Shunpūtei Shōta
{{short description|Japanese rakugo comedian (born 1959)}}
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| native_name = 春風亭 昇太
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| birth_place = Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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| education = Tokai University
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| genre = Rakugo
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{{Nihongo|Shunpūtei Shōta|春風亭 昇太||born December 9, 1959}}[http://www.geikyo.com/profile/profile_detail.php?id=94 落語芸術協会「協会員紹介・春風亭昇太」] is a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for performing on the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which a single performer or storyteller appears on stage and tells comedic stories to the audience.
Career
Shōta was born as {{Nihongo|Yūji Tanoshita|田ノ下 雄二|Tanoshita Yūji}}. In 1978, he entered Tokai University and joined the college rakugo club. His {{Nihongo|2=高座名|3=kōzamei|4=the stage name of rakugo}} then was {{Nihongo|Tōkaitei Kirido|頭下位亭 切奴}}. When he was a student, he entered the {{Nihongo|Daigaku Taikō Rakugo Senshuken|大学対抗落語選手権|4=a championship tournament of Rakugo for college and university students}} and won the championship.
In 1982, he left the university and became a disciple of {{Nihongo|Shunpūtei Ryūshō V|5代目春風亭 柳昇}}. He first used Shōhachi as his stage name. In 1986, he became {{Nihongo|2=二ツ目|3=futatsume|4=the middle rank of rakugo}} and assumed his current stage name. In 1989, he was promoted to {{Nihongo|shinuchi|真打|shin'uchi|the senior rank of rakugo}}.
Since May 2006, he has appeared on Shōten as an {{Nihongo|ogiri|大喜利|ōgiri}} member. On May 22, 2016, it was announced that he would become the sixth host in the show's 50-year history.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2016/05/22/shoten-next-mc_n_10091886.html|title=春風亭昇太、「笑点」6代目の司会者に 桂歌丸が番組で発表|website=ハフィントンポスト|date=22 May 2016 |access-date=2016-05-22}}{{Cite journal |last=Weingärtner |first=Till |date=2021 |title=Whose Story Is It Anyway? Shunpūtei Shōta and the Individuality of the Performer in Contemporary Rakugo Storytelling |journal=Japanese Studies |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=161–179 |doi=10.1080/10371397.2021.1914009 |issn=1037-1397|doi-access=free }}
Shōta performs both classical repertoire and original material. During his performances, he often made use of his persona as unmarried bachelor, for which he used to get mocked by his fellow performers on Shōten. However, Shōta got married in 2019, after announcing the marriage on air.{{Cite journal |last=Weingärtner |first=Till |date=2021 |title=Whose Story Is It Anyway? Shunpūtei Shōta and the Individuality of the Performer in Contemporary Rakugo Storytelling |journal=Japanese Studies |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=177 |doi=10.1080/10371397.2021.1914009 |issn=1037-1397|doi-access=free }}
Kōzamei
- {{Nihongo|Shunpūtei Shōhachi|春風亭 昇八|4=1982-1986}}
- {{Nihongo|Shunpūtei Shōta|春風亭 昇太|4=1986-}}
Filmography
= Film =
- Cape Nostalgia (2014)
- The Crimes That Bind (2018)
- Whistleblower (2019), Takami Iiyama
- The Setting Sun (2022){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95254/|title= 鳩のごとく 蛇のごとく 斜陽|access-date= August 30, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
- My Mom, My Angel: A Journey of Love and Acceptance (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101345/|title= わたしのかあさん 天使の詩|access-date= 11 September 2024|work= eiga.com}}
= Television =
- Tiger and Dragon (2005){{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000002188/cast/|title= タイガー＆ドラゴンの出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 18 December 2024|website= The Television|language=ja}}
- Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Imagawa Yoshimoto{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/17-taiga.html|title= おんな城主直虎|access-date= 11 September 2024|work= Haiyaku Jiten}}
- DCU: Deep Crime Unit (2022), Mamoru Hayakawa{{Cite web|url=https://www.tbs.co.jp/DCU_japan/archive/20210926/|title=ＴＢＳ×海外プロダクション共同制作ドラマ 主演・阿部寛演じる新名を取り巻く 強力なキャスト陣が決定！！ 山崎育三郎、趣里、高橋光臣、春風亭昇太、市川実日子 という演技派・個性派の名優たちが集結！ 新ジャンル"水中ミステリー"に深みを与える！！|website=tbs.co.jp|date=2021-09-26|access-date=2022-02-19}}
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Category:Japanese male comedians
Category:Japanese male film actors
Category:Japanese male television actors
Category:People from Shizuoka (city)
Category:Tokai University alumni
Category:20th-century Japanese male actors
Category:21st-century Japanese male actors
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