Education
Shigeki Hosokawa attended Ogaki Municipal North Elementary School and Ogaki Municipal North Junior High School. He then graduated from Ogaki Public High School in 1988.
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Shigeki Hosokawa attended Ogaki Municipal North Elementary School and Ogaki Municipal North Junior High School. He then graduated from Ogaki Public High School in 1988.
He had his first acting role in a Turner Broadcasting System J-Drama (Japanese drama) in 1994. He then made a brief appearance on a variety game show in the same year. From 1995 to 2000, he was a professional model.
He took time off from modeling in 2002 to study acting more thoroughly.
He did not go to an acting school after his high school graduation so he used this time to improve his skill. Though mainly a model from 1995 to 2002, he had bit parts in commercials and drama series.
One of his more notable roles during his "time off" from acting was as Takeda-sensei, a teacher in the hit live-action adaptation of GTO. In late 2004, it was announced that Shigeki Hosokawa would be the lead in the then upcoming season of the long running Kamen Rider franchise, Kamen Rider Hibiki. His role as Hibiki garnered many good reviews from Japanese critics.
After Kamen Rider Hibiki finished airing, he then landed the role of Taira no Shigehira in the Samurai Drama, Yoshitsune.
Both Kamen Rider Hibiki and Yoshitsune aired in the 8:00 time slot, Department of Administration and Management and Prime Minister respectively. Because both shows aired in different 8 o"clock timeslots, he has been given the nickname "The 8 o"clock man" in Japan. Hosokawa"s next major role was that of the ill-fated Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, Raye Iwamatsu, in the live action adaptations of the Death Note manga.
He then went on to play the father character in the movie, Kaigo Etoile (The Nursing Care Star) which will start its Japanese airing on September 18, 2006.
He played the father of the main character. He will next play a lead role in a one-hour live action special that will serve as a prologue to the upcoming Skullman anime series.
Skull Manitoba: Prologue of Darkness
Kaigo Etoile
Yoshitsune
Kamen Rider Hibiki as Hibiki
Hikeshiya Komachi
Blue Moshiku wa Blue
Keiji Ichiro
My Little Chef
Kochira Dai San Shakaibu
Kiken Na Tobira - Ai Wo Tejou De Tunagu Toki
Aijin Number Okite
Gekka no Kishi
Out ~ tsumatachi no hanzai
Peach na Kankei
Joi
Furuhata Ninzaburo 2
Border ~hanzai shinri sousatsu file~
Great Teacher Onizuka
Koori tsuku natsu
Ii hito
Kanojotachi no kekkon
Coach
Campus Note
Kagayaku toki no naka de
Kindan no kajitsu
Kimi to ita natsu
Television commercials
日本経済新聞
チオビタドリンク (Taihou chemicals)
オロナミン C drink (Oronamin C, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company) as Hibiki
Movies
Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki as Hibiki
Koharu Beauty
Death Note as Raye Iwamatsu
Video Games
Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (PS3) as Hibiki (voice)
Kamen Rider Hibiki (PS2) as Hibiki (voice)
es (Dreamcast) as Keigo Nakanishi
Dubbing
The Amazing Race 16 as Steve.