# Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara (萩原 健一, Hagiwara Ken'ichi, 26 July 1950 – 26 March 2019) was a Japanese singer and actor.

## Music career

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.

## Acting career

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.

## Death

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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Za temputazu | Kenichi Yamakawa (Shôken) | |
| 1971 | Kigeki: Inochi no nedan | | |
| 1972 | The Rendezvous | Burglar | |
| 1972 | Niji wo watatte | | |
| 1973 | The Wanderers | Mokutaro | |
| 1973 | Kaseki no mori | | |
| 1974 | Seishun no satetsu | Kenichiro Eto | |
| 1975 | Two in the Amsterdam Rain | Akira Sakuda | |
| 1975 | Afurika no hikari | Jun | |
| 1975 | Yatsuhaka-mura | Tatsuya Terada | |
| 1979 | Sono go no jingi naki tatakai | Customer | |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Takeda Katsuyori | |
| 1981 | Masho no natsu – 'Yotsuya kaidan' yori | Iemon Tamiya | |
| 1982 | To Trap a Kidnapper | Kazuo Furuya | Lead role |
| 1983 | Modori-gawa | Gakuyo Sonoda | |
| 1985 | Capone Cries a Lot | Umiemon | Lead role |
| 1985 | Seburi Monogatari | Hajime Kinoshita | Lead role |
| 1985 | Love Letter | Shoichi Takehara | Lead role |
| 1986 | Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o! | Ryuji Gondo | |
| 1986 | Rikon shinai onna | Keiichi Iwatani | |
| 1987 | Yogisha | Masahiko Tamura | |
| 1987 | The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma | | |
| 1989 | Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane | Testuro Akamatsu | |
| 1989 | 226 | Shirō Nonaka | |
| 1990 | Gekido no 1750 nichi | | |
| 1991 | Jutai | Rinzo Fuji, Father | |
| 1992 | The Triple Cross | Kanzaki | Lead role |
| 1994 | Ghost Pub | Sotaro | Lead role |
| 1998 | Joker | Murakoshi | |
| 2001 | Daburusu | Key | |
| 2001 | Desert Moon | Keechie's boss | |
| 2009 | Tajomaru | Ashikaga Yoshimasa | |
| 2013 | Natsuyasumi no chizu | | |

### Television

| 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 |