Takanori Iwata

Takanori Iwata
Native name	岩田 剛典
Born	March 6, 1989 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Gun Boi Twiggz Gun-chan
Education	Keio Futsubu School Keio Senior High School Keio University[1]
Occupation	Dancer, actor
Years active	2010–
Agent	LDH
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Website	Official website

Takanori Iwata (岩田 剛典 Iwata Takanori, born 6 March 1989, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)^[2] is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers and Exile.^[3] His nickname is Gun-chan (がんちゃん Gan-chan).

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2011	Rokudenashi Blues		NTV	Episode 7
2014	Dear Sister	Eihito Sakuraba	Fuji TV
2015	Senryoku-gai Sōsa-kan		NTV	2 Hour Special
	Wild Heroes	Harutaro "Choco" Saeki	NTV
	High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D.	Tatehei "Cobra" Akeno	NTV
2016	Night Hero Naoto		TV Tokyo	Episode 5; Ending dance	[4]
	Suna no Tou: Shiri Sugita Rinjin	Kohei Ubukata	TBS		[5]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Crows Explode	Hiroki Shibata
2016	Evergreen Love	Itsuki Kusakabe	Lead role	[6]
	Road to High & Low	Cobra
	High & Low: The Movie
	High & Low: The Red Rain

Stage

Year	Title	Role
2013	Gekidan Exile: Attaku No. 1	Shigemichi Furuse
	Monsieur!	Eishi Tozaki

Advertisements

Year	Title	Ref.
2014	Samantha Thavasa
2015	Ezaki Glico Pocky	[7]
	Suntory The Malts
2016	Yōfuku no Aoyama
	SoftBank Spo Navi Live

Others

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	43rd Tokyo Motor Show Supporter Family Kuruma-ka no Hitobito	Takanori Kuruma
2016	Gentosha Bunko		20-shūnenkinen Fair character

Publications

Photobooks

Year	Title
2014	G Takanori Iwata Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe

Photo essays

Year	Title
2016	Azzurro

References

1. "3月まで慶大生、父親がチャンプ……意外エピソード満載の三代目J Soul Brothersイベント". Barks (in Japanese). 1 Jun 2011. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
2. "岩田 剛典". Sandaime J Soul Brothers official site (in Japanese). LDH. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
3. "ＥＸＩＬＥ新メンバー５人決定！ＨＩＲＯ「未来イメージして選んだ」". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 27 Apr 2014. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
4. "EXILE TRIBE、NAOTO主演ドラマでド迫力ダンス　豪華メンバーとコラボ". Modelpress (in Japanese). 19 Mar 2016. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
5. "岩田剛典、菅野美穂主演「砂の塔～知りすぎた隣人」に体操コーチ役で出演". Ongaku Natalie (in Japanese). Natalie. 30 Aug 2016. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
6. "岩田剛典(EXILE/三代目JSB)、高畑充希主演映画「植物図鑑」予告編解禁に「どんだけキスすんの」の声も". Modelpress (in Japanese). 26 Feb 2016. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
7. "三代目JSB・小林直己「打倒ランニングマン」 CMで振り付け考案" (in Japanese). Oricon. 27 Aug 2015. Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Takanori Iwata on Twitter
  
  (Japanese)
• Takanori Iwata on Instagram (Japanese)