Education
Meiji University.
立川 志の輔
Meiji University.
His real name is Teruo Takeuchi (竹内 照雄, Takeuchi Teruo). With his comic group, Rokunin-no-Kai (Group of Six), formed in 2003, he has helped to popularise rakugo among young Japanese people. He is also well known as a television presenter, and has presented the primetime Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai General show Tameshite Gatten (ためしてガッテン) since it started in 1995.
Medal with Purple Ribbon (2015).