Ichirō Furutachi

The first time I heard Furutachi call a pro wrestling match, I thought Japanese was being used in a way nobody had authorised. He does not explain the holds; he buries the ring in metaphor until the match turns into myth. Born in Tokyo in 1954, out of Rikkyo University and into TV Asahi as an announcer, he went freelance young, then anchored Hodo Station for over a decade. Nightly news after wrestling and Formula One is absurd stamina. He also performs solo stage talks, which figures. Take the words away and I doubt he would last a day.

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Name (English)

Ichirō Furutachi

Name (Japanese)

古舘伊知郎

Reading

ふるたち いちろう

Born

December 7, 1954 (age 71)

Origin

Takinogawa, Tokyo, Japan

Height

170 cm

Occupation

actor / announcer / tarento / journalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

Blood type

AB

Agency

古舘󠄁プロジェクト

Active years

1977 -

High school

Kandahitotsubashi Junior High School

Spouse

既婚

Works summary

Appearances

179 (1977–2024)

By year

1977: 1, 1981: 1, 1982: 4, 1983: 2, 1984: 12, 1985: 7, 1986: 3, 1987: 7, 1988: 8, 1989: 8, 1990: 2, 1991: 6, 1992: 3, 1993: 3, 1994: 5, 1995: 5, 1996: 2, 1997: 5, 1998: 3, 2000: 4, 2001: 3, 2002: 2, 2003: 4, 2004: 2, 2008: 1, 2016: 8, 2017: 7, 2018: 4, 2019: 7, 2020: 2, 2021: 4, 2022: 6, 2023: 1, 2024: 3

Debut work

ワールドプロレスリング

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://furutachi-project.co.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/furutachiichiro_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/furutachi_live
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiro%20Furutachi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E8%88%98%E4%BC%8A%E7%9F%A5%E9%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11411572

Tags

• Tokyo
• actor
• announcer
• tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.