# Kenji Moriwaki

Kenji Moriwaki (森脇 健児, Moriwaki Kenji, born 5 February 1967, in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and radio personality.
Moriwaki is represented with Shochiku Geino. He graduated from Hirakata Municipal Tonoyama First Elementary School, Hirakata Municipal First Junior High School, Rakuminami High School, and Momoyama Gakuin University. Moriwaki is a resident of Kyoto. In 2010 he became the Special Advisor to Kyoto Miyama High School. Moriwaki is now married and has one son and daughter.

## Biography

During high school Moriwaki held a number of voluntary planning events in the local live house Blow Down in Hirakata.
He passed the 1st Shochiuku Geino Tarento Audition during his second year in senior high school. In the 17 March 1984 Moriwaki joins Shochiku Geino and later in June he debuted in a vaudeville show. Later he became an apprentice to Hayato Wakai. In 1988 Moriwaki and Wakai turn into a duo in Zamaa Kankan! and the Kansai Local programme Kenji Moriwaki no Seishun Vegetable in the Kinki area.
Later in the 1990s he appeared in dramas and presenting variety programmes and he stepped down from Waratte Iitomo! and later became a presenter in Yume ga Mori Mori, but the programme didn't air nationwide and in 1999 the series returned in the Kinki area.

## Current appearances
### TV series

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 2013 | News 610: Kyo Ichi Nichi | NHK Kyoto | Tuesday Corner |
| 2014 | Moriwaki Densetsu | KBS, Sun TV | |
| | Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV | TBS | Irregular appearances |
| 2015 | Hitmon!! | KTV | |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 2004 | Kenji Moriwaki no U Work Weekly | Radio Kansai | |
| 2004 | Konchi wa Kon-chan Ohirudesuyo! | MBS Radio | Thursday monthly "Ichiguest" |
| 2006 | Kenji Moriwaki no Saturday Stadium | KBS Radio | |
| 2014 | Yona Yona... | ABC Radio | Monday personality |

### Internet series

| Year | Title |
| 2006 | Kenji Moriwaki no Gakuya Hanashi |
| 2014 | Moriwaki Owarai Dōbutsuen |

### Essays

| Year | Title |
| 2011 | Daily Sports "Sō Shisō Ai" |

### Magazines

* Title
* Netchū! Rikujō-bu "Kenji Moriwaki no Netchū! Rikujō-bu Sōdan-shitsu"
* Riku Maga Jr. "Kenji Moriwaki no Shitsumon Corner"

### Advertisements

| Year | Title |
| 2016 | Nissin Foods Cup Noodles O Baka e no Shissō |

## Former appearances
### Variety series

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| | Wide You | MBS | |
| 1985 | You Goban Mada? | ABC | |
| 1988 | Zamaa Kankan! | YTV | |
| 1989 | Idol Kyōwakoku | TV Asahi | 3rd presenter |
| 1991 | Sakurakko Club | TV Asahi | |
| 1991 | Waratte Iitomo! | Fuji TV | |
| 1991 | Waratte Iitomo Special Issue | Fuji TV | |
| 1991 | Waratte Iitomo! Tokudai-gō | Fuji TV | |
| 1992 | Yume ga Mori Mori | Fuji TV | |
| 1992 | Tamori no Vocabula Tengoku | Fuji TV | |
| 1992 | Kenji Moriwaki no Sessa Taku Maru!! | ABC | |
| 1993 | Professional Baseball News | Fuji TV | |
| 1993 | Hatsumōde! Bakushō Hit Parade | Fuji TV | |
| | Sanma no Nan Demo Derby | TV Asahi | |
| | Naruhodo! The World | Fuji TV | |
| | Discovery of the World's Mysteries | TBS | |
| 1994 | Maido! Ongaku Las Vegas | TV Asahi | |
| 1995 | Kasou Taishou | NTV | |
| 1995 | FNS Super Special TV Yume Rettō | Fuji TV | |
| 1995 | Quiz Nipponjin no Shitsumon | NHK TV | |
| 1995 | The Warame De Pon | Fuji TV | |
| 1996 | Doyō Tokushū | NHK TV | |
| 1996 | 27-jikan Challenge TV | TV Asahi | |
| 1997 | Wai Wai Tea Time | TBS | |
| 1997 | Pro Sportsman No.1 | TBS | |
| 1998 | Mezamashi TV | Fuji TV | |
| 2001 | Hiru Doki Nippon Rettō | NHK TV | Assistant |
| 2001 | TV Hakubutsukan: Sorette Honto! | THK | Reporter |
| 2001 | Chichinpui Pui | MBS | |
| 2001 | Variety: Seikatsu Emi Hyakka | NHK | |
| | Niji Goji | TNC | |
| | News Signal | Sun | |
| 2002 | Ōi, Nippon | NHK-BS2 | |
| | Rakurabu. | KBS | |
| 2003 | Rakurabu R | KBS | |
| 2003 | Pooh! | TBS | |
| 2003 | Tsūkai! Everyday | KTV | |
| 2003 | Money no Tora | NTV | Volunteer |
| 2004 | Ikinari! Kogane Densetsu. | TV Asahi | |
| 2005 | Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course | Fuji TV | |
| 2005 | Kikaku Kōjō Nariagari | TBS | |
| 2005 | Shumi yūyū | NHK-E | |
| 2008 | Hashiru Otoko | To-Mei-Han Net 6 | |
| 2009 | Hashiru Otoko II | To-Mei-Han Net 6 | |
| 2010 | Sekai Waraeru! Journal | TBS | |
| 2010 | Hashiru Otoko F | To-Mei-Han Net 6 | |
| 2010 | G Wars | Fuji TV | |
| 2011 | 24 Hour Television | NTV | |
| 2011 | Kansai Tokushū | NHK TV | |
| 2012 | Hashiru Otoko Joshi-bu | To-Mei-Han Net 6 | |
| 2013 | Hashiru Otoko: The Final | To-Mei-Han Net 6 | |

### TV drama

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 1991 | Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai... | | Fuji TV | |
| 1992 | Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto | | Fuji TV | |
| 1992 | Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: Oyaji | | Fuji TV | |
| 1993 | Onegai Darling! | | Fuji TV | |
| 1993 | Onegai Demon! | | Fuji TV | |
| 1994 | Hanjuku Tamago | Satoshi Maruyama | Fuji TV | |
| 1994 | Kimi ni Tsutaetai: Sotsugyō II | | MBS, TBS | |
| 1995 | For You | | Fuji TV | |
| 1998 | Ten Urara | Akihiko Takayama | NHK | |
| 2003 | Love Judge | Tamaki | TBS | |
| 2007 | Mito Kōmon | Sutekichi | TBS | Episode 22 |
| 2008 | Chiritotechin | | NHK | Episode 83 |
| 2014 | Roosevelt Game | Saburo Murano | TBS | |
| 2016 | Osaka Kanjō-sen: Hito-eki-goto no Ai Monogatari | Policeman | KTV | Part 1 Episode 4 |
| | Shinusa | | | |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Minami no Teiō: Hasan Kinyū-ya Koroshi | | |
| 2002 | Red Harp Blues | | |
| 2007 | Chikyū no Heso | Hitoe Kogo's director | Cameo |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 1985 | MBS Young Radio | MBS Radio | Debut |
| | High Young Kyoto | KBS Radio | |
| | Free Campus Radio | KBS Kyoto | |
| 1988 | ABC Radio Funky's | ABC Radio | Thursday appearance |
| 1989 | Seishun Vegetable | KBS Kyoto | |
| 1989 | Kenji Moriwaki to Naoki Uraguchi no Super Gang | TBS Radio | |
| 1989 | Hara Yojire Agohazushi Renmei | NBS | Monday appearances |
| 1990 | Moriwaki-Yamada no Panic Shiyouze! Tokyo Hara Hara Gyātēzu | NBS | |
| | Hikaru Ijūin no Oh! Deka Night | NBS | |
| 1998 | Kenji Moriwaki no Sunday Meeting | KBS Radio | |
| 1999 | Kenji Moriwaki no Totsugeki! Nippon Rettō | KBS Radio, HBC Radio, TBC Radio, Radio Nippon, SF, Radio Kansai, RCC, KBC Radio, MBC | |
| | Kyoto Gogoichi | KBS Radio | |
| 2009 | Kenji Moriwaki to Takeyuki Hara no Moshimo Saiban-in! | CBC Radio | |
| 2009 | Gogoichi | CBC Radio | Monday appearances |
| 2014 | Nobuhiko Otani: Kikimasu! | NBS | "Kiki Master" in Wednesdays |

### Advertisements

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1993 | Mandom Gatsby | Co-starring with Eisaku Yoshida |
| | Join Juice | Co-starring with Masato Yamada |
| | Abeno Apollo | |
| | Nissan New Atlas | |
| | Mikakuto Ochichi Candy, Osatsu Doki, Kirei, Fiber Gummy, Gummycan GL | |
| | Sapporo Brewery | |
| | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Five Mini | |
| 2009 | Ito-Yokado | |

### VHS

* Title
* Yume ga Mori Mori super live
* Yume ga Mori Mori supecial live
* Shijō Saidai no Live

### DVD

* Title
* Hashiru Otoko: Hokkaido-Tohoku
* Hashiru Otoko: Kanto-Koshinetsu
* Hashiru Otoko: Kanto-Tokai
* Hashiru Otoko: Kansai-Chūgoku Shikoku
* Hashiru Otoko: Kyushu-Okinawa
* Hashiru Otoko II: Hajimehashi
* Hashiru Otoko II: Kaisō
* Hashiru Otoko II: Kansō

### CD

| Title | Notes |
| "Ma-natsu no Fantasy", "Ma-aki no Fantasy" | |
| Landing Beam, Ma-natsu no Fantasy | Participated with Maki Ohguro |

### Books

* Title
* I Love You ni Kaete
* Kenji Moriwaki Sweater Book
* Hashiru Otoko

### Magazines

* Title
* Nikkan Running Magazine "Kenji Moriwaki Rikujō Kyōgi-bu"