Teppei Koike

Koike Teppei
Native name	小池 徹平
Born	(1986-01-05) January 5, 1986 Ōsakasayama, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Pop, trance
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actor
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Universal Music Group, A&M
Associated acts	WaT
Website	teppei.fanmo.jp

Teppei Koike (小池 徹平, Koike Teppei, born January 5, 1986) is an actor and singer from Japan. He was born in Ōsakasayama, Osaka Prefecture. He belongs to the production company Burning Productions and is a member of the singer-songwriter duo WaT with his partner, Eiji Wentz.

Career

2002

• Moved to Tokyo in the spring. Changed schools to Horikoshi High (also attended at the same time as NEWS' Tomohisa Yamashita & Yuya Tegoshi, D-BOYS' Yu Shirota, Japanese actor and singer Toma Ikuta and KAT-TUN's Koki Tanaka)
• Met Eiji Wentz while working and formed WaT. Started doing street lives.
• Debuted as an actor in the drama Tentai Kansoku.

2004

• WaT released debut indies C.D. Sotsugyō Time in June.

2005

• Acted in the drama Gokusen 2 (January 15 - March 19) , which was part of the reason for his increasing popularity.
• Appeared as Hideki Ogata, a major, regular character in the TBS television drama "Dragon Zakura" (July - September 2005), alongside his high school fellow Tomohisa Yamashita.
• WaT signs with Universal Music in August, releases first major single Boku no Kimochi in November, reaching second place on the Oricon chart. They are the band with the shortest time gap between debut and appearing on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
• Released his first photobook, First Letter From Teppei.

2006

• Presented with the Newcomer's forty-third Golden Arrow Award (WaT).
• Presented with the twentieth Gold Disc Award for "Best New Artist".
• First leading role in the movie Lovely Complex as Atsushi Otani.
• Official supporter in 2006's International Volleyball Tournament (WaT).
• Nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the forty-ninth Drama Academy Award, for his performance in Iryu.
• Released his second photobook, Kiss me, Kiss me.
• On New Year's Eve, WaT performed for the second time in N.H.K.'s Kōhaku.
• Acted in the drama Iryu, as Ijyuuin.

2007

• First music solo project was announced on January tenth.
• His story of leaving his family and hometown to pursue his dream to be a performer was turned into a fifty-two pages one shot manga entitled Bokura no Ibasho by Nakahara Aya, the author of the manga Lovely Complex.
• Solo single, Kimi ni Okuru Uta, was released on February fourteen, Valentine's Day, with Wentz's solo song Lucky de Happy as the B-side song.
• Solo album, Pieces was released on the 27th of June.

2015

• Performed as "L" in the Death Note musical in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, premiere April 6th 2015.

TV dramas

• Tantei Kazoku (2002)
• Anata no Jinsei Ohakobishimasu (2003)
• Okaasan to Isshou (2003)
• Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru (2003)
• Houkago - Kaname Komiya (2004)
• Water Boys 2 - Iwata Iwao (2005)
• Gokusen 2 - Takeda Keita (2005)
• Dragon Zakura - Ogata Hideki (2005)
• Oniyome Nikki - Sawamura Ryousuke (2005)
• Iryu - Ijuuin Noboru (2006)
• Iryu 2 - Ijuuin Noboru (2007)
• Mada Minu Chichi e, Haha e (2007)
• Shibatora - Shibata Taketora (2008)
• Ohitorisama - Kamisaka Shinichi (2009)
• Iryu 3 - Ijuuin Noboru (2010)
• Propose Kyodai - Yamada Jiro (2011)
• Amachan - Adachi Hiroshi (2013)
• Iryu 4 - Ijuuin Noboru (2014)

Variety TV shows

• Ame ni mo makezu! (Fuji Terebi) - host along with his partner, Wentz.

Solo discography

Singles

• 2007-02-14: 君に贈る歌 (Kimi ni Okuru Uta)
• 2007-04-25: my brand new way
• 2009-06-24: キミだけ (Kimi Dake)

Albums

• 2007-06-27: pieces, which contains 12 self-penned songs
• 2009-07-15: Jack in the Box . Debut position & 1st week sales - #15 ; 10,580

Movies

• Taga Tameni
• Lovely Complex(first male leading role) as Ōtani Atsushi (2006)
• My Favorite Girl - a WaT DVD movie project together with Wentz (2006)
• KIDS - Asato (2008)
• The Homeless Student as Tamura "Tamuchin" Hiroshi
• Gokusen the Movie(2009)
• Black Gaisha ni Tsutometerundaga, Mou Ore wa Genkai Kamoshirenai (2009)

External links

• Teppei Official site (Japanese)
• WaT Official site (Japanese)