Kenji Moriwaki
森脇 健児
Born (1967-02-05) February 5, 1967
Other names
  • Ken-chan (健ちゃん)
  • Kenji (健児)
  • Hashiru Otoko (走る男)
  • Moriken (モリケン)
  • Post-Sanma Akashiya (ポスト明石家さんま, Posuto Akashiya Sanma)
Education
  • Hirakata Municipal Tonoyama First Elementary School
  • Hirakata Municipal First Junior High School
  • Rakuminami High School
  • Momoyama Gakuin University Department of Sociology
Occupation(s)Comedian, radio personality
Years active1984
AgentShochiku Geino
Known for
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
AwardsUpper Comedy Topic Award (1989)

Kenji Moriwaki (森脇 健児, Moriwaki Kenji, born 5 February 1967, in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan)[1] is a Japanese comedian and radio personality.

Moriwaki is represented with Shochiku Geino. He graduated from Hirakata Municipal Tonoyama First Elementary School, Hirakata Municipal First Junior High School, Rakuminami High School, and Momoyama Gakuin University. Moriwaki is a resident of Kyoto. In 2010 he became the Special Advisor to Kyoto Miyama High School. Moriwaki is now married and has one son and daughter.

Biography

During high school Moriwaki held a number of voluntary planning events in the local live house Blow Down in Hirakata.

He passed the 1st Shochiuku Geino Tarento Audition during his second year in senior high school. In the 17 March 1984 Moriwaki joins Shochiku Geino and later in June he debuted in a vaudeville show. Later he became an apprentice to Hayato Wakai. In 1988 Moriwaki and Wakai turn into a duo in Zamaa Kankan! and the Kansai Local programme Kenji Moriwaki no Seishun Vegetable in the Kinki area.

Later in the 1990s he appeared in dramas and presenting variety programmes and he stepped down from Waratte Iitomo! and later became a presenter in Yume ga Mori Mori, but the programme didn't air nationwide and in 1999 the series returned in the Kinki area.

Current appearances

TV series

Year Title Network Notes
2013News 610: Kyo Ichi NichiNHK KyotoTuesday Corner
2014Moriwaki DensetsuKBS, Sun TV
Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TVTBSIrregular appearances
2015Hitmon!!KTV

Radio

Year Title Network Notes
2004Kenji Moriwaki no U Work WeeklyRadio Kansai
Konchi wa Kon-chan Ohirudesuyo!MBS RadioThursday monthly "Ichiguest"
2006Kenji Moriwaki no Saturday StadiumKBS Radio
2014Yona Yona...ABC RadioMonday personality

Internet series

Year Title
2006Kenji Moriwaki no Gakuya Hanashi
2014Moriwaki Owarai Dōbutsuen

Essays

Year Title
2011Daily Sports "Sō Shisō Ai"

Magazines

Title
Netchū! Rikujō-bu "Kenji Moriwaki no Netchū! Rikujō-bu Sōdan-shitsu"
Riku Maga Jr. "Kenji Moriwaki no Shitsumon Corner"

Advertisements

Year Title
2016Nissin Foods Cup Noodles O Baka e no Shissō

Former appearances

Variety series

Year Title Network Notes
Wide YouMBS
1985You Goban Mada?ABC
1988Zamaa Kankan!YTV
1989Idol KyōwakokuTV Asahi3rd presenter
1991Sakurakko ClubTV Asahi
Waratte Iitomo!Fuji TV
Waratte Iitomo Special IssueFuji TV
Waratte Iitomo! Tokudai-gōFuji TV
1992Yume ga Mori MoriFuji TV
Tamori no Vocabula TengokuFuji TV
Kenji Moriwaki no Sessa Taku Maru!!ABC
1993Professional Baseball NewsFuji TV
Hatsumōde! Bakushō Hit ParadeFuji TV
Sanma no Nan Demo DerbyTV Asahi
Naruhodo! The WorldFuji TV
Discovery of the World's MysteriesTBS
1994Maido! Ongaku Las VegasTV Asahi
1995Kasou TaishouNTV
FNS Super Special TV Yume RettōFuji TV
Quiz Nipponjin no ShitsumonNHK TV
The Warame De PonFuji TV
1996Doyō TokushūNHK TV
27-jikan Challenge TVTV Asahi
1997Wai Wai Tea TimeTBS
Pro Sportsman No.1TBS
1998Mezamashi TVFuji TV
2001Hiru Doki Nippon RettōNHK TVAssistant
TV Hakubutsukan: Sorette Honto!THKReporter
Chichinpui PuiMBS
Variety: Seikatsu Emi HyakkaNHK
Niji GojiTNC
News SignalSun
2002Ōi, NipponNHK-BS2
Rakurabu.KBS
2003Rakurabu RKBS
Pooh!TBS
Tsūkai! EverydayKTV
Money no ToraNTVVolunteer
2004Ikinari! Kogane Densetsu.TV Asahi
2005Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle CourseFuji TV
Kikaku Kōjō NariagariTBS
Shumi yūyūNHK-E
2008Hashiru OtokoTo-Mei-Han Net 6
2009Hashiru Otoko IITo-Mei-Han Net 6
2010Sekai Waraeru! JournalTBS
Hashiru Otoko FTo-Mei-Han Net 6
G WarsFuji TV
201124 Hour TelevisionNTV
Kansai TokushūNHK TV
2012Hashiru Otoko Joshi-buTo-Mei-Han Net 6
2013Hashiru Otoko: The FinalTo-Mei-Han Net 6

TV drama

Year Title Role Network Notes
1991Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai...Fuji TV
1992Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru KotoFuji TV
Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: OyajiFuji TV
1993Onegai Darling!Fuji TV
Onegai Demon!Fuji TV
1994Hanjuku TamagoSatoshi MaruyamaFuji TV
Kimi ni Tsutaetai: Sotsugyō IIMBS, TBS
1995For YouFuji TV
1998Ten UraraAkihiko TakayamaNHK
2003Love JudgeTamakiTBS
2007Mito KōmonSutekichiTBSEpisode 22
2008ChiritotechinNHKEpisode 83
2014Roosevelt GameSaburo MuranoTBS
2016Osaka Kanjō-sen: Hito-eki-goto no Ai MonogatariPolicemanKTVPart 1 Episode 4
Shinusa

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1999Minami no Teiō: Hasan Kinyū-ya Koroshi
2002Red Harp Blues
2007Chikyū no HesoHitoe Kogo's directorCameo

Radio

Year Title Network Notes
1985MBS Young RadioMBS RadioDebut
High Young KyotoKBS Radio
Free Campus RadioKBS Kyoto
1988ABC Radio Funky'sABC RadioThursday appearance
1989Seishun VegetableKBS Kyoto
Kenji Moriwaki to Naoki Uraguchi no Super GangTBS Radio
Hara Yojire Agohazushi RenmeiNBSMonday appearances
1990Moriwaki-Yamada no Panic Shiyouze! Tokyo Hara Hara GyātēzuNBS
Hikaru Ijūin no Oh! Deka NightNBS
1998Kenji Moriwaki no Sunday MeetingKBS Radio
1999Kenji Moriwaki no Totsugeki! Nippon RettōKBS Radio, HBC Radio, TBC Radio, Radio Nippon, SF, Radio Kansai, RCC, KBC Radio, MBC
Kyoto GogoichiKBS Radio
2009Kenji Moriwaki to Takeyuki Hara no Moshimo Saiban-in!CBC Radio
GogoichiCBC RadioMonday appearances
2014Nobuhiko Otani: Kikimasu!NBS"Kiki Master" in Wednesdays

Advertisements

Year Title Notes
1993Mandom GatsbyCo-starring with Eisaku Yoshida
Join JuiceCo-starring with Masato Yamada
Abeno Apollo
Nissan New Atlas
Mikakuto Ochichi Candy, Osatsu Doki, Kirei, Fiber Gummy, Gummycan GL
Sapporo Brewery
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Five Mini
2009Ito-Yokado

VHS

Title
Yume ga Mori Mori super live
Yume ga Mori Mori supecial live
Shijō Saidai no Live

DVD

Title
Hashiru Otoko: Hokkaido-Tohoku
Hashiru Otoko: Kanto-Koshinetsu
Hashiru Otoko: Kanto-Tokai
Hashiru Otoko: Kansai-Chūgoku Shikoku
Hashiru Otoko: Kyushu-Okinawa
Hashiru Otoko II: Hajimehashi
Hashiru Otoko II: Kaisō
Hashiru Otoko II: Kansō

CD

Title Notes
"Ma-natsu no Fantasy", "Ma-aki no Fantasy"
Landing Beam, Ma-natsu no FantasyParticipated with Maki Ohguro

Books

Title
I Love You ni Kaete
Kenji Moriwaki Sweater Book
Hashiru Otoko

Magazines

Title
Nikkan Running Magazine "Kenji Moriwaki Rikujō Kyōgi-bu"

References

  1. "森脇 健児". Shochiku Geino (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 Oct 2016.
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