Editing Tetsuro Shigematsu

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'''Tetsuro Shigematsu''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] radio broadcaster, comedian and filmmaker. He was the most recent host of [[CBC Radio One]]'s former afternoon series ''[[The Roundup]]'', where he replaced [[Bill Richardson (radio)|Bill Richardson]] in 2004. The show completed its final episode on November 4, 2005. Prior to working for CBC Radio, he was a writer for the Canadian TV show ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]''.

Shigematsu was born in [[London, England]] in 1971. His family emigrated to Canada in 1974. He grew up in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] and studied in [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]]. He has a BFA from [[Concordia University (Montreal)|Concordia University]].

In 1991, at the age of 19, Shigematsu became the youngest playwright to compete in the history of the [[Quebec Drama Festival]].

From 1993 to 1996, Shigematsu wrote and performed his one-man show ''[[Rising Son]]'' in Montreal, [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Tokyo]]. In 1994, Tetsuro studied poetry with [[Allen Ginsberg]]. He then spent the following two years in Japan, where he studied [[Butoh]] dance with the founding master, Kazu Ohno in Yokohama, Japan.

In 1996, he starred with [[George Takei]], ([[Star Trek]]'s [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]) in the television movie ''[[Rinko The Best Bad Thing]]'', based upon the novel by [[Yoshiko Uchida]]. During that same year, Tetsuro began hosting the Montreal Asian Heritage Festival.

In 1997, he created and produced three episodes of ''[[La La Pan-Asia]]'', a half-hour TV show showcasing Asian youth culture. In 1998 he was awarded [[Canada Council]] grant to write a new play, ''[[The Moons of Tokyo]]''. In 1999, Shigematsu was invited to be artist-in-residence at [[Technoboro]], an artist-run media lab.

His video work has been seen in the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], the [[Biosphere]], and won the Prix du Public at the Evénement Interuniversitaire d'Art.

He speaks [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and [[Persian language|Persian]].

In 2007, Tetsuro completed his feature film debut [[Yellow Fellas]], which he wrote & directed.

In 2009, Tetsuro appeared in Episode 2 of the TV series [[Deadliest Warrior]], as one of the experts for the Samurai team.

==External links==
* [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Shigematsu%2C+Tetsuro&program=The+Roundup   Tetsuro Shigematsu profile at the CBC]
* [http://shiggy.com/ Tetsuro Shigematsu's personal website]
* [http://yellowfellas.com Tetsuro Shigematsu's movie website]

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