Koike Teppei

PROFILE:
•Name: 小池徹平 (こいけ てっぺい)
•Name (romaji): Koike Teppei
•Profession: Actor and singer
•Birthdate: 1986-Jan-05
•Birthplace: Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
•Height: 167cm
•Weight: 54kg
•Star sign: Capricorn
•Blood type: B
•JPop group: WaT
•Talent agency: Ever Green Entertainment (http://www.evergreen-e.com/)
•His immediate family consists of his father, mother, and a little brother.
•The name "Teppei" came from his father's favourite manga, "Ore wa Teppei"


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 photoshoot) .
•For Wentz's 20th birthday, Teppei bought him a lot of underwear. (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 opposite. ("If we were in the same class or something, I definitely think we wouldn't be friends" - quote from "Bokura no Ibasho").


HISTORY:

2001
•Attended Osaka Furitsu Nagano High School.
•Was the grand prix winner of the 14th Junon Super Boy Contest.


2002
•Moved to Tokyo in the spring. Changed schools to Horikoshi High (also attended at the same time by NEWS' Yamashita Tomohisa, D-BOYS' Shirota Yuu, and KAT-TUN's Tanaka Koki)
•Met Wentz Eiji while working and formed WaT. Started doing street lives.
•Debuted as an actor in the drama "Tentai Kazoku".


TV SHOWS:
•Iryu 2 (Fuji TV, 2007)
•Iryu (Fuji TV, 2006)
•Oniyome Nikki (Fuji TV, 2005)
•Dragon Zakura (TBS, 2005)
•Gokusen 2 (NTV, 2005)
•Water Boys 2 (Fuji TV, 2004)
•Division 1 Houkago (Fuji TV, 2004)
•Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru (TBS, 2003)
•Okaasan to Issho (Fuji TV, 2003)
•Anata no Jinsei Ohakobishimasu (TBS, 2003)
•Tentai Kansoku (Fuji TV, 2002)


MOVIES:
•KIDS (2008)
•My Favorite Girl (2006)
•Lovely Complex (http://www.lovecom-movie.com/) (2006)
•Taga Tameni (http://www.pal-ep.com/tagatameni/) (2005)


*credits to: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Koike_Teppei
*credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teppei_Koike