Yūzō Yoshida • 2002 — Toshiie and Matsu — Akechi Mitsuhide — Taiga drama • 2018 — The Rootless Land — Shigeru Yoshida • 2019 — Idaten — Takahashi Korekiyo — Taiga drama