# Keisuke Sagawa

Keisuke Sagawa (砂川 啓介, Sagawa Keisuke, 12 February 1937 – 11 July 2017) 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

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") and in 1964, he married co-star Nobuyo Ōyama.
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 Nobuyo, the cookbook Keisuke-Nobuyo no Omoshiro Sōzai 170 (Keisuke & Nobuyo's Curious Delicatessen) which upgraded from a housewife company and became a best-seller of more than one million copies, and in 1991 they wrote the sequel Keisuke-Nobuyo no Omoshiro Shukō.
In 2001, he wrote Kamisan wa Doraemon[My wife is Doraemon] from Futabasha, who wrote about the daughter who is fighting cancer and the days of the sand river who care for it. In 2013, Sagawa also announced that he had rejected early stomach cancer but was not treat anticancer drug.
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 with the song "Genki ni Ichi, Ni".
On May 13th, 2015, Sagawa announced that Nobuyo was suffering from dementia and he was taking care of her.
He died at the age of 80 from kidney cancer on July 11th, 2017.

## Filmography
### Television

| Dates | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 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 | |
| 1972 | 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 | NTV | 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 |

### Radio

| Title | Network |
| Keisuke Sagawa no Mimi Komi Lunchtime | TBS Radio |

### Stage

| Title | Production |
| The Three Musketeers | Fuji Theater |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fuji Theater |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Fuji Theater |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Distributor |
| 1969 | Conte 55-gō: Ore wa Ninja no Mago no Mago | Newscaster | Toho |
| 1969 | Conte 55-gō: Uchū Dai Bōken | Commentator | Toho |

## Discography

* Song
* Otsu kai ari-san
* Ahiru no Gyōretsu
* Ore wa Tobu