Kei Tani
Japanese actor, comedian, trombone player (1932-2010) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 78
Kei Tani was a Japanese comedian, actor and musician. Born in Tokyo, he learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the City Slickers with Frankie Sakai in 1953.
Kei Tani is read about 270 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Free and Easy 20: FinalFilm2007
Free and Easy 18Film2005
Be with YouSeries, Suzuki Hachiro
Free and Easy 16Film, 2005Sasaki2002
My Little ChefSeries, Carlos Koizumi2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus ProjectFilm1999
Emergency Room 24 HoursSeries
The Veteran TrioSeries, 1999Kumogakure Nogenyume
After LifeFilm, 1999Kennosuke Nakamura1997
Bayside Shakedown SP: Year-End Special AlertFilm, Kozo Shinohara1996Natural Love for the FutureSeries, Saji Washito1995
Justice For AllSeries1994
Free and Easy 7Film1993
Free and Easy 6Film1991
Free and Easy 4Film, Kazuo Sasaki1990
Tales of the BizarreSeries1989
Free and Easy 2Film1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke SeriesSeries, Kawai1981
Lonely HeartFilm1979
Tobeikarosu no tsubasaSeries1978
HaguregumoSeries1967
Las Vegas Free-For-AllFilm, Kaneo Nashimoto1963
Crazy Operation: First MoveFilm1960
The Woman Who Touched LegsFilm1932Born22 February 1932People around Kei
Close ties
Hitoshi Ueki Bandmate in Crazy Cats
Hajime Hana Bandmate in Crazy Cats
Hiroshi Inuzuka Bandmate in Crazy Cats, also in Chameleon (2008)
Hiroyuki Nakano Produced Samurai Fiction (1999)
Naoto Takenaka Also in Red Shadow, Water Boys and Swing Girls
Shinobu Yaguchi Directed Waterboys (2001)
Hirokazu Koreeda Directed After Life (1999)
Tomoyasu Hotei Also in Samurai Fiction and Red Shadow
Rentarō Mikuni Also in Tsuribaka Nisshi (1988)
Issey Takahashi Also in Swing Girls and Returning the Favor
Pierre Taki Also in Samurai Fiction and Red Shadow
Aya Hirayama Also in Waterboys and Free and Easy 16
Tetta Sugimoto Also in Waterboys and Water Boys
Yuzo Kawashima Directed Fifty-Fifty (1963)
Yūji Oda Also in Urban Marine Resort Story (1989)
Taketoshi Naito Also in Samurai Fiction and After Life
Takehiko Ono Also in Bayside Shakedown SP: Year-End Special Alert (1997)
Known for
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Swing Girls 2004
After Life 1999
Jungle Emperor Leo 1997
Samurai Fiction 1998
Filmography 40
125 credits on file
Television 10
About this person
In 1956, he joined the comic-jazz band The Crazy Cats with Hajime Hana and Hitoshi Ueki. He came to fame when the Crazy Cats started appearing on television, especially through their variety show "Shabondama Holiday," and in movies, through comedy series such as the "Irresponsible" (Musekinin) series at Toho. Some of his nonsense one-word gags, such as "gachon" became buzzwords imitated throughout the nation. He also appeared alone in dramatic roles on film and television, was a regular in the "Tsuribaka Nisshi" film series, and continued to be a popular figure on variety TV.
