is Japanese actor and singer associated with Burning Productions. After appearing in the television drama ''Tentai Kansoku'' in 2002, Koike began appearing in several other films and dramas, notably as Atsushi Otani in '' Love Com''. At the same time, Koike was also in the music duo WaT with Eiji Wentz from 2002 to 2016.

Career

2002 * Moved to Tokyo in the spring. Changed schools to Horikoshi High (also attended at the same time as NEWS'

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& 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 "

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" (July – September 2005), alongside his high school fellow

. * WaT signs with

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in August, releases first major single ''Boku no Kimochi'' in November, reaching second place on the

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chart. They are the band with the shortest time gap between debut and appearing on NHK's

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. * 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 ''

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'' ''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 June 27. 2015 * Performed as "L" in the Death Note musical in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, premiere April 6, 2015.

Filmography

Film

Television

Variety TV shows

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

Solo discography

Singles

Albums

* 2007-06-27: pieces, which contains 12 self-penned songs * 2009-07-15: Jack in the Box . Debut position & 1st week sales – No. 15 ; 10,580

Awards

Japan Academy Prize

, - , 2009 , , ''The Homeless Student'' , , Newcomer of the Year , , , -

References

External links

Teppei Official site

WaT Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koike, Teppei Japanese male actors Japanese male pop singers People from Ōsakasayama, Osaka 1986 births Living people Musicians from Osaka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers