Ichikawa Keiichiro

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Ichikawa Keiichiro

DOB: 1996/9/08 (23)

Height：177cm

Weight：52.0kg

Shoe Size：27.5cm

Place of Birth: Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama

Hobby: Going to arcades and playing games (esp. UFO Catchers/crane games)

Special Skill: Ordering Ubereats

9bic Catchphrase: Tsundere Prince - Ichikawa Keiichiro

Producer Catchphrase: The "You will be charmed by him the more you learn about him" Type

Nicknames: Ichikawa, Ichikawa-kun, Kei-kun

Twitter：@9bic_keiichirou

instagram：@9bic_keiichirou

TikTok：@9bic_keiichirou

Appeared in the MV "Himitsu" (Secret) by Dramastore [this was pre-9bic]

Appeared in the MV "Taste" by Traveling Color [this was pre-9bic]

Appeared in the stage play "Minoru" as Morita Minoru {not quite sure about the romanization here}

Personality:

As the oldest, Keiichiro is a bit of an older brother to the other members. Minato actually referred to him as "dad" a few times. Keiichiro says of himself that he is a bit on the dark side and introverted (or used to when he was younger).

At events and concerts he appears to be very gentle and a real older brother figure. He is very polite and friendly to the fans. Towards his group mates he can have a bit of a devilish and sadistic side at times (he loves to tease). Thus living up to his image of being "tsundere".

History/Trivia:

Keiichiro was scouted while he went shopping in Harajuku, a popular fashion district in Tokyo. He started to work as a hair salon model and later branched out in other modelling activities and then appearances in music videos (see above). He met Yonemura Kaito, who was also active as a model. This was a fateful meeting as Yonemura later asked him whether he wanted to join 9bic. Keiichiro said yes and joined the group as its oldest member. He has been friends with both Yonemura and Yapp! for the longest time out of all the 9bic members and the three get along well as they are all about the same age.

Keiichiro shares a room with Kotarou at the 9bic House.

Keiichiro's catchphrase "Tsundere Prince" reflects his personality. According to Wikipedia "Tsundere is a Japanese term for a character development process that depicts a person who is initially cold before gradually showing a warmer, friendlier side over time."

Keiichiro's favourite food is ramen.

*Keiichiro's name was recently romanized as "Keiichiro" in their YouTube video, so I will be adopting that spelling instead of "Keiichirou", which is used for his usernames on social media