History

• Attended Osaka Furitsu Nagano High School.
• Was the grand prix winner of the fourteenth Junon Super Boy Contest.

• Moved to Tokyo in the spring. Changed schools to Horikoshi High
  Horikoshi High School
  is a Japanese private high school founded in 1923. The school is famous for being attended by many Japanese celebrities. It offers them lenient attendance requirements.- Notable students :* Yumi Adachi* Risa Ai* Jin Akanishi * Yū Aoi...
  
   (also attended at the same time as NEWS' Tomohisa Yamashita
  Tomohisa Yamashita
  , also widely known as Yamapi, is a Japanese idol, actor, and singer.Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 11 and made his official CD debut with NEWS in 2004. He debuted as a solo artist in 2006 with the hit single "Daite Senorita". His first solo...
  
   & Yuya Tegoshi
  Yuya Tegoshi
  is a member of Japanese boy band NEWS and its subgroup Tegomass, both under Johnny & Associates.-Career:Tegoshi entered Johnny's Jimusho during December 2002. He participated in various Johnny's Junior activities for eleven months before becoming a member of NEWS in 2003...
  
  , D-BOYS' Yu Shirota
  Yu Shirota
  , born December 26, 1985, is a Japanese-Spanish actor, most known for his role as Kagurazaka Makoto in the Japanese television drama live-action adaption of Hana-Kimi, Kunimitsu Tezuka in the Prince of Tennis Musicals, Tuxedo Mask in the Sailor Moon Musicals, and as Kei Shinjo in Rookies...
  
  , Japanese actor and singer Toma Ikuta
  Toma Ikuta
  is a Japanese talent artist part of Johnny's Jr. under the supervision of Johnny & Associates.-Career :Ikuta Toma used to be in a variety show for kids called Tensai Terebi kun. Being a member of a then all-children band called Strawberry Parfait, he was popular with the audience...
  
   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 Kazoku.

• WaT released debut indies C.D. Sotsugyō Time in June.

• Acted in the drama Gokusen 2, which was part of the reason for his increasing popularity.
• WaT signs with Universal Music in August, releases first major single Boku no Kimochi in November, reaching second place on the Oricon
  Oricon
  , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
  
   chart. They are the band with the shortest time gap between debut and appearing on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen
  Kohaku Uta Gassen
  , more commonly known as simply Kōhaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program...
  
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• Released his first photobook, First Letter From Teppei.

• 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
  Lovely Complex
  , also known as Lovely Complex, is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in Bessatsu Margaret from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. The series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their...
  
   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.

• 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 manga
  Manga
  Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
  
   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 the 27th of June.

Family

• His immediate family consists of his father, mother, and a younger brother.
• The name "Teppei" came from his father's favourite manga, Ore wa Teppei.
• His cousin, Kyomoto Taiga, is a member of Johnny's Junior.

Eiji Wentz

• He is really good friends with Eiji Wentz. They often visit each others' houses, watch movies and go out to eat together. When they were doing street lives, they often borrowed each others' clothes.

• Teppei calls Wentz "Ei-chan".

• They have spent Christmas together ever since they met. (The first year, they took purikura in Shinjuku; the second year, they ran a marathon for their Indies debut PV; the third year, they ate at a hamburger shop; the fourth year was a WaT event and Love*Com photo shoot)

• For Wentz's 20th birthday, Teppei bought him underwear- a lot of it. (Wentz has showed up on variety TV wearing just underwear a lot of times)

• In "Bokura no Ibasho" (a manga based on Teppei's life story), Teppei said the only thing he had in common with Wentz was their love of music. Other than that, they are complete opposites. ("If we were in the same class or something, I definitely think we wouldn't be friends." - quote from "Bokura no Ibasho")

TV Dramas

• Tentai Kazoku (2002)
• Anata no Jinsei Ohakobishimasu (2003)
• Okaasan to Isshou (2003)
• Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru (2003)
• Houkago - Kaname Komiya (2004)
• Water Boys 2
  Water Boys 2
  is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2004. The series is very closely related in style to the first season of Water Boys, except set in a different environment—a girls school.-Story:...
  
   - Iwata Iwao (2005)
• Gokusen 2
  Gokusen
  is a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
  
   - Takeda Keita (2005)
• Dragon Zakura
  Dragon Zakura
  is a Japanese manga by Norifusa Mita, which won the 2005 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and an Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival. It was adapted into live action television series of the same name broadcast on TBS in 2005.- Plot :...
  
   - Ogata Hideki (2005)
• Oniyome Nikki - Sawamura Ryousuke (2005)
• Iryu
  Team Medical Dragon
  is a seinen manga about Japanese medical care written by Akira Nagai and drawn by Taro Nogizaka, under medical supervision by Mie Yoshinuma. It has been adapted into the television drama Iryu, Iryu 2, and Iryu 3. The first volume of released on September 30, 2002 in Japan.- Summary :"Team Medical...
  
   - Ijuuin Noboru (2006)
• Iryu 2 - Ijuuin Noboru (2007)
• Mada Minu Chichi e, Haha e (2007)
• Shibatora
  Shibatora
  was an 11-episode TV series broadcast in Japan in 2008, starring Teppei Koike as the main protagonist and Suzuka Ohgo as the heroine. The series is based on the manga created by Yuma Ando. The series consists of many twists, combining dark themes with comedic moments.-Synopsis:No matter how you...
  
   - Shibata Taketora (2008)
• Ohitorisama - Kamisaka Shinichi (2009)
• Iryu 3 - Ijuuin Noboru (2010)
• Propose Kyodai - Yamada Jiro (2011)

Solo discography

• 2007-02-14: 君に贈る歌 (Kimi ni Okuru Uta)
• 2007-04-25: my brand new way
• 2009-06-24: キミだけ (Kimi Dake)

• 2007-06-27: pieces, which contains 12 self-penned songs
• 2009-07-15: Jack in the Box . Debut position & 1st week sales - #15 ; 10,580

Movies

• Taga Tameni
• Lovely Complex
  Lovely Complex
  , also known as Lovely Complex, is a romantic comedy shōjo manga by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in Bessatsu Margaret from 2001 to 2006 and collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. The series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their...
  
  (first male leading role) as Ōtani Atsushi (2006)
• My Favorite Girl - a WaT DVD movie project together with Wentz (2006)
• KIDS - Asato (2008)
• The Homeless Student as Tamura "Tamuchin" Hiroshi
• Gokusen the Movie(2009)
• Black Gaisha ni Tsutometerundaga, Mou Ore wa Genkai Kamoshirenai (2009)

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