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Sean K
ショーン K
BornShinichiro Kawakami
(1968-03-21) 21 March 1968 (age 56)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesSean McArdle Kawakami
Occupations
  • Caster
  • radio personality
  • narrator
Years active2000s–2016
AgentSunday
Notable work
  • Make It 21 (2000–16)
  • Prime Factor (2013–15)
Television
  • Daiwa Shōken Jōhō TV (2001–11)
  • Channel Nama Kaiten TV News Zap! (2014–16)

Sean K (ショーン K, Shōn Kei, born 21 March 1968) is a former Japanese radio personality, narrator and tarento. His business name is Sean McArdle Kawakami (ショーン･マクアードル川上, Shōn Makuādoru Kawakami). His real name is Shinichiro Kawakami (川上 伸一郎, Kawakami Shin'ichirō). He is represented with Sunday.

Sean K's career as a Japanese news and business commentator abruptly ended in 2016 after weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun exposed his fabricated academic background including claims of an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Filmography

Radio

Year Title Network
2000 Make It 21 J-Wave
2013 Prime Factor

Television programmes

Year Title Network Notes
Sangyō Shin Jidai o Hiraita Chōsen-sha-tachi: Magellan no Tamashī TV Tokyo, BS Japan Caster
Make It 21 TV Daiwa Shōken Jōhō TV
Insight×On-sight: Machi kara Mieru Economy
2005 3-Kagetsu Topic Eikaiwa: 1-Nichi Marugoto Eigo de Hanasou! Igai ni Shiranai Nichijō Hyōgen NHK-E Narrator
2006 3-Kagetsu Topic Eikaiwa: Harumi Kurihara no Chōsen Kokoro o Tsutaeru Eigo
2010 Tokudane! Fuji TV Friday commentator
2014 Channel Nama Kaiten TV News Zap! BS Sk-Per! Monday commentator; Originally Wednesday until 18 January 2016; Also appears in any day or may become MC
2015 Hōdō TV Asahi Wednesday commentator; Originally Thursday until 20 January 2016
BS Fuji Live Social TV The Compass BS Fuji

Advertisements

Title Notes Ref.
Intel "Intel, Haitteru" Narration
Kirin Beverage Gogo no Kōcha "Kirin: Gogo no Kōcha"
Nissan "Fugue"
Daiwa Securities Group Narration
Mitsubishi Motors Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Bibliography

Year Title
2004 Sean K no Soku Akira Sokutō Bijinesu Eigo Training
2005 Seikō Zenya: 21 no Kigyō Story
2007 MBA Kōgi-sei Chūkei: Keiei Senryaku
2009 Professional no 5 Jōken
Jibun-ryoku o Kitaeru

References

  1. "ショーンK". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. "放送タレント" (in Japanese). Sunday. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017. Alt URL
  3. "ショーンK". DJ Profile (in Japanese). Sunday. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. "ショーンK が windows に求めること（スペシャルインタビュー）". Windows 10 Tokushū (in Japanese). Microsoft Japan. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. "「ショーンK」はビジネスネーム! 本名は「川上伸一郎」…事務所社長が独占激白". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Hochi Shinbun. 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. Oi, Mariko (21 April 2016). "The Japanese magazine shaking up the cosy media club". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. "ショーンK". DJ Profile (in Japanese). Sunday. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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