English Stage Name:
Teppei Koike
Japanese Stage Name:
小池徹平
Birth Name:
Teppei Koike
Nickname:
Teppei
Origin:
Osaka Sayama City, Osaka, Japan
Blood Type:
B
Height:
167 cm ( 5 ft 9 inches )
Weight:
54 kg ( 121 bs)
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None
Family:
Father, Mother, one younger brother
Girlfriend:
None
Past Relationships/ Ex-Girlfriends:
- Saori Takizawa, actress
Rumored to have dated in 2006
- Haruka Ayase, actress
Rumored to have dated in 2007
- Ami Suzuki, singer
Rumored to have dated
- Serina, actress
Rumored to have dated in 2013
Friends;
- Shota Yasuda, singer and member of Kanjyani Eight
- Tadayoshi Okura, singer and member of Kanjyani Eight
Hobbies:
- People watching
- Cooking and baking
- Playing video games
- Playing basketball
- Reading manga, comic books
- Fishing
Pets:
one Kaninchen dachshund named “Rana”
Personality:
Teppei is said to be;
- shy when meeting people for the first time.
- punctual
- a “Black and White” and “All or Nothing” thinker
- easy to get nervous
- a constant worrier
Trivia:
- Teppei’s father is left-handed. Teppei was originally right-handed, however he had always imitated his father’s way of writing since little, Tappei eventually became left-handed himself.
- Teppei is close to his family; his father visits Teppei’s condo whenever he has a business trip to Tokyo and he talks to his mom on the phone almost every day.
- Teppei is extremely shy. He cannot start a conversation with somebody he doesn’t know or has just met.
- When in middle school, Teppei wanted to work as a caregiver for the elderly in the future.