is a Japanese pharmacist, male fashion model, ''tarento'', and actor. He is a member of Japan Mensa. He is a member of Iwanaga Kyōdai.

Biography

Iwanaga was born in

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. He graduated from

Fukuoka University Fukuoka University is a private research university located in Fukuoka, Japan. The university has nine faculties with a total of around 20,000 students, 800 of whom are foreign. Its two campuses are in Nanakuma and Kitakyushu. Fukuoka Universit ...

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Iwanaga also graduated from

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of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He worked as an exclusive model of the magazine ''

Men's Non-no is a Japanese language, Japanese monthly men's fashion and lifestyle magazine based in Tokyo. Published by Shueisha, it is an offshoot of women's magazine ''Non-no''. History ''Men's Non-no'' was started in 1986, and the first issue appeared in ...

'' from July 2009, he also worked as a

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, is a healthcare professional who is knowledgeable about preparation, mechanism of action, clinical usage and legislation of medications in ...

since April 2012. Together with the same magazine models, Tomokane Osugi, and Hirokazu Akatsuka Iwanaga participated as a voice actor in the released film '' One Piece Film: Z'' in December 2012. From February 2013 to July, he appeared in the Fuji TV series ''

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'' under the nickname of . After graduating from the same programme, Iwanaga appeared on the Yakyū-ken Corner of the broadcast ''

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'' on 24 August the same year and became a topic on the internet. In November of the same year, he received membership of Japan Mensa, an organization of people with IQ with the world's top 2%. Broadcast on the same day of the same month Iwanaga appeared as a member of the "Ikemen Intelli Army" on ''Otameshika'! & Q-sama!! Gattai 2-jikan SP''. March 2014 After ''

'' exclusive model graduation (magazine publication up to the June issue) appears as a free model ''Baila'', '' JJ'', and other women's magazines. Iwanaga appeared in several advertisements including the

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F series. In addition, he participated in the writing of the medical part of Chapter 2 of "Science and Technology Explaining in English" written by Ichizo Ueda and Toshiko Ueda. His fields to be active are diverse. Iwanaga's role of of ''

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'' broadcast in October 2016 is his first television drama appearance. On March 31, 2022, Iwanaga left his talent agency, LesPros Entertainment.

Personal life, favourites

*He has no full-fledged study abroad experience, he mastered self-taught English. Iwanaga speaks fluent English. *Studying is his hobby. Iwanaga had acquired many licenses and qualifications. *In the past, he was in charge of lyrics, music composition, vocals, guitar in an amateur band. *Iwanaga loves space. He received a

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astronaut qualification test and received an all triple A rating. *As long as Iwanaga uses the word "One Piece addict" he heard that he liked the ''

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'' serial manga ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...

''. He was raised to one person to respect the same comic author

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. Iwanaga also collects overseas manga. '' One Piece Film: Z'' talks about the impression of participating in a voice actor and a commemoration event ''One Piece Award'' held before the film release on his official blog. In addition, the blog also shows full-fledged illustrations Iwanaga drawn. His favourite manga other than ''One Piece'' are ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Black Jack'' and other

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manga, ''Tobaku Haō-den Rei'' and other

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manga, ''

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'', '' Basara'', and ''

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''. *His Men's Non-no exclusive model period belongs to the Run department, participated in the December 2011 reggae marathon held in Jamaica. Iwanaga belong to the football club when he was in elementary school, and belong to basketball club after middle school. In addition, he was good at general sports other than baseball and baseball fist such as kendo, swimming etc. *Iwanaga's favourite celebrities and artists are

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, Airi Taira,

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, Vamps,

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, and

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. *His favourite food are strawberry sandwich and stew. *Iwanaga's favourite character is

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. *When he was a child, he learned the piano, the abacus, swimming, calligraphy, boy scouting. *Along with Tatsuya Iwanaga, whom he has the same family name and similar names, formed a unit called Iwanaga Kyōdai and is active on

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programmes,

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etc. *On May 18, 2022, Iwanaga finished Liberal Arts exam.

Filmography

TV programmes

TV dramas

Films

Stage

Internet programmes

Internet contents

DVD & Blu-ray

Video games

Magazines

Fashion shows

Discography

Internet singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iwanaga, Tetsuya Japanese male models Japanese pharmacists People from Sasebo Actors from Nagasaki Prefecture Models from Nagasaki Prefecture 1986 births Living people Japanese male actors Mensans Keio University alumni