Keisuke Sagawa
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Keisuke Sagawa | |
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砂川 啓介 | |
| Born | Keiichi Yamashita (山下 啓一) 12 February 1937 |
| Died | 11 July 2017 (aged 80) Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
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| Years active | 1961–2017 |
| Television | Okaasan to Issho |
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Keisuke Sagawa (砂川 啓介, Sagawa Keisuke, 12 February 1937 – 11 July 2017[1]) was a Japanese actor and tarento who was the first Taisō no Onīsan. He was born in Tokyo. His wife was actress and voice actress Nobuyo Ōyama.
Biography
[edit]While attending Seijo High School, he appeared in numerous socialist films such as Ashizuri Misaki. After graduation he entered Eguchi Dance Institute and studied modern dance and the fundamentals of acting.
In 1961 he became a prominent Uta no Ehon as the first generation guy from the Taisho Era ("Taisō no Onīsan").
In February 1964, he married voice actress Nobuyo Ōyama after having worked with her on-stage in the play, "Son Goku". At the time they married, she was a voice actor on the puppet show Boo-Foo-Woo for the original Okaasan to Issho program,[2] but since it was a different program from Sagawa's Uta no Ehon, they hardly ever got to meet behind the scenes.
Despite being married, they never had any children, as they lost their first child, a son, to stillbirth and their second child, a daughter named "Erika", to lung and heart disease after only 3 months.[3]
As a successor to Yukio Aoshima and Kokontei Shinba VIII in Ohiru no Wide Show, he served as a presenter in various fields including six years from 1980. He appeared on the stage of Fuji Theater in 1985 and since then he was active as an actor as well as in lecture activities.
In 1988, co-authored with Ōyama, the cookbook Keisuke-Nobuyo no Omoshiro Sōzai 170 (Keisuke & Nobuyo's Curious Delicatessen) was published by Shufunotomosha and became a best-seller of more than a million copies, and in 1991 they co-authored and released a follow-up cookbook, Keisuke-Nobuyo no Omoshiro Shukō.
In 2001, he published Kamisan ha Doraemon (My Wife is Doraemon), a book about his wife Ōyama's daily life as she battled cancer that year and the caregiving she received from him during that time.
In May 2009, he appeared in NHK Educational TV's 50th anniversary commemorative special program ETV50: Kodomo no Hi Special -Do Mitai Kyōiku TV Dai 2-dan- (Namahōsō) Okaasan to Issho as the first generation "Taisō no Onīsan", for the first time in about 40 years in costume and showed exercise gymnastics[4] with the song "Genki ni Ichi, Ni".
In 2013, Sagawa announced that he had undergone surgery for early stage stomach cancer, but did not undergo chemotherapy.[5][6]
On May 13th, 2015, Sagawa announced that Ōyama was suffering from dementia and that he was taking care of her.[7] [8] In 2016, while he was caring for his wife, Sagawa was diagnosed with kidney cancer and decided to have Ōyama moved into a nursing home so he could receive proper treatment for the illness.[9]
In May 2017, Sagawa was hospitalized, and was readmitted on June 13th after suffering a cerebral infarction. He died on July 11th, 2017 at 4:10am in the morning from ureteral cancer at 80 years old.[10]
Ōyama visited him several times during his stay in the hospital, but was unable to make it in time for his final moments before he passed away. And although she served as the chief mourner, she did not attend Sagawa's wake or funeral due to her dementia.[11]
After his hospitalization, Sagawa entrusted his future affairs to the couple's manager, Akiko Kobayashi, and Ōyama continued to live in the nursing home where she stayed, but the management of his home, which lost its owner, is currently being managed by a tax accountant in Tokyo.[12][13]
The couple's manager Kobayashi contributed a memoir, Nobuyo Ōyama Shed Tears at her Husband's Coffin, in the September 2017 issue of Bungeishunju[14], revealing the couple's struggle with the illness and their health care.[15]
Years later, on September 29th, 2024, his wife Nobuyo Ōyama suddenly passed away from senility at 90 years old.
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]| Dates | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1961–69 | Okaasan to Issho | NHK | First Taisō no Onīsan | ||
| 1962–63 | Pilot: Star Present | CX | Moderator | ||
| 1964 | Tōshiba Michiyō Gekijō Otokodearitai | TBS | |||
| 1967 | Idjiwaru Bāsan | YTV | |||
| 1969 | Sign wa V | TBS | Episode 32 guest | ||
| 1970 | Osana Zuma | TX | Episode 8 guest (co-starred with Nobuyo Ōyama) | ||
| 1972 | Barom-1 | Matsugoro Kido | YTV | ||
| Henshin Ninja: Arashi | Tomekichi | MBS | Episode 5 "Kyōfu! Neko Mandala!!" | ||
| Ashita no Hanayome | |||||
| Ohiru no Wide Show | NTV | ||||
| 1986 | Keisuke Sagawa: Ima! Asadesu | TBS | |||
| 7 Nov 1986 | Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Nagai Ichinichi | NTV | |||
| 1993 | Hanshichitori Monochō | Torakichi | Produced by Union Movie; Episode 15 "Beranmē Ojōsama!" | ||
| Īizumitsuketa | |||||
| 5 May 2009 | ETV50: Kodomo no Hi Special -Do Mitai Kyōiku TV Dai 2-dan- | NHK | |||
| Dongurion Gakukai | CBC | Moderator | |||
| 13 Dec 2015 | Doraemon, Haha ni naru: Nobuyo Ōyama Monogatari | NHK BS Premium | Cooperation and interview coverage | [16] |
Radio
[edit]| Title | Network |
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| Keisuke Sagawa no Mimi Komi Lunchtime | TBS Radio |
Stage
[edit]| Title | Production |
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| The Three Musketeers | Fuji Theater |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Distributor |
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| 1969 | Conte 55-gō: Ore wa Ninja no Mago no Mago | Newscaster | Toho |
| Conte 55-gō: Uchū Dai Bōken | Commentator |
Discography
[edit]| Song |
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| Otsu kai ari-san |
| Ahiru no Gyōretsu |
| Ore wa Tobu |
Bibliography
[edit]| Date | Title | Co-author | Publisher | ISBN |
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| Apr 1988 | Keisuke-Nobuyo no Omoshiro Sōzai 170: Fui no Raikyaku, Kakei no Pinchi ni Yasukute Umai Speed Ryōri | Nobuyo Ōyama | Graph Corporation | ISBN 9784079256728 |
| Aug 1991 | Keisuke-Nobuyo no Omoshiro Shukō: 5-25-Bu o Matase Time-tsuki | ISBN 9784079377416 | ||
| Oct 2001 | Kamisan wa Doraemon | Futabasha | ISBN 9784575292954 | |
| Oct 2015 | Musume ni natta Tsuma, Nobuyo e Nobuyo Ōyama "Ninshishō" Kaigo Nikki | ISBN 9784575309553 |
References
[edit]- ^ "砂川啓介さん死去 ８０歳 認知症の妻・大山のぶ代を残し…". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 Jul 2017.
- ^ https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/articles/?id=C0010327
- ^ Keisuke Sagawa, To My Wife Who Became My Daughter, Nobuyo - Nobuyo Ōyama's 'Dementia' Care Diary (Futabasha, 2015) p.45
- ^ He also showed up at the 30th anniversary party.
- ^ https://www.sanspo.com/article/20150515-YKW7FYRAYJID3JRCID7MK636EI/
- ^ https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/05/16/kiji/K20150516010356750.html
- ^ http://tbsradio.cocolog-nifty.com/yuyu/2015/05/post-39dc.html
- ^ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-13/doraemon-danganronpa-voice-actress-nobuyo-oyama-suffering-from-dementia/.88106
- ^ https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2016/06/05/nobuyo-ooyama_n_10315368.html
- ^ https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/07/18/kiji/20170718s00041000174000c.html
- ^ https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/07/19/kiji/20170719s00041000092000c.html
- ^ https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/97316
- ^ https://www.jprime.jp/articles/-/28906
- ^ https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/3514
- ^ https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/3722
- ^ Originally planned as Zutto Isshodayo: Seiyū Nobuyo Ōyama Monogatari.
External links
[edit]- Keisuke Sagawa - actors7 official homepage (in Japanese)
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